Xbox One sales 'quickly catching up' to PS4, EA executive claims

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Electronic Arts CFO Blake Jorgensen believes Microsoft is "catching up" to Sony in the current-gen console battle. Jorgensen said during a talk at the UBS Global Technology Conference in Sausalito, California yesterday that "Sony has jumped out to a lead with a great console and I think a great pricing strategy" with the PS4.

Shipments for Sony's latest home console reached 13.5 million consoles as of late October, whereas Microsoft reported that shipments of Xbox One consoles hit 10 million globally last week. Jorgensen saw the Xbox One's $50 price cut for the holidays as a tactic by Microsoft that "will continue to pull the consumer into the new consoles." The EA executive estimated that combined sales for the two systems will top 25 million consoles following the holidays.

Posted: Nov 19, 2014 9:37 pm
Related Forum: Xbox Forum

Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/11/19/ea-cfo-microsoft-is-catching-up-to-sony/

Comments

FriskyPandaPosted: Sun. Nov 23, 2014

xSHiiFT what i never have understood is the hatred between the console communities. it makes no sense to bicker about which one is better, we're all gamers here.

So true but you Always have that pc master race douchebag ****** and a Sony or Xbox fanboy starting shit

xSHiiFTPosted: Sun. Nov 23, 2014

what i never have understood is the hatred between the console communities. it makes no sense to bicker about which one is better, we're all gamers here.

DeluxeHazardPosted: Sat. Nov 22, 2014

Even though Microsoft made multiple mistakes for the day one release of the Xbox One, they have been fixing their mistakes and will soon surpass the sales of the PS4.

AppleFTWPosted: Sat. Nov 22, 2014

Console Good, Xbox is king. I hate Sony Fanboys so this is music to my ears.

I agree with you fully on that one hahaha :)

SwiftPosted: Sat. Nov 22, 2014

xKat They've only started selling more because of the drop in price

Wow really? Drop the price and they sell more consoles O_O Who would have thought.

You sound upset that they dropped the price.

MajPosted: Sat. Nov 22, 2014

They've only started selling more because of the drop in price

ConsolePosted: Fri. Nov 21, 2014

Good, Xbox is king. I hate Sony Fanboys so this is music to my ears.

KonviictedPosted: Fri. Nov 21, 2014

RoyalExile I don't think people are reading the article fully. It states Xbox one "shipped" 10 million not sold but shipped, as Playstation 4 "sold" 13.5 million. The xbox one sales are no where near 10 million. Please read the article precisely before commenting.

People like you... smh. Please read the article precisely before you try to tell others to do so. As Cobramaster already pointed out, PS4's SHIPMENT number is at 13.5 million, NOT their sold amount.

KonviictedPosted: Fri. Nov 21, 2014

-Skittle PS4 did start selling a week before Cbox Ones so that is a few million sales ahead because of the date.

Not just that, but they also sold in WAY more countries/markets than the Xbox One did at launch. So how I see it, MS is doing just as good as Sony, if not better, and of course it is mostly due to the Xbox One price cut.