As PS4 Sells Out German Retailer Makes Drastic Cuts To Xbox One; Introduces Cheapest Ever Bundle

The Xbox One may be doing fairly well in the United States and the United Kingdom, but it's another story in the land of beer and bratwurst.

[SaveFerris]

Sony having supply issues? I guess they can't keep up with the demand during the holiday season.

[Magicite]

They said something like ''european supplies will be challenged this holidays''.

[Gamer1982]

They did indeed especially since they were getting ready for China launch which clearly didn't happen. Still holidays taxed them so much they canned the China launch till later in the end. Supply is a bugger right now for Sony. A nice problem to have though.

[xer0]

All those shipped numbers of 10 million Xboxes, doesn't mean that they are selling those Xboxs' to consumers. The retailers are selling those Xboxs' at a loss, to make room for items that will sell.

Once those Xbox One supplies have sold to consumers, Microsoft will announce 10 millions xboxs sold to consumers. However, retailers, will not be buying/ordering as many Xboxs' as they had in 2014, because it's a slow seller.

Sony, has this generation sewn up... and the only thing keeping Xbox afloat, is Microsofts billions.

Microsofts strategy for 2015 is to burn through more advertising dollars and purchase 3rd party exclusives.., while selling Xbox at a loss.

Sony on the other hand never reduced their RRP during the holiday, and they continue to make a profit on each PS4 sold.

[DarkOcelet]

"I took the opportunity to canvass a few gamers who were lingering around the stores, asking their opinions on both next-gen machines and which they opted for and the general opinion is that the Xbox One is a lower quality machine whereas the PS4 is seen as a premium product from a top-name brand."

The public has spoken. Xbox is still unknown to many regions where is the PS4 is known to almost every gamer out there. They need to market it more in the middle east and foreign locations because how can they expect someone to buy their product when they have never heard of it.

I think when the supplies will be restocked is when they bundle The Order 1886 with it. Good to see there is a great demand for the PS4.

[chrish1990]

To be honest that was only around 40 or so people so I dont think it's representative of a nation as a whole. Still a small indication. Also, Germans are VERY brand aware, I told my landlady that I'd gotten a new vacuum cleaner for the office and the first thing she asked was what brand it was, then berated me for not getting an expensive dyson when a cheap 30 euro dust sucker will do the job fine.

[DarkOcelet]

Haha, you should have probably bought a better vacuum cleaner because the cheap one wont last. 40 people might be a small indication but if they like you say are brand aware then most likely the Germans will choose PS4 over Xone.

[zeuanimals]

True, it's a small sample size, but the sales don't lie. I don't know if people in Europe really feel that the PS4 is a premium product or not compared to the XBO, but they do buy it a lot more than the XBO.

[OrangePowerz]

http://www.4players.de/4pla...

Those are the sales charts of games of 2014 in Germany. While they don't include download games and only retail that should give you a bettee indication. One X1 retail exclusive game is in the Top 100 games with Forza 5 at number 91.

[rainslacker]

From my experience, single stores can vary based on their console preference, even within the same city. Stores are usually set up by regions, but within a city, the clientele often can be one way or the other.

One GameStop near me seems to be very PS oriented with their staff and don't see many people looking over the Xbox side of the store, whereas one about 4 miles away near the big mall in the area(and very close to my work) seems to definitely be all about Xbox...but luckily the staff aren't annoying fan boy types....mostly anyways.

Also, cheapo vacuums work just as well as those super expensive ones when they're new for about a year if you keep them unclogged and stuff. You can buy a new vacuum every year and get about as much out of it as a nice Dyson or Oreck and still come out ahead However, in your case, for an office....a nicer vacuum may have been better and more convenient over the long run.

[FrostedFire]

I would agree with the advertising in the middle east part,I'm from Middle east and believe me when I say that no one I know owns an Xbox one.Almost everyone here has grown up with a PS brand.No one really cares for the Xbox brand here.

[eyeDEVOUR]

No, sorry.. In 2003 when i was in iraq/kuwait(i was in the army then) all the local venders sold bootleg ps2&xbox games so most ppl everywhere know about microsofts consoles...lol

[omegaheat]

One obvious bullshit story. Click bait.

[chrish1990]

Really, please do tell how you can come to such a conclusion? As the author of the article I can dispel any of your queries. If you don't want to do it publicly, please do feel free to PM.

[DarkOcelet]

Dont feed the troll. Just ignore him.

[kurruptor]

It does come off as click bait to me. A lot of that article is about a single retail store and a random manager's opinion.

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

How is it clickbait when it's probably true? Isn't the PS4 outselling the Xbox One in Europe by a large margin? Which console is having problems keeping up with demand in Europe, Xbox One or PS4? The evidence is there. It just up to Xbox One fanboys to accept it and move on instead of blaming the Xbox One's lack of popularity in Europe on the customers.

[Fro_xoxo]

so much obsession with how the XO is doing. .
no hits for you without XO..

[Jaqen_Hghar]

competition is always relevant

[Spotie]

The irony of you making that comment is totally lost on you, I'm sure.

[Macdaddy71]

Well I have both n love my X1, I still think 60% of 360 gamers not move to X1 yet,... They still millions of gamers playing 360, we know 90%'ps3 owners didn't like it so they move to ps4 faster then 360 gamers,... Watch n see what happens,.. I still think my X1 is lot funnier n better then my ps4,

[thanhgee]

Pretty sure most of the Xbox 360 owners moved to the PS4 after their disastrous launch. And being a Xbox 360 owner myself, I hated it. They practically ditched the console after the launch of Halo/Gears and left it to other companies to make multiplats.

[Kribwalker]

I was an owner of each the PS3 Xbox 360 and wii last gen, so far I've only bought the Xbox one. Out of my friends list of active players, I have 39 friends from the 360 that have upgraded to the Xbox one. Out of 80 active users, that's pretty good. As well, I'd like to ask you about this disaterous launch you are talking about? They had a disaterous unveiling, but they managed to sell 3.2million in the first month and a half and over 10 million in the first year outselling previous Xbox 360 and selling 40% of the original xbox's lifetime sales as well. It's not selling as well as the PS4, but only one has ever sold better (the wii), It's still having a great run in its first year, probably top 5 sales in first year

[the_dark_one]

"we know 90%'ps3 owners didn't like it so they move to ps4 faster then 360 gamers" - any source story link for that??? last i checked ps3 was still poping games after games and exclusives ones and lot of people like those games while on 360 not much was released that wasnt cross gen multiplat.

" I still think 60% of 360 gamers not move to X1 yet"- maybe you right, but many of this 360 players moved to ps4

[lodossrage]

@Macdaddy71

I would LOVE to know where you get this "fact" of 90% of the ps3 owners not liking it so they moved on to the PS4 quicker.

Comments like that make me realize xb fanboys(not fans) have no other excuses to hide behind so now you just make up b.s.

The higher price excuse was negated when MS excluded Kinect to have the price even with the PS4. Then there was the "other countries" excuse. Well, now the system IS out in those other countries. Then there was the "China" excuse, which the system is also already out in.

So now, with no other excuses to use, b.s. like "we know 90%'ps3 owners didn't like it so they move to ps4 faster then 360 gamers" get said.

[zeuanimals]

I really don't understand how they can think that not liking a certain product from a company will lead people to buy the next iteration of that product from that same company. That's like burning your hand on a red hot stove and wondering if it'll burn again if you touch it while it's still red hot. Even babies tend to learn to not touch stoves when they're hot.

Therefore, it makes sense that people will tend to buy the next iteration of a product that they really liked, not the opposite.

But sure, PS3 owners are just that dumb I guess, and they didn't learn anything. But I guess console manufacturers learned the best way to sell a product. Make it crappy and people will buy the next iteration because they disliked the one they currently own, and if that one's crap too, people will buy the next one, and the next one, and so on, and so on. That's some grade A logic right there, right guys? Guys?

[lodossrage]

@zeuanimals

Exactly

But in this troll's world, it seems customary to buy a newer version of a product you were already unsatisfied with.

[OB1Biker]

' we know 90%'ps3 owners didn't like it...'
You listen too much xbox propaganda.

Yusuf Mehdi (Xbox 'Marketing and Strategy Officer') said last May:
'the difference in sales is due to consumers being more satisfied with the Xbox 360 than the PlayStation 3, and thus being less inclined to upgrade'

lol

[remixx116]

Hmm, ni no kuni, the last of us, ratchet and clank into the nexus, beyond 2 souls, puppeteer and gran turismo 6 in 2013. Yeah I was pretty happy with my ps3 on its last full year.

[RDF]

Now, after he stated that. Mehdi has dropped off the map. The bunch of bull he was spouting was even more outrageous then Maj Nelsons. MS needs to keep a tight leash on those two.

[mkis007]

The facts actually support the opposite. Ps3 had way more exclusives that people would need to buy in its wanning years. Xbox people are more likely to have moved already. All the ones I know moved to ps4.

[theFAYEsorceress]

@mac

yeah, 'cause people always buy the more expensive follow-up product to something that they hate. /s

[rainslacker]

Price was probably more an issue about whether people moved on or not. PS4 came out relatively cheap for a next gen console, which spurs faster adoption. I personally haven't seen a lot of discontent from PS3 owners before the PS4 was revealed, or up until the PS4's release....or even now for that matter since it's still getting plenty of content, and is a solid system all around.

Funny thing....did you know the PS3 and 360 still sell pretty well and neither has received a significant price drop since the new systems released?

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

@Macdaddy71

"we know 90%'ps3 owners didn't like it so they move to ps4 faster then 360 gamers,..."

I have a PS3 and a PS4 and i'm still playing games on my PS3. Here's how dissatisfied I was with my PS3: Bought one in 2008, was still playing my PS2 up until then. In January 2014, I bought a PS4, gave my PS3 to my nephew, then a few months later, bought another PS3. Hahaha, I guess i'm just another dissatisfied customer.

[moegooner88]

This is a comment I made before Christmas, nothing has changed for PS4 since then.

http://n4g.com/news/1642068...

[Jaqen_Hghar]

Xbox can't do much in Europe. They didn't even both cutting price this holiday there because they knew Europeans knew better than to support attempted industry ruiners.

[MeliMel]

I knew one of these stupid negative Xbox One articles would pop up. I mean everything was going to smooth today for Xbox. Some good xbox one articles, Lobb interview with TiC.

Xbox One isnt selling well in Germany....I'm just gonna come out and say I dont care. And I know some fanboys will attack me on how I should care. Maybe if I lived in Germany I would but where I live its doing awesome and thats what matters to me. Xbox doesnt need Germany to succeed, but go ahead and spin on how it does. Xbox One is what, third fastest selling console in history? And we here talking about German sales. Lol...

[RDF]

If you dont like these articles,then why post in it? >.>

[MeliMel]

Because it one of the freedoms I have to read an article and then tell you I dont like it. Just like you are free to criticize my comment!

[Silly gameAr]

Well, I'm sure there will be some more good xbox news posted and approved soon enough. Duplicates of the same news even. Don't worry about that.

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

It really is funny how people who say they don't care about Xbox One articles, take the time out their precious lives to clearly demonstrate to everyone reading their comments that they actually do care, almost to the point of having a nervous breakdown.

[LexHazard79]

Wow is that what you guys do? Gang up on people with an opinion that differs from yours. I read Meli comments I didnt come away with a nervous breakdown, she actually made good points. And by the way since when is it a crime to have an opinion on a matter you dont care about?

[Reaper29r]

Wow I'm surprised. When I lived in Germany they were mostly PC gamers. I learned that when I tried showing my German buds the 360 and ps3 when they first came out and they laughed in my face. Things change that's for sure. Good for Sony.

[shadowT]

PS4 is selling well here, but is not sold out in Germany. PS4 continues to dominate the market. Compared to Xbox 360, the Xbox One is performing poor. Some retailers even slashed price of the X1 bundles to only 299€.

[cyber_daemonx]

Looks like xbone is only marginally popular in the US and only then after MS threw everything and the kitchen sink at it last month, even UK is PS centric now.

Its not just Germany, its pretty much everywhere to be honest.

But of course to some 'sales don't matter'.

Lol

[LightDiego]

There is always an excuse for the Xbox One not doing well in so many countries, and the worst of it's people saying that they don't like american products, that's hilarious. What about the american movies, Apple, Google and many others? Maybe because Xbox One it's not good enough.

[Ps4andxb1]

Fantastic news.

Listening to German people talk in online games is horrendous.

The more percentage of Brits and English speaking Americans, the better Live is.

[LexHazard79]

They're probably saying samething about you. Lol....

[lodossrage]

@-Ps4andxb1

With comments like that, I can TRULY understand why you only have one bubble.

Did you even try to read your comment to yourself? Or did you just decide to totally disregard how backward and foolish it sounds?

[LexHazard79]

Europe is a PS stronghold. I would expect PS4 to outsell Xbox in the entire region. Looks like any German gamer interested will now be getting a good deal with the cuts. Hopefully they turn it around there.

[TWB]

Its not that Europeans hate American products, its that Europeans have never been too much into the Xbox brand.

Europe has always been one of thee more Playstation supportive regions.

[Ikki_Phoenix]

ps4 baby

[XanderZane]

@Ikki_Phoenix
XBox 360 sold almost 30 million units in Euro countries. So it's not impossible for Euro countries to embrace the Xbox product. Every country loves the IPhone/IPad. That and McDonalds are probably the biggest American product many foreign countries actually like. When it comes to other electronics and cars however, it's a different story. Also, there are easily more PC games in Euro and Asian countries then any other parts of the world. These countries support PC more then any game console.

Titanfall, Sunset Overdrive, Halo:MCC and Forza Horizon 2 did NOT FLOP. Just shows how ignorant you are. Check Metacritics fanboy. All of them are 80 score or higher. Now go and check PS4 exclusives for DriveClub & LBP3. Sony exclusives did not do well in 2014. Besides Infamous SS and MLB, the majority of their exclusives flopped, even after delays. Let's hope they'll do better in 2015. Thank God for PS+. Gives me something to play on my PS4 and PS3 every month.