The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

Soygen

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ya, just switched to the website instead of the PSN store from the PS4. Not there. Gonna try and redeem it via the website now


EDIT which it says: This Prepaid Card cannot be redeemed on a PC
I'm having the same issue where it just kicks me back to the main menu bar after I enter the code in the PSN store. I'm just going to wait until tonight or tomorrow. The Euro-launch is fucking things up like the US launch did.
 

Tuco

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The funny thing is that Sony would have sold way more PS4 if they weren't sold out fucking everywhere. Released this morning in France and already shops are telling new pre-orders that they won't get it before January (and more toward the end of January even).
Yeah after Sean was fanboying it up for months about Sony's production capability and MS's lack of production capability it's funny to see stacks of unsold xbox's paired with PS4 being virtually sold out globally.
 

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Being sold out due to demand, or lack of production though are 2 very different things, but most assume that it's due to demand, not lack of production. It's a great PR move, as I want to get the console that everyone wants, not just the one anyone can get.
 

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Not sure what you mean, but I bet Sony wishes it had 1 more million in inventory spread across the world right now. I also think they (and MS) worked very hard to produce as many consoles as they could for a reasonable cost.
 

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Yeah after Sean was fanboying it up for months about Sony's production capability and MS's lack of production capability it's funny to see stacks of unsold xbox's paired with PS4 being virtually sold out globally.
Sony's going to have probably 3+ million out with the European launch. MS is going to have like 1.5. That's a production issue.
 

Xarpolis

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How does it feel that Xbone matched your 4 month sales prediction in 24 hours? haha
I was betting on large shortages plus them trying to ship the unit out to 13 different countries. I wasn't expecting them to ship 75% of the release to the US alone. My mistake.

I still stand by my numbers though. We'll see how many they sell total by the 4 month mark. I might lose, but I'm still hoping for greatness.
 

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Being sold out due to demand, or lack of production though are 2 very different things, but most assume that it's due to demand, not lack of production. It's a great PR move, as I want to get the console that everyone wants, not just the one anyone can get.
How is it a great move to not have any inventory of your brand new gaming console in DECEMBER? Are parents going to leave an IOU under the tree for their kids: "You don't have any fun presents to open right now, but when Sony gets off their asses and gets some more inventory out sometime next year, maybe you'll have some new games to play then."
 

Xarpolis

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I'm going to go with a little bit of both. People really hated the bullshit Microsoft pulled early on by being a big spying machine that wasn't user friendly (no rented games or anything like that). Then it turns out the system is "decent", but not amazing. Lots of hate towards the Kinect itself for being a toy that doesn't work terribly well. Games don't run as well as shown during E3, and things of that nature. It's a game system for TV watchers, not gamers.
 

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I'm going to go with a little bit of both. People really hated the bullshit Microsoft pulled early on by being a big spying machine that wasn't user friendly (no rented games or anything like that). Then it turns out the system is "decent", but not amazing. Lots of hate towards the Kinect itself for being a toy that doesn't work terribly well. Games don't run as well as shown during E3, and things of that nature. It's a game system for TV watchers, not gamers.
This.
 

Sean_sl

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Btw, various places (Amazon included) have SMT4 on sale for $30 today, pretty good price on it.

Also, Gamestop is doing B2G1F on used games so that could be a decent way to pick up DS/3DS games you may have missed if yours actually has any stock of them.
 

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Trying to find PS+ online. Anyone have any luck? Seems that either everyone is bogged down or they are sold out.
 

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Abefroman

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Anyone else see that new Microsoft Surface commercial going after chromebook for selling your info to advertisers? M$ has a lot of fucking nerve lol.
 

Crone

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Btw, various places (Amazon included) have SMT4 on sale for $30 today, pretty good price on it.

Also, Gamestop is doing B2G1F on used games so that could be a decent way to pick up DS/3DS games you may have missed if yours actually has any stock of them.
Toys R Us has buy 1, get 2nd 40% off. Might be a better deal depending on how many games you are looking to get, and of course what's in stock.
 

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I'm going to go with a little bit of both. People really hated the bullshit Microsoft pulled early on by being a big spying machine that wasn't user friendly (no rented games or anything like that). Then it turns out the system is "decent", but not amazing. Lots of hate towards the Kinect itself for being a toy that doesn't work terribly well. Games don't run as well as shown during E3, and things of that nature. It's a game system for TV watchers, not gamers.
And most of these reasons aren't even accurate. Spying machine? This is tin foil hat shit. Kinect seems to work well if you're using it as intended and not fucking cramming 10 people in front of it ass-to-face in a room louder than a Seahawks home game. Games not running as well as E3 has to do with those pictures that were already proven fake.

Basically it's Xbros being Xbros, PS4ggots hating that their machine is basically the same even though they thought it was the messiah, and non-biased people buying consoles based on what games they want to play.
 

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Being sold out due to demand, or lack of production though are 2 very different things, but most assume that it's due to demand, not lack of production. It's a great PR move, as I want to get the console that everyone wants, not just the one anyone can get.
No that's retarded and if you're really basing your purchase on something like that then you're an idiot.

This isn't a chick you want to nail. There's a lot of people who will only be getting one or the other and that will be their console this generation purposely holding back console production would be a terrible idea
 

Vaclav

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I seriously don't think they're "restricting production" - it's just that they're allocating for various regions - don't think this most recent wave even did JPN yet did it?

They shipped a ton to the US first, then they got EU taken care of (with a small trickle to the US as well from all accounts), next they'll do Y region (JPN probably if they've not yet) and us and the EU will probably get a trickle again - then EVERYONE will start getting real replenishment shipments.

Sean's linked before quotes that are something like they're producing 1mil a month and have been producing them for 3-4 months at full speed - so if they're holding them back, it's only a fraction of what they've produced. (And likely to stagger things out if they are - but I doubt it)

If they kept just making 1mil a month infinitely though, they'd run themselves into the poor house once the demand slows too much, obviously they'll restrict production at some point - probably not soon though from the looks.
 

Soygen

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Japan isn't getting PS4 until February.

Xevy still desperately trying to get PS4ggots to stick.