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Aaron Greenberg: "Switch the best selling console in December, Xbox One outsold PS4" (USA)
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You can outsell them in dollars. He didn't say units, and he said Switch sold more overall.
Fair enough actually - although I'm convinced he could have at least worded it better :P i.e. not make the Switch look like some exception
Its safe to say that now with the switch released and being so successful all 3 are well now. Im curious how Gen 9 will go with Xbox and Playstation with Switch already starting the generation so well.
Thread is about December, also didn't they have their best month ever in November? Nobody talked about the entire year. The pace is good right now, what remains to be seen is how long they can mantain it.
it's perceived as a "middle-of-the-generation" device so people aren't sure where it stands.
He could be wrong, but hey at least he said, that Switch outsold their console. Does not seems to me as some PR spin.
His job is to market Xbox. He can't go round tweeting "Nintendo switch won NPD".
He reported what was in the NPD report. Which he didn't have to. MS haven't made a formal statement.
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You can't read?
Xbox One outsold Ps4 , Switch is the best selling console.
How is this, Xbox One sold more than nsw?
I mean...it is tho, Its Gen 9 unlike PS4 and Xbox One and the one platform they didnt outsell making it the exception.
Apparently yes, Switch sold the most console units last December.
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Excellent. Apparently Xbox had a pretty good December as well. Interesting to see how it'll fare in Jan.
What does that make the Wii U, or the Wii? What a weird post.
I mean it makes sense if the comparison isn't that direct. With Wii U, Nintendo decided to go into its own direction, whereas Xbox and PlayStation continue playing their generational game. Given Sony and Xbox "just" released a mid-gen upgrade chances are their consoles won't be out for a couple more years, at which point Nintendo might come back to releasing a console that is timed similarly as the others. But for now, it is what it is. The message was clear: they're happy they outsold the "biggest" console in December, and congratulated Nintendo for outselling both with their new console. Seems straightforward.
What is weird? He is just spinning but Switch is indeed Gen9... Wii U was Gen8.
In the US, also Switch don't count
Instead of PR talk they should just say Xbox One outsold PS4 in the US in December.
Next they are gonna go all out and say Xbox One is the best selling console starting with the letter X
Instead of PR talk they should just say Xbox One outsold PS4 in the US in December.
Next they are gonna go all out and say Xbox One is the best selling console starting with the letter X
They only seem to make these twitter announcements when it does actually outsell ps4 which is like 2-3 times every year.
It's funny how they keep quiet otherwise lol.
love how they spin their PR with Switch as well.
It's funny how they keep quiet otherwise lol.
love how they spin their PR with Switch as well.
People somehow having difficulty reading his tweet just goes to show schools cant teach people how to read english...holy crap.
edit: RIP WiiU, people dont even remember you were gen 8. feelsbadman.
edit: RIP WiiU, people dont even remember you were gen 8. feelsbadman.
Pace and momentum are not something defined by a single or pair of monthly sales figures. As a whole, the xbox one sold less than it did in any previous full calendar year. xbox one always discounts heavily and sells best in the holiday months, then falls off a cliff in January. If January sees unprecedented xbox one sales and than continues into February and March, then you can talk about maintaining a pace.
Only said that about the Switch. He didn't say Xbox outsold PS4 in units sold, too me it reads as revenue, which makes sense, since the Xbox One X costs more than twice a PS4. Would not be the first time they speak in revenue numbers.
We have no way to know right now.
It was unnecessary wording, but what is Switch if not a Gen 9 console given that Wii U was Gen 8? A Gen 1 hybrid? A Gen 6 handheld? Or has Switch singlehandedly eradicated generations?
Its hardly an announcement if its a twitter reply for a tweet that was pretty much asking for clarification.
I know it just seemed a really weird way to frame their own success.
Aye I know it's a different gen but I thought generations didn't matter anymore to MS. Just found the framing strange.
It's worth mentioning that the XB1S was priced $100 or more less than the lowest priced PS4 for 4 of the 5 weeks in the teacher month so to some extent it'd be pretty damning if it didn't come out favorably on a unit sold basis. I am curious what the splits ended up being for the month though.
Also yes it is genuinely hilarious what he spouted in his initial tweet given that his follow up clarified he basically just excluded the highest selling platform from consideration. That's like saying "DSL has the fastest internet available" and proclaiming it's true since you are excluding Fiber because it's newer. It's asinine.
Also yes it is genuinely hilarious what he spouted in his initial tweet given that his follow up clarified he basically just excluded the highest selling platform from consideration. That's like saying "DSL has the fastest internet available" and proclaiming it's true since you are excluding Fiber because it's newer. It's asinine.
Which is what I said, it remains to be seen how they'll do this year. And the other thing I said remains true: their last 2 months were great. Not sure why it was necessary to point out the rest of the year was not? We knew that for a while.
After a strong November at $199, PS4s we're likely supply constrained.
Microsoft had some insane deals with $189 Bundes and free bonus games, but still lost out to Switch. It's clear that Xbox is going to be overtaken by Switch.
Microsoft had some insane deals with $189 Bundes and free bonus games, but still lost out to Switch. It's clear that Xbox is going to be overtaken by Switch.
This is the very definition of PR spin. He's using useless quantifiers to make the XBO #1 in a narrow range of attributes. It's like saying McDs sold the most burgers when the question is about overall fast food sales regardless of what is sold.
its still understood Xbox One and PS4 are Gen 8 and that Switch is Gen 9 regardless if Xbox has a traditional generation cycle in the future tho.
It's certainly 9th gen on the portable side, being over 10 times stronger than a Vita.
Yup, this.
As a PC gamer, I've always found it kinda weird, but now with Pro/X consoles, as well as Switch, I don't think Gens make any sense anymore.