All purpose sales and sales rumors/anecdotes thread next gen+

[Billy Idol]

Did all the sales at BF crash PSN on Saturday?

Super strategy from Sony: sell all consoles at Friday, and directly show the new customers the quality of their paid online service.

I wonder if we are allowed to use PSN this christmas, or if the many new customers will 'surprise' Sony again and break down PSN?

Games with online connection are a real pain on PS4...BF:SW, Destiny, NfS.

It still baffles me how incompetent Sony is.

 

[Shortbread]

Did all the sales at BF crash PSN on Saturday?

Super strategy from Sony: sell all consoles at Friday, and directly show the new customers the quality of their paid online service.

I wonder if we are allowed to use PSN this christmas, or if the many new customers will 'surprise' Sony again and break down PSN?

Games with online connection are a real pain on PS4...BF:SW, Destiny, NfS.

It still baffles me how incompetent Sony is.

Is this really an issue that you're having? I was able to download two PS4 games Friday without any issues and surf PSN as usual. However, I didn't play any MP games though...

 

[Clukos]

via http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=187136310&postcount=330

There were some Kinekt bundles apparently, $379. Most people bought $299 bundles for BF though. (this is what is left over in one of the stores)

 

[DieH@rd]

If MS can't capture the PR battle win for December's NPD, then yes

IMO, Xbox winning December will mean nothing in a grand scheme of things. Sony will continue to demolish them worldwide.

Anyway, I think PS4 will easily sell more this month in the US.

Did all the sales at BF crash PSN on Saturday?

ex-GAF insider Tidux has said that on BF PS4 had:

• 2nd largest PS4 console PSN activation rate in its history [behind US launch]
• biggest number of online players PS4 ever had
• biggest day for digital PSN sales ever
• 1+ million PS4 consoles sold in Nov [presumably US only]

http://www.dualshockers.com/2015/11...etting-a-few-records-on-black-friday-insider/

I did not notice any PSN issues, but I presume the network was pretty strained.

 

[messyman]

Is that a Halo 5, Forza 6, and Tomb Raider bundle I'm seeing?

 

[Clukos]

Is that a Halo 5, Forza 6, and Tomb Raider bundle I'm seeing?

No, it's Fifa, Tomb Raider and GeoW/Ori/Rare all priced at $349, Halo 5 is $449. GeoW and Uncharted bundles are $299 each.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

PSN struggling under the weight of Black Friday
Is it regional? NA fine, other territories no good? I guess regional servers, regional content, all very regional, that can happen.

 

[temesgen]

PSN struggling under the weight of Black Friday
Is it regional? NA fine, other territories no good? I guess regional servers, regional content, all very regional, that can happen.

What ever the reason they need to do a better job with PSN, I've had trouble too often when big titles are released or around holidays, granted that's anecdotal but I think its an issue at times with the service.

 

[Deleted member 86764]

All MS needs to do is launch Hololens to combat PSVR.

I thought Hololens was independent of Xbox One and not a peripheral?

 

[DieH@rd]

Hololens is an independent AR computing platform, it has nothing to do with Xbox One. And additionally it will be very expensive when devs get access to early kits sometime in 2016.

 

[Nesh]

No, it's Fifa, Tomb Raider and GeoW/Ori/Rare all priced at $349, Halo 5 is $449. GeoW and Uncharted bundles are $299 each.

I see a Halo,Forza,Tomb Raider bundle too there

 

[Clukos]

I am thinking that's a promo shot for "The best Xbox lineup in years™" on the back of the GeoW bundle instead of a bundle.

 

[chris1515]

Hololens is an independent AR computing platform, it has nothing to do with Xbox One. And additionally it will be very expensive when devs get access to early kits sometime in 2016.

http://uk.businessinsider.com/nadella-hints-hololens-is-5-years-away-2015-9?r=US&IR=T

Satya Nadella give hint about consumer version of Hololens in 5 years and it is an independent AR device.

 

[chris1515]

https://twitter.com/aarongreenberg/status/670852583355871232

 

[Globalisateur]

Odd he didn't say anything like "Xbox sold best"

What was their PR last year?

 

[DieH@rd]

What was their PR last year?

"Xbox One is the best all in one entertainment device created in history of mankind, please buy it now when we ditched Kinect, always online, DRM, lowered price for $150 and added 3 free games, pleeeeeaaaaease!"

 

[Billy Idol]

PSN struggling under the weight of Black Friday
Is it regional? NA fine, other territories no good? I guess regional servers, regional content, all very regional, that can happen.

It is really bad imo. At Saturday afternoon, where I had time to play a bit...PSN was down. The store was ok, it was possible to buy stuff (yeah Sony?!?).

But you could not log into your account, hence no online play possible. Lot's of people moaned about this: no Destiny, no BF:SF, no COD. Nice.

Sony needs to drastically improve PSN stability. It is way to often down.

Right now, I cannot recommend buying a PS4 to my friends because of this. I tell them that imo X1 has super shit hardware, but at least MS knows how to do 'teh internez'.

 

[Shortbread]

https://twitter.com/aarongreenberg/status/670852583355871232

So Wii U and PS4?

 

[Shortbread]

PSN struggling under the weight of Black Friday
Is it regional? NA fine, other territories no good? I guess regional servers, regional content, all very regional, that can happen.

I can't speak for everyone on the east coast, but I haven't felt any slowness. However, my brother-in-law in Southern California just picked up a PS4 yesterday, and was having issues on PSN (redeeming digital game codes).

 

[Deleted member 86764]

In the UK here and I haven't had any issues with PSN the past couple of days. I downloaded the Rainbow Six beta and have been playing that without issues.