jimmypop01 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 I know everyone here loves a bit of console war news and today I had a chat with a worker at my local GAME store (like GameStop in America). I am from a mid Glamorgan in Wales, United Kingdom and it isn't a very busy store that I visit as its a quiet area and a small stockist at that, but he gave me the details on the pre-order count of the Consoles. Playstation 4: 305 Xbox One: 171 Most pre-ordered PS4 game: Watch Dogs Most pre-ordered Xbox One game: Ghosts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McJacs2 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 No suprise that Microsoft fanboys r pre ordering CoD. Xbox would not be where it is without CoD. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomato Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Ghost is most pre-ordered for Xbox because that's the only bundle available for the UK at the moment while north America has like 4 different bundles. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmypop01 Posted July 30, 2013 Author Share Posted July 30, 2013 I wouldn't use the bundle as logic though as there is no watch dogs ps4 bundle at GAME. There is a Ghosts bundle and a Killzone/Drive Club bundle and yet Watch Dogs is still outselling these bundles. FYI, I have the Killzone/Drive Club bundle pre-ordered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurorac Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 The last time I asked at my local store (in germany) it was PS4: 30 Xbox One: 2 Yes, it's a small store but the numbers are really representative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomato Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 (edited) I also have the same bundle pre-ordered since its again the only one available, despite my personal disapproval of Cod you can easily argue they are bigger franchises than Killzone and new IP Drive Club, my point being if Cod also had a ps4 pre-order Im sure it would also be top. edit- just re-read your post again noticed the Ghost bundle which I never heard of and went to check on game and it was there, guess its newly introduced because I didn't see it o.O Edited July 30, 2013 by DatLoli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xVolloxx Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 As expected .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermado Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Id say the real numbers would be online, Im amazed people still preorder from stores o_O (not that there is much point in buying a console for the first year or so anyway, bugs, overpriced and a lack of games). Im surprised the PS4 is outselling over here though, given just how awful SCEE is I assumed Xbox would atleast stand a fighting chance o_O. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullstomp Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Im surprised the PS4 is outselling over here though, given just how awful SCEE is I assumed Xbox would atleast stand a fighting chance o_O. This line made me laugh so hard my monitor is covered in Mountain Dew. Good show 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widow_Warrior Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Id say the real numbers would be online, Im amazed people still preorder from stores o_O (not that there is much point in buying a console for the first year or so anyway, bugs, overpriced and a lack of games). Im surprised the PS4 is outselling over here though, given just how awful SCEE is I assumed Xbox would atleast stand a fighting chance o_O. whats wrong with SCEE ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullstomp Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 whats wrong with SCEE ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermado Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 whats wrong with SCEE ? short version? Games are put on our store overpriced (so a game that is £40 RRP usually sells around £30-40 in physical stores or online can be listed at £60) regardless of when they are released, Battlefield 3 was put up at £60 a few months ago, as were some Need For Speeds from a few years ago. Games stay overpriced. We rarely get decent sales and games always go back up to a ridiculously high price, usually a single piece of 6 year old DLC costs more than a GOTY edition. We get lied to. SCEA and Microsoft will get games months or years before us. We will be told they are coming "soon" and never told more than this. We will be told a game will be up on a certain day at a certain price and it will never be mentioned again. Not only this but they are ALWAYS much cheaper. We get awful customer service. If you email them they rarely reply, use a stock response in which they want you to phone them instead and dont read the emails. We get terrible sales. It usually brings it down to be somewhat competitive, compared to SCEA which undercuts considerably. Im certain Im forgetting a lot, but Americans dont seem to realise just how much better their experience is o_O. For now all we have is better PS+ content and they are quickly cathing up and already get much better sales and discounts due to having it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widow_Warrior Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 wow 1 just buy from the shop, you get a box and disc with pretty art, screw digital if it bothers you 2 i would not say our ps+ is better. throughout the year it evens out 3 perhaps they get more sell's in us, therefore making more money, don't forget they have to cut a deal with the developer. jeez they are a business, they are out to make money, not friends 4 i thought the us got games on tuesday, europe the same week on a friday 5 i have received nothing but great customer service from SCEE, they are always very polite and fix the problem It sounds to me, that you are one of them people that are never happy and things are never good enough for you Dude just chill the fuck out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archwarbear Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 (edited) wow 1 just buy from the shop, you get a box and disc with pretty art, screw digital if it bothers you 2 i would not say our ps+ is better. throughout the year it evens out 3 perhaps they get more sell's in us, therefore making more money, don't forget they have to cut a deal with the developer. jeez they are a business, they are out to make money, not friends 4 i thought the us got games on tuesday, europe the same week on a friday 5 i have received nothing but great customer service from SCEE, they are always very polite and fix the problem It sounds to me, that you are one of them people that are never happy and things are never good enough for you Dude just chill the fuck out We also do kind of have a problem with release dates on some games but other than that SCEE ain't really bad. Edited July 31, 2013 by Archwarbear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan-Troot Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Im not surprised by those numbers, they way Microsoft have handled anything to do with the Xbox One so far has been shocking. Sure some die hard Xbox fans probably went crawling back when they made the infamous U-Turn but I know for a lot of Xbox fans it was too little too late. As for SCEE, I don't find them as bad as others do, yeah new game prices can be high but we still get some cracking deals at times and the range of PS Plus games they have offered us has been excellent. All in all im a happy PS gamer lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DK_Scuba Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Out of the gate I believe PS4 will beat Xbox One but by the end of the generation I can't see there being a large difference in units sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONUOsFan Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Doesn't the PS3 smoke the 360 outside of the US already? So these numbers are just a continuation of that... Check some US-based retailers and the story would probably be quite a bit different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmypop01 Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 Doesn't the PS3 smoke the 360 outside of the US already? So these numbers are just a continuation of that...Check some US-based retailers and the story would probably be quite a bit different. Not in the Uk. I believe here the ratio is around 4:3 to Xbox 360. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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