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GribbleGrunger on 30 September 2016

I original said the PS4 would win by 80k - 100k but that was before the XB1 had the great deals. I'm going to lower that to 40k - 60k.



 

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malistix1985 on 30 September 2016
GribbleGrunger said:
Nuvendil said:

I think it's more the power of the name.  "Pro" is a very positive term in terms of connotation.  I mean, if you are looking at getting a PS4, do you get the normal one, the slim, or the Pro?  The very term Pro makes it more appealing.

Now Christmas, we might see a shift as your grandmas and soccer moms who aren't at all informed just look for the deals rather than the superior product come out to shop. 

It's apt you should say that. I've been giving that a lot of thought sinse the name was announced and I do think it has something to do with it.

Also the launch and innitial "no phil spencer" start didn't help, I know I didn't'buy a Xbox One originally because it was not released on launch in my country because they felt The Netherlands wasn't important enough and all you could buy was a german or UK Import console, PS4 was a very easy pick back then, right now I would still prefer it because of Persona 5 but its much closer.

Sometimes the company is responsable for how people feel towards their product, I would say the name and first year from announcement to store deffenitely still hurts how everyone feels about the product today, even tough they did do a good job on turning the ship.




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I LOVE GIGGS on 01 October 2016

One point which would really help make the discussion healthier and more fun is that "you don't need to outsell your competitor to be considered selling good". Both consoles could have a very good month yet one is outselling the other. This month would be a very good example of that. PS4 would outsell X1 but both would do really good relative to previous years.

PS3 and X360 didn't even come close to outselling the Wii yet they sold historically very very very VERY HIGH numbers. It was a successful generation for the three companies.

As an Xbox fan, do I wish the One to outsell the PS4? Yes. Am I disappointed that it lost the generation to PS4? Yes. Does it mean Xbox is doing bad? No. Does it make it less enjoyable? No, it might actually push Microsoft to bring better games/services.

This generation, PS4 is like the iphone. You don't have to outsell the iphone to be considered doing good in the smartphone market. Unless something major happen, nothing is going to change the big picture.

Iphone fans don't need to act surprise every quarter when they announce how much they sold compared to others. Samsung fans don't need to bring crazy ideas when Galaxy outsells the iphone in it launch week or month. Acting smart and repeating that you expect the iphone to outsell others would just bring unnecessary and ugly discussion.

People need to get this and stop repeating the same thing 100 times a month. From both sides.



iNathan on 01 October 2016

I can't believe Sony still hasn't any EU Slim Bundles on Sale, makes no sense wtf

At least Cod Bundle and Watch Dogs are coming and some retailers are doing their own bundles with Fifa and such.



GribbleGrunger on 01 October 2016

6 hours since last update:

HARDWARE
#28 PS4 Pro (down 3)*
#38 PS4s UC4 Bundle (same)
#61 XB1s-2tb Gears Bundle (up 2)
#63 PS4 Fool's Edition (up 1)
#71 XB1s-1tb Madden Bundle (up 1)
#72 PS4 Black Ops III Bundle (down 7)
#94 N3DSXL Galaxy (re-entry)
#100 XB1s-2tb (down 1)

Does not affect this month (*)

SOFTWARE (pre-orders only)
#09 3DS Pokemon Moon (same)
#10 3DS Pokemon Sun (same)
#14 XB1 Gears 4 (up 2)
#15 XB1 Gears 4 Ultimate (same)
#32 WiiU Paper Mario Colour Splash (down 6)
#65 PS4 Dragon's Quest Builders (up 6)
#66 PS4 World Of Final Fantasy (up 4)

PS4: 5 SKUs, 4 in the top 100 / 2 in the top 50 / 0 in the top 20 / 0 in the top 10
XB1: 16 SKUs, 3 in the top 100 / 0 in the top 50 / 0 in the top 20 / 0 in the top 10



 

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poklane on 01 October 2016

Leaked for Europe

Via French retailer Micromania http://www.micromania.fr/pack-ps4-slim-1-to-the-last-guardian-72597.html?



B-Real206 on 01 October 2016

Hmm, that's an interesting bundle



GribbleGrunger on 01 October 2016

moved



 

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B-Real206 on 01 October 2016

:P



Lrdfancypants on 01 October 2016
3sexty said:
Welfare said:
The Xbox One S Halo bundle would be in the top 20's right now if it weren't out of stock. Gribble, you are kind of overdramatic when it comes to the XB1 doing "bad". The 2TB has been hovering around the 80's for awhile and the Madden bundle is more niche than a mainline bundle, having only done 16k in launch week, so that won't sell big. The Halo bundle was the main target for this deal and it seems to have worked in getting rid of stock since it doesn't look like it will get more.

Looking at the hourly's and saying the brand is "not looking good" without the context that the main bundle is out of stock is weird.

Agreed, I tend to find his posts and tone consistently passive aggressive towards Xbox and Microsoft. It would be interesting to know why he and other posters on this site are so afraid and hateful towards the big MS.. And why is it so important to them.

He also posts a lot of useful data for the site.  I see no reason to single him or others out like this when many have preferences.  



l <---- Do you mean this glitch Gribble?  If not, I'll keep looking.  

 

 

 

 

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