Xbox One Sells a Million Units In 24 Hours

[Dragonbums]

The PS4 having more consoles sold in North America overall is interesting. The US sided heavily with the 360 last gen. This flip means that the bad marketing did have a decent effect on MS. They failed to convey their 180s to the gamers who don't follow gaming news.

That is not necessarily true. The xbox and ps4 were both sold out months before they actually came out and that one million sales figure is actually the cap because thats is all the consoles they had shipped. You cant start comparing them until consoles are readily available for people to walk into a store and buy.

When you put it that way, I never thought of it like that.

Which kind of makes me wonder why it's news then? Since they always give out pre order numbers on both systems, they essentially tell us what their "Day 1" sales are.

 

[A-D.]

The PS4 having more consoles sold in North America overall is interesting. The US sided heavily with the 360 last gen. This flip means that the bad marketing did have a decent effect on MS. They failed to convey their 180s to the gamers who don't follow gaming news.

That is not necessarily true. The xbox and ps4 were both sold out months before they actually came out and that one million sales figure is actually the cap because thats is all the consoles they had shipped. You cant start comparing them until consoles are readily available for people to walk into a store and buy.

When you put it that way, I never thought of it like that.

Which kind of makes me wonder why it's news then? Since they always give out pre order numbers on both systems, they essentially tell us what their "Day 1" sales are.

I suppose it is news in regard that out of those preorders, 1 million didnt cancel theirs after MS's botched E3 presentation. Still, day one sales and such do not make or break a console, let alone decide "the console wars". If we go about it objectively, sony has won in terms of policies (they didnt try the same shit as MS), price (100 bucks cheaper) and arguably in how powerful the hardware is. What will decide the console generation will be the sales figures after 1 year, so about this time next year, and which games and franchises will be available and on which platform.

Basicly, if anyone wants confirmation on whether microsoft or sony won this generation so to speak, wait a year, then its obvious which will be the dominant one. And notice, dominant, the Xbone will not just crash and burn, if anything all it will be is second place, or third depending on whether the Wii U can deliver some really good franchises/games.

 

[FPLOON]

And so, starts the Console Wars of our time. Prepare yourselves, for Winter is here.

That was a good recent South Park episode trilogy...

OT: Okay... Now, we at least have an average of those who were not persuaded by pre-negative feedback... or, at least, they still watch regular TV, but that's a bit of a stretch, even on a guestimate...

Still, I can't say I didn't see this coming or how the PS4 hasn't been released outside US/Canada to truly say that Xbox One will sell more or less, given the current averages...

Time will tell... but, who is truly batting an eye at the numbers?

 

[AzrealMaximillion]

The PS4 having more consoles sold in North America overall is interesting. The US sided heavily with the 360 last gen. This flip means that the bad marketing did have a decent effect on MS. They failed to convey their 180s to the gamers who don't follow gaming news.

That is not necessarily true. The xbox and ps4 were both sold out months before they actually came out and that one million sales figure is actually the cap because thats is all the consoles they had shipped. You cant start comparing them until consoles are readily available for people to walk into a store and buy.

I think you can compare the sales because of the multiple weeks of release dates in other regions for the PS4. Europe gets it this week and has always bought the PS brand over the Xbox Brand. The PS4 will also be accessible to more countries in Europe after it's launch than the Xbox One. And I think it's safe to say that most of Asia will grab the PS4 due to MS' failure over the years to gain ground in the Asian market.

With MS saying that the Xbox One won't reach all of Europe til 2014 I think that we'll be able to see people walking into their stores and able to buy a PS4 a bit earlier than the Xbox One.

There are also reports of stores in New York having tons of Xbox One units in stock. "Day One Edition" Xbox Ones too. So we already have the ability to walk into a store and grab one of the new consoles yet it still sold less in NA than the other console.

I'm not saying that the Xbox One launch was bad, but the numbers are very much against them for the next few months.

 

[Riff Moonraker]

I am quite pleased with mine. Unfortunately, I could only afford to get the One and COD Ghosts, for the moment, with Christmas around the corner, and my kids come first, but I am quite pleased with the purchase, and it works like a charm. It will be one of those things that I will be back and forth between the One and the 360 for awhile still, but eventually, as I complete the games that need completing on the 360, I will migrate more and more over to the One. I really dont think any Xbox fans will be disappointed by the new console... in fact, quite the opposite. I think they will be very happy.

 

[Hazy]

I'm disappointed. I wanted to see this thing crash and burn.

You and me both, Prime. You and me both.

I guess consumers really don't have any qualms about paying a company that was perfectly ready to screw them no more than half a year ago.

 

[TheNarrator]

I'm disappointed. I wanted to see this thing crash and burn.

To be honest, I think these figures arent't that great for MS at all, in comparison to Sony's. There may be some wishful thinking involved here, but really North America is the only territory where the Xbox competes on the same level as PlayStation. In Japan basically everyone buys PS, Microsoft makes 0 effort to cater to that huge market; and in Europe, PS is also significantly more popular than Xbox, although the gap isn't nearly as big as in Japan. The fact that they didn't outsell PS in NA (and in fact probably lost by a fairly large margin) probably means that the console wars have started very badly for them.

Still it's not quite the spectacular failure I was hoping for. I suppose it was too much to hope that enough people could put aside their instant gratification in order to stick it to Microsoft.

Of course it was, there are far more important issues we humans consistently fail to tackle because doing so would make our lives ever so slightly less pleasant. I'll admit that I had a flicker of hope as well shortly after Microsoft's colossal PR failures, but then I remembered that I have never in my life seen any reason to believe that people are willing to give up minor conveniences to become more ethical consumers . MS would just be pretend that nothing happened and everything is okay, and then people would forget about it, and that's exactly what happened.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

I'm disappointed. I wanted to see this thing crash and burn.

To be honest, I think these figures arent't that great for MS at all, in comparison to Sony's. There may be some wishful thinking involved here, but really North America is the only territory where the Xbox competes on the same level as PlayStation. In Japan basically everyone buys PS, Microsoft makes 0 effort to cater to that huge market; and in Europe, PS is also significantly more popular than Xbox, although the gap isn't nearly as big as in Japan. The fact that they didn't outsell PS in NA (and in fact probably lost by a fairly large margin) probably means that the console wars have started very badly for them.

Still it's not quite the spectacular failure I was hoping for. I suppose it was too much to hope that enough people could put aside their instant gratification in order to stick it to Microsoft.

Of course it was, there are far more important issues we humans consistently fail to tackle because doing so would make our lives ever so slightly less pleasant. I'll admit that I had a flicker of hope as well shortly after Microsoft's colossal PR failures, but then I remembered that I have never in my life seen any reason to believe that people are willing to give up minor conveniences to become more ethical consumers . MS would just be pretend that nothing happened and everything is okay, and then people would forget about it, and that's exactly what happened.

Yeah, I should've known it was too much to hope for. No, few people are ever willing to give up on minor conveniences in order to become more ethical consumers even if doing so would be more beneficial in the long run and not doing so would be more harmful in the long run.

 

[Lictor Face]

Yeah, I should've known it was too much to hope for. No, few people are ever willing to give up on minor conveniences in order to become more ethical consumers even if doing so would be more beneficial in the long run and not doing so would be more harmful in the long run.

Don't you find that whole statement strange? Especially since the console market is a consumer market? You buy a console because you want to play its games and enjoy yourself. Buying a console is hardly a "minor convenience" as it practically enters you into the world of console gaming. If you were talking about a single game, fair enough. But a console? You can hardly apply that same concept to a console.

As for your last sentence, idealistic, but logically improbable. What difference does it make if I don't get a console now and instead get it two years later? If you are referring to not buying a console at all, that is hardly a "minor convenience" either. As I've said before, buying a console immediately opens up an entire dimension of entertainment. Not buying a console would actually be an inconvenience, as you would miss out on console-exclusive games (regardless if Xbox one or PS4)

Additionally, if you despise the Xbox One and get a PS4 instead, you are not even inconveniencing yourself in the first place as you've already entered the console entertainment dimension , just with a different platform.

If by "harmful in the long run" you mean for Microsoft's business style? Yes, very true. But for the entire console market? Doubtful.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Yeah, I should've known it was too much to hope for. No, few people are ever willing to give up on minor conveniences in order to become more ethical consumers even if doing so would be more beneficial in the long run and not doing so would be more harmful in the long run.

Don't you find that whole statement strange? Especially since the console market is a consumer market? You buy a console because you want to play its games and enjoy yourself. Buying a console is hardly a "minor convenience" as it practically enters you into the world of console gaming. If you were talking about a single game, fair enough. But a console? You can hardly apply that same concept to a console.

As for your last sentence, idealistic, but logically improbable. What difference does it make if I don't get a console now and instead get it two years later? If you are referring to not buying a console at all, that is hardly a "minor convenience" either. As I've said before, buying a console immediately opens up an entire dimension of entertainment. Not buying a console would actually be an inconvenience, as you would miss out on console-exclusive games (regardless if Xbox one or PS4)

Additionally, if you despise the Xbox One and get a PS4 instead, you are not even inconveniencing yourself in the first place as you've already entered the console entertainment dimension , just with a different platform.

If by "harmful in the long run" you mean for Microsoft's business style? Yes, very true. But for the entire console market? Doubtful.

I was referring to Microsoft's business style and I was talking specifically about the XBox Done not the entire console market. Buying Microsoft's console despite their shit business practices tells them that they can get away with them and still sell their wares.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

It disappoints me that so many people are either oblivious to Microsoft's ass hattery, or are very quick to forgive and forget when billion dollar companies betray consumer trust.

They certainly forgave Sony for chipping away at features on the PS3 for an entire generation. Just like they've all but forgotten things like the weeks long PSN outage and the RRoD is referred to as casually as a flat tire.

But, in all seriousness, to expect the PR problems leading up to the Xbox One launch to cause some sort of crippling sales difference was silly. Games will shift consoles faster than bad press especially when few people even understand what was initially being offered that the enthusiast crowd reacted so strongly too anyhow. Beyond that, you have simple product momentum - millions of people have played console games on various Xboxes for a decade now and millions others want to continue building their gamerscore. Small group social pressures could easily affect sales - a group that played PS3 together are simply more likely to play PS4 together.

My prediction? Both systems will do fine and both companies will slowly apply the policies Microsoft tried to launch with this time around. And people will whine and moan and petitions will be brought forth but people will keep buying consoles and games. And all that will happen at all in the long run is that a few people will actually jump ship to a different platform. I wouldn't expect to see the same numbers of consoles moved as the last time around if for no other reason than many of the services that once made consoles appealing devices to non core households can be found on dozens of cheaper devices.

 

[freedash22]

Please be a falsified figure. Please be PR speak. Please be blatant lies. Please be anything other than the truth. After all the horrible, stupid, anti-consumer stuff MS has said and done, how could they have day-one sales like this?!

Because not everyone reads gaming sites.

In fact... as unfortunate as it is, we're the minority.

I like this. But allow me to rephrase--- we are the 'informed' minority.

Now let's wait for the DOA, RROD or and defect statistics. Hopefully there will be a few.

 

[sumanoskae]

Pity, I was looking forward to the surprise of Microsoft's collective face when they discovered that shitting on your consumer is not an optimal strategy for selling your overpriced, stripped down personal computer.

I am quite frankly flabbergasted that anybody wants this stupid thing.