Exactly this.
You are assuming that the truth is what's being seeked here, but it's not, what's being seeked here is comfort in having chosen the "correct tribe" to follow.
Same reason as why they bought the PS4.
It had in the first year. All consoles had shortages during that year.
It's not because of the PS4, though. It's because Sony has proven generation after generation that they can be trusted to provide games.
You know who you are quoted right
Even during the first year you could literally find multiple websites that had the Series S in stock. At least in the UK you could.
Pretty much this. Plus PS had compelling games during PS4.
You are describing the reason why people picked up PS4.
Another perspective on this is that since cross-gen was so prevalent for the 1st two years, a lot of people did not buy PS5's because the games were available on what they already had and not enough had been exclusive to PS5 yet to justify the purchase.
That was beautiful dude.
That was the main point.
Main factor was peer pressure and the hype around the ps5 announcement. From kids to adults trying to get it, even though PS4 could play those games, they still wanted to get that console.
Oh I agree, just think it's a dumb way to do things.
You can lose market share, while still selling alot of consoles.
People are overlooking the fact that Sony sold 120m ps4 is what is making the Ps5 strong this gen. Those lost market share can be gained once Xbox is firing their games consistent.
As for Xbox one outselling XSeries is nonsense, considering the console is outselling Xbox one in japan by alot. If that market is any indication, XSeries is outselling Xbox one in other regions.
Missing a target that was set by the board doesnt mean its bad.
This trajectory is rising upwards at a rabid pace. From 10m in april 2020 to 25m in january 2022 is massive growth.
More library, more userbase who are willing to buy the console, Bethesda marketing department, and most importantly more studios count.
Xbox had low studio count before bethesda. But now that have extra 8 studios from this purchase who are experienced in their field. That is massive boost to their studio portfolio. Not to mention, bethesda studios will help xbox studios.
yeah, they only had a few less than PlayStation as I recall before the Bethesda purchase from the developer buying spree they went on from 2018-2020
The FG case is similar to indies in general at early last gen, Xbox One floundered hard and developers who were sick of MS rules flocked away because they only "tolerated" these demands until the moment it lost market. In case of FG, not only Xbox ignored Japan, Sony had got SF5 as exclusive and MS didn't respond to have the smaller to medium sized games as multiplatform at least, these flocked to the leader as the public did and Xbox was only left with bigger titles (Tekken, SC and MK), the FGC plays all sizes of games."COD" fans will leave a platform for "COD" exclusive benefits. Let alone, the entire game itself.
There's an interview with Phil Spencer during the first E3 where COD was appearing on the PS stage for the first time. Despite the interviewer not asking Phil about COD or PS, he pivoted from an unrelated question to state that "COD was still strong on the XBOX platform." At the time, I thought that was strange, but after seeing XBOX squirm and make several attempts to stealth market Destiny 1, I realized that these marketing deals have a severe impact on the platform that 'looses' the content. Since this acquisition met resistance, Microsoft has been explicit about Sony trying to foreclose their gaming business via marketing deals. Whether you, personally, believe that claim has any validity or not is beyond the point. The publishers have the numbers... Activision has the numbers... The COD player base on XBOX has collapsed according to the stats posted in this thread and forum.
An exclusive weapon with the shogun grip and the PS blue skin is enough to sway a consumer at the point of purchase. Add a 1 month exclusive beta to the mix and you can shift an entire dedicated audience...
I used to play SF on XBOX because I was so used to the controller. When SFV was announced as PS exclusive, the entire FGC on XBOX were like
With Zero resistance. At best the push back was "Damn it, I have to go buy a PS4 now." And yes, the FGC is a smaller player base to COD. But crucially, at the start of the X1/PS4 gen XBOX was a part of the FGC. Towards the end of that gen manufacturers stopped making FGC peripherals for XBOX. Fight sticks, fight pads, Hitboxes, popular headsets within the FGC etc etc. It was a process documented on shoryuken reddit, but the FGC now lives on PS. These moves are strategic. And I expect no less from MS or Sony when it comes to COD.
At one point, I think they had 6 more studios than PlayStation (12 vs. 18) before they acquired Bethesda and before Sony also started buying partner studios in response.
Total devs is 23 studios. 9 is for Bethesda, then you have ninja theory, obsidian, compulsion games, inxile entertainment and double fine.
To clarify - I was talking about only PS5/Xbox Series console sales.
And they’ll care so much counting all that Sony playerbase money
Except Nintendo. Nintendo is much more iconic.
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That was a mistake from my part.
Mario is more recognized globally than Mickey Mouse now. It's 100% more iconic than the Playstation brand.
Playstation as a brand, sure it's the best out of the console makers. But games, characters and controller aren't that iconic at all. They have the best games, but they aren't iconic. The only thing iconic about their controller is the fact that it has icons.
Timdog isn't exactly the brightest. He hovers between grey and black in the crayon box.
