I think the opposite. If your parent company's money is the only thing that's keeping you in the game even after 20 years in the industry, and not your own contributions/games/brand power, then you have bigger things to worry about.
i remember early xbox 360 gen when they got quite a few(some very long timed but no1 knew it was timed) jrpg exlusives, then non x360 users were jelly af, since we love/loved the genre, unlike most of xbox users, was alpha as fuck move and probably at relatively low cost vs what buying activision-blizzard or even bethesda/zenimax is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_One in the wiki they estimating between 51 and 59m for xbox one, basically half of ps4 totals, so indeed, if it goes like that xbox series consoles will have tuff time selling even measly 50m.
Although 30M is rumored, I'm not sure if they will make it. But ~23-24M seems like a lock, which will also put it to 3:1. And that's incredible.
30M isn't rumored, Sony announced it back in early january.
I don't know. I think software and consumer loyalty is key, meaning some years of must haves are required, not some single titles even if those would be Fifa, Madden or CoD, ie overall more than just good hw and occasional hits. I think pretty much no one would seriously argue that XBX isn't the better hw and I guess most would say GP is very noice especially if you have also a PC, definitely equal or better than Plus (in principle, excluding your games preference), but their audience never expanded beyond what they already were able to gather at 360 days. They have the studios, now, imho maybe even more variety than Sony, but they have to prove their promises and finally actually deliver. And only after a couple of games people will notice and start to trust. Americans have maybe some pride in supporting their company, Japanese lean definitely towards their product, but Europeans have no "natural" loyalty. Here the better platform wins.
This article about the fact that Sony has already sold 30 million units LTD.
Tbh I'm not sure if big exclusives will help on Xbox's trajectory that much. PlayStation has grown so much the last generation and Xbox has shrunk in mindshare with converging interests in TV and movies to games. Microsoft and Xbox just doesn't have that pull with their IP's outside of maybe Elder Scrolls. And even with ES, I'd argue how relevent the IP is and will be going forward. They just don't have a killer app (currently). I mean they do have Halo but that's a franchise tainted and frankly outdated.
Yep, PlayStation's digital ratio is usually ~70%. Even if we assume that Xbox's digital ratio is 80%,
Ok my bad. That seems quite high.
Yeah, it is mainly because of the larger PlayStation market share and total sales. And because PS already has a very high digital ratio. Even if Xbox's is even higher, it can't have too much of a gulf.
Yes, if these numbers indeed turn out to be like what we're anticipating, your point is very valid and is a big cause of concern.
Yes but all their contributions were with Xbox and it's successor Xbox360.
It's a common thought that the Series S is an excellent console for those who only play COD, Fifa, Apex and others, but that couldn't be more wrong. Microsoft has already done this same promotion in other markets and the result was poor.
Thats the only thing that helps, look at switch, graphically their machine is maybe 1,3rd of xbox one( not one x, just plain xbox one that launched in 2013), and most games look somewhere midway ps360 to ps4/xbox one games, some look similar to 2 gens ago aka x360/ps3 games.
Xbox just had a showcase with release dates and dropped a GOTY contender. What has Sony done this year?
Games don't sell only on day one and this year started like 6 or 7 weeks ago, lmao.
Thats the thing, on consoles.. if a manufacterer don't have the software to back it up you're not going to get the sales. Most people don't give a crap about specs so long as the games and platform are playable and aren't broken. Just look at Pokemon sales, absolutely doing rounds.
Cant disagree here, low instal base= hard to get 3rd party exclusive(they will be very costly), but ms had almost 2,5 years with new console gen aka hard reset of instal base to buy 5-10 high quality exclusives and make sure fans/fanatics of such title buy it/console.
No one cares about VR.Come on fella this is a bit desperate ain't it
They're 1 week from releasing a whole new platform with 52 games (in launch month/window), many of them new exclusives. Where is Xbox's VR solution?
Well for the look of it, neither they do about xbox
Nobody cares about your GOTY contender either, judging by the recent sales figures. Yet you're boasting about it.
At least 5 million bought PS VR. And 1-2 million people will be buying PS VR 2 in the next 7-10 days.
I know. Just messing with our resident PS hater.
no. he is a real gamers.
