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  • Maynard
    stupid ass titles
    • Feb 2009
    • 17876

    Originally posted by Twigg4075
    It's way early in this gen of console 'wars' but this article concerning the sales so far is quite telling. It just popped up in my Google cards feed. As speculated before, the sales reported by Sony (7 mil) are sold THROUGH. The sales reported by MS (5 mil) are sold TO retailers. Big difference. So what is really the gap?

    http://time.com/67954/5-reasons-the-...think-they-do/
    interesting reading there. its no no surprise to me that the gap is larger than it appears. MS is charging more for what i think is a inferior system. most intelligent shoppers go for value and that value is the ps4.

    funny that MS sells in double the market and is still getting its ass kicked

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    • ThomasTomasz
      • Nov 2024

      Originally posted by Maynard
      interesting reading there. its no no surprise to me that the gap is larger than it appears. MS is charging more for what i think is a inferior system. most intelligent shoppers go for value and that value is the ps4.

      funny that MS sells in double the market and is still getting its ass kicked
      They are charging that $100 more for a peripheral that some don't even use, like myself. That certainly plays a part in things right now. I think the gap would be widened if not for the XB1 also containing a Blu-Ray player this time around as well.

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      • Twigg4075
        Kindergarten Cop
        • Feb 2009
        • 20056

        Originally posted by ThomasTomasz
        They are charging that $100 more for a peripheral that some don't even use, like myself. That certainly plays a part in things right now. I think the gap would be widened if not for the XB1 also containing a Blu-Ray player this time around as well.
        It's not just the Kinect. They marked that thing up like a mfer so they could make a profit on each one sold, which is unheard of in at least the first year of a console's cycle. Not that I'm surprised in the least.
        Apparently making a profit early was more important to them than getting the system into as many homes as possible.


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        Last edited by Twigg4075; 04-19-2014, 09:01 AM.

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        • Twigg4075
          Kindergarten Cop
          • Feb 2009
          • 20056

          Originally posted by Buzzman
          While I do think Twigg is taking it too seriously, PT always does. I don't know how many times he asks for a link for something in order for him to take it as fact. Then if they don't he jumps all over it saying it must not be true then. So naturally when Twigg asks him for a link and he dodges it, I can see a poor response. Too bad Twiggs persistence that makes him look crazy shadows the actual fact that a link wasnt provided.
          The funny thing is that nine times out of ten he would ask for a link as proof when it was something that was widely known to be accurate and the fact that he was asking for proof was laughable. Other people would chime in with "PT,there are numerous articles on Kotaku, Joystiq,etc about this" and he'd claim he was at work and didn't have access to those sites so he still needed a link. Yet I'm asking for proof on his completely bullshit statements that he apparently pulled directly out if his ass and he keeps ducking. I even went tontgevtriuble if searching the tweets like he suggested just to prove what a Xbox defender fraud he is.
          But yeah, I'm craaaaaaaaaazy.

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          • Maynard
            stupid ass titles
            • Feb 2009
            • 17876

            the other thing that really helps MS is the XBL experience and that friends want to play with the friends they made over the years. there are a lot of 1 system buyers who only bought the xb1 because they know all their friends will be playing it too.

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            • Twigg4075
              Kindergarten Cop
              • Feb 2009
              • 20056

              Originally posted by Maynard
              the other thing that really helps MS is the XBL experience and that friends want to play with the friends they made over the years. there are a lot of 1 system buyers who only bought the xb1 because they know all their friends will be playing it too.
              That is absolutely true. It seems like everyone I know that only has a 360 and now only has an XBone their common response when asked why they made that choice is "That's what my friends had. I upgraded to Xbox One because I'm familiar with Xbox."
              Speaking of crazy and insanity, what's the definition of insanity again?

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              • Maynard
                stupid ass titles
                • Feb 2009
                • 17876

                i still dont think psn is nearly as good as xbl. psn is very clunky and the friend interaction is still very lacking. of course that opinion is based on 360 and ps3

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                • Twigg4075
                  Kindergarten Cop
                  • Feb 2009
                  • 20056

                  Originally posted by Maynard
                  i still dont think psn is nearly as good as xbl. psn is very clunky and the friend interaction is still very lacking. of course that opinion is based on 360 and ps3
                  I definitely agree with that. But PS4 is almost night and day to PS3. Plus XBOne seemed to regress with its UI and removed a lot of features that made things user friendly on 360. They seem to be slowly bringing those features back with updates though.

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                  • IamMedellin
                    Everything Burns...
                    • Nov 2008
                    • 10910

                    lol





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                    • Garrett67
                      Glory Hole Monitor
                      • Feb 2009
                      • 4538

                      Gonna fire up Backbreaker later and try this roster.




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                      • Garrett67
                        Glory Hole Monitor
                        • Feb 2009
                        • 4538

                        Originally posted by Garrett67
                        Gonna fire up Backbreaker later and try this roster.




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                        Now I remember why I never really played it.


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                        • Maynard
                          stupid ass titles
                          • Feb 2009
                          • 17876

                          garrett just trolled himself

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                          • Twigg4075
                            Kindergarten Cop
                            • Feb 2009
                            • 20056

                            Which Griffey game was the better one on SNES? The first or second?

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                            • Swarley
                              A Special Kind of Cat
                              • Jul 2010
                              • 11213



                              Yeah, buddy. Give me that rumored 2D Prince of Persia that runs on the UbiArt engine!

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                              • ryne candy
                                Aggie C/O '01
                                • Feb 2009
                                • 4355

                                Originally posted by Twigg4075
                                Which Griffey game was the better one on SNES? The first or second?

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                                I personally liked the first because of the graphic style. The guy in the video mentions the art style.

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