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PS4 Black Friday Bundle Outsells Xbox One Equivalent Soundly at GameStop; Ranked 2nd and 7th

It’s doubtless that Black Friday is a strategic date for shopping in the United States, so it’s not surprising that leading retailer GameStop decided to provide a rich bundle for both the PS4 and the Xbox One.

Turns out the PS4 Bundle is outselling the Xbox One equivalent rather soundly.

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black0o3801d ago

not surprised at ALL ..

sony's problem is meeting the demand, if there were more units they may ranked #1

Abriael3801d ago

It's already amazing that it beat so many games priced so low.

Eonjay3801d ago

To be completely honest, I don't think Xbox One can beat PS4 on Black Friday. Its because Black Friday is the day where people search for the lowest price. Had Gamestop built similarly priced bundles, there may have been less discrepancy. Price is one of Sony's main advantages that the Xbox 360 used to have over the PS3.

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cleft53801d ago

I can't wait to see the sales numbers for the PS4 versus Xbox One. Something tells me that it will be a huge win for Sony.

GTgamer3801d ago

@PS4beaver
That was the most pointless/random thing ive seen today thanks for that-_- perfect way to waste a bubble.

Bigpappy3801d ago

I am not predicting either way. There is a good chance this could be a indicator of how the sales will end up.

I would caution though that this is GameStop Online.
1) Most people don't shop online for Black Friday.
2) GameStop online is not a popular site for most console buyers to shop. Amazon is actually the place the eBay is where most people buy online.

So I will advice waiting a few days to here real numbers.

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BoriboyShoGUN3801d ago (Edited 3801d ago )

First thing the guy said when I entered gamestop a few hours ago was " if your looking for the Xbox One we have plenty sir but sorry no PS4's " I just had to laugh Like no thanks dude just here for the $29 ps plus 12 month card :D

prodg523801d ago (Edited 3801d ago )

Amazon has now matched gamestop with the $29 ps plus cards so you don't have to fight the crowds today just for plus!

Edit: They also dropped Ratchet and Clank:ITN to $20

Abriael3801d ago

LOL. Your gamestop clerk has a sense of humor.

Flames763800d ago

At my gamestop they have the PS4 but cant keep the Xbox One in stock

BoriboyShoGUN3800d ago

Nice story flames, I highly doubt that unless you live in a Microsoft community for employees.

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TheTwelve3801d ago

We bored with Playstation Domination stories yet?

Naaaaahhhh....

GrandTheftZamboni3801d ago

We now bathe in tears of fanboys (those other ones)!

diablocody3801d ago

PS4 came out Friday, it is now 12:30pm Saturday here in Australia. Just went to these stores in my area:

JB Hi Fi
EB Games
Target
Big W
K Mart
Dick Smith Electronics
Harvey Norman

All 7 have Xbox One's available from day one
All 7 are sold out of PS4's
Only JB Hi Fi have places available for the second shipment which should be between 20th and 24th of December. The other 6 are sold out of their second shipment and should have stock in January

The best numbers comparison will be next year when both consoles are readily available but at this point PS4 should easily be 3 or 4 to 1

xprs223800d ago

This really is a dumb article. Both systems have sold out so that would say that Microsoft obviously didn't send out as many consoles as the PS4

TheRacingX3800d ago

not really, I went to 2 gamestops in my area and both had at least 2 xbones in stock at 2pm on friday, when I asked about PS4 the kid said they were long gone....I believe PS4 demand is higher

Khajiit863800d ago

I accidently clicked agree sorry was meant to be a disagree. Every store in my area has 0 ps4s. Few have xbox ones. Wal mart sold out of black friday ps4s in 5 mins but they still have x1s.

bubblebobble3800d ago (Edited 3800d ago )

i am a sony fanboy at heart, but i do think xbox have made a great console no question, but where they have gone wrong is making kinect mandatory. if they had not done this the console could have been about £100 cheaper which would have put the console about the £329 mark £20 cheaper than sony maybe if microsoft have a tuff start i think they may revert to this. to me this does seem like a very silly mistake i think any kind of marketing would of suggested this, they should of known this. another oversight in my book was not having halo as a launch title this one game alone would have sold 2 or 3 million day 1 consoles

miDnIghtEr20C_SfF3800d ago

Not surprised at all either. Dual shockers has been on a PS4 hype train this whole time.

But Sony fans have told me this whole generation that sales in the USA don't matter. All those months and years in a row that Xbox won was said to not matter. USA isn't the only place.

lol boy do sales matter now. Too bad launch game reviews don't! ha ha!

GuruMeditation3800d ago

I think you've entirely missed the point. USA sales mean nothing on their own for either company, America is not the world. PS4 isn't just banking on the states, it is giving the competition a sound thrashing the world over... so in this case, sales do matter. As for launch reviews, they matter much less than sales. More sales=more dev engagement=great games to come. Poor launch titles just mean a mediocre start, little else.

TruthInsider 3800d ago

I know, only on Xbone can you get a 1/10 game!

miDnIghtEr20C_SfF3800d ago

If the USA didn't matter on their own then Sony wouldn't of released in the USA first and only. They even stiffed the Motherland out of first dibs.

USA is THE most important place in the World for your games to sale. Sony knows this too. They were rattled that MS dominates the USA.

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AO1JMM3801d ago (Edited 3801d ago )

Ahhhhh yes my stock prices are skyrocketing...... Oh wait.

Price makes a huge difference.

jessupj3801d ago

I actually do have stock with Sony lol.

Only $1,000 worth, but any time some smart ass MS apologist says something about defending Sony so much because I have stock, I can say "Yes sir, I do have Sony stock. Lawyered".

mediate-this3800d ago

You dont have stock. Listen i get it, sony is great, micro is great too lol. But to lie about having stock in sony just sounds immature. If you have stock prove it, otherwise you dont have to lie.

Fanboys are crazy with their lies. Be a gamer not a liar. Sony is on top because they are making the right moves. Ps2 days are near, so dont jimx them with your fake sony stock lies.

dragon823800d ago

Why can't he have stock in Sony? A guy I work with also bought $1000 worth of shares a couple months back in preparation for the PS4 launch. The stock price was decent and everyone knew it was going to be a huge success at launch. I actualy wish I had grabbed some when he did.

DK_Kithuni_713801d ago (Edited 3801d ago )

The PlayStation 4 is kicking ass and taking names. So far it looks like Sony has already won this generation. Good times ahead for gamers.

#12 on the list - the Xbox 360 E with Halo 4 + Tomb Raider - is one hell of a deal at $199,99

Bought the bundle myself here in Europe this week. Not as good as the PS3 but one hell of a deal.

LGM3133801d ago (Edited 3801d ago )

$199 for the PS3 super slim with TLoU and batman kills the xbox bundle.

DK_Kithuni_713801d ago

As I said. Not as good as the PS3.

Xbox 360 and PS3 owners should really get "the other" console at these prices. I love my PS3 and the exclusive games. But at the $200 mark I get to play Halo, Gears, Forza too.

Same goes for the Xbox 360 croud. Get the PS3 and enjoy Uncharted, Resistance, InFamous, Little Big Planet, The Last of Us, Ratchet & Clark, and, and, and.

rainslacker3801d ago

There are a lot of great deals out there for PS3 this black friday. I was quite impressed. I think the PS3 and 360 will be pretty popular this season just because of the promoting it's going to get in place of the more expensive consoles which are mostly unavailable. Which is usually what happens the holiday after a new system launches.

LGM3133801d ago

The only thing is, there are no new FP games for the 360, for the ps3 ww have TLoU, gt6 etc...

SirBradders3801d ago

As much as i love what sony as a company stand for with their playstation brand never count the competition out.

Healthy competition is always welcome because it will always make Sony up their game even more so then they already are and that means as gamers we win even more.

Im not saying go buy an xbox but there is always the uninformed, people who like gimmicky features and/or their ip's which will probably be few in numbers in the long term but will definetly help the competition.

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mkis0071h ago

Such a good game to me. Crazy how different peoples opinions can get.

Crows901h ago(Edited 1h ago)

For me it wasn't that surprising. There was some bad press before. There's also the matter and element of a person's disposition when trying out a certain game. Sometimes you're just not really into the type of game that you're playing so you put it down because you don't like it. Not necessarily because it's a bad game but because you're just not up for something like this. Reviewers have a tough because no matter what they feel like playing they've got to play what's releasing.

I have many times gone back to games that I put down only to thoroughly enjoy them the second time around because either there wasn't another exciting game coming out around the same time or I just had no other games to play and haven't played that type of game in a while. I'm not the type of person that can just play a souls game through all this iterations one after the other without getting burnt out on the formula.

In my opinion this game was great from the start. Some bugs here and there but nothing worse than the most AAA releases during the same time after and before. All I did was wait one week and I had a phenomenal time with the game. No other zombie survival game comes close to how I thoroughly enjoyed this one

-Foxtrot9m ago(Edited 7m ago)

Yeah I thought it was pretty decent, it had its flaws but for their first big console single player open world game it's a solid 8/10.

I have never seen an AAA "zombie" game feature as many enemies as the horde sections did, you really had to think about your surroundings and plan carefully.

I feel journalists had an issue with this game from the moment it was announced, they really didn't like the Biker characters and the overall Biker gang theme. If they were anything else I feel it would have had a better chance or at least they'd overlook some of the flaws like they do for certain other open world games. They don't mind waiting weeks or months for a patch knowing its coming but a game that has it Day 1 it's suddenly a big no no? Yeah this was one of those moments that showed you how they cherry pick who to suddenly decide to go harsh on when they want to.

mkis0072m ago

Ill never forget the reviewer who tried to claim the "ride me like you ride your bike" line was anything but a joke...they (sarah and deacon) explicitly call it a joke and the reviewer still misinformed the reader about it as if it was a literal thing.

Leeroyw1h ago

Second act of that game far surpassed the first. Which is why people felt it didn't live up to the hype of the trailers. Personally I loved it. But it was a slog to get your bike and weapons up to skill.

Inverno1h ago

Was gonna post a brick wall of text but I'll keep it short. Pardon my French but f**k the media for the hate they gave this game. If you have a PC to play it on you can get it as low as 10 bucks, and if you have a PS then it's a no brainer. Totally worth a play.

phatak1h ago(Edited 53m ago)

I don't even comment here often but had to for this game, I still stand by my opinion that this was one of the top 10 games of the ps4 generation, I preferred days gone over god of war, horizon and last of us 2, the launch version was definitely piss poor and that messed up the reviews for this game, honestly some games deserve a re-review or post patch review as the metacritic score stays forever but the reality is its not even the same game anymore, the ps5 patch is amazing and the pc version which I play on nowadays is one of the best looking games ever, complete shame that we wont get a sequel, god of war got one, horizon got one, last of us got one, spider man got one,ghosts of tshushima about to get one but this game wont get one, sucks to be honest.

Ps3/360 era had some hidden underated games for me it was shadows of the damned, alice madness returns that deserved more sales and a sequel/ higher scores, and similarly for the ps4 era it was days gone, and dying light 1 that deserved much more love, dying light atleast got a sequel, everyone needs to play this game once and judge for themselves, for me its officially the most underrated game of the ps4 era, go play it if you haven't.

andy8522m ago

Awesome game. Just bought it for my laptop last week

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