New poll shows 26% likely to buy PS4 at launch, 15% for Xbox One (U.S. only)

"Reuters said the split is even more pronounced with people below the age of 40. Among those respondents, with 41%, or 408, said they preferred Sonys PS4; 27% chose the Xbox One. The poll was conducted the week of Sept. 23"

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/09/29/sonys-playstation-4-more-popular-in-recent-online-poll/

That's all? I expected more to be honest. I guess Sony is never going to have a PS2 era again.tagyhag

No chance at all. I think the PS4 will win in terms of sales, but it's not going to be the sort of gap the PS2 had over the Dreamcast/Gamecube/Xbox, or the Wii had over the PS3/360.

Old.

http://www.gamespot.com/forums/topic/29454032/sonys-ps4-tops-xbox-one-as-gamers-holiday-choice-north-america

That's all? I expected more to be honest. I guess Sony is never going to have a PS2 era again.tagyhag

That's all? I expected more to be honest. I guess Sony is never going to have a PS2 era again.tagyhag

Well, this is only in the US.

[QUOTE="tagyhag"]That's all? I expected more to be honest. I guess Sony is never going to have a PS2 era again.Consternated

No chance at all. I think the PS4 will win in terms of sales, but it's not going to be the sort of gap the PS2 had over the Dreamcast/Gamecube/Xbox, or the Wii had over the PS3/360.

[QUOTE="tagyhag"]That's all? I expected more to be honest. I guess Sony is never going to have a PS2 era again.Consternated

No chance at all. I think the PS4 will win in terms of sales, but it's not going to be the sort of gap the PS2 had over the Dreamcast/Gamecube/Xbox, or the Wii had over the PS3/360.

What about Canada? :x

With only 1297 people servayed this poll has to small of a sample size to mean anything above a blog on a shitty site.

i'm suprised it's not a bigger gap than that.

they will share 95% of the games released next gen and there is a $100 difference.

"Reuters said the split is even more pronounced with people below the age of 40. Among those respondents, with 41%, or 408, said they preferred Sonys PS4; 27% chose the Xbox One. The poll was conducted the week of Sept. 23"

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/09/29/sonys-playstation-4-more-popular-in-recent-online-poll/

mrintro

[QUOTE="Consternated"]

[QUOTE="tagyhag"]That's all? I expected more to be honest. I guess Sony is never going to have a PS2 era again.lx_theo

No chance at all. I think the PS4 will win in terms of sales, but it's not going to be the sort of gap the PS2 had over the Dreamcast/Gamecube/Xbox, or the Wii had over the PS3/360.

[QUOTE="mrintro"]

"Reuters said the split is even more pronounced with people below the age of 40. Among those respondents, with 41%, or 408, said they preferred Sonys PS4; 27% chose the Xbox One. The poll was conducted the week of Sept. 23"

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/09/29/sonys-playstation-4-more-popular-in-recent-online-poll/

shawn30

Not sure if serious or trolling. Xbox ONE games tend to be quite immature. They have writing that only a child can enjoy.

PS4 games tend to be more mature and intelligently written. Adults appreciate SONY's class. Xboners only go for the "I'M A SUPERHERO AND I'M DESTINED TO SAVE THE UNIVERSE" type of childish games.

While this only applies to launch and I don't think is reflective of the long term sales of either console...I would probably still be worried if I was MS. The 360 was huge and traditionally, unless there is a lot of customer anger/backlash at a company (see Sony post PS2 and Nintendo Post SNES) companies develop momentum from one gen to the next making a populat console more popular. Since the 360 was very much loved by developers, gamers and critics alike, this low number for X1 is a sign that the public feels MS missed the mark, even with all the backtracking they have done.

And considering NA is MS's single largest market, accounting for roughly half their total sales, losing their dominance in that market is going to seriously cripple their total world-wide sales numbers.

But again, anything can happen over the next 7+ years.

[QUOTE="shawn30"][QUOTE="mrintro"]

"Reuters said the split is even more pronounced with people below the age of 40. Among those respondents, with 41%, or 408, said they preferred Sonys PS4; 27% chose the Xbox One. The poll was conducted the week of Sept. 23"

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/09/29/sonys-playstation-4-more-popular-in-recent-online-poll/

XboxFails

Not sure if serious or trolling. Xbox ONE games tend to be quite immature. They have writing that only a child can enjoy.

PS4 games tend to be more mature and intelligently written. Adults appreciate SONY's class. Xboners only go for the "I'M A SUPERHERO AND I'M DESTINED TO SAVE THE UNIVERSE" type of childish games.

While this only applies to launch and I don't think is reflective of the long term sales of either console...I would probably still be worried if I was MS. The 360 was huge and traditionally, unless there is a lot of customer anger/backlash at a company (see Sony post PS2 and Nintendo Post SNES) companies develop momentum from one gen to the next making a populat console more popular. Since the 360 was very much loved by developers, gamers and critics alike, this low number for X1 is a sign that the public feels MS missed the mark, even with all the backtracking they have done.

And considering NA is MS's single largest market, accounting for roughly half their total sales, losing their dominance in that market is going to seriously cripple their total world-wide sales numbers.

But again, anything can happen over the next 7+ years.

ZIMdoom

[QUOTE="mrintro"]

"Reuters said the split is even more pronounced with people below the age of 40. Among those respondents, with 41%, or 408, said they preferred Sonys PS4; 27% chose the Xbox One. The poll was conducted the week of Sept. 23"

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/09/29/sonys-playstation-4-more-popular-in-recent-online-poll/

shawn30

[QUOTE="ZIMdoom"]

While this only applies to launch and I don't think is reflective of the long term sales of either console...I would probably still be worried if I was MS. The 360 was huge and traditionally, unless there is a lot of customer anger/backlash at a company (see Sony post PS2 and Nintendo Post SNES) companies develop momentum from one gen to the next making a populat console more popular. Since the 360 was very much loved by developers, gamers and critics alike, this low number for X1 is a sign that the public feels MS missed the mark, even with all the backtracking they have done.

And considering NA is MS's single largest market, accounting for roughly half their total sales, losing their dominance in that market is going to seriously cripple their total world-wide sales numbers.

But again, anything can happen over the next 7+ years.

shawn30

Pretty much agree with you guys.

An internet poll of only 1200.... yes that says it all... Lems will take hold of anything.

[QUOTE="shawn30"][QUOTE="mrintro"]

"Reuters said the split is even more pronounced with people below the age of 40. Among those respondents, with 41%, or 408, said they preferred Sonys PS4; 27% chose the Xbox One. The poll was conducted the week of Sept. 23"

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/09/29/sonys-playstation-4-more-popular-in-recent-online-poll/

Chutebox

I am 29 years old and I am in the same boat as Shawn. myself and 3 other of my buddies all have the xbox one pre-ordered as it seems to fit us so much more. We are all married and use the current xbox for more than gaming. The cable features the X1 is offering is probably one of the more exciting features for us. We cant wait to watch football and party chat to talk shit lol.

With only 1297 people servayed this poll has to small of a sample size to mean anything above a blog on a shitty site.

muffin200

Only 1297? You do realize how many people that is right? If you surveyed 100 people you'd probably get a statistic close to the parameter.

I mean, shit, you probably don't even talk to 1200 people in a year. Holy shit. 

Understanding of statistics is still a problem today. 

[QUOTE="Chutebox"][QUOTE="shawn30"] While I would never place much stock in polls no matter what they show, the line about the below age of 40 PS4 beating XBoxOne in the likely to buy scenario, myself being late 30's and my 3 closest gaming buds being around the same age, we're all getting a Xbox One day 1. And when we were looking online at stuff during the halftime of the Bears game, discussion was about more than just the gaming side of what the systems do.I could be way off base as its only the 4 of us, lol. but the One does seem to draw a bit more attention from the older gamers, at least from what I have seen so far. Who knows, lol.urbansys

I am 29 years old and I am in the same boat as Shawn. myself and 3 other of my buddies all have the xbox one pre-ordered as it seems to fit us so much more. We are all married and use the current xbox for more than gaming. The cable features the X1 is offering is probably one of the more exciting features for us. We cant wait to watch football and party chat to talk shit lol.

[QUOTE="Chutebox"][QUOTE="shawn30"] While I would never place much stock in polls no matter what they show, the line about the below age of 40 PS4 beating XBoxOne in the likely to buy scenario, myself being late 30's and my 3 closest gaming buds being around the same age, we're all getting a Xbox One day 1. And when we were looking online at stuff during the halftime of the Bears game, discussion was about more than just the gaming side of what the systems do.I could be way off base as its only the 4 of us, lol. but the One does seem to draw a bit more attention from the older gamers, at least from what I have seen so far. Who knows, lol.urbansys

I am 29 years old and I am in the same boat as Shawn. myself and 3 other of my buddies all have the xbox one pre-ordered as it seems to fit us so much more. We are all married and use the current xbox for more than gaming. The cable features the X1 is offering is probably one of the more exciting features for us. We cant wait to watch football and party chat to talk shit lol.