Xbox One Sells 3 Million Units In 2013

[Shadow-Phoenix]

Even though I've no current plans of getting an Xbox one, good job Microsoft on managing to sell that many.

(And here comes the hate train).

 

[lacktheknack]

So, I was just on VGChartz for a few reasons, and I saw this.

http://vgchartz.com/embeds/worldwide_totals.png?a=655

There's a few very interesting things to be drawn from this, but I'll let you draw them yourself. At any rate, Xbox one does look to have sold 3M units.

 

[Elijin]

Why are people still surprised by the fact it wasnt a train wreck?

I mean, most of the original reasons people bashed on it have been proven to be untrue, and the thing has gone down without any major hiccups. There was a small failure rate (on both consoles) but no network issues, no downtime and no clusterfucks.

It launched well and has operated well since release, but there are all these people who didnt buy one (and thus often still have outdated info on what it does/doesnt) who are still hardline hating it because they want to be right so badly :/

 

[babinro]

Seems like people on the internet were once again 'all talk'. We had almost a year of hate and boycott claims for the xbone and what we end up with is a console that's been enormously successful.

I can't say I'm surprised....gamers can't seem to vote with their wallets. If they did, we'd see some meaningful change.

 

[Saucycarpdog]

Let's be somewhat clear. Microsoft doesn't sell to consumers. They sell to retailers who sell to consumers.

Now, if their comment really was that those sold to consumers, then that's much better than I suspected. If those are just the number of consoles they sold to companies like Best Buy, Amazon, Gamestop, etc., then it's misleading. Every game store I walk into had dozens of XBO's stacked high with an empty PS4 section (until a couple weeks ago).

Over 3 million Xbox One consoles were sold to consumers in 13 countries before the end of 2013.....selling out throughout the holidays at most retailers worldwide

They make the distinction between consumers and retailers quite well in this paragraph. Come on Lightknight, I'm sure you noticed this part of the article.

...how? Really, how? I legitimately do not understand how this happened. The god-awful PR, the invasive anti-consumer practices, the obscenely huge price tag, the schizophrenic multimedia focus, and the dull and micro-transaction filled games should have made it sink like a stone. Are there really that many people desperate for an Xbone?

Currently people a questioning whether the numbers sold is to actual people or to the re-sellers like Amazon and Wall-Mart, as for me judging by the number of Xbones floating around in stores (that sell them) the latter is more likely.

Its like how publishers go on about units shipped but with more lying.

Did you not read the article or something? Unless you think Microsoft is lying and actually only reporting the numbers shipped to retailers. In which case who says Sony is telling the truth? They could have told everyone the retailers numbers.

 

[Omnicrom]

So, I was just on VGChartz for a few reasons, and I saw this.

http://vgchartz.com/embeds/worldwide_totals.png?a=655

There's a few very interesting things to be drawn from this, but I'll let you draw them yourself. At any rate, Xbox one does look to have sold 3M units.

So PS4 has sold about 4 million...and no one covered that, at all? Why?

Because PS4's marketting wasn't a catastrophe and Negative news leads. And 3 million Xbones sold is negative news so it leads over the positive news that the lesser of two evils is in the lead.

 

[Roxas1359]

So, I was just on VGChartz for a few reasons, and I saw this.

http://vgchartz.com/embeds/worldwide_totals.png?a=655

There's a few very interesting things to be drawn from this, but I'll let you draw them yourself. At any rate, Xbox one does look to have sold 3M units.

Yeah, especially since VGChartz tends to be off on their numbers by about 200-500k units as I've seen. Whether it's up or down though I don't know for sure, but I do know that Microsoft have been able to keep the Xbox One in better stock than the PS4.

Unless you think Microsoft is lying and actually only reporting the numbers shipped to retailers. In which case who says Sony is telling the truth? They could have told everyone the retailers numbers.

In the industry in this day and age it's better to assume that the people are lying, and that's mainly because they need to make their hardware seem like it's selling or doing amazing. Remember the whole thing with Call of Duty Ghosts in which Activision tried to make it seem like they sold $1 billion dollars worth of Ghosts, and in many cases the fact that it was sold to retailers and not consumers was not made apparent until later in some articles, or omitted entirely in some of the ones I saw.

 

[Ed130 The Vanguard]

Did you not read the article or something? Unless you think Microsoft is lying and actually only reporting the numbers shipped to retailers. In which case who says Sony is telling the truth? They could have told everyone the retailers numbers.

[user]Neronium[/user] answered for me but I also have to add in this is based off physical evidence with surplus stocks of Xbones hanging around stores, this could be good distribution but stories as well as Amazon's purchase ranking don't paint a pretty picture.

 

[Saucycarpdog]

Unless you think Microsoft is lying and actually only reporting the numbers shipped to retailers. In which case who says Sony is telling the truth? They could have told everyone the retailers numbers.

In the industry in this day and age it's better to assume that the people are lying, and that's mainly because they need to make their hardware seem like it's selling or doing amazing. Remember the whole thing with Call of Duty Ghosts in which Activision tried to make it seem like they sold $1 billion dollars worth of Ghosts, and in many cases the fact that it was sold to retailers and not consumers was not made apparent until later in some articles, or omitted entirely in some of the ones I saw.

I do remember that. I personally loved it, as it showed how desperate Activision was to stay number 1. =P

Though to be fair as dragonbums said, the original report did mention it(it did try to hide it though)and many news sites failed to see this little tidbit before it was too late.

Anyway, I'm sure some companies lie, but we have to remember such practices are illegal and can result in shareholders sueing them. That's why I take most company reports with some truth.

 

[smithy_2045]

So, I was just on VGChartz for a few reasons, and I saw this.

http://vgchartz.com/embeds/worldwide_totals.png?a=655

There's a few very interesting things to be drawn from this, but I'll let you draw them yourself. At any rate, Xbox one does look to have sold 3M units.

So PS4 has sold about 4 million...and no one covered that, at all? Why?

Because Sony haven't officially announced any numbers, whereas Microsoft has. Pretty obvious.

 

[james.sponge]

Y'all did a dang good job "boycotting" the Xbox One folks.

Well, internet moaners and boycotters represent a small percentage of the actual market. Most people who bought these things don't even visit sites like this one

 

[WWmelb]

The reason why I don't think this is consumers is because consumers don't tell Sony or Microsoft when they sell a console. The only information they really have is how many orders they get.

Your forgetting one Key element from prior console releases ...

The Day 1 Download,

Microsoft knows EXACTLY how many XBOX Ones went to Consumers (especially after Christmas Morning)

Just wanted to reiterate this as noone else commented on it.

They have exact numbers on their install base. Or would be within 1% margin of error for people who have reformatted and downloaded the update more than once.

But yes, they know very well how many boxes are in homes.

Funny thing, i live in a small town in Victoria Australia... and what did i see behind the counter last week in my little EB Games store? A day-one XBO for sale . Made me chuckle.

Y'all did a dang good job "boycotting" the Xbox One folks.

Why would you continue with a boycott, when the threat of the boycott worked for the most part, and the company bent to the public's demands?

That would be like getting your plane and money in the hostage situation, and then shooting all the hostages before you leave anyways; absolutely pointless.

 

[Don't taze me bro]

I just find it funny that a single game, Tomb Raider, sells 3 million copies in 1 month and is considered a failure while an entire gaming system sells 3 million over nearly 2 months and is a smashing success. I guess the profit margins on consoles must be so much better than that of games.

That's all down to individual publisher expectations. For example. Atlus sold 800k copies of Dragon's Crown across 2 platforms, and that was considered a success.

As for the number of Xboxes sold. Not everyone subscribes to the anti-Microsoft circle jerk that consumes many forums and sites. I'll probably get an Xbone eventually, as well as a PS4. The thing that really intrigues me, is why so many people buy consoles at launch in the first place?

 

[Dragonbums]

Y'all did a dang good job "boycotting" the Xbox One folks.

Well, internet moaners and boycotters represent a small percentage of the actual market. Most people who bought these things don't even visit sites like this one

Well, I knew two people who literally said they don't even give a fuck.

Hey- more power to them I suppose.

 

[SomeGuyOnHisComputer]

This is disappointing to say the least. My faith in gaming as a whole just seriously dropped. Microsoft needed to die in a fire after the shit they pulled. Great job with that!

And I don't buy the "good for competition" thing. Yeah, because Nintendo and everything else is fucking irrelevant, right? Load of bullshit. We can have healthy competition without the goddamn wolf in sheep's clothing.

 

[zellosoli]

3 million sounds about right for a launch. (actually kinda low considering the number of country's it got released in, but hey its still early days)

but if this upsets any of you, here's a few things to remember

1. a lot of people buy both systems and some places buy multiples

2. remember that being a "Official word" form Microsoft mean there's a degree of spin (the same will be for Sony)

3. its still early days! neither console has any really good games yet and from what I've seen wont have for a damn long while (and i'm not being malicious here, if you like any of the starting line up, good for you, but i haven't seen anything that makes it a step above anything I've seen so far from either of Microsoft or Sony)

so dont fret, i'm sure the jaguar was touted as a success after a few months of release as well as the dreamcast

its this year i'm interested in seeing who comes out on top in

(also for the sake of clarity, the closest thing of a new gen console i bought in 2013 is a 3ds, i'm not buying either of the other 2 until at least Christmas next year)

 

[lunavixen]

And yet I can still find Xbones everywhere here but I can't get a PS4 for another few months due to a lack of supply and an order list a mile long

 

[james.sponge]

And yet I can still find Xbones everywhere here but I can't get a PS4 for another few months due to a lack of supply and an order list a mile long

I think we should take into account that sony is not capable of producing same amount of console as MS, they are kinda poor at the moment