Best Buy PR: “We’ve Sold Many More PS4′s Than Xbox One’s”

This evening iGR covered Best Buy‘s Ultimate Gamers Showdown, Madden 25 tournament. I had the opportunity to speak to Sony, Xbox, and more importantly, Best Buy PR while spectating the tourney. While company policy prohibits stating exact sales figures of any product, I was given a general statement as to which next-gen console is currently selling better at Best Buy. On-site members of Best Buy’s Senior PR team stated, “We’ve sold many more PS4s than Xbox One’s.” The staff also noted, “Both products are selling extremely well.”This being Best Buy’s flagship store in Richfield, MN, less than a mile from corporate headquarters; I take these numbers as a general trend of nationwide sales thus far.

That fact was driven home by the sheer amount of next-gen stock that Best Buy had on-hand. The retailer had nine PS4 units (two of which purchased moments later) and over thirty Xbox One consoles in-stock. Another surprising revelation was that the Madden 25 tournament was being played exclusively on PS4 hardware. And yes, before another “There’s PS4′s in-stock” article is printed; PS4s and Xbox One’s were both available at Best Buy.

The fact remains that both consoles have sold over two million units since they launched. But Best Buy was just one stop I made tonight. I also visited my local GameStop before heading home. The CSR working when I arrived pretty much mirrored the statements from Best Buy saying, “We don’t have any PS4′s for sale right now, but we have about 25 Xbox One’s.” The rep added, “I get calls everyday from customers looking for PS4′s.”

In the end both Sony and Microsoft have enjoyed stellar console launches. How things stack up long-term remains to be seen.

Not really surprising... Given every news release this gen.

I wonder when demand will start to die down. Spring maybe?

Havent we learned our lesson about taking the word of anonymous PR reps and "insiders"??

Good grief people....

This must explain why I see a lot of Xbone sitting on store shelves

I ma manager at Best Buy and I can confirm that this is true in my market. I bought both, but we have had about 10 xbone returns so far, all unopened by people who said they only bought it to try to sell it. Still had a day one edition until today. No ps4s have been returned although we did have one come in with the hdmi issue.

Blackace Mr. "Buh buh I own both consoles" is on suicide watch.

blackace is now on suicide watch

Bu bu but muh Black Friday domination.

sounds legit...

Well, I would hope so. Sony had a massive advantage and tons of momentum heading into launch....

@rocoswav: http://techland.time.com/2013/12/12/numbers-game-xbox-one-outpaces-playstation-4-in-u-s-ps4-tops-in-overall-sales/

That, a console gen is a marathon, not a sprint. Launch numbers do not matter too much.

/thread.

A single store/area is never a good indicator. For instance a best buy located in a city with alot of low income earners might have alot more price sensitive customers than one located in an affluent suburb.

The fractured logic you guys come up with to support your theories...

Fact: Both consoles have had spectacular, record setting launches. Considering PC sales are in the toilets and the previous gen was getting long in the tooth this should be taken as great news that big game gaming (as opposed to the Angry Birds/Farmville world) has some legs in it and should be around for some time to come.

Someone explain to me how this is a bad thing, again?

"bu...bu...bu muh black friday sales!"

"b...bu...bu...but MS said they were the fastest selling per day on average!1"

@rocoswav: Not surprised PS4 have sold more. They've been out longer. They should definitely have sold more. All those systems will be long gone before X-Mas gets here. Looks like Gamestop just got another batch of PS4's in.

Lol. No.

Brace yourselves, the damage control is coming!

What will be the lem excuse if PS4 leads December too?

I wouldn't doubt it if Microsoft lied and sold 2 million Xbone's to retailers. They probably paid off NPD to lie for them. The power of money, something Microsoft does to suppress it's competition.

Why anybody would want a glorified cable box is beyond me.

See its one thing to lie about numbers if it gets you higher demand. What could MS possibly achieve if they pay off NPD to lie about their numbers? I would assume a company that provides statistics for a living have strict policies about the honesty of their reports as a means to maintain a reputation in accuracy. They would have to be asked to take a very big risk about that honesty which is the objective of their business. I don't think MS would gain anything from paying NPD for anything.

@urbansys: it is legit, and I also posted pictures on here of how I got to play the Xbox one and ps4 back in October. So look around and you will see that I speak the truth. I have both consoles, couldn't care less who sales more. My store Will have 50 Xbox ones when we open tomorrow morning. 44 from a shipment and 6 that were returned unopened. I sold the day one console two days ago, then we had another one returned and I sold it last night. I have a picture of it sitting behind our multichannel/online pickup area.

tlhbo

First picture is a day one return from the other day.

Second picture is my day one bought a week after release because it was not picked up (I didn't pre order because I was going to wait)

Third, the xbox one I bought on day of release (because after we stopped taking pre orders I figured I wanted one lol)

Fourth, my ps4 next to my xbone and xbox 360

Fifth, xbox one launch day, consoles being held behind our multichannel/online pickup. (ones with papers on them are pre orders)

Six, ps4 launch day, consoles being held behind our multichannel/online pickup.

Seventh, a member of Geek Squad holding a PS4 on November 9th, 6 days before launch.

8th, idiots waiting for over 12 hours last sunday in the snow for ps4s outside my store. I got there at 4:40 am and there were already about 15 people in line. First guy had been there since 9pm the night before.

9th, 10th, 11th, Anaheim California late October at a Best Buy Leadership Convention. Playing Killzone Shadow Fall with Guerilla Games, playing ps4 and xbox ones.

Bow down for trying to be a smart ass and thinking you were calling me out. I don't make crap up like other people on the internet.

@Dilrod said:

@urbansys said:

@Dilrod said:

I ma manager at Best Buy and I can confirm that this is true in my market. I bought both, but we have had about 10 xbone returns so far, all unopened by people who said they only bought it to try to sell it. Still had a day one edition until today. No ps4s have been returned although we did have one come in with the hdmi issue.

sounds legit...

First picture is a day one return from the other day.

Second picture is my day one bought a week after release because it was not picked up (I didn't pre order because I was going to wait)

Third, the xbox one I bought on day of release (because after we stopped taking pre orders I figured I wanted one lol)

Fourth, my ps4 next to my xbone and xbox 360

Fifth, xbox one launch day, consoles being held behind our multichannel/online pickup. (ones with papers on them are pre orders)

Six, ps4 launch day, consoles being held behind our multichannel/online pickup.

Seventh, a member of Geek Squad holding a PS4 on November 9th, 6 days before launch.

8th, idiots waiting for over 12 hours last sunday in the snow for ps4s outside my store. I got there at 4:40 am and there were already about 15 people in line. First guy had been there since 9pm the night before.

9th, 10th, 11th, Anaheim California late October at a Best Buy Leadership Convention. Playing Killzone Shadow Fall with Guerilla Games, playing ps4 and xbox ones.

Bow down for trying tobe a smart ass and thinking you were calling me out. I don't make crap up like other people on the internet.

Bow down to what? You proving your worth? When did proving you as a credible source become a thing to bow down to?

It used to be you proved your worth right away. I didn't know it now demands your excellence to post it....

With that said cool pictures. Those people waiting outside in the cold are nuts!!

Those who bought xbox one's just to try and sell them took a gamble and it failed. MS is clearly producing enough to try to and keep up with demand compared to the 360 launch.

Wow. That's making want to rush out and buy one......

hahahahahaha **** no.