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.



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

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Cobramaster55Posted:

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.


Clearly you did not read it either.
"Shipments for Sony's latest home console reached 13.5 million consoles as of late October," First sentence of the second paragraph clearly reads Shipments for Sony's...

RoyalExilePosted:

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.

T-TPosted:

Well, it was bound to happen.

bsmPosted:

Dropping Kinect was their smartest movie.
I'm not saying the kinect is bad, but if it lowers the price for something you do not wish for, then it is a deal to me.

GTXPlayerPosted:

Not sure why but people seem to think Sony will always do better than MS. They are plain blind.

If MS wanted to, they could crush Sony whenever they felt like it. Sony simply don't have the budget to keep up with Microsoft. PS4's API, provided by Microsoft. They don't have the servers (free Dedicated servers for games published on XB1 for free), nor the security. The list goes on.....

MissPosted:

I'm one of those that purchased one because of the $50 off promotion.

JRMHPosted:

Of course it is, XB1 was the better console from the beginning. No argument about it lol.

Mafia6kPosted:

I Still think ps4 is Better In my Opinion At least there making sales

DPMPosted:

XBOX seems to be doing very well at the moment, I'm not too sure if it will actually end up selling more but for now I think the right console is in the lead, both consoles are good, but the PS4 tops it for me.

1989Posted:

Tend After black Friday the sales of both next gen consoles will probably really close


Yeah I agree, I know a few people who will be purchasing the xbox one on black friday.


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