Xbox One Sold 2 Million
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I wonder how many of the Xbox Ones and PS4 were sold to buyers planing to resell them on eBay for $700-1000 depending on how high the bids go.
I remember when the Wii, Xbox 360, and PS3 were released there were a lot of people planning to sell them on eBay in hope of making many hundreds to thousands of dollars from eBay bids.
I remember when the Wii, Xbox 360, and PS3 were released there were a lot of people planning to sell them on eBay in hope of making many hundreds to thousands of dollars from eBay bids.
Are you sure all of it was BS?
I wouldn't make that claim.
All I would say is that enough people think microsoft's 180 was enough for them to purchase the console afterall. And that they're not concerned about the future of the console. (Though I'm also not discounting the number of loyal xbox fans who'd have bought the console regardless of if it was DRM-box or not.)
For microsoft, congrats on selling 2 million consoles in 13 countries in ~19 days. It's a good start.
That stated, I'm still curious to see what Sony's current numbers are. Since they reported they sold 700K in 2 days in Europe and Australia... But it's been 11 days since then. Did they break 3 million yet?
I wouldn't make that claim.
All I would say is that enough people think microsoft's 180 was enough for them to purchase the console afterall. And that they're not concerned about the future of the console. (Though I'm also not discounting the number of loyal xbox fans who'd have bought the console regardless of if it was DRM-box or not.)
For microsoft, congrats on selling 2 million consoles in 13 countries in ~19 days. It's a good start.
That stated, I'm still curious to see what Sony's current numbers are. Since they reported they sold 700K in 2 days in Europe and Australia... But it's been 11 days since then. Did they break 3 million yet?
They were over 2 million shortly after the UK launch, so they would be near 3 million.
Maybe one of the reasons for the high sales of the Xbox One is because TV, Movies, and playing music is still very popular with many western countries since the ratings for shows like American Idol, X-Factor, and America's got Talent are huge. The Xbox One is a better console for TV because of the 2 HDMI ports, and software enhancements like being able to stream music, video, and photos from a Windows PC to the TV with an Xbox One is possible while media streaming is not as easy with other consoles.
Xbox exclusives like Halo, Fable, Forza, PGR Racing, and Gears of Wars have a very huge fan base in the millions, so the buyers of the Xbox One during the holiday season are more likely people who are huge fans of Halo, Fable, Forza, PGR Racing, and Gears of Wars, and can't imagine themselves not playing the next sequal to their favorite titles which they loved on the Xbox 360 and original Xbox.
Xbox exclusives like Halo, Fable, Forza, PGR Racing, and Gears of Wars have a very huge fan base in the millions, so the buyers of the Xbox One during the holiday season are more likely people who are huge fans of Halo, Fable, Forza, PGR Racing, and Gears of Wars, and can't imagine themselves not playing the next sequal to their favorite titles which they loved on the Xbox 360 and original Xbox.
I think that the reason xbox is doing well is because:
1- there are a lot of loyal xbox fans who would buy the console anyway.
2- there are people who heard of the 180's and felt it was enough of a turn around for them to buy the console.
It could potentially even be that some people are buying xbox ones because they want the next generation of gaming console but are having a hard time finding a PS4. (Since I've heard lots of places are having a hard time keeping them in stock...) So they just spend the extra to buy an xbox because they aren't sold out.
I don't think people are buying them, as much, to try to sell them because the xbox doesn't seem to be having supply issues. I mean if you look around most stores have 3-6 of them just sitting around out front (with likely many more in back).
1- there are a lot of loyal xbox fans who would buy the console anyway.
2- there are people who heard of the 180's and felt it was enough of a turn around for them to buy the console.
It could potentially even be that some people are buying xbox ones because they want the next generation of gaming console but are having a hard time finding a PS4. (Since I've heard lots of places are having a hard time keeping them in stock...) So they just spend the extra to buy an xbox because they aren't sold out.
I don't think people are buying them, as much, to try to sell them because the xbox doesn't seem to be having supply issues. I mean if you look around most stores have 3-6 of them just sitting around out front (with likely many more in back).