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Mike_L on 21 August 2016
CGI-Quality said:
I also like it. The rounded edges give it a more modern look while keeping the sleek design of the original.

That said, I have no interest in buying it. The NEO is where my $ is going.

I'm in this boat as well. No interest in PS4 Slim. I was all over PS3 Slim (not Super Slim) but only because I didn't like the design of OG PS3 and because we didn't have a PS3 Neo.

 

jason1637 said:
I dont like how the box art looks tbh but looking at it on the floor looks nice. September NPD just got like 10X more interesting.

Agree. The console looks fine but that box art is boring as f.



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GribbleGrunger on 21 August 2016

I don't think Sony will be able to sit on that current price now we've had the Slim leak. Is it a 'controlled' leak? I'm thinking 'yes'. Price drop incoming.



 

The PS5 Exists. 


SWORDF1SH on 21 August 2016
jason1637 said:
SWORDF1SH said:

Box art doesn't do it any justice but did it seriously go from ugly to nice just by taking it out f the box?

The PS4 OG looks a lot better to me though even though this doesn't look that bad.

Yeah, my first reaction to seeing it in the box was that it looked ugly but then i saw that there were pictures of it posted out of the box and it looks a lot better.

It's crazy how how drastic an opinion can change just by taking it out of the box and seeing it from another view.



FIT_Gamer on 21 August 2016
Ryng_Tolu said:
Xbox one S 2TB now in TOP 100 yearly

It's been there since yesterday.



GribbleGrunger on 21 August 2016

Update for new page:

2 hours since last update:

HARDWARE
#36 PS4 Black Ops III Bundle (up 1)
#39 XB1s-500gb Halo Bundle (same)
#41 XB1s-2tb (down 1)
#62 XB1s-500gb Madden Bundle (down 2)
#64 PS4 Fool's Edition (down 3)
#82 XB1 NYG Bundle (up 1)
#87 N3DSXL Black (down 13)

SOFTWARE (pre-orders only)
None at the moment



 

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bluedawgs on 21 August 2016
Shadow1980 said:

 

Looking at your sig, do you still think the PS4 will sell 6.5 million in the US this year? Do you think it will sell more? Less?



barneystinson69 on 21 August 2016
poklane said:

For future Amazon threads: PS4 slim is real, so Sony will have the Neo and Slim soon!

Who exactly confirmed it? I haven't heard anything solid as of now.



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).

barneystinson69 on 21 August 2016
Shadow1980 said:
RolStoppable said:

Well, I had to make sure if you really mean what you say, because it's factually incorrect.

I am out at this point. Shadow1980 can pick up from here and post his graphs for monthly PS4 vs. XB1 sales.

Right now the XBO is running at a 1.75M deficit vs. the PS4 in LTD sales in the U.S. Even if it averaged a 50k lead over the PS4 every month from now on, it would take 35 months to close the gap. But there's no reason to think it will maintain any sort of long-term monthly winning streak over the PS4. Look at what it took for the XBO to beat the PS4 in the few occasions it won a month. In the 2014 holiday season, MS issued a "temporary" price cut to $350, giving the XBO a solid price advantage, and this was enough to put the XBO ahead. In April 2015 there were major sales promos for the XBO, which were enough to put the XBO slightly ahead that month. October 2015 was Halo 5 month, but that was still only a narrow victory. And in July the XBO, after already getting some massive price cuts ($70 in total), ostensibly to help clearance out old SKUs to make way for the S model, it was reduced yet another $20. Yet even with the base-level SKUs having a $100 price advantage over the PS4, it was only still yet another slim victory.

The sales data is clear on this. The XBO cannot beat the PS4 at price parity, and even at $50 under parity it has lost more often than won. The XBO S may change this temporarily, as we saw the 360 S provide a significant boost to the 360's sales, but once Sony issues the inevitable counter-attack (a $300 Slim will probably be announced along with the PS4 Neo at the NYC event on Sept. 7), the PS4 is all but guaranteed to regain the top spot, and it will likely keep it for the remainder the generation, a few random months here and there excepted. By generation's end, I expect the PS4 to have a roughly 5 million unit lead over the XBO.

EDIT: And while I was busy writing this (I got sidetracked a bit), it seems we got even more evidence of a PS4 Slim.

5 million lead in the US? I don't think so. Enough so, I'm willing to bet on it...



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).

bluedawgs on 21 August 2016
Shadow1980 said:
bluedawgs said:

Looking at your sig, do you still think the PS4 will sell 6.5 million in the US this year? Do you think it will sell more? Less?

If there were no price cuts or new models this year for the PS4, I would have estimated it to be around 5.7-5.8M. However, I suspect the Slim and Neo together to provide at least a 20% YoY increase for Q4 this year over Q4 2015 figures. September should be at least 300k as well if the Slim launches early enough. That would put the PS4 at around 2230k for the Q1-Q3 period. Assuming Q4 is exactly 20% higher than last Q4, that's at least 6.3M for the year. However, that's a conservative estimate. A 30% YoY boost for Q4 sales, which could be likely if the Slim gets a temporary $50 price cut for Black Friday weekend and the last couple of weeks before Christmas (which could be the new norm), would yield over 4400k for Q4, bringing the total to around 6.65M. 6.3-6.7M is the most likely range, so I just split the middle and go with 6.5M.

Yeah PS4 probably needs to pull a 2 mill in either december or November for 6.5 million, could do it though, cus that slim will be a big time seller



SWORDF1SH on 21 August 2016
SWORDF1SH said:

I know right!

He's brought shame on our "NMS Loving", "PS4 Fucking", "Xbox Hating" family.

Just to clear this up, it's not an attack but sarcasm. I hope people understand after a few of accusations to me and others over a few threads and who this was in reply to in this thread.

Anyway, the show must go on!!!