Godt nok var folk lidt skeptiske overfor Xbox One X før E3, men den solide præsentation ved showet lader til at have gjort, at forudbestillingerne er gået som smurt. Om ikke andet har mange butikskæder meldt udsolgt, og Microsoft selv virker tilfredse med tempoet og antallet af bestillinger. Men, spørger man én notorisk analytiker, så fortæller disse historier måske kun den halve sandhed.
Ja, Michael Pachter er ikke overbevist, og i den nyeste udgave af hans program forsøger at levere lidt kontekst til historierne:
"Xbox One X is ranked on Amazon in the pre-orders a year to date, last I looked number 66. I believe the NES Classic was at number 23. It sold 2.3 million units lifetime, and you know that the bulk of those units were sold last year, so this year maybe a million, so if Xbox One X is ranked 48th bellow that, it's not even close to a million, and of course the Amazon allocation is probably five or ten thousand units, so don't fall for the bullshit that comes out of Windows Central that tells you that this is the fastest pre-ordered console and Xbox history. They only have a couple. The original Xbox didn't have big pre-orders. The Xbox 360, maybe, but honestly, who was pre-ordering consoles back then, so of course this is the most pre-ordered."
Tror du, ligesom Pachter, at tallene måske ikke er helt så solide som de diverse historier giver indtryk af?