It's literally just like having a favorite sports team, a habit of something like 75% of the adult male population. Get over it.
There's way too may things in play for that to be meaningful IMHO, as we don't know how much of the stock was allocated to stores versus online, and even if we did, we'd need to know how the stock is paid for. If none of it has sale-or-return status direct with Microsoft, then we can't really draw any conclusions about how the percentages purchased happened at wholesale versus stock presented on shelves.
Is this for real?
No, I think you guys are misjudging....This is a man who has perfected sarcasm.....It's pretty funny the way he delivered it too....
Same with PlayStation now the odd game is appearing on pc and prob more in future
I don't think supply is low, demand is higher than expected.
Sports fans generally act like angry monkeys, so I'm not sure I see a good point there mister.
I know its hard for u to understand, but there are countries outside the usa, u know.
And StockX.
US is the biggest consumer for Xbox period, so that is where they get the highest demand. If there was stock it would have sold here in the US.
Can you name a time when a company puts out numbers that make them look bad and doesn't benefit them in any way? "I just want to announce we have be completely outsold by our competitors! We totally suck guys!!"
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, MS and Sony have been playing different games for a minute. I expect Sony to copy some things, but not transition into a mirror image of MS, which is totally fine. I'm all in on subscriptions as long as they provide a great value. The more the better. Cheap gamers never had it so good.
Why would you even think Sony would do a GP service? It doesn't make sense for the kinds of games they make and so far MS isn't doing a very good job supporting it with new first party games either, 3 AAA games in 4 years is not a great record. Some people here keep wanting the leader to follow the loser and that's just now how it works. If you make story driven single player games the largest part of your portfolio a sub service doesn't work because people just sub for a month and then cancel and end up playing a $60-$70 game for $10 it makes no sense from their point of view.
This is going to be me once it finally clicks for some people that the console games industry, as much as it's still very much recognizable, has drastically changed in ways people still refuse to appreciate. Old assumptions about expected success or how things will go should be thrown out the window. Xbox Game Pass wasn't anywhere remotely the threat before that it now is. The Xbox first party games lineup is shaping up to be one of the most insane lineups ever, and Game Pass's impact and increasing value with even major third parties now apparently will only amplify their strength.
Xbox Series X as a pretty powerful piece of console hardware is also perfectly positioned from a pure horsepower and features standpoint to take full advantage of what Xbox has in the pipeline. No, Series S will not hurt that potential. It will only help make it more affordable for others to get in. And then there's PC. Things are very different now. Microsoft has acknowledged they've lost using the old business strategy and model. They have decided to change it and come up with their own. They now have their own metrics for success that are different from what Sony considers success. Slowly but surely I see Sony shifting towards what Microsoft is already doing.
But what some won't realize is that though Sony has the big first party IP to make day one in whatever their game pass competitor ends up being possible, what makes that and 3rd party day ones a thing and properly sustainable over the long term is that war chest Microsoft possesses. When Sony goes to make deals every 3rd party will be considering what kind of deal they can net from Microsoft and whether going with Sony makes sense. And if Sony manages to do exactly the same thing as Microsoft and making it fully sustainable for them? Even better for Microsoft because that's what Microsoft wants. Not if, but when Sony copies Game Pass 100%, that will further validate xbox's moves to Microsoft, its CEO and Board of Directors, proving that they are on the right track, and investment must continue at the same pace.
Keep in mind these fanboys are in the late 30s or 40s still fighting over a damn plastic box.Who cares, just enjoy the consoles and/or PC you use and spend more time playing games that make you happy instead of spending time console warring.
Say that to anyone lucky enough to cross paths with hooligans.
I like your avatar, so there is that.
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