Xbox One "Catching Up Quickly" To PS4, EA Exec Says

Hahahahaha hurry we need more ponies!!! So sad maybe I should start trolling ps4 news.... Oh wait.....

well of course it is...it took them making it cheaper than the PS 4 to do it..hell, i might pick up one now because its so cheap and put it right next to my PS4, competition is always good for the industry.

So many PS4 fans in here being defensive. Chill out.

price cut and bundles? funny, that's how they sold their stock of faulty 360s...

I like how this hurts Ponys feelings.

You're from EA. What you say is invalid.

How is it the "ALMOST" 10 millions XBoxOnes sold to retailers all of a sudden becomes 10 million XBoxOnes sold? I knew when I saw that last week or so that some would cement that number as actual fact. Fact is... NO ONE but Sony and MS know what they have truly sold to retailers and ultimately to consumers. This Jorgensen guy is spinning like a top! And some are just eating the PR bull like its a gourmet buffet.

I guess it is only human to seek validation for your choices but good gosh yall.. What is it good for???

Price cuts and great exclusives help!

I would certainly hope that it is "closing the gap" as Microsoft if probably selling the console at a loss in hopes to make up the money with attachments/software. Let us keep in mind the Ps4 is still selling as well, lol.

Also, why do we care what some EA Exec says? Because EA is such a reliable source of information?

Not sure how an EA exec would know about the sales figures between two different companies. I think this guy is wishful thinking

I don't put much faith into year one numbers. Early adopters and "hardcore" gamers will flock to one over the other and that has been the PS4 in the first year. I think many forget that in the next few years, more casual types and family types will pick between them, many of those already owning a WiiU or upgrading from a PS3/360/Wii. This is the great unknown right now, but price is often a major deciding factor in their decisions. If Microsoft can undercut Sony worldwide by $50 (or whatever exchange that equals), then they stand a chance of catching up.

Either way, this gen is off to a great start for 2 of the 3 consoles. The PS4 is outselling the PS3 first year and the One is outselling the 360's first year... both by a large margin. The Wii was such a massive success in its first year that Nintendo would be hard pressed to ever outsell the Wii year one on any future console and the WiiU did not even come close. I hold out hope for the WiiU this year. It seems like it has some momentum.

It seems like everyone wants their console to be the sales king of this gen (and last). The best thing for all of us would be for all 3 to end up as close as the 360 and ps3 did last gen. Heavy competition is the best thing for us all.

Good for MS, but why does it sound like EA is backing them? They shouldn't care as long as consoles are selling because they're on both platforms.

There are more than 5 million Xbox One consoles sold, atleast 8 million

"EA Exec says" That alone speaks volumes about the credibility of anything that accompanies it.

You call over 4 million console sales behind close? Lol.

EA, the most evil company in the video game industry, has partnered with MS multiple times. They tried to get us to go all digital and failed. Sorry EA but it doesn't make sense since PS has outsold MS EVERY MONTH since release. Nice try. Why don't you go back to figuring out how to rip out more content from your games?

"Global sales are catching up because of a 50$ discount available in the US only". Seems legit.

EA is certain that the Xbox One is quickly closing the sales gap even though it's been behind the PS4 in sales for 10 straight months in the US and the situation is much worse in Europe. Sure EA. You undoubtedly have access to internal sales data on both sides for no apparent reason. Please, continue to tell us how quickly the gap is closing. Or... maybe you're just bitter that EA Access isn't on the PS4? Yeah, that's more likely.

The overly long 7th gen created one of the worse lethargic periods of game development I can remember since Atari. There were huge talent drains as well, as everyone chased social, mobile, kickstarter, and their very own Minecraft - it left studios and 1 rst party developers in shambles. Usually in the 3rd and 4th year consoles cycles some of the best games come out that greatly take advantage of their systems- instead many years were wasted chasing gimmicks like motion controls, zynga clones, and their very own kickstarter startup. The 'console' limped along the last few years of the 7th gen putting out sequel and clone after another, with PC really showing the only advancement in AAA in the industry.

The game industry put alot of blame on the world wide economic recession - that the consumer would not want to buy new tech. Truth being the game industry wanted to take the reality tv route- cheap products with high profit. Get the highest profit regardless of quality or the future. The 'gamer' has been stewing for 3-4 extra years waiting for not only a new console, but new IPs, new leaps in current franchises, and new experiences - while I do not think 8th gen console will have the legs technology wise to last a full 5 years - at least this has been a loud and defining message to the gaming industry the consumer wants back their 5 year cycle.

Let me get this straight, the xbox one has been leading for a week, and the only source on that information is from MS themselves, and somehow they will bride a gap in sales of 5 million plus? Even if Sony didn't sell another console for the rest of the year, MS still wouldn't catch up.

For the record I own both systems.

Attention seeking fanboy cheerleader coming out of the closet...

Sure, they're practically giving them away. They're not even close outside of the US though.

Of course EA is cheerleading for microsoft, they went all in on the xbox one. Not sure why they didn't wait a year or two to see who came out on top like they always have.... but when you put all your eggs in one basket, better hope that basket isn't going to be totally outsold by the ps4...... but then again Peter Moore isn't very smart.