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DonFerrari on 13 January 2016
SWORDF1SH said:
DonFerrari said:
SWORDF1SH said:

It's way to optimistic. Jason tends to be too optimistic with most of his Xbox predictions. I think he wants to be that guy who gets it right once after lots of attempts, self proclaim prediction God, create JasonChartz and try to put ioi out of business. 

Would be just like the panda that made several impossible predictions and got one right and called himself the best prediktor on vgc

Exactly, but most of the time we can't be bothered to wade through hundreds of comments and call them out on their bad predictions but they'll be happy to repeat the one time they'll get it right for what will fell like an eternity.

Sometimes there's just no logic to what they predict. The latest jason prediction let's take a look.

What will XB1 number be by the end of 2016? 11M ROW 16M USA maybe?

So according to jason, QB will have over 10% attach rate in ROW, 6% in USA. Alan wake had similar attach rates in ROW to US and that's before we consider the real high attach rate for the US let alone the 10%+ attach rate the given to ROW. Even if MS did bundle this aggressively, 2.25M is a big ask. It's just one of those predictions that defy any logic but freak situations do happen (Splatoon) and this is what jason is hoping for.

Then when he more than likely does get it wrong, the argument about digital sales will go for months.

That will be really crazy if it happens.

GribbleGrunger said:

Come on folk's, let's not single people out, especially decent people. Do you understand how uncorfortable it feels?

You don't because you aren't decent.

SWORDF1SH said:
GribbleGrunger said:

Come on folk's, let's not single people out, especially decent people. Do you understand how uncorfortable it feels?

Ahhh OK. Grandpa has spoken. 

Jason is a good guy, just makes crazy predictions. I never intend to make anybody feel awkward or be a dick to them (DonFerrari is the exception). 

You said dick? I want.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

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SJReiter on 13 January 2016
CosmicSex said:
SJReiter said:
Jesus I just preordered like 4 games because of that Prime deal. It's too enticing not too!

Its like the ultimate preorder binge!

It's so hard not to since they don't charge until the order ships. And you can also cancel at anytime so it's like "yeah I just made about $200 worth of preorders, but I'm not really paying that much now." lol





Protendo on 13 January 2016

Amazon Hourly Update

#17 PS4: COD
#54 XBO Gears
#98 PS4 Star Wars Bundle

We are back to 3 bundles in the top 100. /Party



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Swordmasterman on 13 January 2016

What are the 11 Bundles that Xbox One, have on Amazon ?. i Can just Remember, the Gears, Fallout, Halo, FiFa, and Forza, and are just 5 Bundles.



binary solo on 13 January 2016
jason1637 said:
How much do you guys think QB can sell by the end of the year.
I think it can do 1ml in the US and 1.25m in other parts of the world . So 2.25m by the end of the year which is betetr than Alan Wake.

Too low for USA and too high for RoW. If the game is as good as what people want it to be then it should at least sell 2 million in the USA. If so it should get close to 1 million RoW, and get a LTD around 3 million. But MS does need to show the game some marketing love, otherwise it might end up getting lower sales than it deserves like Sunset Overdrive, which still hasn't quite cracked 1 million after more than a year, though with digital it almost certainly has.





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SWORDF1SH on 13 January 2016
BraLoD said:
Who was being singled out and why?

I pulled Jason up on a prediction he made. I should of saved my smack talk for you, I'm exhausted of smack talk for the day now and can only think of childish insults.

So BraLord, you smell of wee!



binary solo on 13 January 2016
Pionner said:
SWORDF1SH said:
Pionner said:
Y2kev playing games again. No damn way XB1 won December.

? 
He's doing his "WOW" thing again. Straight up said XB1 took December. I know he does this all the time, but i think even cosmic is alluding to it. Would be really crazy because usually the console that wins Nov carries that momentum into Dec. Then you add SW bundles and $299 price cut, XB1 winning doesn't make any type of sense. Should be a fun NPD if XB1 does win lol.

 

Star Wars PS4 bundle at 3 for the month on Amazon, Gears bundle at 15. That's too much of a gap for Amazon to be wrong without some major factors (Xb one deals) at other retailers making Amazon a complete outlier. Were their any retailer deals for Xb one that could put Xb one on top? I don't recall any, aside from the Xb one $299 deal going later into the month. 





“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” - Bertrand Russell

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."

Jimi Hendrix

 

Farsala on 13 January 2016
binary solo said:
Pionner said:
SWORDF1SH said:
Pionner said:
Y2kev playing games again. No damn way XB1 won December.

? 
He's doing his "WOW" thing again. Straight up said XB1 took December. I know he does this all the time, but i think even cosmic is alluding to it. Would be really crazy because usually the console that wins Nov carries that momentum into Dec. Then you add SW bundles and $299 price cut, XB1 winning doesn't make any type of sense. Should be a fun NPD if XB1 does win lol.

 

Star Wars PS4 bundle at 3 for the month on Amazon, Gears bundle at 15. That's too much of a gap for Amazon to be wrong without some major factors (Xb one deals) at other retailers making Amazon a complete outlier. Were their any retailer deals for Xb one that could put Xb one on top? I don't recall any, aside from the Xb one $299 deal going later into the month. 

 

Walmart had specific ads for XB1, I imagine they dominate December.



Madword on 13 January 2016

So I'll ask again :( - anyone got a link to those comments on Neogaf about XBO winning DEC, I couldn't find anything,



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Roronaa_chan on 13 January 2016

Lol