Quantum Glass said:
Baresark said:
I honestly would have been more surprised if it didn't do just as well. Most people hold the systems themselves in equal regard. I mean, if I were looking at which one to buy based on launch lineup... Xbone would have have gotten my money, if for no other reason than I would love to play Dead Rising 3. Don't get me wrong, I would have loved to see this thing crash and burn as much as the next guy because of all that PR bullshit they pulled. A part of me always knew that would never happen though.
Wait, why do we want it to crash and burn again?
I get that their policies when Xbox One was first announced were pretty undesirable, but from what I can tell they've changed most of them at this point.
If i murdered somone and then said im sorry i changed and i wont do it again you would just forgive me and let me go? i doubt it. Saying you wont do it does not wash away the previuos crimes.
SirDeadly said:
There was about 20 people at the midnight launch I went to and most of those people got there within the last half an hour until midnight. I think it's good that people are buying it, it means more games and hopefully better games for all of us.
I dont go to midnight launch so i dont know why is that unusual. isnt the point is to be there are midnight? why would i come way to oearly? so i could get the console 5 minutes quicer by standing in like for 2 hours? how is 5 minutes saved for 2 hours wasted a fair exchange?
And do tell us all how does having a competitor that aims to lock people in with exclusives and are generally anti-consumer results in better games for us all.
Sniper Team 4 said:
That doesn't surprise me. The internet is often very loud, and can become very one-sided on certain issues, but I've seen it countless times where it turns out that the world outside of the internet doesn't, surprisingly, follow the same thinking as the internet. I know a lot of people who were super excited for the Xbox One launch, and with something this big, there was no way that everyone shared the same feelings as the apparent majority of people shouting on the internet.
Sadly, real life is inferior to internet.
Neyon said:
Do remember that it isn't technically true that 1m have been sold in the first 24 hours. Firms just count all pre orders as sales the moment the product is released. The 1m isn't people actually making their purchasing choice in that 24 hours.
Granted the practice may be different across the atlantic, but here you have to pay for the preorder for them to reserve a copy. If you didnt pay they may just as well sold to another one. A pre-order you havent paid for does not count as a sale. Unless you pick an optino to pay directly to the delivery man which some suppliers accept here, but even then you sign a digital contract that you are going to pay him and they have a right to demand it unless you do the proper procedure for returning.
