XboxOne preorders are sold out at most major US retailers, also trending above 360 historical levels

Aaron Greenberg - Xbox One pre-orders are trending ahead of Xbox 360 pre-orders during the same time period. Most launch offerings for the console are also sold out through the majority of US retailers.

[NYC_Gamer]

That's good news and proves gamers are ready for new consoles after 8 years

[Abash]

I don't think this is anything significant, I mean the Xbox 360 was the successor to the original Xbox which struggled on the market. For that reason I dont think the 360 had impressive pre-order numbers, the console didnt become popular till sometime after it was out

[Electric-flamingo]

What if this article came out and it said Sony wherever it says Microsoft instead?

Betting you would have a boner.

[GameCents]

The fact that it has sold out in most retailers isn't impressive either?
The simple fact that it is selling at all should amaze you since most detracted thought it wouldn't sell at all for $500.
Just goes to show; the real world =/= interwebz/n4g

[die_fiend]

Did become popular till sometime after it was out? It sold loads, which is why it didn't get panned by the PS3

[tuglu_pati]

Why is it that usually people not favoring X1 or anything related to MS have so many bubble. Makes me wonder...

[Cuzzo63]

Wish I had alot of bubbles

[horndog]

Sure bro, whatever makes you feel better about yours

[FanboyCrusher]

Not even taking into consideration that the PS3 sold like bottled farts at launch, especially compared to the PS2? Come on man, the 360 sold fine, and still is today. Selling out on pre-orders is always a good sign. Only an idiot could down play something selling out.

[Cuzzo63]

Didnt the xbox360 out sell ps3 in the u.s. I doubt it will be any different for the xb1. Its gonna sell regardless in the U.s.

[shoddy]

Sales=/=quality

[Heartnet]

I dont think u have any solid numbers to back that statement... all we know is MS did well with X360 and if the pre orders are going on the same if not better than that then things are looking good for MS...

I think the pricetag isnt a big deal for alot of people who bother to pre order a console as you can save money for a considerable amount of months before u need to pay for it

[YNWA96]

Abash is on his knees praying PS4 wins.... So sad.... Its just games console...

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

Look at how NYC_Gamer and Abash never mentioned Sony or PlayStation... Than you guys complain how Xbox related articles are full of Sony fanboys trolling.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

@Abash A simple congrats to MS would suffice. That's right a fanboy doesn't have the skills to say congrats to another console.

Pathetic.

[mikeslemonade]

How long did it take for it to sell out? Not impressive since PS4 sold out on the first day on Amazon and if you order if later than the first day then you won't get it until after launch. Don't let the WiiU sales trick you. Historically your system is suppose to sell out on launch day.

And it doesn't mean anything when the 1 is outselling 360 since the 360 did not pick up steam until Gears and Oblivion came out, and when the PS3 was announced to be $500 and $600.

[DragonKnight]

There's no way for us to know what the 360 pre-order numbers were like 8 years later. But the fact that it was a new console coming out before the PS3 and the Wii had to have some impact on its pre-order numbers for the positive. The question to be asked though is if it was an amazing positive, or just good because there was no other competition around.

We know that the PS3 outsold the 360 every year since launch (with some debating about 2011, but even taking that into consideration, that's still 6 years straight of globally outselling the 360) so it would have been interesting to see how the 360's pre-order numbers would have faired against competition.

This statement about Xbox One pre-orders doesn't tell us anything because we don't know how many pre-orders were made for the 360 to gauge the difference between it and the Xbox One. We also don't know how many pre-order units Microsoft has committed to releasing. This "sold out" number could be small or it could be large and still mean "sold out."

TL;DR: This article doesn't present enough information so don't get worked up.

[dmeador]

I remember it taking me a long time after the 360 launch to find the model with a hardrive. (I believe the "core" model didn't). Was it not the same for many others? My point being it sold well enough for me to have a hard time finding one.

I grabbed my X1 preorder yesterday from Best Buy, pretty excited for the next gen to get here.

[Megaton]

It's been reported that they have roughly 1/3 the number of pre-orders available compared to the PS4 at Gamestop, further giving fuel to the truthfacts about bad yields in the hardware. Selling out isn't as significant as it sounds.

[pixelsword]

Why would anyone think that XboX fans wouldn't be excited for this new console? What Microsoft should do is go on Jimmy Fallon again and tell the truth:

1. Admit their role in that PRLSM thing.

A. that's what lost a lot of people who actually knows what that is and what their role was or even suspect what their role was because inaccuracies could over-blow their role.

2. Say what the DRM would've done (good AND bad) and be honest about it.

3. Tell everyone how people reacted and what was changed because of that (give a good 'MURICA speech and all).

4. Assure everyone that those changes will NEVER come to that console.

If they don't do exactly that, they'll never fully capture the XboX crowd (well, at least me) and they'll constantly lose more people, even if it's a few at a time, from now until launch because that'll give naysayers ammunition to say that although the DRM is gone now, there's no guarantee that it won't come back.

[Pope_Kaz_Hirai_II]

Electric-flamingo + 22h ago | Well said
What if this article came out and it said Sony wherever it says Microsoft instead?

Betting you would have a boner.

That article has already been out , ps4 models are sold out around the world not just the us.

[fermcr]

That's impressive for a 500$ console. Let's see if they are going to keep selling after a few months of release at that price.

[devwan]

but nobody knows how many there were available, so how can anyone say it's impressive until those figures are out?

[Heartnet]

will probz sell even more after chirstmas when every1 has all their moneys and what not...

@Devwan you can say that about any game/console preorders.. Some publishers (Ea) purposely deny stock to create hype for a game others just simply cant produce that amount of stock.

all people are on the same playing field so we can only speculate that selling out means good things and high sales. Thinking to much into that just brings negative attitude

[JeffGUNZ]

I really think people on this site over react about a $500 price tag. If the xbox one will last 8-10 years then $500 is miniscule in the scope of the entire generation. Also, the PS4 is only $100 less, so if people are really interested in the Xbox One, $100 isn't a big deal to get their preference. I am just happy I can get both at launch for under a thousand.

[boing1]

We're waiting for Xbone devkit for over 3 months now. Sony gave us PS4 devkit almost instantly (2 weeks after signing the papers). I bet MS is way behind production schedule and number of units for launch day will be pretty limited.

[Pope_Kaz_Hirai_II]

People are funny in xbox articles pretending to be neutral and throwing around disagrees its pathetic.

[s8anicslayer]

It's called smoke and mirrors to generate sales. .And as I can see it's working as some of you people are saying you shouldn't of had canceled your one preorder! If adam were to say numbers then if they were high then I l'd be impressed but since allocated units are low from retailer to retailer then this is no feat. And yes if Sony was clouting this miracle I'd say the same.

[FanboyCrusher]

Then Sony is doing the same thing, but I bet you could just use your psychic abilities to figure that out for us, right? Selling out is good, saying something selling out without the numbers is better than another is stupid. But that doesn't change the very obvious fact that selling out, regardless of numbers, is good.

[s8anicslayer]

@fanboy What and a what who what what? what you just typed makes no sense, so I will not continue this debate with you but I will say "Show us the Numbers"!

[Heartnet]

why do you need numbers?

selling out means high enough sales for them to actually use this tactic and not see a backlash from annoyed customers..

your trying to spin it in a bad light and that there just lying and cannot be trusted... if a company has sold out of units even if they truly havent then cancling ur preorder was a bad thing as you will have to wait regardless of whether or not ms has em in stock

[RememberThe357]

You need numbers because selling out when you only have one console wouldn't be too impressive. This is cool for boasting and if true is good for the outlook of the Xbone but just as when Sony (or anyone else) says stuff like this take it with some salt and wait for facts not bold claims.

Cool news like this shouldn't spark bickering, you guys need to chill out on this fanboy crap. We need to Open Zone back, I'm getting tired of all these fools taking over conversations.

And @FanboyCrusher: Man, you gotta work on your sentence structure. I'm dyslexic and I could put that clusterf*** together.

[aceitman]

selling out of how many systems 10 , 20 , 50, 5 no one knows .

[Chevalier]

Exactly, without numbers this is all meaningless. Case in point my store is "sold out" of Xbox ones, but, we were given a whole whopping 30 units! In the mean time we've presold more than 200 PS4's.

[RememberThe357]

You get 1/3 of the disagrees the guy above you got by saying virtually the same thing. lol

But a good point and one I'd like to see clarified. Just look at the source, Aaron Greenberg has a bad name for a reason; the guy is full of sh*t.

[Thehyph]

The number of units doesn't matter at this point. Interpret this as a business tactic; it's been used before, and it will be used again. Marketing is all about appearances. Everyone knows that tactics like this are used to show off consumer interest and to try to help get people off the fence when another round of preorders comes out. It shouldn't matter to the average gamer if it's ten thousand or ten million units. Unless, of course, the goal is to use non-cemented preorder sales to gloat about which console is "better" due to its selling power.
Be an informed consumer.

[Hicken]

The number of units ALWAYS matters. Wii U and Vita get attacked/lose support for not having enough units on the market. Double, triple their numbers, and who'd be complaining? This entire gen, there's been nothing but talk about numbers(until they were even, then there was the "quality over quantity" argument, instead).

The numbers matter.

The fact of the matter is: you can go to most stores, and while they may be sold out of XBOne preorders, that number trends towards one half to one quarter of the PS4's numbers. With that in mind, it's GOOD that it's sold out in so many places, but not exactly impressive, under the circumstances.

[RM-TatoTiburon]

impresive microsoft sold out and without full marketing, imagine in october when we see all xbox one ads

[VforVideogames]

I went to the movies last week to see despicable me in 3D and there it was ... an X-1 ad in less than a minute they show you what the X-1 its all about. cool.

[miDnIghtEr20C_SfF]

But N4G told me that the Xbox One was dead already and that nobody was going to buy one.

Wow..

[Hicken]

N4G also said the DRM was awesome.

Depends on which people you listen to.

Besides, you were always gonna buy one, right, Endoran?

[miDnIghtEr20C_SfF]

I'm buying them both AND giving away a PS4 on my site to a member.

How's that?

[DA_SHREDDER]

damn i shouldn't have canceled. :(

[shoddy]

Lol
just use your cable box for tv and your iPhone for Skype for now.

[Heartnet]

and how do i play Ryse or Forza? or anything decent ?

and who the hell uses skype on iPhone when u have a pc -_- ( and android is better )

[RememberThe357]

Cool it Heartnet, it was just a joke. Its this thing people do when they have a sense of humor.

[Rhythmattic]

Heartnet, Shoddy's right though...

And so are you.

[s8anicslayer]

Don't worry you'll still be able to buy one at launch trust me!

[dazzrazz]

As a person who went thru 5 360 units in 7 years with Microsoft I would be kinda scared to pre order 1st retail revision from them :D

[Timesplitter14]

sometimes I wonder if the RROD was all part of a brilliant masterplan to sell more units.

I'd love to see the actual stats on this. How many X360 purchases were replacements for broken consoles

[iamnsuperman]

It would be interesting to. You can make an educated guess with Live accounts to Xboxs though.

As of march 2013 46 million live accounts 77.2 million 360s sold. Not everyone is going to be online but considering to use most of the features the 360 has you need a live account. It is telling though. I mean it isn't like 31 million consoles haven't been online once. A reasonable number is probably around 10 million

I don't think it was a clever ploy though. All this doesn't matter though it cost them a lot of money and we (both us and Microsoft) all hope it doesn't happen again

[GameCents]

Indeed! A brilliant Master Plan that cost them 1 billion dollars. -____- I may not know much about conspiracy theories and how not to be tricked by "The Man" but you'd have to be a loon to believe that they used RROD to inflate their numbers! To what end if the financial statements don't match up with the number of shipped/bought consoles?

Look at me being a moron trying to have a rational conversation with a conspiracy theorist.

[ape007]

saying RROD sold more consoles is half the truth, the reality is that the RROD could've literally killed the xbox 360, it's a miracle that it survived all the bad rep

[vinniects]

yeah and how many were replaced under warranty that didn't count as an extra sale. I replaced two of my Xboxes but under warranty I did not have to buy another one retail.

[Funantic1]

Microsoft repaired many of those for free with free shipping and handling. I never had a problem but my brother did. They sent him a shipping carton, he shipped it off and got it back in 8 days. The problem apparently was something simple that some people figured out and fixed themselves. Plus Microsoft extended the warranty to like 2 years. PS3 had their issues too with the yellow light of death, tho not as severe it shouldn't have been because the PS3 came out a year later after the 360. The 360 rushed to launch before the PS3. But those were the problems of the first generation 360s. The new ones are excellent. Plus people amaze me when they say they bought X amount of 360s. Why would anybody keep buying the same console again?..oh because they enjoyed them. Toyota had recalls concerning brake defects but they fixed the problem. And those are some good cars. Anytime you quickly mass produce electronic or mechanical products there are bound to be defects. When the 360s first came out they were selling fast like hot cakes whereas the PS3 sales were slower at first. That the difference. The first Xbox sold slower (and less) than the PS2. The PS2 were rushed out the factories into homes and had many defects. I bought 3 of those. Mistakes are understood. It's up to the company to fix their mistakes.

[thetruthx1]

Or ppl could've been smart and bought the warranty. I even went to Gamestop and swapped mine out free of charge without using my warranty tisk tisk

[lsujester]

Not to mention how many extras were bought because of modding/pirating. I had a 2nd iteration that ended up getting banned because of fans. I then turned around and bought a slim a little later.

[Transporter47]

I went through 9 no joke -.-

Edit: I bought my 360 Launch day, i went through warranty on the first year with 7 under warranty, they even gave me a Perfect Dark for free because the lady that spoke to me felt sorry for me.

[Utalkin2me]

Would you do that with any other product? I mean when is enough, seriously? I learned after my second 360.

[True_Samurai]

Um sorry but I call bs. You were better off using the warranty to fix it. 9? I highly doubt it imo

[Cryptcuzz]

Damn that is a lot, I feel for you. My brother personally went through 4.

[Gamer666]

I lost two to RRoD but MS fixed them both for free through the white coffin program!

I currently have 11 in my home and since 2007 have not lost one to RRoD.

[V0LT]

I can see that.. I went through 3 myself. 2 reg units and the halo edition one died on me.

[Tyre]

@Transporter47 I feel ya dude, i bought a 360 at launch and it had to be replaced 6 times, no BS. Anyways we will see what will be true of all these pre-order statements at the consoles launch. A disagree? It the honest truth. Almost 8 years of playing on the 360 and 6 replacements till i bought the slim. Whatever you guys aren't even real Xbox gamers to begin with if you're so skeptical about the replacements. It was faulty and rushed hardware but at least Microsoft replaced the consoles.

[Transporter47]

@Everybody that's skeptical,

You can believe me or not, that's your decision I am not here to convince you or lie to you.

[elhebbo16]

I think the problem is not the 360 itself, maybe you should stop treating your consoles like shit. I have both a Launch day PS3 and 360, non of them have failed me yet.

[tuglu_pati]

@Transporter47

I bought a launch X360 and i'll say between me and my brother we put like 6-8 hour a day play time. As of today I've been trough 3 X360 . All of them replaced by MS.

I'm guessing you probably did not have your consoles in a ventilated area. 9 consoles is a lot man, maybe you were the problem not the console.

[Transporter47]

It was my fault that it RRoD, yup my fault, btw my setup that i have is perfect for ventilation, i never treat my gaming stuff like crap, every single game that i have they are all mint condition no scratches, minus the used games that i bought, I have my PS3 since launch same place same condition 0 failures.

I'm done no need to be defending something that happen to me personally. Is not like i can call MS to give me proof on how many Xbox 360 they replaced for me.

[ma1asiah]

I am with Gamer666 I had the original 20GB X360 since launch never encountered an RROD ever. Once I almost spat the dummy thinking it had, just to find it was a faulty power brick, The retailer I purchased it from replaced it free and I never had any problems at all. Two years ago I upgraded to a 250GB X360s and passed the other onto my nephew with which he still uses to this day (granted we upgraded the HDD to a 250GB one othewrwise it is still the same Xbox)

I have brought 4 other X360's in that time one for my brother in laws as an Xmas present it was the 120GB elite same deal no RROD's. Both my boys got an X360 as well as birthday presents and besides a faulty disk tray no RROD's. My daughters got a Kinect bundle X360 same deal no RROD.

Now all of these get some heavy usage not just for games but for music and movies as well. The only time they ever get a rest is when we are all asleep, out for the day or in my case when I am at work.

I have always insisted that they be kept in a well ventilated spot and with the early models I always ensured it was dust free (including the side vents on the power brick.)

I feel for everybody who has had a bad run with RROD's but my point is that it is not something that has happened to every X360 owner. The worst batch that was very prone to RROD's were the first few shipments if memory serves me right.

As someone said earlier it cost MS a small fortune and a lot of bad press, so I am pretty certain they wont be making that mistake again.

I mean have you seen the friggen huge fan on the X1 plus it is probably far more ventilated then the X360 ever was.

Now given they have had more than their fair share of bad press since the X1's reveal. Their hardware is something they have reported on quite a few occassions they are stress testing more than ever this time around.

[mafiahajeri]

I got perfect dark for free when I asked the clerk how much it was and he told me that you could have it for free (jokingly) and I asked him for free? He said yes.

I casually walked out with the game, he didnt try to stop me, my only regret was that I could not see his face afterwards... that and the fact I should have picked another game xD

[whoyouwit04]

Dude just stop lying, If you really went threw that many then they were all your own doing. You sony fan boys just make up the dumbest BS stories no joke.

[No_Limit]

@Transporter
"I went through 9 no joke -.- "

Wait, three months ago, you told us that you went through 8 RRODs, where did that extra RROD came from? :)

http://n4g.com/news/1236563...
"Well lucky you, i went through 8 360s all RROD, no joke or troll, im serious, when i called for the 7th they gave me Perfect Dark for free because the lady on the phone felt sorry for me and told me you have really bad luck so i'm going to give you a free game. "

The one thing that I like about N4G is the history comments, it can spot out the trolls from the real gamers in a heart beat. And Transporter is definitely in the former.

[Transporter47]

@No_Limit Yeah 3 months ago, the 8th RRoD i did a reflow then after a month i got my 9th RRoD, which i actually managed to fix again. I do X-clamp and Reflow fix now. But hey my story is the same for the addition of another RRoD which i did get but i fixed myself.

[No_Limit]

You could be right. Well, take care of your equipment next time.

[Heartnet]

i dunno how peop=le go through so many... ive owned 3 xbox 360 ( differnt generations and hardrives etc ) and not 1 has every RRoD on me...

guess im just lucky xD

[Killzoner99]

I went through honestly 17 of them Micro$oft refused to honor the warranty so I said I would never buy another Micro$oft product again.

[PraxxtorCruel]

Did you replace each broken xbox 360 unit with the older revisions? I didn't hit the xbox 360 party straight away, but I bought myself a slim when it came out and it still running strong. I've played ocassionally 7 hours straight with no problems whatsoever. Why didn't you just get the slim if you were aware and so were the majority of gamers that the 'fat' xbox 360 is prone to RROD?

[Minato-Namikaze]

I would have thrown it away after the 2nd one and bought a competitors console. I'm not in the business of giving my hard earned money to a company that purposely made a shoddy product.

[dazzrazz]

Slim version was introduced @ E3 2010

[Nocando]

Because you can't jtag the slim, that's why. This guy probably hasnt paid for a game in ages.

[dark-hollow]

If the Xbox 360 slim is any indicator for the reliability of the xbone then am pretty confident.

[devwan]

Why would it be?

[dark-hollow]

Because the RROD issues are getting squashed with every new Xbox 360 sku since 2007.

[MizTv]

Sane here
I have no Confidence in there hardware

[Nodoze]

Absolutely agree. People seem to have short memories. The same is true for the ps3 ylod. Either way I am waiting on both. Let folks beta test them.

[FanboyCrusher]

You'd be a moron to think a company as large as Microsoft would even gamble at a risk like that again. Giving everyone free replacements was simply too big of a loss, they'll never make that mistake again. They might have deep pockets but they're not going to burn cash for no reason.

[ovnipc]

4 ps3 YLOD. 1 Xbox RROD. M$ for me.

[Underworld]

Really bugs me that some try to play down RROD. It was a huge problem that many people experienced, and cost Microsoft a lot. I had to get mine sent in twice, and then ended up having to buy a second 360. And i take good care of my consoles. Know of others who had the same problem. My sister had problems with her slim.
The YLOD was no where near as bad or prevalent as RROD.

[irepbtown]

My cousin had the 60GB PS3, 4 times it broke.
He had a 360, I'm not sure how many RROD's but they were a good amount.

I got 80GB PS3, still runs strong today.
And from what I'm reading, the newer 360s aren't suffering from RROD. Both next gen consoles will be reliable in my opinion. Though I do slightly worry for X1 because MS seemed to have been caught off guard by Sony's reveal in Feb.

@Underworld
If I remember correctly, mainly 60GB ps3 models suffered from YLOD as they had backward compatibility. This was quickly fixed with the 40GB and soon after 80GB models which didn't have BC.

[Themba76]

went thru 4 myself

[CuddlyREDRUM]

I like how Xbots, paid Microsoft forum goers, are literally disagreeing with this statement.

I only went through 3 360's.

[DiRtY]

Nice. Let's wait till the mainstream marketing campaign kicks in...

[LackaJaKane]

i just think once a ryse commercial finally hit mainstream, people are going to be like "OH SH@#% I GOTTA GET ME A ONE!"

[Electric-flamingo]

Yeah dude absolutely

[inStereo]

Yeah, 'cause we wouldn't be able to have a game consisting of nothing but QTE's without this incredible next-gen technology.

[Lovable]

LOL no.

Ryse commercial Lmao..oh my side hurts from laughing...I see the failure miles away

[Minute Man 721]

Just the hardcore fanboys that's all

[Kanzes]

Or people who really interested in it

[ape007]

please think rationally for a moment, xbox one will be very wanted and here's why...

ps4 will be a fantastic game machine at killer price of 399$

xbox will be a fantastic game machine plus all in one at great value price of 499$

both consoles are very very wanted( although ps4 look to be a little bit more wanted), i don't see why u think everyone hate xbox one and only extreme fanboys want it, it's just a fanboy fantasy world to think that, xbox one will kick Major ass

[XabiDaChosenOne]

A "little bit more" is an understatement.

[ape007]

^^^^

maybe im wrong

[ovnipc]

this its the same bus than COD. Everyone trashes CoD and takes BF side. Then when the day comes CoD sales 1Million copy's in the first 24 hours BF sales 1 Million in a month. But everyone trashes it. People fallow masses. But at the end they end up buying it. Id care what others think, personally I like MS yea they have their things but they inovate, X1 its a complete package ps4 its just a game console for that I stick to PC.

[CuddlyREDRUM]

All in one what?

Most people who own a Kinect now don't use it, including myself. The whole Internet has been fighting for a Kinect 2 less SKU for a while.

[Minute Man 721]

It's $500 that's the biggest problem. Don't believe me just check NPD in the future.

[CrimsonStar]

Yea let me hop in your time machine , and we will check out the NPD LMAO you are really butthurt arnt you?

[smokeyf]

My launch day 360 lasted 5 years! I laughed at all of my friends who went through several over the years.

[Tyre]

@Smokeyf You probably didn't play as much as we did or you were VERY lucky...All my friends had at the least 2 replacements. I finally bought a slim when my 6th console brokedown beyond the 3 years RROD warranty period and it is still running for now, but that never happened until i bought the slim.

[gamertk421]

I had my launch console red ring, but that's it. Of course anytime a new chipset came out, I upgraded. My Jasper ran the best of them all, even better than my slim I have now.

[CuddlyREDRUM]

I can just imagine what your friends think of you.

[Gamer666]

It is good that AG said that X1 pre-orders are above X360. But from a realistic stand point this means nothing other than MS has a limited supply of the Day One consoles.

Nobody knows if that's 100000, 10000000 or somewhere in between.

From rumors of initial yield problems on X1 chips, I would assume MS will have a tougher time meeting demand this holiday season than Sony.

But, I expect both to sell out in North America and probably Europe because they will both be in low supply compared to demand...

[LackaJaKane]

@Gamer666
I don't know if this means much to you.......

http://n4g.com/news/1285381...

[Electric-flamingo]

Cerny didn't say it , so it must not be true

[Gamer666]

Yes, I saw that, but I think MS had problems early on with getting the yield where they wanted to.

[Minato-Namikaze]

Would he say yes we are having problems with yields before a major launch?

[ape007]

hell yeah xbox one will be awesome

[Thomper]

But surely these people must be stupid??

Do they not realise that when you crack XB1 open, that Mark Cerny isn't inside, soldering his very own gdgdgrgdgrgdgr 5 ram??

It's like Charley and the Chocolate factory.... If you find one of Mark's eyebrows in your xbox, you get to spend 30 seconds in his majesties company...
He and Stephen Hawkin will let you in to secrets that nobody else knows about technology, and it's not just PR....errr... Honest...

I think I'm pregnant... And it's deffo Mark Cerny's baby.. I had a scan, and I definitely saw a likeness....

Hey, at least it's not Eddy Murphay's kid.. He's a bad baby daddy...mark isn't.. He knows sh1t about ggrrddggrdrr 5 ram and supercharged chips... I love chips... With cheese and a nice BBQ dip... Yayyyy.. And he's deffo str8... I can tell....

[LackaJaKane]

@thomper
i really hate to use my last bubble on this comment but.......

What?

[Thomper]

Just go with the flow....

Mark Cerny is like the pope.... Except he fiddles with knobs in his (top secret) lab...that one dude came up with stuff that the biggest software corporation in the world didn't even consider...

He's like, amaze balls... And such an orator too.... He is truly like the second coming and stuff.... I hear he is gonna patch up the hole in the ozone layer with supercharged chips and gdgdgrgdgrgdgr 5 ram!!!

Thankngod for Da MC.... The next gen of gaming is on his big butch broad shoulders... He is married to a female and everything, so everything he says must be true... Right?

[CrimsonStar]

WTF?

[xReDeMpTiOnx]

Well there's more of an audience of gamers as more and more gamers flood the market so its not really surprising.

To know the final numbers we will have to wait until its released and the official numbers come in.

[FrigidDARKNESS]

Whatelse there is to ssy consumers and gamers see a superior console with better looking games so they prefer the xbox one.

[Neoninja]

Frigid, you just poked a hornets nest with a stick with that comment man. Can't wait to see the responses you get.

I'm happy for the positive news regarding the X1 and I'm happy I preodered!

[ado908]

Im sorry but I just simply cannot ignore this comment. Consumer see a superior console? Am I missing something since when was the xbox one's hardware better than the ps4? You might as well throw logic out the window. As for superior games, half the games microsoft announced are due to release next year or later. Since when does forza, dead rising and ryse, and a killer instinct mean the console has a better launch? Btw dead rising has never been a killer franchise and I highly doubt the third one will be either. After all the bs microsoft was gonna put their fans through, you forgive them that easily? And to sell the console at 500 dollars? What the hell is this world coming to? Im positive 80% people who are buying xbox one are doing it for call of duty and halo. And how the disagrees on this site outweigh the agrees for anything sony related on this page, it has turned more into a xbox site now.

[Death]

Xbox exclusives typically go over better with Xbox fans so it shouldn't be a surprise. The hardware isn't definitive. We really do need to wait and see what the games look and feel like to determine if one is better than the other. In all honesty, the two are so close it isn't funny. The inclusion of Kinect gives Microsoft a hardware advantage in the fact you have the ability to do more with the system out of the box. There is much more to life than the amount of teraflops a system can do on paper.

[gamer2013]

Functionality >>> small increase in power. I mean, come on! Think about it. We're talking about the same difference between highest setting and ultra setting at most. This is trivial.

Which games are better between the two consoles is subjective.

Here's an honest question you can ask yourself, if it was Sony instead of MS that announced the same, so called, "anti consumer" policies would you feel the same way about them as you do now with MS? Also, if Sony, like MS, reversed their decision to push such policies would you forgive and continue to support them?

Personally, I didn't have an issue with the XB1 always needing to be connected or it's more restrictive game sharing policies. I really don't trade games anyway and most devices I own are always connected.

[thekhurg]

Launch consoles basically always sell out. I don't understand how this is praise worthy at all.

[theWB27]

So where have you been? All the poles that say 80 percent of gamers prefer the PS4. So many people wishing Microsoft folded from the console business. The X1 is a tv tuner, not a console so it's gonna fail. Ps4 is so much more powerful with better games and this and that.

You haven't been here this whole time listening to the supposed demise of Xbox? That's why it's newsworthy. It's to prove the idiots that thought there would be only once successful console this gen wrong.

[Lovable]

It's still true LOL. Just because people are buying this doesn't consider it as the "prefer" console.

[theWB27]

@Lovable
"It's still true LOL."

It wasn't true to begin with so there's no way it can "still be true." lol -_-

[Xboxonefan27]

It is also console,so its not gonna fail.It has games,remember that.

[coopman300]

Best thing for everyone is for xb1 to succeed, competition always benefits the consumer most.

[thekhurg]

It will fail in the sense that it won't outsell the PS4 but selling out launch consoles MONTHS before release is not news worthy.

[ceed911]

vocal minority makes it seem like everyone hates Xbox. These people hate realizing that they are not the average consumer.

In North America where console sales make up 45% of the world market, Microsoft has sold 17,300,000 more Xbox 360s than PS3s.

That is a huge fanbase that isnt immature enough to troll gaming "news" sites all day to get people to switch sides like a bunch of 12 year old kids.

[whitesoxfalife1976]

Exactly console launches doesn't mean anything
Every console launch start with a limited supply typically bout 500,000 to 750,000 start.....then the next wave of systems come.....

Thy the wiiu is the first console that didn't sell out its initial launch supply I think they had like 1.2mill ready to go "NOWHERE"

[Seraphemz]

I remember the stories that the WiiU was selling out as well...

[ape007]

i love seeing people do damage control

[Seraphemz]

Am i lying? were there or werent there reports of the WiiU preorders selling out?

[Seraphemz]

I remember the stories that the WiiU was selling out as well...

Edit : And i dont really rely on pre-orders for anything. I think that its stupid to throw those numbers out there like its a big deal. lets see what happenens with actual sales.

[insomnium2]

Why is it that your comments get so many disagrees? This site is becoming pro MS again.

What is there to disagree with "wait for actual sales"? How old are you people? We have seen and discussed this so many times before haven't we?

[Seraphemz]

I didnt get it either..but hey...its N4G. So i cant expect much.

[Paytaa]

But it's fine if it's pro-Sony?

[insomnium2]

@paytaa

Says who? Are you dense? Any critisizing comment with actual SUBSTANCE behind it is ok in my books now that you mentioned.

[Paytaa]

I'm not in favor of "pro-" anything. This site is "pro-Sony" at the moment and you are complaining that it might go pro-MS again. It'd be a much better environment if everyone supported each console respectively.

[wishingW3L]

then what about the PS4? Highest pre-orders in the history of video games or what? XD

[D-riders]

it would be a shame if a console didin tsell out at launch. at that point any company shoudl hang it up

[Tyre]

WTF with the disagrees? I treated the 360 with care as if it was my baby...cleaned F'ing everyday! AND IT STILL RRODed. It was a pain not being able to game when the console was send out, but still liked the console and i was glad MS replaced it everytime. Still the failurerate was unlike any console i had before and my PS3 lasted years before it YLOD on me...only had to replace it once. F you for disagreeing....makes no sense.

[dark-hollow]

Complaining that you won't trust ms with hardware in 2013 just like saying I won't trust Sony with the psn due to the old hack fiasco.

Both issues has been resolved for a while now. The Xbox 360 slim was built pretty well and way much reliable than the old SKUs. Stop beating a dead horse.

[Tyre]

@Dark-hollowed out????? I just shared some history with my fellow Xbox gamer Transporter47...i'm not beating anything. No need to get all butthurt...the Xbox 360 Slim has indeed solved the overheating issues. The Xbox 360 is a great console, Chill dude, the only thing you should worry about the new Xbox is the mandatory Mossad Chief Inspector Gadget Kinect. I'm curious how it all pans out, at least Microsoft will give others the right example to win the BigBrother Award. George Orwell would turn in his grave. You will get what you deserve, don't say i didn't warn blind fanboy.

[Killabites]

I would get a Xbox one as well if it wasn't for Kinect forced upon me. Now that woman is in charge, they say women listen, Listen to this girl most of us don't want Kinect so make SKU with out it please.

[InTheLab]

They're gonna have to do it once these initial hype sales die down. I know a lot of x360 gamers not happy with a higher price for forced Kinect. I'm one of them.

[Themba76]

thats when ill get one i hate kinect.

[coopman300]

Face it they wont drop kinect, theyve put too much into it to just drop it and guarantee nothing meaningful will ever be developed for it.

[InTheLab]

Both are said to be sold out and both are lies to generate interest. I pre-ordered a PS4 when they were sold out and was just at Best Buy where they were taking XOne preoreders...

[horndog]

Well then, they must be lying through their teeth. Only ps4 can sell out. There you go buddy. Does that make you feel better about your preorder??

[InTheLab]

Actually, the ps4 was available also. I guess I should have made that clear.

I guess saying both are lies isn't enough on this site :/

[horndog]

Got me two of those x1's fully paid. Bring it on!

[Rockstar_5]

Xbox one owner well done Microsoft and ps4 of course

[imt558]

Buahahaaha! But Microsoft had less preorder XO units than Sony with PS4( remember the flood gates ). And you guys fall on this great news.

[Nocando]

Yes, my 360 is less enjoyable since the PS3 passed it world wide. It really keeps me up at night.

[BOLO]

Bitter Xbot is bitter...It's not like M$FT didn't have a year head start, lower price point, and RROD to boost their market share...Don't blame the PS3 for the epic comeback.

[horndog]

Fool! MS had one year head start and playstation had a whole generation head start. Lets also not forget that they came into the current gen with about 65% or more of the market thanks to the ps2. MS did well. This gen is almost over and sony has cought up but the damage has already been done. Bring the x1 now. Only a stupid fanboy would consider that a big victory despite sony lossing billions in the process.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

Nice analogy from @Nocando but PS3 and Xbox share the same sales.

That's why nobody can distinguish the sales between them this whole time because they're too close to count.

Neck and neck, even. They are both winners.

[Clarence]

Says Arron Greenberg tweet. I don't believe this for a second. This is just to generate hype. This is the same guy that said the 360 would outsell the PS3 worldwide this gen.

[imt558]

Microsoft had only day one XO bundle unlike Sony who has varius bundles and bunch of them sold out. But surely great to hear, Aaron.

[christocolus]

Congrats MS. Def good news.

[thetruthx1]

Sony fans are making up stories like "I had 20 xbox 360's and they all got RROD" LOL and we have to remember not all ppl that purchase these systems visit these sites. We're the minority to gamers and casuals

[Drainage]

well thats a shame. looks like gamers arent tired of being treated like used condoms yet

[Nocando]

With a comment like that,you should have ended up in a used condom.

[Locknuts]

Good news for the industry. Now after launch Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo just need to prove what is so great about next gen with some innovative games. Otherwise the home console market will shrink instead of growing. I can't believe Nintendo still haven't released a game that shows what the Wii U and its gamepad can do.

[n4rc]

Its good to see most people didn't buy into the hate..

I'm super excited for my Xbox.. Been a long time coming.

Having said that.. I think that comment is a little misleading.. Preorders were not common practice 8 years ago.. I would completely expect this gen to outperform last in preorders

[christocolus]

I have always said thatthe majority of gamers who will get these consoles will go out and buy the xbox one or ps 4 regardless of all the hateful fan boy comments on the web. good work ms....

[Zephyrus_808]

Didn't the WiiU also sell out? Also pre-orders selling out doesn't actually tell you how many have been sold out, so it means little.

[vikingland1]

It's still a few months away from launch day. I am pretty sure they will have more ready for preorder in the next few months. Or am I wrong in my assumption? maybe the preorders are all they can have ready for launch. I really don't know how this stuff works. Oh well I have mine preordered I'm happy about that.

[Silly gameAr]

Nice. Where's those numbers at though?

[CuddlyREDRUM]

Someone tell him preordering consoles wasn't "exactly" a thing back then.

[illtownNJONE]

people fail to realize that the xboxon3 is gonna be successful and sony trolls want opposite....y would u want a company to fail, how would that benefit you stfu and enjoy gaming

[busytoad]

Over priced
Underpowered compared to ps4
Always on kinect cam,nsa spying on you
microsoft who admits giving nsa data on its console users
Focused more on media than gaming

Yeah lots of stupid people in the U.S and its sad really.

[unicron7]

Exactly. Sometimes I feel as though I am living in the movie Idiocracy. People will buy a product here for the sole reason it is American made....regardless of how the company tries to screw them over beforehand. I guess Microsoft could do whatever they wanted to them as long as they could still play Halo 5. Pretty sad stuff.

[CrossingEden]

-ps3 was overpriced yet people still bought it
-people bought 360 even though it's "underpowered"
-if you have a webcam, facebook or twitter then a cam is the least of your worries
-they showed off more exclusive games than sony at e3 and will show off even more games at gamescom
-the only stupid ones are people who try to troll EVERY positive article about the console they don't like because they have nothing better to do

[S2Killinit]

of course they are sold out, its a new console. Imagine if they couldn't even sell out pre orders. I don't think any console is ever achieved that.

[Supermax]

Actually I can get a ps4 and x1 at target walmart and sears right now

[unicron7]

Pretty good considering they just tried to throw their entire fanbase under a bus. Just goes to show, fanboys will allow a company to do anything to them and come back for seconds.

I honestly don't think this is true. If it is, they don't have that many units available for launch. People aren't this stupid.

[H0RSE]

“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”
- George Carlin

I'm not saying you have to be a retard to buy an xbox, only that your general faith in humanity seems a bit naive. A lot of people are just blowing smoke. Remember all the hate and anger "fans" had towards Bioware for the Mass Effect 3 ending? Yeah, many of them will be picking up the next big Bioware title, no questions asked. Remember the Simcity DRM fiasco? Let's see how many copies of BF4 don't get sold because of that - I'm sure they'll be crippled...

Much of the rage is initial response. After some time, they'll go back to being rational and buy whatever they want, xbox or otherwise.

[CrossingEden]

"they just tried to throw their entire fanbase under a bus"
you mean like this?
http://games.yahoo.com/blog...
or telling their fanbase to get a second job?
or how about lying
http://www.joystiq.com/2005...
http://www.1up.com/news/cel...
yes yes let's forget about all that, forgive and forget right, seriously, the fanboyism is these comments is both nauseating and ridiculously unintelligent

[H0RSE]

So the general vibe I got from the comments is, "selling out doesn't prove anything...and PS4 sold out more anyway..."

We get it - MS really fucked up accurately explaining the initial features of the X1 and the direction they planned to go with the console, but this whole "find any reason possible to hate on MS," phase is really tiring. Time to grow up and put on your big boy pants. It's a game console...if you don't like, don't buy it - it's a really simple concept. I don't like Playstation - I never have, so I won't be getting a PS4. My dislike for Sony's products does not necessitate that I actively go out of my way to bash them every chance I get.

I know it's "cool" to hate on MS right now, I'm sure your actions have earned you a promotion at your job and brought in tons of chicks, but really, the shit's getting old. Either lend a compliment where it's appropriate, or don't say anything at all.

[unicron7]

There's plenty of reason to "hate on it". Well deserved if you ask me. After what MS just tried to do to it's entire loyal fanbase....they deserve to be reamed continuously. I understand that you like the xbox brand...but at this point...it's just blind loyalty to keep following them. I've always owned both consoles each generation...but this time...the Xb1 will have to be dirt cheap before I buy into the bullshit. PS4 for the majority of the generation for me. Why? Not out of some twisted sense of loyalty, but for the sole fact they have had me, the gamer, in mind from concept to finish.

[H0RSE]

It isn't about "loyalty." I have no reason to be loyal to MS - I don't owe them anything. There are a number of factors involved, none of which involve loyalty:

- I despise the PS controller, both the feel and layout.

- none of the exclusives on either console really do anything for me, so this wasn't a factor. The games I tend to play are multiplat.

- I have built up relationships over XBL that I would like to continue to maintain.

- I vastly enjoy XBL over PSN.

- The negative aspects of the X1 (even the initial stance) really didn't bother me. I am an avid PC gamer, so much of what they originally proposed I was already used to anyway. Kinect spying on me? The internet spies on me, and I use that every day.

The only real gripe I have with the X1, is the proprietary dataport on the controller, which makes my current Sennheiser headset and my mixamp, obsolete. However, Astro has stated they are working with MS to come up with a solution, but details are vague at this point.

It really isn't about loyalty - it's simply about the X1 offering more for me than a PS4 could. Like I said, I'm an avid PC gamer, so dropping $500 on a console wasn't that bad - my video card cost $530...

So you can continue to hate on it all you want, and assume anyone who would still purchase one after everything that has happened is a blind fanboy, but in doing so, you are really limiting yourself to a "black and white" view on the subject, and leaving out much of the grey.

[1nsomniac]

Surely The current immense hate & the fact it got publicly booed at the last event proves this is PR bullshit!

[unicron7]

Not really. It's just showing the majority of informed gamers expressing their distaste with a company that just tried to alienate a huge portion of their fanbase and have also developed a gimped gaming console for the sole reason of going after the TV crowd. Plus the needless $500 money grab is another reason to hate them as well.

[H0RSE]

It reflects how people actually act in the real world. Immense hate and booing aside, people will buy what they want. If the Xbox was shown to cause cancer, people would still buy it. If the PS4 caused genital herpes, people would still buy it. You really think the initial hate and getting booed at an event, both of which were/are catered to a specific demographic/audience, was really going to have a huge negative effect on X1 pre-orders? Besides, these are just pre-orders, not overall sales across the life of the system.

Of those involved in or effected by the events in your post, after the smoke clears, many just stop caring and get what they want anyway.

[1nsomniac]

I think you underestimate people. I've owned every console released in the UK since the mid 1980's & have absolutely no intention of ever buying the XBone at all & ive heard similar things said from others.

Its the only console I've never had any interest in. Thats not to say I want it to fail because without competition the console industry will crumble to tablet mobile game standards & no real gamer wants that!

[H0RSE]

First off, you're in the UK and I'm in the states - right there alone explains a degree of difference in our viewpoint on the situation. The US is xbox's biggest market, both for sales and fans. Each countries opinion or approval of the system, can differ greatly, as well as what it would take to make them not buy one. Consumerism in general tends to differ between the cultures.

Second, there is no underestimation on my part. Generally speaking (which is what my original post was) the points I made hold true. Generally speaking, people tend buy whatever the hell they want, regardless of the consequences or disadvantages - if they want it bad enough, they're going to get it. This isn't me sticking up for xbox, but rather simply pointing out a general trend.

The fact that this is the console you personally show no interest in this console, means little. I haven't shown interest in any of the playstation's, the Wii, WiiU, and the GameCube to name a few. Does this mean those consoles suck? No. Does your lack of interest in the X1 amount to anything in the overall picture? No.

The fact that you have heard similar mindsets from others, well you can take that how you want, since typically the ones who have negative things to say, tend to be the loudest. Go to virtually any gaming forum, and you'll see that ones that are complaining are the ones speaking the loudest. It creates this "illusion" that everyone is mad - they aren't, it's just the ones that are mad out-shout the ones tat aren't. It's like the saying goes, "Those who speak loudest always have the least to say." It's always the same "conspiracy theory, big brother, anti-consumer." rhetoric.

I really don't care either way, if the xbox sells like hotcakes or not. I'm getting an xbox and so are my friends, and that's really all I give a shit about.

[CEOSteveBallmer]

Strange why is it even on other gaming websites they take a poll and almost more than half will be getting PS4 only. Don't forget the booing on EVO which I don't think are "all" sony fanboys. there could be pretty much all kinds of gamers.

[Kidmyst]

I have a XB1 pre-ordered, whether I'll keep it or sell it I havn't determined yet. Will wait till the last Minute to decide. Depends on games and MSFT themselves.

[My_Outer_Heaven]

Well I guess when PS4 sold out people went for Xbox One.. no way would I get Xbox One even if PS4 wasn't available.

[My_Outer_Heaven]

Xbox One - When you cant get PS4.

[akaFullMetal]

I know at my bestbuy, there are still xbox preorders going on, but none for ps4. I also asked a friend who works there how many have been available. He didn't give me any numbers but said that there are half the amount of xbox one preorders available than ps4.

[BIGBOSS08]

yeh we'll wait till the launch figures microsoft. this is the same company that claimed 360 was the best selling system in the world when it was a FACT that it wasnt. why say world when your just talking about US? because microsoft will do whatever they can to make themselves and their products look good. havent they learned to just shut the hell up?

[kostchtchie_]

Good news for an anti gamers/consumer company, give yourselves pat on the back you scum that pre ordered this junk, goes show gamers in or casuals in general have no morals, but hey this not surprising you only have to look at the world we live in when people give there rights away freely

[gamer2013]

Bad troll