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Forums - Microsoft Discussion - Slim release sees UK Xbox One hardware sales rocket 1,000%

DonFerrari on 29 September 2016

Let's see how it will hold up or if finally we will see the market change some people were expecting since day one for X1.



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

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

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iNathan on 29 September 2016
LivingMetal said:
iNathan said:

No, it isn´t. it is still the best console to play games. The reason Xbox One S is selling so much is because Xbox One owners upgrading AND Fifa bundle, that´s about it, the dust will settle and everything will go back to normal soon enough.

With Pro coming out, for more 50e you get a better Console and much more powerful, the core market will eat up Ps4 Pro, as for the casual market and pricepoint, Slim will have the advantage over Xbox One S for the rest of this gen if Sony wants to since it costs way less to produce than Xbox One S.

Sony is looking for profit right now, but you can bet here, once holidays arrive and Slim drops to 249e with Cod, Watch Dogs, FF XV and Fifa bundles, it´s done for Microsoft again.

Now Scorpio will be a whole different story and there Microsoft can make some serious serious turn around. 

Anyway, great to see Xbox One doing great, hopefully is cranks 30m sales by the end of the year.

Dude wasn't referring to Pro.  He was only referring original PS4 to PS4 Slim.

OG Ps4 will be dead once stock is gone, Ps4 Slim is the new Ps4.



V-r0cK on 29 September 2016

I knew the XB1S would sell well but I'll just wait for the actual numbers to come out for this time period.

989% sounds great, but trying to do the math and just seems somewhat off, or they're trying to spin this in a way that it sounds a lot better than it actually does since they're not giving any real numbers.

Can someone explain what "sales rise 989 per cent week-on-week" mean? Does that mean a total of 989 per cent increase from a span of like +2 weeks? Like 500% one week than 498% the next?

Ah just give me real numbers! xD



LivingMetal on 29 September 2016
iNathan said:
LivingMetal said:

Dude wasn't referring to Pro.  He was only referring original PS4 to PS4 Slim.

OG Ps4 will be dead once stock is gone, Ps4 Slim is the new Ps4.

This I agree, but dude was still only referring to the PS4 Slim in comparison to the original PS4, not Pro.



Kerotan on 29 September 2016
zero129 said:
Kerotan said:

Yeah it is.  Why?

So you think this means PS4 is doomed?, Ya know since ya where the first one to say it? and still are the only one to say it.

Also why would you think this?.

Lol.  you realise that post doesn't have to be taken literally?  



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DonFerrari on 29 September 2016
zero129 said:
Kerotan said:

Yeah it is.  Why?

So you think this means PS4 is doomed?, Ya know since ya where the first one to say it? and still are the only one to say it.

Also why would you think this?.

OP info was in the sense of PS4 is doomed with the big drop YOY.



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

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

Ariakon on 29 September 2016
V-r0cK said:
I knew the XB1S would sell well but I'll just wait for the actual numbers to come out for this time period.

989% sounds great, but trying to do the math and just seems somewhat off, or they're trying to spin this in a way that it sounds a lot better than it actually does since they're not giving any real numbers.

Can someone explain what "sales rise 989 per cent week-on-week" mean? Does that mean a total of 989 per cent increase from a span of like +2 weeks? Like 500% one week than 498% the next?

Ah just give me real numbers! xD

Nah, week-on-week just means that sales rose 989 percent from one week to the next, as in, from that Sunday to Saturday the Xbox sold almost ten times what it did the previous Sunday to Saturday timeframe. What we don't have, of course, is how much it sold that previous week. As you said, all we know is the boost, without having any baseline to play them against. Apparently the ps4 was down 66% this week compared to last year, but the week before it had outsold the Xbox One nearly 3 to 1 despite selling 22% less than it did this week, so the UK market itself is looking weaker than I realized. 



GOWTLOZ on 29 September 2016
Ariakon said:
V-r0cK said:
I knew the XB1S would sell well but I'll just wait for the actual numbers to come out for this time period.

989% sounds great, but trying to do the math and just seems somewhat off, or they're trying to spin this in a way that it sounds a lot better than it actually does since they're not giving any real numbers.

Can someone explain what "sales rise 989 per cent week-on-week" mean? Does that mean a total of 989 per cent increase from a span of like +2 weeks? Like 500% one week than 498% the next?

Ah just give me real numbers! xD

Nah, week-on-week just means that sales rose 989 percent from one week to the next, as in, from that Sunday to Saturday the Xbox sold almost ten times what it did the previous Sunday to Saturday timeframe. What we don't have, of course, is how much it sold that previous week. As you said, all we know is the boost, without having any baseline to play them against. Apparently the ps4 was down 66% this week compared to last year, but the week before it had outsold the Xbox One nearly 3 to 1 despite selling 22% less than it did this week, so the UK market itself is looking weaker than I realized. 

We can get the numbers if we have sales of XB1 last week or PS4 this week, last week or last year. One of those numbers would be enough for us to know the sales currently.



V-r0cK on 29 September 2016
Ariakon said:
V-r0cK said:
I knew the XB1S would sell well but I'll just wait for the actual numbers to come out for this time period.

989% sounds great, but trying to do the math and just seems somewhat off, or they're trying to spin this in a way that it sounds a lot better than it actually does since they're not giving any real numbers.

Can someone explain what "sales rise 989 per cent week-on-week" mean? Does that mean a total of 989 per cent increase from a span of like +2 weeks? Like 500% one week than 498% the next?

Ah just give me real numbers! xD

Nah, week-on-week just means that sales rose 989 percent from one week to the next, as in, from that Sunday to Saturday the Xbox sold almost ten times what it did the previous Sunday to Saturday timeframe. What we don't have, of course, is how much it sold that previous week. As you said, all we know is the boost, without having any baseline to play them against. Apparently the ps4 was down 66% this week compared to last year, but the week before it had outsold the Xbox One nearly 3 to 1 despite selling 22% less than it did this week, so the UK market itself is looking weaker than I realized. 

Ah thanks for explaining.  If these people know the percentage increase/decrease then they clearly know the acurate amount sold.  So I'll now assume that they purposely spun this to make it sound better than it actually is.  And also the fact that they had to state this on one week's sales than like an entire month, just so they can make it sound like they're really exploding.  Im sure the numbers are great, but probably not fantastic.  



Nautilus on 29 September 2016
Kerotan said:
Looks like we're back to the ps4 is doomed days. Anyway the article answered it itself. Markets like the UK will be more inclined to be affected by people pre ordering the Pro.

While I do agree that the article is trying to be a little click-baity due to the timing and mentions of the marketshare of the consoles, I dont thin its a PS4 is doomed thing.I mean, Its welcome to see a positive news about the xbox.Just because it isnt about the PS4 dosent mean it tries to downplay the other consoles.



My (locked) thread about how difficulty should be a decision for the developers, not the gamers.

https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=241866&page=1