Microsoft Counters Latest PS4 Sales Figures With Meaningless Zombie Stats
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[quote=The Verge]
"Microsoft counters latest PS4 sales figures with meaningless zombie stats"
Source: [URL]http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/3/5171942/microsoft-xbox-one-usage-stats-zombies-hours[/URL]
Sony sold over 1 million PlayStation 4 consoles in just 24 hours after its US debut, and a week later Microsoft achieved the same 1 million sales for its Xbox One a day after its launch in several countries.
Earlier today, Sony revealed it has now sold over 2.1 million PS4s as of December 1st, of which 700,000 came from Europe and Australasia after two days of availability.
Microsoft has provided an update on its own next-gen progress today, but it’s not what you’d expect.
While Microsoft says Xbox One owners have spent over 50 million hours in games and entertainment on the new console the last 11 days, the company is also providing some fairly meaningless game-related stats.
Microsoft says over 3 billion zombies have been killed in Dead Rising 3, over 90 million miles driven in Forza 5, over 186 million enemies slayed in Ryse, and over 150 million combos completed in Killer Instinct.
The figures show Xbox One users are clearly getting to grips with the launch titles, but Microsoft isn’t ready to provide an update on its console sales.[/quote]
At least they can brag somewhere!
How desperate can you be?
Lol those stats literally do not matter.
[editline]3rd December 2013[/editline]
What was that guys name? zachpl?
why aint they givin out sales figures bro
[QUOTE=EcksDee;43060172]Lol those stats literally do not matter.
[editline]3rd December 2013[/editline]
What was that guys name? zachpl?
why aint they givin out sales figures bro[/QUOTE]
zachs gone to a better place now so I'll answer in his stead.
Sales figures mean nothing, microtransactions in £50 games are fine. fuck you here box
Woah, I didn't think it literally meant stats about zombies
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I was none of it, but thanks anyway Microwang!
supprise ps4 released a week before Xbox one and it's outsold the Xbox one...what did they think this is a war? people who had an Xbox 360 are going to buy a Xbox one, likewise people with a ps3 are going to buy a ps4 the people they are competing for are the people that while will look good on the balance sheet won't really make a difference over the course of this console generations life cycle,
Well that's three billion more zombies killed in Dead Rising 3 than on the PS4
check mate Sony
The zombies probably died from complications from the framerate issues
[QUOTE=Sableye;43060322]supprise ps4 released a week before Xbox one and it's outsold the Xbox one...what did they think this is a war? people who had an [B]Xbox 360 are going to buy a Xbox one[/B], likewise people with a ps3 are going to buy a ps4 the people they are competing for are the people that while will look good on the balance sheet won't really make a difference over the course of this console generations life cycle,[/QUOTE]
not really. I bought a 360, but if I'm getting a new console it's going to be a PS4.
Microsoft. You need to stop.
[QUOTE=Sableye;43060322]supprise ps4 released a week before Xbox one and it's outsold the Xbox one...what did they think this is a war? people who had an Xbox 360 are going to buy a Xbox one, likewise people with a ps3 are going to buy a ps4 the people they are competing for are the people that while will look good on the balance sheet won't really make a difference over the course of this console generations life cycle,[/QUOTE]
PS4 is going to win, if you're still in denial then you should probably get out of egypt.
They named it the Xbox One, because that's how many they were hoping to sell.
[QUOTE=sloppy_joes;43060391]PS4 is going to win, if you're still in denial then you should probably get out of egypt.[/QUOTE]
Who would think otherwise. Xbone is geared towards US a lot where's PS4 seems to reach far wider audiences.
[QUOTE=Sableye;43060322]supprise ps4 released a week before Xbox one and it's outsold the Xbox one...what did they think this is a war? people who had an Xbox 360 are going to buy a Xbox one, likewise people with a ps3 are going to buy a ps4 the people they are competing for are the people that while will look good on the balance sheet won't really make a difference over the course of this console generations life cycle,[/QUOTE]
You're forgetting one important distinction that renders the timeline argument moot.
The PS4 launched in two regions for its first week while the Xbo launched in 13.
Hopefully Microsoft will get some pickup in adoption rates. We need this gen to be a competitive one.
Man Microsoft really is watching everything aren't they? And you can't even swear in some singleplayer games without being punished for it
[QUOTE=Sableye;43060322]supprise ps4 released a week before Xbox one and it's outsold the Xbox one...what did they think this is a war? people who had an Xbox 360 are going to buy a Xbox one, likewise people with a ps3 are going to buy a ps4 the people they are competing for are the people that while will look good on the balance sheet won't really make a difference over the course of this console generations life cycle,[/QUOTE]
This would be true with a lot of consoles, but there is no backwards compatibility this time, opening the field for people to switch however they like without losing anything. There will be some die hards who stick one way or another but i'm pretty sure the middle ground is far far more common than your saying
This is embarrassing. Avoid admitting defeat by posting fail stats.....HA
What about statistics on how many people cancelled Xbox Live?
[QUOTE=Sableye;43060322]supprise ps4 released a week before Xbox one and it's outsold the Xbox one...what did they think this is a war? people who had an Xbox 360 are going to buy a Xbox one, likewise people with a ps3 are going to buy a ps4 the people they are competing for are the people that while will look good on the balance sheet won't really make a difference over the course of this console generations life cycle,[/QUOTE]
Xbone released a week before the ps4 in the UK.
So ha!
Did any of you even read the article? It says that they're probably just waiting for the numbers because they don't have them.
Also if the roles were reversed Sony would be praised for being "for the gamers" while Microsoft would be evil for only focusing on the business aspect.
[QUOTE=Stents*;43060707]Did any of you even read the article? It says that they're probably just waiting for the numbers because they don't have them.
Also if the roles were reversed Sony would be praised for being "for the gamers" while Microsoft would be evil for only focusing on the business aspect.[/QUOTE]
Are you fucking kidding me? For the longest time the PS3 was made fun of nonstop on this forum. You wouldn't know that, seeing as you have only been here since 2012.
[QUOTE=Zombie man70;43060839]Are you fucking kidding me? For the longest time the PS3 was made fun of nonstop on this forum. You wouldn't know that, seeing as you have only been here since 2012.[/QUOTE]
But ps3 had no games. How do you launch a gaming console with literally 0 games? Of course it got made fun of.
[QUOTE=Stents*;43060707]Did any of you even read the article? It says that they're probably just waiting for the numbers because they don't have them.[/QUOTE]
No global business puts out a press release if they don't have the numbers.
They have the most recent information they can within reason, but they're waiting for the November NPD values to see the disparity between units sold to retailers / units sold by retailer.
Obviously the true purpose behind the always-on DRM they planned for the X1, getting stats on Zombies Killed and QTEs completed
[QUOTE=Samoht;43060872]But ps3 had no games. How do you launch a gaming console with literally 0 games? Of course it got made fun of.[/QUOTE]I'm still, deep down, kind of disappointed that the PS4 didn't come out bundled with Talladega Nights 2.
You just can't abandon the flagship mascot like that!
I don't know why and people are going to hate me for this but all I can think of right now is a tune in the head going
"Here come the Sony fanboys"
"Here some the Sony fanboys"
Today I was in an electronic goods store and I saw a VCR + DVD playing recorder thing, and I genuinely thought it was an Xbone for a second.
The design of the box is just too bland.
why do you people care so much about one console beating the other? is it not enough to just prefer one? these "OMG SONY MORE SALES THAN XBOX" and "XBOX MORE SALES THAN SONY" threads are just getting annoying
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