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FIT_Gamer on 18 April 2016

If an accidental disclosure from EA is correct, the PS4 has outsold Xbox One almost two to one.


Total sales of the Xbox One haven’t yet hit 20m, if the chief financial officer of EA is to be believed. That’s not a favourable comparison to the PS4, which has sold 35.9m according to Sony.

Even though Microsoft quietly stopped telling the world total Xbox One sales in October, it seems it hasn’t been able to keep the rest of the games industry so quiet. In EA’s case, it appears it ended up spilling the beans accidentally.

Blake Jorgensen, EA’s CFO, told investors during the company’s third-quarter earnings call that the combined lifetime sales of the Xbox One and Playstation 4 was about 55m units. Although Jorgensen didn’t break down the split, Sony, which regularly reports sales for the PS4, provides enough information to reverse-engineer the Xbox One figure.

In January, Sony revealed that the PS4 had sold 35.9m, meaning that the sales for the Xbox One – if both EA’s and Sony’s figures are accurate – stand at around 19.1m.

“I think our business seems to be operating pretty consistent as it has been over the last couple of years,” Jorgensen said on the call. “The console purchases are up through the end of calendar year 2015. Our estimate is 55m units out there, which has exceeded virtually everyone’s forecast for the year and now almost 50% higher than previous console cycle so, all of that is very, very positive.”

While the Xbox One lags behind the Playstation 4 in overall sales, Microsoft also has its dominance of PC gaming to rely on. In March, the company said that the latest Xbox would likely be the last of its kinda, with the intention being to unify consoles and PCs using future versions of Windows. The head of the Xbox division, Phil Spencer, said “building out a complete gaming ecosystem for Universal Windows Applications” was the company’s focus in the future.

Microsoft did not respond to a request for comment.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/18/microsoft-sold-xbox-one-ea



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TheBlackNaruto on 18 April 2016

Interesting news I guess....the XB1 sales have been quiet either way so who knows what they are. Still the PS4 is selling amazingly well and well the XB1 is still ahead of the 360 which is good I guess but the sales are still a lot lower than what I expected or hoped for.



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barneystinson69 on 18 April 2016
FIT_Gamer said:

If an accidental disclosure from EA is correct, the PS4 has outsold Xbox One almost two to one.


Total sales of the Xbox One haven’t yet hit 20m, if the chief financial officer of EA is to be believed. That’s not a favourable comparison to the PS4, which has sold 35.9m according to Sony.

Even though Microsoft quietly stopped telling the world total Xbox One sales in October, it seems it hasn’t been able to keep the rest of the games industry so quiet. In EA’s case, it appears it ended up spilling the beans accidentally.

Blake Jorgensen, EA’s CFO, told investors during the company’s third-quarter earnings call that the combined lifetime sales of the Xbox One and Playstation 4 was about 55m units. Although Jorgensen didn’t break down the split, Sony, which regularly reports sales for the PS4, provides enough information to reverse-engineer the Xbox One figure.

In January, Sony revealed that the PS4 had sold 35.9m, meaning that the sales for the Xbox One – if both EA’s and Sony’s figures are accurate – stand at around 19.1m.

“I think our business seems to be operating pretty consistent as it has been over the last couple of years,” Jorgensen said on the call. “The console purchases are up through the end of calendar year 2015. Our estimate is 55m units out there, which has exceeded virtually everyone’s forecast for the year and now almost 50% higher than previous console cycle so, all of that is very, very positive.”

While the Xbox One lags behind the Playstation 4 in overall sales, Microsoft also has its dominance of PC gaming to rely on. In March, the company said that the latest Xbox would likely be the last of its kinda, with the intention being to unify consoles and PCs using future versions of Windows. The head of the Xbox division, Phil Spencer, said “building out a complete gaming ecosystem for Universal Windows Applications” was the company’s focus in the future.

Microsoft did not respond to a request for comment.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/18/microsoft-sold-xbox-one-ea

2015 ended 4 months ago now did it? Old news already...



Made a bet with LipeJJ and HylianYoshi that the XB1 will reach 30 million before Wii U reaches 15 million. Loser has to get avatar picked by winner for 6 months (or if I lose, either 6 months avatar control for both Lipe and Hylian, or my patrick avatar comes back forever).

Jranation on 18 April 2016
Ka-pi96 said:
Sounds like kind of a trolly article really. Claims it hasn't 'yet' reached 20m, yet uses figures from end of 2015? We're 4 and a half months through 2016 by now so it's fairly likely it has now passed 20m even if it hadn't at the end of 2015.

Oh and for the record, VGC agrees about it not selling over 20m by the end of 2015. Has it at about 19.5m for the end of 2015.

 

Right on!!! 

 

Another dumb article! 



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jason1637 on 18 April 2016

Lol this was from 2015.



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zorg1000 on 18 April 2016
Ka-pi96 said:
Sounds like kind of a trolly article really. Claims it hasn't 'yet' reached 20m, yet uses figures from end of 2015? We're 4 and a half months through 2016 by now so it's fairly likely it has now passed 20m even if it hadn't at the end of 2015.

Oh and for the record, VGC agrees about it not selling over 20m by the end of 2015. Has it at about 19.5m for the end of 2015.

Since when is April 18 four and a half months into the year?



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barneystinson69 on 18 April 2016
zorg1000 said:
Ka-pi96 said:
Sounds like kind of a trolly article really. Claims it hasn't 'yet' reached 20m, yet uses figures from end of 2015? We're 4 and a half months through 2016 by now so it's fairly likely it has now passed 20m even if it hadn't at the end of 2015.

Oh and for the record, VGC agrees about it not selling over 20m by the end of 2015. Has it at about 19.5m for the end of 2015.

Since when is April 18 four and a half months into the year?

Didn't you read the article? It said "as of the end of the 2015 calender year".



Made a bet with LipeJJ and HylianYoshi that the XB1 will reach 30 million before Wii U reaches 15 million. Loser has to get avatar picked by winner for 6 months (or if I lose, either 6 months avatar control for both Lipe and Hylian, or my patrick avatar comes back forever).

TheBlackNaruto on 18 April 2016
barneystinson69 said:
zorg1000 said:

Since when is April 18 four and a half months into the year?

Didn't you read the article? It said "as of the end of the 2015 calender year".

No zorg is saying that Ka-Pi was incorrect(granted it is no big deal and wasn't really worth pointing out lol) because Ka-pi said we are 4 and a half month into the year when we are only  3 and a half months into the year.



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mjk45 on 18 April 2016
zorg1000 said:
Ka-pi96 said:
Sounds like kind of a trolly article really. Claims it hasn't 'yet' reached 20m, yet uses figures from end of 2015? We're 4 and a half months through 2016 by now so it's fairly likely it has now passed 20m even if it hadn't at the end of 2015.

Oh and for the record, VGC agrees about it not selling over 20m by the end of 2015. Has it at about 19.5m for the end of 2015.

Since when is April 18 four and a half months into the year?

Yeah it's 3 and half months  but so what ,lets not be picky.



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Frogger on 18 April 2016

They will soon learn never to doubt VGC.