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Xbox One X - Sell through of 80k in UK during first week on sale
- Thread starter ZhugeEX
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XB1X will be much higher than in NA. For multiple reasons but a big one being that NPD does full month tracking rather than the week of.
Oh, your 1 million was for the S and X (because you said "1X")? If that's the case the prediction is much more reasonable.
Don't have to be a psychic to know that 20% of all PS4 sales will be higher number in the long run than whatever the XB1X puts out.
I don't think the price matter much for people who buy a console at launch. Xbox One and PS3 had 2 excellent first months despite the price.
Nice start.
Anecdotal as all hell, but I was wondering how the X might do because there's been something of a noticeable ad campaign by Sony the last few weeks here in the UK to push the PS4 Pro as a '4K' console. Even got a booth set up in the middle of the local shopping centre. Really felt like they trying to minimise the impact of the X by making it seem like less of a leap forward, even if means putting a * next to their own usage of 4K.
Anecdotal as all hell, but I was wondering how the X might do because there's been something of a noticeable ad campaign by Sony the last few weeks here in the UK to push the PS4 Pro as a '4K' console. Even got a booth set up in the middle of the local shopping centre. Really felt like they trying to minimise the impact of the X by making it seem like less of a leap forward, even if means putting a * next to their own usage of 4K.
Oh sorry, I thought 40k was the figure for the second week, not the raw data for the first before estimating the rest.
Yeah, the real test will be after that, hopefully by then Ms has some margins for a price drop.
That's why I said "opened." To be clear I'm talking first week 160K - 300K in NA.
Good first week in UK and probably in US as well, but Pro comparisons are meaningless right now.
I remember reactions of XOS first/second month sales and we all know how it turned out at the end..
I remember reactions of XOS first/second month sales and we all know how it turned out at the end..
They were talking about 'premium console market', which I assume meant the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X. Comparing PS4 to Xbox One X doesn't make much sense.
Sony had probably tons of more demand in continental Europe for Pro than MS has for Xbox One X (considering how PS4 has absolutely crushed Xbox One outside of UK in Europe). It was easier for MS to ship more units to UK even with lower total shipments in Europe.
I think you misunderstood me. The Pro is 20% of all PS4 sales. Meaning worldwide, it sells roughly about 200k units per month. Given that that figure is higher than the amount of XB1 consoles sold in US in recent months, for the XB1X to outsell the Pro, it would have to put up a far more impressive performance than it is putting out based on these numbers. Far, far more impressive.
Bargain basement Britain just goes for the cheapest machine. It reverted back to being Sony land this generation, like everywhere else
I guess that's one way to look at it. It's still early to be claiming X1X won't outsell Pro in certain markets.
It must be closer to 300K
Just watch PS4 Pro for these 2 markets
50K first week UK = 250K first month US
80K first week UK = 400K minimum
US market is even closer between Xbox and Playstation than the UK market so 500k is even possible.
They did a good job at creating something desirable, unlike Sony. I don't understand the Pro. Sony can afford to be reactive in their current position. Instead they rushed out something half assed and Microsoft came out looking better.
Sony is definitely pushing the Pro really hard the last few weeks here in Canada too but with a heavy layer of marketing spin. If I remember correctly they say something like best place to experience dynamic 4k* gaming with small text reading resolutions up to 4k and UHD bluray not supported or something like that. I think it's kind of funny to hype up dynamic 4k because its basically saying their console drops resolution more than the other.
Hasn't really affected the x launch though. It sold out in my area and seems to be in most locations after a quick google search.
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I think MS might also not risk it and launch xbx 2 2019.
Why would they give sony another year of head start? wouldnt that again hand the next gen to sony market share wise?
Considering the huge asking price for the thing here, that's a damn good result for the Xbox One X. Way better than I expected.
Nice!!!! You are gonna see Halo 5 and Gears 4 get boost of population I'm sure.
Eh, it's more interesting to note than anything else. That means it sold, what, 5,000 copies more than last week?
Honestly, I think WOM is going to be huge for X and 4K TVs in general. I think it's going to do real well after the holidays and beyond.
No way. And IMHO it's very unlikely for PS5 to come out 2019. It's more likely 2020.
Is it counting just physical or digital and physical.
Edit:. Packaged, so physical only.
I don't think so, you announce it and release it a year after with better hardware.
Both are gonna wait till 2020 at the earliest for decent hardware at competent price. Where are you getting 2019 reports from?
It is and it isn't. For what you are getting it is actually comparatively cheap. I know it's historically accurate that the most powerful console doen't win the console war, but there was a time when even the ps2 - when it launched- put up a good fight against the pc space and a decent price point. People will pay more if they get more, u like the original Xbox one where they were paying more to get less.
You are comparing first week to first month tho. That's not really a good comparation.
First, XB1X had more days than the PS4 PRO ( ok i know this does not matter that much, but is still a revelant point )
Second, more than half of XB1X sales are from the Scorpio model, which was a limited model.
I think is expected that the sales of XB1X will drop more compared to PS4 PRO.
It will still beat the PRO first month in USA but i don't expect more than 350-400K.
500K just looks way too much.
better hardware doesn't guarantee you market share. Xbx launched after PS2 with better hardware and it failed miserably . PS3 launched a year after xbox and it almost failed.they will break this pattern of being one year behind i m sure.
I think XBOX has November NPD on lock because of Preorders.
December / Christmas NPD will be a real test.
December / Christmas NPD will be a real test.
Very impressive for a £450 mid-gen console revision at any time, never mind in Brexit times. That's £100 more than the Pro was at launch.
The legs will be important now, although word of mouth is positive and I'd expect a price drop before the Summer (or aggressive bundling).
The legs will be important now, although word of mouth is positive and I'd expect a price drop before the Summer (or aggressive bundling).
again weaker console was not their down fall. they launched a weaker console with DRM issues around it at higher price than their direct competitor. so being under powered was only some part of a bigger reason why they failed. PS2 murdered the competition being the weakest console on the market. wii outsold the HD twin as well being the weakest console in that gen. So not everything is about the power.
Guess that can be translated to 'atleast 55% of sales are preorders' (getting a scorpio edition not preordered seems impossible)?
That doesn't really squares with MS' claims of 'biggest ever' launch, given the XB1 sold 150k ish during its UK week of launch in 2013 (also supply constrained, which the 1X doesn't appear to be afaik), but this is MS, so I guess large amounts of spin were to be expected.
80k is decent, but not unexpected for an item that will have a lot of appeal to early adopters and the core fan base.
The next few weeks and early 2018 will be more telling I think.
80k is decent, but not unexpected for an item that will have a lot of appeal to early adopters and the core fan base.
The next few weeks and early 2018 will be more telling I think.
If the PS4 launches in 2019 (which I believe is their plan), it won't be because of the XB1X.
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The PS4 is doing great and shows no slow at sales and they didn't even cut the price, in fact they just raised their expectations for sales.
Next Gen won't start before Holidays 2020.... other than that it's just a wishful thinking.
I'm surprised some people are surprised. I thought Microsoft did a fairly decent job with the unveil, marketing, and building up hype.
This suggests that there will be a rather big drop off next week. Majority of project scorpio buyers were probably previous xbox owners.
However on the flip side, the console seems to be received rather well, strong word of mouth might kickstart some small momentum for holiday shoppers and new 4k tv owners.
This suggests that there will be a rather big drop off next week. Majority of project scorpio buyers were probably previous xbox owners.
However on the flip side, the console seems to be received rather well, strong word of mouth might kickstart some small momentum for holiday shoppers and new 4k tv owners.
so PS3 didnt launch 6 years after PS2 when PS2 was doing amazing numbers (better than PS4), right?
oh wait , it did ;)