Recently, Sony (maker of the PlayStation 4 video game console) announced that more than 2.1 million PS4 units have sold worldwide.
In response, Microsoft's Xbox VP Yusuf Mehdi told website Ars Technica that their Xbox One is "sold out at retailers around the world."
A quick over-the-phone check at a six randomly-selected retailers found that isn't quite the case.
"It would be great if people had to buy more of the thing," says guy who makes money selling the thing.
If they did then collectors wouldn’t be getting f***** over with discless collectors editions
No shock, GameStop is alive because of trading. If they don't have used games on their shelves they are absolutely donezo.
Well of course the GS boss thinks this... that's their bread and butter business. That and funco pops and clothing, though those two were added as a means to supplement the decline in people buying used games or even new games. GS just sucks overall when it comes to gaming. I buy my physical stuff on Amazon or Best Buy.
As for "requiring" disc drives... nah. Not anymore, but i like having them as an option. They had a means back when games actually ran off the discs and were more/less complete. Now they are incomplete and the disc is really an installer with a license to play. If you want to change games you have to take out the disc and put in another. Its more convenient to just use digital. I have been into digital for years now and when the PSPortal comes along i wont even have to go into my game room. I will just play my PS5 from my couch downstairs. I have a bunch of digital installed games to my 5... I'm all set.
Gamingbible writes: "Luckily, if you’re living in the US you can trade your Xbox into Gamestop, where you’ll receive a hefty amount of cash as well as a $50 bonus for certain customers, just short of enough to buy the PS5."
At this point in time If I didn't own a PS5 I would have done this in a heartbeat but I had already acquired a PS5 first before I acquired an XBSX.
I'll stick to keeping both. Gamestop though... seems kind of desperate to take in Series X units. What could they be plotting???
I just want some games for my series X I have both since release and after weighing the offerings in PS Essentials to Gamepass I quickly realized I Owned anything of worth in both catalogs. And, the things I didn't I didn't see as justifiable for maintaining both subs.
Since then my series X is a legacy machine that I play my old games on and that's it. 3 years ago I really thought from that Xbox showcase we were going to have some great games by now. Instead, it's just been a lot of meh
PlayStation 5 consoles will once again drop to just $449.99 on August 6 in the US.
They going to bury Xbox. Xbox will turn around and justify the mobile/streaming shift.
This is how Sony goes for the jugular. Microsoft can’t afford to make games exclusive if it doesn’t have any marketshare. Also clear that the discless PS5 will be the single PS5 going forward and the disc drive will be an add-on. When the $300 PS5 slim launches, the hot sales of PS5 will go super nova. (Don’t feel like you need to wait. On an annual cost basis, you may be better off getting a $400-$450 PS5 that you can use now versus waiting for a console that will be obsolete sooner.)
So pathetic and desperate Microsoft need to shut up already we all know this is a big pile of bs.
people always claim they make these phone calls or they just can walk into a store and find the xbox one on the shelf. However, you know what is always missing? A pic to prove that they are telling the truth. I know every one I talked to in various cities claimed they are no where to be found.
Of course it's not sold out. After all of the bad reviews it's gotten, who in their right mind would want one?
I'm sticking with my 360, thank you very much.
Last night, and earlier today, I saw Amazon having them in stock for periods of at least 20 minutes.
I don't get it.
What's the point of arguing over this stuff?
This must be like the millionth article I've seen over xbox one stock. We get it, there are xbox one's out there.
Microsoft's original statement never mentioned that the x1 is sold out at all retailers, just "sold out at retailers around the world." Doesn't seem like lying to me.
Besides, a ton of these articles may just be bringing up anecdotal evidence, never representative of the full picture.