Everything you said is all that matters to us, the industry savvy gamers. The mainstream consumer who doesn't surf gaming sites or read Kotaku, however, aren't aware of specs or exclusive games or PR gaffes, and thus rely on brand loyalty to drive their buying decisions. At least, that's what I'm inferring from the…

A $50 price drop would simply destroy the XB1. Honestly it's too early in the lifecycle to do something like that unless you're desperate (like MS), so I doubt it would happen. But if it did, it would be hilarious.

My lips are sealed.

Yeah, I'm constantly tracking this info, and the trends are really confusing. MS should really be doing a lot worse, but somehow it's still hanging in there (Titanfall really helped, though). I do know that Sony's not suffering from console shortages at this time, and I think MS knows that, which is why they're…

I agree with the limited supply issue. Did you know Sony employees couldn't even buy PS4s from the company after launch until just this month? That supply issue was no joke. But now the issue has been mostly resolved, so we'll see how things roll from here on, now that the PS4 bottleneck is removed.

Haha why indeed. I can't say why for everyone, but the fact is it happened. The PS2 was the single best selling console in existence. But the PS3 was a distant third until near the end of this last generation, where it crawled wearily into second place, behind a system that was already dead for a year. Gamers are…

That would be a whole new PR shitstorm entirely, and labelled a "passive aggressive form of DRM" by forcing the consumer to rely on digital games alone. Sony already tried this with the PSPGo. The outcome was not pretty. However, a drop to $349 without hardware alterations would basically end the XB1 outright. Such…

Heh... brand loyalty indeed. You are my shining example.

Calm down buddy. An estimate is an estimate is an estimate. I never said it was exact numbers, but its usually close enough to publicized NPD numbers to make them a rough reference point. Sure, they may under/overtrack by a few hundred thousand, but whatayagonna do, right? It doesn't change the fact that the PS4 is…

I have a pretty good idea of what's coming =) Hopefully I'll see some of you guys there.

Err, I don't you've read anything I've said. I said the PS4 IS ahead of the XB1 by a significant margin internationally. Like "3 million" significant. What I AM saying is that it's still tight in North America.

I agree with all of that except for the "paid handsomely" part. MS has always sunk tremendous capital in their XB business and breaking slightly above even, mostly because they just can't handle developer relationships well. They spend tons of money trying to woo certain developers while simultaneously alienating…

I wouldn't say that MS exclusive games have massively outsold Sony games (Gears of War has been famously close in sales with Uncharted, for example). MS has nearly no 1st party success (Halo and Gears of War are both exclusive games by 3rd parties). I believe that MS has the money to woo 3rd parties to bring them…

I wouldn't imagine it either. Rationally, it makes no sense. But the XB1 is still hanging tight in North America, and nothing surges sales like the almighty price drop. At least domestically, they still have a chance.

Exactly like that. It would prove consumers are mad, MAD I tell you. I hope not for that outcome, nor the incipient slapping.

Here are the numbers. Check under "North America," the PS4 and XB1 are #22 and 24 respectively.

It's 4.5 to 7.5, which is almost 2:1 (I'm being a little generous to humor the guy). The XB1 has shipped roughly 5 million but they've only sold through 4.5.

That's something that always bothered me. In spite of everything MS did wrong (price, weaker hardware, PR disasters), it still did surprisingly well in the US (PS4: 3.4 mil vs. XB1: 3.1 mil), because apparently because many XBox owners either aren't savvy to its problems, or they simply do not care. Those people are…

The PS4 is significantly far ahead globally (like 3 million ahead), but in spite of that, in the US it's only about 300k ahead. It's also in spite of the XB1's weaker hardware, weaker 1st and 2nd party studios, gimmicky peripherals, and a cluster bombing of PR disasters. In spite of ALL that, the XB1 has managed to do…

Hey, Sony definitely has all the advantages. The thing is that, in spite of that, the XB1 is still hanging tight in the US, behind by roughly 300k units. They could have the crappiest software and a disc drive that dispenses used condoms, but brand loyalty is strong over here, and American consumers will gladly put…