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sales2099 on 18 January 2021
VAMatt said:
sales2099 said:

Does seem like their initial record is becoming a gen over gen decline. Supply issues on both sides is concerning but this is great news.

And to explain myself, the supply constraint allows the consoles to compete on their games instead of PS5 pulling ahead purely on brand loyalty and little else. This way we can have a good old fashioned console war based on games. 

Do we believe that MS is not having as much manufacturing trouble as Sony?

Just going with what I’m seeing on the site. Xbox shipments are more or less consistent while PS shipments are declining 



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sales2099 on 18 January 2021
Alby_da_Wolf said:
VAMatt said:

Do we believe that MS is not having as much manufacturing trouble as Sony?

But above all, if Phil will use this argument in PR statements, MS will have to pay sales2099 huge royalties!!!   

Nah the money I save per year using Game Pass is all the financial compensation I need :)



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LudicrousSpeed on 18 January 2021

It’s bizarre, haven’t seen word of any shipments for PS5 or X|S since mid December maybe.



SvennoJ on 18 January 2021

All I know is, it's Januari 18th, both are still not available here (Canada) New Xbox / PS5 consoles won't be available at our store locations.



chakkra on 18 January 2021

Yep. By now I'm convinced that the yield issue rumors that were going around were true, and it is affecting both companies.



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Sogreblute on 18 January 2021

I would say yes. Here in U.S. I've barely seen restocks for the major retailers and PS Direct hasn't had stock in like 2 weeks. Sure the PS5 started out fantastic, but it seems it's now tracking behind PS4 sales. My guess is Sony initially wanted to do a staggered launch like the PS4, but they wanted to match Microsoft's simultaneous launch (even then they still had a week gap for launches). Of course scarce parts and COVID are playing roles in both companies not being able to restock.



kirby007 on 18 January 2021

i like how cliffboi became a meme even so long after hes gone ( hi src )



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