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Microsoft cagey on Xbox One sales, after 1.2 million shipped in 2014 | Metro News
Microsoft cagey on Xbox One sales, after 1.2 million shipped in 2014
GameCentralFriday 25 Apr 2014 10:00 am
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Xbox One – we know how many are on shop shelves, but how many have actually been sold?
The latest financial results for Microsoft show a $5.6 billion profit, but there’s still uncertainty on exactly how well the Xbox One is doing.
You know a console isn’t selling quite as well as its manufacturer would like when they start talking about how many they’ve shipped to retailers rather than how many they’ve actually sold to customers. That’s exactly what Sony did with the PlayStation 3, and now Microsoft is playing the same game with the Xbox One.
According to their financial results for first three months of the year the company as a whole made a $5.6 profit and ‘sold in’ 1.2 million Xbox One consoles to retailers, as well as 800,000 Xbox 360s.
From October to December they sold in 3.9 million Xbox Ones, which gives them a total global shipped figure of 5.1 million. What the actual sold figure is remains a mystery, although given the console is clearly not sold out anywhere it’ll be significantly lower than that figure – probably somewhere around 4.3 million.
The frustrating thing is that that’s actually a perfectly good figure for just a few months on the market, even if it is notably below the 7+ million recently announced for the PlayStation 4. (The Wii U is on around 6 million, but after an extra year on sale.)
In the Xbox One’s defence though it still hasn’t been released in Asia or much of Europe, although most of those territories either don’t traditionally buy Xbox consoles (particularly Japan) or are just physically quite small.
What was meant to have a greater impact on the Xbox One’s fortunes was the release of Titanfall in March, although there’s not much evidence yet that it had much of an effect.
But given the lack of details provided by Microsoft it’s hard to make any specific conclusions, and even if they are still behind the PlayStation 4 a few million sales here or there is meaningless in the longer run.
Overclockers Xbox One price now £299, as Nintendo announce Mario Kart 8 bundle | Metro News
Overclockers Xbox One price now £299, as Nintendo announce Mario Kart 8 bundle
GameCentralThursday 24 Apr 2014 12:49 pm
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Mario Kart 8 Premium Pack – Special Edition
Something very odd is going on in the world of Xbox One pricing, as Overclockers have now decreased the price of the FIFA 14 bundle even further, to just £299.99. At time of writing the store only has four in stock though, so you best be quick.
Since Overclockers is primarily a PC and components supplier we assume they’re simply trying to shift stock, as at the same time Amazon and Asda has increased their prices – back up to the standard £399.00. That’s actually quite a good sign for Microsoft as it means two of the UK’s largest retailers are feeling more confident about selling the console at it’s suggested price.
Original story:
Overclockers is offering the cheapest Xbox One bundle yet, with a free copy of FIFA 14, as Nintendo reveal a £300 new Wii U deal.
You can now pick up an Xbox One and a copy of FIFA 14 for just £329.00, although we’re not sure how long online store Overclockers is going to keep them in stock at that price. Especially as their website says they only have ’10+’ at the moment.
Earlier in the month Amazon and Asda both cut the price of the Titanfall bundle to £349.00, a drop of £50 from the suggested retail price of £399.99 (itself lowered from the £429.99 price tag at launch).
Although it was speculated at the time that the price would only be for a limited period neither shop has change it yet, which implies a great deal about how the Xbox One is still not selling as much as Microsoft, and retailers, had hoped.
There’s no uncertainty about how badly the Wii U has been doing since launch but May 30 sees the release of Mario Kart 8, the biggest game yet for the system.
The limited edition version of the game – for those that already have a Wii U (yes, both of you)
Nintendo has already announced a Limited Edition version of the game with a blue shell statute, which comes with a Wii Wheel at GAME and a keyring and T-shirt if you buy it from Nintendo themselves.
Also announced today is the Mario Kart 8 Premium Pack – Special Edition, which costs £299.99 and comes with a Wii U console, a copy of the game, a red Mario Wii Wheel, a red Mario Wii U GamePad protector, a Mario hat, a Mario Wii Remote Plus, and a Mario Kart 8 game guide.
There’s also a Luigi special edition that’s the same as the above, except everything’s green. Special edition Princess Peach and Yoshi Wii Remote Plus will also be released separately on May 30 and we’re going to make a wild guess that they’re pink and green, respectively.
Neither of the special editions seem to be listed on other online stores yet, so they may be Nintendo store exclusives, but there’s a non-special edition Premium Pack for £249.99 that includes just the Wii U and game.
We can’t imagine that that won’t be released at other stores, but there’s no sign of it at the moment that we can see.
Let's discuss this brehs!
Microsoft cagey on Xbox One sales, after 1.2 million shipped in 2014
GameCentralFriday 25 Apr 2014 10:00 am14shares
Xbox One – we know how many are on shop shelves, but how many have actually been sold?
The latest financial results for Microsoft show a $5.6 billion profit, but there’s still uncertainty on exactly how well the Xbox One is doing.
You know a console isn’t selling quite as well as its manufacturer would like when they start talking about how many they’ve shipped to retailers rather than how many they’ve actually sold to customers. That’s exactly what Sony did with the PlayStation 3, and now Microsoft is playing the same game with the Xbox One.
According to their financial results for first three months of the year the company as a whole made a $5.6 profit and ‘sold in’ 1.2 million Xbox One consoles to retailers, as well as 800,000 Xbox 360s.
From October to December they sold in 3.9 million Xbox Ones, which gives them a total global shipped figure of 5.1 million. What the actual sold figure is remains a mystery, although given the console is clearly not sold out anywhere it’ll be significantly lower than that figure – probably somewhere around 4.3 million.
The frustrating thing is that that’s actually a perfectly good figure for just a few months on the market, even if it is notably below the 7+ million recently announced for the PlayStation 4. (The Wii U is on around 6 million, but after an extra year on sale.)
In the Xbox One’s defence though it still hasn’t been released in Asia or much of Europe, although most of those territories either don’t traditionally buy Xbox consoles (particularly Japan) or are just physically quite small.
What was meant to have a greater impact on the Xbox One’s fortunes was the release of Titanfall in March, although there’s not much evidence yet that it had much of an effect.
But given the lack of details provided by Microsoft it’s hard to make any specific conclusions, and even if they are still behind the PlayStation 4 a few million sales here or there is meaningless in the longer run.
Overclockers Xbox One price now £299, as Nintendo announce Mario Kart 8 bundle | Metro News
Overclockers Xbox One price now £299, as Nintendo announce Mario Kart 8 bundle
GameCentralThursday 24 Apr 2014 12:49 pm71shares
Mario Kart 8 Premium Pack – Special Edition
Something very odd is going on in the world of Xbox One pricing, as Overclockers have now decreased the price of the FIFA 14 bundle even further, to just £299.99. At time of writing the store only has four in stock though, so you best be quick.
Since Overclockers is primarily a PC and components supplier we assume they’re simply trying to shift stock, as at the same time Amazon and Asda has increased their prices – back up to the standard £399.00. That’s actually quite a good sign for Microsoft as it means two of the UK’s largest retailers are feeling more confident about selling the console at it’s suggested price.
Original story:
Overclockers is offering the cheapest Xbox One bundle yet, with a free copy of FIFA 14, as Nintendo reveal a £300 new Wii U deal.
You can now pick up an Xbox One and a copy of FIFA 14 for just £329.00, although we’re not sure how long online store Overclockers is going to keep them in stock at that price. Especially as their website says they only have ’10+’ at the moment.
Earlier in the month Amazon and Asda both cut the price of the Titanfall bundle to £349.00, a drop of £50 from the suggested retail price of £399.99 (itself lowered from the £429.99 price tag at launch).
Although it was speculated at the time that the price would only be for a limited period neither shop has change it yet, which implies a great deal about how the Xbox One is still not selling as much as Microsoft, and retailers, had hoped.
There’s no uncertainty about how badly the Wii U has been doing since launch but May 30 sees the release of Mario Kart 8, the biggest game yet for the system.
The limited edition version of the game – for those that already have a Wii U (yes, both of you)
Nintendo has already announced a Limited Edition version of the game with a blue shell statute, which comes with a Wii Wheel at GAME and a keyring and T-shirt if you buy it from Nintendo themselves.
Also announced today is the Mario Kart 8 Premium Pack – Special Edition, which costs £299.99 and comes with a Wii U console, a copy of the game, a red Mario Wii Wheel, a red Mario Wii U GamePad protector, a Mario hat, a Mario Wii Remote Plus, and a Mario Kart 8 game guide.
There’s also a Luigi special edition that’s the same as the above, except everything’s green. Special edition Princess Peach and Yoshi Wii Remote Plus will also be released separately on May 30 and we’re going to make a wild guess that they’re pink and green, respectively.
Neither of the special editions seem to be listed on other online stores yet, so they may be Nintendo store exclusives, but there’s a non-special edition Premium Pack for £249.99 that includes just the Wii U and game.
We can’t imagine that that won’t be released at other stores, but there’s no sign of it at the moment that we can see.
Let's discuss this brehs!
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tha price difference is like $50 US still a price drop and ANOTHER fail for microsoft.
they need to change the name to LBox
I'll take my L brehs.
