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PlayStation 4 Sales Surpass 7.0 Million Units (April 6th), 20.5M Software (April 13)
- Thread starter EGOMON
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PS3/PS4/360/PC I believe!
TheRealTalker
Banned
The thing that really needs to be done on this list is match up the names on either column with the italic exclusives at the bottom.
Example:
Tomb Raider..........|...........Tomb Raider
.................................|...........Don't Starve
jhmtehgamr20xx
Banned
Lol perhaps, but I do have a hard time believing XBO will do under 20 million (which, I guess if 5th gen's size was adjusted to match last gen, and assuming any drop-off for this gen is negligible, would put Saturn at something like 20 million).
Wii U on the other hand? I can see it falling below that mark.
I don't know why you made this. I don't see any games for PS4. 7 million dumb asses.
jhmtehgamr20xx
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Whattaj000ke
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Awesome, so much easier to read. Thank you.
HORRORSHØW
Member
that he is; an unapologetic shill, wearing his fanboyism on his sleeve.
TheRealTalker
Banned
Updated
thank you for the hard work
I can use this to remind me of upcoming titles to purchase
boredandlazy
Member
Pity Microsoft didn't use that philosophy when it came to choosing memory architecture for their console...
That's more the difference between my interests and your interests. I don't like playing games on the go so the fact that Vita can play the majority of indie games on the go and can use Remote Play interests me much less than it interests you. I've even been more interested in stuff like the Super Game Boy and the Game Boy Player in the past than an actual Game Boy or Game Boy Advance. I didn't even own a DS despite owning a Wii in addition to 360 last generation. However, I love Nintendo games, and 3DS only won out because it has Smash now which, along with Mario Kart, is what I buy Nintendo systems for and Wii U is just so poor gamewise compared to the 3DS even in regards to just Nintendo games. Really, if I were to choose current systems for me to get beyond PC, PS4, and 3DS, it would be in order, the Vita TV, the Wii U, the Vita, and then the XB1.
The Vita's a great little device with great little games, but I would prefer the Vita TV over it because of my dislike of portable systems and how cheap it would be. Personally, I would really prefer a Wii U over a regular Vita.
RyanPierre
Member
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Would you mind correcting the spelling of "Wolfenstein" on each list? Very informative pic, but that's bugging me a bit.
there you go
you should keep this updated ... thanks a lot for the hard work
Thanks !
I just took a look at wikipedia and noticed Xbone isn't listed, but I'm wondering why ... I mean, I don't think Sony paid for a next gen exclusive of games like Bound by Flame, Tropico, etc ...
bigboss370
Member
its dat time to triangle lol
I didn't see any posted information why either of those titles AREN'T listed as coming to the XB1... Just that there wasn't any listed plans to do so. Cause Sony didn't pay for the exclusivity as far as I can tell either.
I think that they have less to do with "moneyhatting" & more to do with either specific audiences, or because that the Xbox One is a pain in the rear to develop games for, like with the PS3.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
The odd part is that it was a 360 exclusive with the last console Tropico so it wouldn't be unprecedented to get this one on PS4 next gen only.
Louis Cyphre
Banned
Nice, thanks. Some of those indie games look good too like Transitor. Microsoft was a bit slow to change it's rules but they seem to have quite a few in the works now. It will be interesting how each stacks up to one another for the remainder of 2014 on the big exclusive games.
serversurfer
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Nice list. Good work.
I think it's likely to get even more lopsided as PS4 pulls further ahead, and more developers decide farting around with MS and their eSRAM just isn't worth their time, given the smaller, highly localized user base. Not to mention all of the VR stuff XBone won't be getting a taste of at all.
Just want to add the list, especially towards retail exclusives, would only grow in PS4 favor when Japanese games come over to the West.
Liabe Brave
Member
I mentioned this earlier in the thread. The 360 has ~15m lead in the U.S. over PS3. PS3 made up that ground with ~7.5m lead in Japan, and ~7.5m lead elsewhere. Given that it took Sony ~7.5 years to generate those leads, they exceeded 360 sales by ~2m per year outside the U.S.
This gen so far, PS4 leads Xbox One in the U.S. by ~.4m, and in the rest of the world by ~2.2m. This means that in 4.5 months, PS4 outside the U.S. has already surpassed the lead PS3 was taking a year to accrue.
Microsoft is not only losing (by tight margins) in the U.S., they're falling behind in the rest of the world well over twice as fast as they did last gen. (Note, though, that their absolute sales worldwide are faster than 360...so far.)
SwiftDeath
Member
Interesting and insightful. With April and May almost assuredly to swing in PS4's favor with Watch Dogs PS4 co-marketing and MLB the Show, the gap in the US will only continue to grow and I can only imagine what will happen in the rest of the world in the next couple of months
Which can IMO be credited to the fact that the original xbox had such a short lifespan compared to the 360.
gundamkyoukai
Member
There is no way PS4 sells below PS3 slim this year .
it really is that simple, I don't know why people try to make it more complicated. Although the price parity part is time sensitive. If they get the price on par too late, where mindshare has built up, then I don't see it closing the gap - people will be buying the 'better' machine which they see their friends playing, which they see in review footage etc.
Prototype Viktor
Member
it's his shame tag from months ago
In retrospective, moving Watch Dogs from launch to end of May was such a great move that will more help Sony than MS. Just at the point when PS4 retail chain will stabilize, really big Sony-promoted game will come out.
Now deadpixel, you have much harder task. Add resolutions and framerates to that list.
Hesemonni
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Vadernooooooo.gifNow deadpixel, you have much harder task. Add resolutions and framerates to that list.
That'll sure to drag all the threads into shitter wherever the list is posted.Make that pic into a google sheet to keep URL updated all the time? Or could that be done with a hosted .jpg somehow?
Excellent pic altogether. I'm waiting for somebody to correct the Xbone side of things any second, but since the correction hasn't come yet, it really must be that barren at the moment. Hopefully things will pick up tho'.
Good point, the time to act for ms is this year. These connected systems have strong network effects which helped ms last gen but could work against them this gen if Sony builds too much momentum.
The PS4 has more games than its competition. Why do a lot of people repeat this jargon?
Rogue_Ledr
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Someone mentioned the Japanese PS4 games. '
I wonder how many of those we'll see here.
It would be a shame to never get games like Yakuza Inshin.
I wonder how many of those we'll see here.
It would be a shame to never get games like Yakuza Inshin.
None of us would benefit from the demise of the XboxOne. However, I don't see Microsoft coming back as easily as Sony did last gen. They simply don't have much market share outside the US anymore. The UK was a pretty decent market for Microsoft last gen, nut their hold on that market weakened with the PS4.
5 words: PlayStation 2 era renaissance - now.
HORRORSHØW
Member
please. like weaker hardware and a higher price point had no negative affect on the bone's sales. you expect new ips from msft, and the same rehashed franchises from sony? on what basis? and the ps4 has no games. okay. if only it could have office like you want from the bone:
xbox doesn't need games, unique experiences, or a price cut; office is its panacea. stop your fanboy fellatio; it ain't good for your health.
FranXico
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FranXico
Member
You think Sony recovered easily last gen? It took them a product rebranding, several million dollars investment in first party studios and two to three years wait to see consumers coming back to them, especially with a press that has in its vast majority never again gone easy on them since 2006.
Compare that to Microsoft who easily could afford to throw a few million dollars into a "Get The Facts" propaganda campaign that was not only intended to make people aware of that the DRM policies were cancelled, but even to make the public forget it ever was on the table. Add to that the unconditional backing of the vast majority of the gaming press, which has been exposed by the double-standards of some shown in "resolutiongate", etc.
If anything, Microsoft has been having it too easy in comparison. All in all, I am glad that at least some consumers are smarter than that and keep punishing Microsoft for what they wanted to pull last year, just like they punished Sony for their PS3 bullshit early on.
Prototype Viktor
Member
i bought mine at launch b/c i heard it had not one but 2 colors of black!...that and Resogun
staticneuron
Member
I am not sure where you are going with money spent but iirc they acquired 2 studios (MM ands evolution) last gen but closed 4 (bigbig, incognito, liverpool and zipper) and the fact that they spent money on making games is irrelevant. For what other reason do these studios exist?
And Sony really didn't "grow" the PS3 sales as from the start the PS3 was more popular overseas. They never really overcame the 360 in the preferred markets for a large amount of time.
Point is, damage that is done at the start of the generation may be lasting damage.
So with the perceptions of the consoles as they normally are and the sheer fact that this time around MS didn't have a year head start, they are going to be facing down the PS4, who has a larger first party stable behind it, noticeably improved version of MP titles, and has very positive popular opinion as driving force behind it.
If all MS needed to do was to throw money at the situation, they would have done that already. They certainly have alot to spare. But I am sure that it isn't as simple as you paint it and the idea that PR plus a large push on educating consumers could save them is what put them in this position in the first place.
At least... that is what it seems like to me. But then again, I wasn't beta tested in the future.
yurinka
Member
They also purchased Sucker Punch, and a lot of Sony studios did grow a low and now have 2 or 3 internal teams. In addition to this, they also had 2nd/3rd party studios like Quantic Dream, ThatGameCompany, Housemarque, Ninja Theory, Queasy Games, Zingagi, Tarsier, Double 11 or Novarama working on Sony exclusive IPs.
To do it gave them a lot of exclusive games, both new and existing internal IPs that never won't move anywhere as did the old 3rd party exclusives from the past, where MS has been relying too much.
Now Molyneux, CliffyB and Bungie left, Epic is not interested on more Gears and IPs like Bioshock, Lost Planet, Dead Rising or Mass Effect were ported elsewhere.
Yes, MS has to hire people to create new studios or teams and maybe to purchase some big 3rd party studios to match Sony's great output of exclusives instead of focusing on moneyhatting 3rd party games that sooner or later go multi.
Now they don't have all these people developing exclusive stuff and in the long term would be more profitable for them.
All this exclusive content really did help PS3, like price drops, OS/PSN improvements to match XBL, multis started to don't suck on PS3, new services like PS Plus.
To make a great comeback MS needs to price drop at least $150 to compensate the difference in horsepower that is more visible than last gen in multis (probably dropping Kinect), to match PS Plus/PS Now/Morpheus and to make a great investment in 1st party studios and internal great IPs (specially new ones) developed by 2nd/3rd party studios. And well, to kick the parity launch thing for the indies to get more love from them.
Mikey Jr.
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In retrospective, moving Watch Dogs from launch to end of May was such a great move that will more help Sony than MS. Just at the point when PS4 retail chain will stabilize, really big Sony-promoted game will come out.
Now deadpixel, you have much harder task. Add resolutions and framerates to that list.
Yep. Really was a blessing in disguise for Sony. Watchdogs at launch would have done nothing for the ps4. It can now potentially move systems.
boredandlazy
Member
To be fair you'd also have to add whether AF is utilized in the game or not too.In retrospective, moving Watch Dogs from launch to end of May was such a great move that will more help Sony than MS. Just at the point when PS4 retail chain will stabilize, really big Sony-promoted game will come out.
Now deadpixel, you have much harder task. Add resolutions and framerates to that list.
Sony has opened my eyes back up to the quality and diversity you can get from indies, I can't think of the last time I have owned a system where every month a game comes out that I have enjoyed. It is to a point now where 2-4 games are coming out each month and I am starting to think I won't have time to keep up.
Octodad tomorrow
Child of light April 29th
MLB the Show 14 May 6
Transistor May 20
Watch Dogs May 27
Octodad tomorrow
Child of light April 29th
MLB the Show 14 May 6
Transistor May 20
Watch Dogs May 27
fixed
Octodad tomorrow
Child of light April 29th
MLB the Show 14 May 6
Transistor May 20
Watch Dogs May 27
Wolfenstein discounted June 10
fixed again
Want it, but not full price, and with so much to play besides it, works out to be a June release for me