hudsoniscool said:
thismeintiel said:
Good that we have more concrete numbers. The Switch doing ~750K-770K with little to no stock issues points to it being more in line with the 3DS than the Wii/PS4. Definitely not a bad thing, but it should keep some people's expectations in check. I'd say the XBOX underperformed, especially when many thought it would do ~600K. Yes, it was more expensive than the Pro, BUT it had more than a year to build up hype (as opposed to a month), had more time to build up preorders than the Pro (~2 months vs 1), and was an easier sell to Xbox fans looking to upgrade. It MAY do better than the Pro's 20% of PS4 sales, but that doesn't mean much if the XBO still looks like it will end up ~50M or so.
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Some of u guys r really reaching with saying it underperformed
pro 260k- 399
x 430k- 499$
The justifications for this just doesn't make sense. In November 2016 a PS4 was going for 250-300. this November a xb1s went for 190-230. What's the harder sale u tell me:
play a better version of the same PS4 game for 100-150$ More
or
play a better version of the same xb1 game for 270-310$.
honestly it's a wonder this even broke 200k.
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You're not putting things into full context. The Pro not only had stock issues at launch, as Sony underestimated demand, but it also launched just a month after it was announced. Sony didn't really push it all that much, most likely because they didn't want to alienate their normal users that may have thought they were being abandoned. MS, on the other hand, have talked about pretty much nothing but the X for a year and a half. They had around an extra months worth of preorders to go towards launch numbers. They also made sure that they had plenty of stock for launch. And the fact that the power gap is much more significant over the base model, plus gave the power bragging rights back to Xbox fans, made it an easier sell.
The important thing is the X is not going to do what MS wanted it to do, reinvigorate XBO sales.