BloodyHell Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 21 minutes ago, CastletonSnob said: I meant the XBone never really recovered. Yeah, Microsoft is doing better, but they weren't doing so well in the Xbone days. Oh absolutely, it was an unmitigated disaster from day 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 21 minutes ago, Chairslinger said: Hasn't the series S been pretty easy to get for a while now? Looks like you can easily get one from Amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 24 minutes ago, Chairslinger said: Hasn't the series S been pretty easy to get for a while now? Yes, the S has been available, but it occupies a new and potentially different place in the market than most consoles. The fact that the Series X remains elusive means that Series S availability doesn't entirely fulfill demand for the Series X. For myself, if I wanted an X, I wouldn't buy an S. I suspect I'm not alone in that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 If Series S is completely sold out around the holidays this year, I think it’ll be clear that MS made the right move with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 6 hours ago, TwinIon said: Yes, the S has been available, but it occupies a new and potentially different place in the market than most consoles. The fact that the Series X remains elusive means that Series S availability doesn't entirely fulfill demand for the Series X. For myself, if I wanted an X, I wouldn't buy an S. I suspect I'm not alone in that. I think Series X comes back into stock more often than PS5. I was able to get a SEX back in March pretty easily. In fact the consoles were stocked on Amazon for longer than a day (which was impressive at the time) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 14 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said: I think Series X comes back into stock more often than PS5. I was able to get a SEX back in March pretty easily. In fact the consoles were stocked on Amazon for longer than a day (which was impressive at the time) I haven't tried to get an Xbox, but I think you're right that it's been slightly easier to get than a PS5. VGChartz (a questionable source, but better than nothing) thinks the PS5 has outsold the X|S by about 5 million units to date. That scans with my overall impression of the market (that the PS5 is ~25% more popular), but I still don't think we have a complete picture given neither console can satisfy demand. I think it's plausible that the PS5 could have sold double what the Xbox is selling, but I also think it's plausible that the Xbox could be a bit closer if supply were not an issue. Overall my point is that with supply continuing to be so limited, we can't get a great sense of their relative demand. We have a ballpark, and I'd be surprised if the Xbox would have outsold the PS5, but the real gap in demand remains a question mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 15 minutes ago, TwinIon said: VGChartz (a questionable source, but better than nothing) That's the BS mantra that's kept them afloat all these years. We'd be better off with less numbers than VGChartz's 'data' getting spread around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Closest comparison we have from a legitimate insider, back at the beginning of this year: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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