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View Poll Results: What are you buying?
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Xbox One
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15.46% |
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PS4
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44.26% |
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Changed from Xbox One to PS4
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1.87% |
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Changed from PS4 to Xbox One
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1.41% |
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Getting both (eventually)
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7.03% |
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Waiting for more info
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14.05% |
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Not getting either
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15.93% |
06-16-2013, 10:32 AM
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#141
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Looks like they ended the Amazon PS4 versus Xbone earlier for some reason. Pretty bad massacre either way.
PS4's look to be sold out at the big four retailers in Canada (although Thesource looks to still have it.) Everybody still has Xbone "Day One" edition pre-orders available - the allocation for actual the initial release day.
The Amazon.com "Videogame best seller list" is pretty interesting. With the initial launch PS4 sold out, the subsequent PS4 stock is leading. Xbone "Day One" edition is second, and more than half of the top 8 sellers are PS4 systems or PS4 bundles. Amazon.com doesn't not appear to selling any Xbone bundles.
PS4 systems selling out is interesting given the higher allocation (of what appears to be at least 2 to 1) over Xbone at most retailers. Kinda crazy nobody has sold out of "Day One" Xbones yet though.
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06-16-2013, 10:52 AM
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#142
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Franchise Player
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Amazon.com
Gamestop.com
Amazon.uk
Amazon in Germany - an extra controller and Animal Crossing!
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06-16-2013, 12:30 PM
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#144
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Marseilles Of The Prairies
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Quote:
Originally Posted by To Be Quite Honest
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Spoilers for the ending of Se7en.
Also, rehost your images so I don't have to copy/paste broken image links just to view stuff. Geez.
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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Settle down there, Temple Grandin.
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06-16-2013, 02:16 PM
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#145
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PsYcNeT
Spoilers for the ending of Se7en.
Also, rehost your images so I don't have to copy/paste broken image links just to view stuff. Geez.
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Whoa! SO sorry I ruined your fathers day man! Geez! 
fixed
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06-16-2013, 02:17 PM
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#146
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aka Spike
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: The Darkest Corners of My Mind
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Originally Posted by To Be Quite Honest
Whoa! SO sorry I ruined your fathers day man! Geez!
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Are you sure it's fixed? I still get nothing
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06-16-2013, 09:17 PM
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#147
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Redundant Minister of Redundancy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Montreal
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If consoles were game of thrones characters. No spoilers if you follow the tv show, but just in case...
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06-17-2013, 12:22 PM
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#148
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by BlackEleven
If consoles were game of thrones characters. No spoilers if you follow the tv show, but just in case...
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Hodor has to be the most accurate description at the moment
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06-17-2013, 04:39 PM
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#149
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by drPepper1
Hodor has to be the most accurate description at the moment
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The one where they compared it to Lysa Tully was much better.
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06-17-2013, 06:26 PM
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#150
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Franchise Player
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Looks like the PS4 is available for pre-order across the board again. Maybe not likely to be release day batches but looks like Sony will be able to keep up with demand for a while longer, at least in Canada.
EDIT: Looks like they are limiting it to 1 per household.
Last edited by chemgear; 06-17-2013 at 06:31 PM.
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06-17-2013, 09:25 PM
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#152
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Calgary - Centre West
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^That basically characterizes the way this whole console debate has gone. Just a bunch of immature children, really.
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GO FLAMES GO.
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06-18-2013, 07:50 AM
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#153
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Marseilles Of The Prairies
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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
^That basically characterizes the way this whole console debate has gone. Just a bunch of immature children, really.
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It has been this way for 25 years, and will continue in perpetuum.
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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Settle down there, Temple Grandin.
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06-18-2013, 08:03 AM
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#154
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Supporting Urban Sprawl
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I am amazed at the number of people who think the things that MS has (idiotically, I admit) done to restrict their customers, will actually impact sales more than a small amount.
Short term it might, but long term the reality is that exclusive titles sell consoles.
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06-18-2013, 08:25 AM
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#155
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Rathji
I am amazed at the number of people who think the things that MS has (idiotically, I admit) done to restrict their customers, will actually impact sales more than a small amount.
Short term it might, but long term the reality is that exclusive titles sell consoles.
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All of the "doom and gloom" surrounding the Xbox One and the declarations that Microsoft is finished because of a poor showing are hilariously awful. This happens every time a new console generation begins. It's just like all of the people saying they'll never buy a game from EA only to run out and throw money at them as soon as they announce SimCity or a Mirror's Edge sequel. I am sure they'll lose some customers but they'll be plenty of people still buying Xboxes. If they release some good games that number will grow.
Last edited by cDnStealth; 06-18-2013 at 08:44 AM.
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06-18-2013, 08:28 AM
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#156
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rathji
I am amazed at the number of people who think the things that MS has (idiotically, I admit) done to restrict their customers, will actually impact sales more than a small amount.
Short term it might, but long term the reality is that exclusive titles sell consoles.
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Microsoft is taking a big hit here and really the big winners are the developers and publishers that lose significant revenues due to used game sales and piracy. One has to think that these developers will be paying Microsoft back with exclusives which is why Microsoft has been pretty silent throughtout this controversy. Willing to ride this out and count on their exclusives for winning long term. Sony conversley flipped developers/publishers the bird by maintaining the status quo that has been pushing developers out of business. You can already see at launch Microsoft has more exclusives and one wonders if this will be a constant trend throughout the console life cycles or at least until Sony inevitably climbs aboard as adopts the same DRM strategy.
Last edited by Erick Estrada; 06-18-2013 at 08:30 AM.
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06-18-2013, 08:29 AM
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#157
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Marseilles Of The Prairies
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Originally Posted by cDnStealth
All of the "doom and gloom" surrounding the Xbox One and the declarations that Microsoft is finished because of a poor showing are hilariously awful. This happens every time a new console generation begins. It's just like all of the people saying they'll never buy a game from EA only to run out and throw money at them as soon as they announce SimCity or a Mirror's Edge sequel. I am sure they'll lose some customers but they'll be plenty of people still buying Xbox's. If they release some good games that number will grow.
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If there's one thing the internet has taught me, people choose to stand behind and pledge loyalty to some pretty stupid ####.
It's particularly hilarious when it's a multinational electronics corporation.
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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Settle down there, Temple Grandin.
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06-18-2013, 08:46 AM
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#158
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Yup, this is just one week after E3 and almost half a year before the consoles actually launch. The cycle will probably last at least half a dozen years and by the end of that cycle the Kinect might be able to give free BJ's. A lot can and will change over the span of the cycle.
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06-18-2013, 09:14 AM
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#159
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Vancouver
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I find it interesting that online streaming music services haven't had a similar backlash. You need to be online to access your music collection (unless you download them for later listening). If your internet connection goes down, you can't access all the music you pay for. Interestingly enough this has prevented me from subscribing to these services, as I prefer to have all my music accessible regardless of online/internet availability.
The xbox one is hardly the first "always online" service and it definitely won't be the last. I think this is the future.
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-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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06-18-2013, 09:17 AM
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wins 10 internets
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: slightly to the left
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Originally Posted by Igottago
I find it interesting that online streaming music services haven't had a similar backlash. You need to be online to access your music collection (unless you download them for later listening). If your internet connection goes down, you can't access all the music you pay for. Interestingly enough this has prevented me from subscribing to these services, as I prefer to have all my music accessible regardless of online/internet availability.
The xbox one is hardly the first "always online" service and it definitely won't be the last. I think this is the future.
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It's different when it's a new service starting as online only from day one. If iTunes suddenly moved to an online-only service you'd probably see even worse backlash than the Xbox One
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