High demand for the Xbox One may be an advantage for its launch when it comes to the battle with the PS4--at least this is what Robert W. Baird analyst Colin Sebastian thinks.

"Despite losing the headline battle at E3, Microsoft's Xbox One appears to be regaining some momentum, in part due to the used and online policy tweaks," said Sebastian as quoted by VG 24/7. "Importantly, our supply chain checks suggest Microsoft may have the benefit of a 2-3x unit advantage at launch compared to Sony's PS4."

Sebastian's report also adds his expectations of Microsoft's efforts in trying to find a way to ease the pricing difference between its competitor.

Considering that price is the factor that Microsoft remains unruffled in terms of competing with Sony, altering the price can go two ways: either the consumers are overjoyed with them finally caving in, or have negative reactions, in the same way that a lot of people still gave Microsoft flak for overturning their policies.

GameStop already out of next-gen consoles

For those who have not yet placed their preorders for either the PS4 or Xbox One, you may now have to wait for the console when it sells in retail stores, at least if you plan on getting them at GameStop.

According to GameSpot, the retailer has already stopped accepting orders for the Xbox One as the demands have been too high to keep up with stock.

"Demand was through the roof so preorders stopped for now," said Aaron Greenberg, chief of staff at GameStop, via a tweet quoted by GameSpot. "Get on the GameStop first to know list of preorder updates."

The PS4 has already been sold out weeks ago, also due to high demand, and there have not been any updates of new preorders being accepted.

This seems to be proof of earlier reports, wherein Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillermot commented that the preorders of the next-gen PS4 and Xbox One have exceeded their current-gen predecessors.

For those who want to demo the PS4 and Xbox One but were unable to check it out at Comic-Con last weekend, GameStop Expo will be decking out the two consoles for some hands-on sampling this August at the Las Vegas event.

Titanfall dev gets Ocular Rift, to apply in game?

Respawn Entertainment, developer of Titanfall, tweeted an image of the Oculus Rift VR developer kit that just arrived at their doorstep.

IGN reports that a fan wanted to know what it could mean to the Titanfall game, and that having Oculus Rift support Titanfall would be "awesome."

Titanfall responded with a vague tweet saying, "Nothing official yet but you never know."

According to the report, Titanfall is not slated to release a single-player mode, but that it would be one of the exclusive games that would push the Xbox One's Azure Cloud to its maximum capabilities.

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