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OP: "Why do you think Xbox One is now outselling the PS4?"

Everyone else in the world who knows how to read numbers: "It's not on the worldwide stage, which is what really matters."

 

 Check out the last column... Can you see the 56,000+ ps4 lead for the latest collected week of sales?  Can you?

Global
81,630 120,186 30,022 281,235
130,176 74,022 584 224,902


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In my opinion the Xbox One S > The PS4 Slim in design and value as a console, so the remodel definitely helped. Also people pre ordered the PS4 Pro which is just the best bang for 399,- if you are buying a console and plan or own a 4k television.

Anyway, originalle the Xbox One looked uglier then the PS4 launch model, and offered no benefits over the competitor except some exclusive games.

Over the years Microsoft has added some things to improve this value proposition. They added the support for external hard drives, making it no big deal to own a 500GB model and options to really improve the loading speed in games by using a 7200RPM drive or SSHD/SSD

They also added backwards compatability, which in many games gives people the best experience of last generation games like mass effect, red dead redemption, Lost Oddesey, Fable and more.

Add the Xbox One S sexy model, with no power brick, and UHD support and I can deffenitely see why the Xbox isn't doing as bad as it did on launch. Microsoft has just been adding value.

They swayed me ass well, I still have a big X360 collection and next year when the Scorpio releases the Xbox will become my main platform again, and on launch there was no doubt I would never buy an xbox one, because the PS4 was just presented and launched so so much better.




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KLAMarine said:
DonFerrari said:

yes sure... just like PS3 sales dropped after removing the Backward compatibility to PS2 and the X1 took almost one year to see its sale increase due to backward compatibility, yes it makes sense.

BC is not the only variable at play here. Correct me if I'm wrong but removing PS2 BC on the PS3 meant the PS3's price could be slashed which at one point in time cost $600.

Intrinsic said:

XB1 BC isnt something new. Its been going on since 2024. You reslly need to stop talking abiut this thing like its some be all end all feature. Its been around since 2014

No, I think it just recently celebrated its one-year anniversary so X1 BC started November 2015:

http://news.xbox.com/2016/11/10/xbox-one-backward-compatibility-skate-3/

http://news.xbox.com/2015/11/12/new-xbox-one-experience-begins-today/

http://news.xbox.com/2015/11/09/introducing-your-first-104-xbox-one-backward-compatibility-games/

Intrinsic said:

that's all still not stopped the PS4 from outselling the XB1 on average almost 2:1 globally all that time. And whats funny is that a feature like that is more important at the start of a new gen when there are slim pickings of new 8th gen titles to play. Not now when the 8th gen library has been fleshed out. 

No but one must ask how much bigger the gap might have been if not for Microsoft working hard to turn their fortunes around: lowering prices, offering more appealing bundles, being less restrictive with their modding policy, 4K Bluray player support, and I think even outspending Sony at times in marketing their console.

Intrinsic said:

And i swear you sound like an MS PR head. BC is not nearly as important as you try and make it out to be. No matter how much you and MS talk it up. Just look at the sales, hasn't sales over the past 3yrs been proof enough what gamers want and what they feel is important to them?

Not always: just because something sells really well doesn't always mean it's what gamers want: No Man's Sky sold very well especially considering it was made by a tiny team of 15 or so people and yet its legacy is not currently a positive one.

GTA 5 sold incredibly well and yet I find the game to be terrible.

Intrinsic said:

And giving credit is very very different from word of mouth. In this very thread I've aknowledged that MS has done well to try and turn their ship around or at the very least make the most of what they have. But when my friend comes into my house and sees me playing FF15, I'm not going tell him to go and get an XB1 even though the game is also on it. And when he gets his PS4, he will tell his own friends to get a PS4. That's how word of mouth works. 

Giving credit is still positive press for XB1 (Microsoft would thank you for it, I'm sure) much like good word of mouth. I repeat once again that positively changing the image of XBox is a gain, not a loss.

Yes I'll correct you, the baseline PS3 was 500 at launch not 600. But sure enough from what we know it was the 600 that sold better.

You may skip the fact that PS3 dropping BC and selling better still because of price reduction isn't a proof that most don't care about BC, but how will you ignore that X1 after adding BC haven't seem a spike in sales to prove how useful it was seem? Even more when we had the first statistics showing how little the function was used.



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Maybe the One S is better. The total package is better one the One S?! Graphic is not everything...









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i think the bad marketing at the beginning dont interest the people no more, and some groups of people now see that the Xone has some important exclusives that the ps4 is missing (racing/Shooters) like halo Gow4 and Forza series, so the xone s only was the i touch to change systems.

Two of my friends for example changed in the last month and their opinion was that the ps4 dont have a good racing game or good exclusive shooters, and they dont trust Sony that gt sport will be good or that the game release next year. After they went to gamestop the traded in their ps4 with all games and one get the 500Gb Fifa bundle Xone s with Forza 6, Halo 5 and Bf1. The other buyed the Green 1 Tb Bf1 Bundle and get Horizon 3 with it.
So Now they have the good exclusives and all the 3rd party support they need.

I think Ms has the Momentum Now because of an exellent exclusive Line Up with Gears 4, Halo 5, Quantum Break, Forza6, Horizon 3, Halo Mcc, Sunset Overdrive or Ryse Son of Rome and others people see it now.
Some will say that you can play some games on the pc but this dont interest a 30 year old worker who dont have enough time to play how he want to.

The other side is the technical part where normal (casuals) dont see a diffrence betwenn 900 p upscaled to 1080p or 1080 p native



kuaga said:
Maybe the One S is better. The total package is better one the One S?! Graphic is not everything...

Its cheaper.... MS has done alot of good deals.

PS4pro moved sales from the months leading up to its launch, to now.

November PS4 takes back the sales lead in the US NPD.



i dont think so in nov it will be a race head by head because of ps4 pro.



Bandorr said:
CGI-Quality said:

Why should it be closed?

If I were to argue why the thread would be closed I'd argue it based on these three points.

1)If the premise was "why is the xbox one selling so well the last 4 months" that is one thing, but it seems the general consensus is considering it "why it is outselling the ps4 world wide" - which it isn't.

2) Almost all of the debate can be answered with - with until November. If XB1 wins November then times could easily tbe changing. If they lose November and December - then it will probably stay that way until the Scorpio.

3) A general negative attitude to the thread. 'X is better than Y'.  'Where are the games'. And the very odd spam of Jega avatars.

None of those are moderate worthy, but they do sum up to a fairly pointless thread.

So we are on a site which is about sales of videogame consoles and we are talking about this consoles sales because we saw that The XOne in the last four months (since July) sold better than ps4 in Usa,Canada, United kindom, Australia, New Zealand and dont forget that the Xone is market Leader in South and middle America by 75%.

So i think your Problem is that the thread is about XOne is selling better than ps4 in a lot of parts for a long time and that destroys your world!



Why is it outselling it in 3 countries*

Anyway, probably people waiting for PS4 Pro



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