I really don't get the discrepancy between the PS4 and XB1...... why is the XB1 so low on the charts? Its literally dropped 20 places between december and now.

MS can't simply be pushing momentum based on extreme deals and the holiday season. Unless amazon is flat out wrong this month, its looking like another PS4 win for january.

Because PS4 has so damn many exclusive's comeing that look great the next few months.

Xbox has what? this month? the next? one after?

I'm happy to see yakuza 0 getting some love. I wish pewdiepie or some big youtuber streamed it. To get more Ppl hyped.

Why isn't horizon on your software list?

Software outside of the month only gets added if it's in the top 20: **

It really baffles the mind, MS just throws everything at the last 3 or 4 months of the year, then has totally nothing for the first 8 to 9 months of the year. This apparently has been their strategy for the past 3 years now. Can't they see its a flawed way of doing things? I really don't get it. And this is the kinda practice xbox fans defend? Imagine they held Gears back and released it around the same time horizon was releasing. I just don't know man..... mind boggling.

You think going streight at PS4 for 12 rounds and losing each one is better ? this way they coast and save their strength to least win a few late in the game.  

Their strategy is actually logical in the face of the juggernaut that is the PS4.  

The goal shouldn't be NPD "wins" in the first place, it should be having an enticing enough product to sell at all times and be profitable, not just dumping in the loss leader months. Getting more units out there doesn't necessarily equate to success, especially if you had to do a firesale to get the product out there. Phil Spencer recently alluded as to why they're tracking Monthly Active Users now.  Running the risk of selling a console with a price cut and multiple giveaways is a huge risk if someone isn't active in the ecosystem.

So then wtf do you want ? which is it.  What dont you get, they cant compete with PS4 streight up.  They have to pick their battles and make sure they wins some.  

They need ndp wins to seem relevant, else they get nintendo'd into wiiu like irrelevence.  

They do fire sales and id even debate that since the deals between it and PS4 are always quite close.  But ill play they do em because for one it really works well for them and two the mass amount of software sales they achieve in the same time.   Them sticking to it tells me the attach ratios must be good and worth it else why continue the same losing strategy over and over.  

Jan - RE7
Feb - For Honor, HAlo wars 2 (ex)
March - Ghost Recon

They are fine, theyget all the big 3rd parties there is always someone active in its ecosystem.  Hell you are making it sound like the X1 is the freaking wiiu.   

Gamestop is having a deal. S350 OG Xbox 1TB and 4 games.

That could cause a shift in the Amazon charts. How long has the sale been going?