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Xbox One sales doubled in June, but PS4 takes the top spot
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The PlayStation 4 remained the best-selling console in the United States last month, according to NPD figures cited by Sony, despite Microsoft's attempts to drive sales of its Xbox One console by introducing a cheaper model. Microsoft was able to double its sales of its Xbox One console in June with the release of a $399 model that didn't include motion-sensing camera Kinect, but it apparently still wasn't enough to knock Sony off the top spot. This marks the sixth consecutive month Sony has outsold its console rivals.
http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/17/5913929/xbox-one-sales-doubled-in-june-npds-but-ps4-takes-the-top-spot
While its still early days in both consoles life's Sony are still maintaining a healthy lead.
http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/17/5913929/xbox-one-sales-doubled-in-june-npds-but-ps4-takes-the-top-spot
While its still early days in both consoles life's Sony are still maintaining a healthy lead.
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- XB1 doubled up to 197,000 in the US last month
- PS4 got 267,000 in the US last month
Erm... multiplat superiority would be my guess, gamers are very shallow in that respect ;-)
HEY, I'm offended by your insult.
I did wink
Edit: forget that, the table is just stupidly sorted.
Oh that's ok then. Sorry about been so aggressive. Must be all these violent video game I play.
Haha. Coming from me that gets upset when my frame rate drops on PC, I think I was talking more about myself then anybody else
Although what they are saying is accurate, the true reasons behind it are more telling.
Sales did indeed (more than) double in June, to 197,000 but that's from an atrocious result of just 77,000 in May, where sales had plummeted from their usual level.
June was also 5 week reporting month, May was just 4.
Let's not forget these results are from Xbox's strongest market. They are by no means indicative of the situation worldwide.
So yeah, a nice positive headline and a modest move in the right direction, but the reality is nowhere near as rosy as MS are making out.
Beat me to it. Talk about saving face.
I won't be picking one up till the new Halo is out
That's when I can see myself getting one, Christmas 2015.
The fact that most people on these forums that have one seem to love it is great as well, means there'll be a lot quality games for dirt cheap by the time I do get one
The main Xbox business seems largely unaffected, but Xbox UK has shed 10% of its workforce while Europe (inc the Middle East and Asia) has been very badly hit, with as many as 75% of jobs said to have gone along with all contractors.
MS have stressed this won't affect their additional launches later this year.
The dept creating original programming has been scrapped, with only the Halo TV show and Quantum Break surviving.
I just got one, and bought all my games second hand. I'll get the new games as digital, such as Forza Horizon.
A bad decision, puts people off
http://www.microsoft.com/investor/EarningsAndFinancials/Earnings/PressReleaseAndWebcast/FY14/Q4/default.aspx
In the last 3 months, Microsoft have "shipped" (as in sold to shops, not to actual customers) just 1.1m Xbox Ones and Xbox 360s COMBINED.... GLOBALLY!
They declined to give any "sold-through" (sold to customer) numbers, or reveal the split between 360 and One.
Whichever way you look at it, that's pretty dire especially when you consider this included the launch of the Kinect-less model.
I wouldn't say globally when the X1 is only out in a handful of countries
Yeah. Didn't they delay so they could localise Kinect?
Worth the wait......
They shipped 3.5m PS3/PS4 in the same period MS shipped their 1.1m 360/XBO.
That's some difference.