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[statham]

GTAV is like Minecraft, insane.

 

[DriftingSpirit]

MS PR was weak but they deserve a break after the holidays and how magnificent it was.

Double OUCH.

How low we talking here? My poor, poor predictions...

 

[onQ123]

Think it is down on revenue. Which makes sense with price cuts.

Oh yeah.

 

[Alchemist]

SIEGE

 

[Bgamer90]

Wow! Very bad sales. The console is going to struggle this year

I wouldn't base the year as a whole on January sales.

 

[Ryng_tolu]

Mmmh...going with 120,000 to 130,000. Maybe he's exaggerating a bit though. Let's see what happens

Hope is at least better than January 2014, if not... damn.

 

[Warxard]

Rainbow Six Siege fucking deserves those numbers. If not more!

 

[Bolivar687]

Double OUCH.

 

[Obliterator]

Loving them legs on Siege

 

[Tarrin]

I love MS's PR. It's the best thing about NPD day.

 

[thekiddfran]

I wouldn't base the year as a whole on January sales.

Well would provide a significant boost throughout the year?

Quantum break? Maybe

Gears 4?yeah when it launches around Xmas.

 

[Sharpeye]

Wow! Very bad sales. The console is going to struggle this year

I expect Xbox one sales to fall behind 360 sales this year.

 

[The_Inquisitor]

We are due for our first "shrink" for both consoles in terms of chassis and likely electronics right? I can't imagine MS is going to be more price competitive with the BOM cost of the existing console.

 

[Mass Effect]

Well would provide a significant boost throughout the year?

Quantum break? Maybe

Gears 4?yeah when it launches around Xmas.

another price drop

maybe a Slim model

 

[Ridley327]

Well would provide a significant boost throughout the year?

Quantum break? Maybe

Gears 4?yeah when it launches around Xmas.

Do they have any big multiplats that they sprung a co-marketing deal on in the first half of the year?

 

[Welfare]

A price drop has to happen soon for the XB1. I don't see it not at $299 by the time E3 ends.

 

[smokeandmirrors]

Siege in the top 10 again? NICE

 

[dofry]

Was that 1 billion a joke post? I am seriously confused now.

 

[icespide]

Do they have any big multiplats that they sprung a co-marketing deal on in the first half of the year?

The Division

 

[Fat4all]

1 BILLION HOURS ON XBOX MAU

A price drop has to happen soon for the XB1. I don't see it not at $299 by the time E3 ends.

Yeah, at or around E3 is my guess. Sony probably drops to that around the holidays.

 

[Steverulez]

Do they have any big multiplats that they sprung a co-marketing deal on in the first half of the year?

The Division in March, Dark Souls III in April, Homefront in May (maybe Mirrors Edge/Doom too, I'm not entirely sure tbh)

 

[IvanJ]

PR Fail...

Spoiler

Should have went with 60 billion minutes

 

[Hoje0308]

Well would provide a significant boost throughout the year?

Quantum break? Maybe

Gears 4?yeah when it launches around Xmas.

They also have a marketing deal for The Division.

 

[Fat4all]

They also have a marketing deal for The Division.

They doing a bundle?

 

[Primethius]

The Division in March, Dark Souls III in April, Homefront in May (maybe Mirrors Edge/Doom too, I'm not entirely sure tbh)

Division should do work for sure. DS isn't going to do squat. Homefront is up in the air.

 

[Javin98]

Oh, yeah. Real note from Microsoft:

Haha, the masterful spin of Microsoft PR strikes again! XD Also, reading through this thread, the gap between the two consoles could have been much bigger than I thought. Was expecting 50K at most.

 

[Floody]

The Division in March, Dark Souls III in April, Homefront in May (maybe Mirrors Edge/Doom too, I'm not entirely sure tbh)

I think Dark Souls 3 switched over to Sony. Though I don't think either are pushing it too hard, so it could just be Namco doing the marketing.

 

[Guymelef]

They doing a bundle?

Yeah, a $399... don't expect big sales from it...

 

[Loris146]

They doing a bundle?

Yep , 1TB 399 $

 

[Katana_Strikes]

MS PR entertains again. What a load of none sense. Dunno why they bother putting anything out when that's all you got.

 

[Fat4all]

Yeah, a $399... don't expect big sales from it...

Yep , 1TB 399 $

Man, that's not the kind of game to go 400 bucks on. Still, it'll probably be a fairly limited run.

 

[Ridley327]

The Division in March, Dark Souls III in April, Homefront in May (maybe Mirrors Edge/Doom too, I'm not entirely sure tbh)

They grabbed co-marketing on DaS3? I'm pretty surprised to hear that, especially since there's no chance in hell of sales not being comically lopsided in favor of the PS4 SKU.

 

[Gamer79]

At this rate GTA 5 is going to be the top selling game of all time. If it comes to the NX that will be atleast another few more million copies. It just won't stop selling

 

[allan-bh]

A price drop has to happen soon for the XB1. I don't see it not at $299 by the time E3 ends.

They should introduce a Slim model at E3, would be nice.

 

[Chris R]

Still waiting for an Xbox One Slim before I jump in, still wanting to play Forza Horizons 2 and Crackdown, along with some other games.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

i don't think MS has Dark Souls III co marketing

 

[ethomaz]

I know PS4 will up and Xbone down.
Last year Xbone had a crazy deal in January coming from December.

 

[Shenmue]

They should introduce a Slim model at E3, would be nice.

Yeah there's a lot of empty space in the current Xbox One. A slim model could be really vastly different than what we have now. That could be really cool.

 

[Bgamer90]

Shu responded lol... I feel like this cant be a coincidence LOL

"How dare they set up a plan for a game I'm interested in to have a much better shot at becoming a franchise I'll love! They've betrayed me!"

So dumb. Unbelievable lol.

 

[notaskwid]

They grabbed co-marketing on DaS3? I'm pretty surprised to hear that, especially since there's no chance in hell of sales not being comically lopsided in favor of the PS4 SKU.

Hm.. there are plenty adverts to DS3 in Tokyo (even in places like the Shibuya Crossing) but I don't recall any Xbox mention.

 

[Acquiescence]

Shu responded lol... I feel like this cant be a coincidence LOL

Looks like somebody developed a taste for rice, and I ain't talking about pudding.

 

[Welfare]

They should introduce a Slim model at E3, would be nice.

That is what I'm betting on, but depending on how February and March go, I can see a price happen before E3 with a slim model released at E3.

 

[Fat4all]

i don't think MS has Dark Souls III co marketing

Don't think so either, trailers have the PS4 box in the front.

 

[Guymelef]

i don't think MS has Dark Souls III co marketing

I don't know why people assumed that some days ago.

 

[Boke1879]

i don't think MS has Dark Souls III co marketing

I think it was revealed on one of their stages though. But even if they do have a marketing deal with that game. It's not going to push hardware. Just diversify the portfolio.

 

[Raist]

Did you know? It took gamers the first whole year to clock in 2 billion hours played on XB1.
And now, it's half of that in just a 12th of the time!!1!!!111!

 

[jayu26]

Oh, yeah. Real note from Microsoft:

I remember days when this would be considered pretty good PR. You have set the bar too high Microsoft.

 

[udivision]

I don't get it... even the most clueless investor shareholder wouldn't care about hours. Is that number directly tied to a revenue formula? Is total hours part of their success measures?

 

[Bgamer90]

Well would provide a significant boost throughout the year?

Quantum break? Maybe

Gears 4?yeah when it launches around Xmas.

*Months with more game releases (even if they're just multiplat)
*Slim model
*Gears of War 4
*Christmas season (alongside its build up)

I think Quantum Break will give Xbox One sales a bit of a boost but not very significant.

 

[Mikey Jr.]

Ohh, I forgot today was NPD day.