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[LiquidSolid]

Fuck Nintendo tho.

Nintendo has advertisements?

 

[LookAtMeGo]

The focus on numbers is crazy! It's like the marketing department just went "we need numbers, numbers, numbers!"

Sounds like they took a lesson from the gaming community

 

[Jawbreaker]

Yep, that's certainly an advertisement.

Can't say I'm surprised by who the topic creator is, either.

 

[captainraincoat]

I just wish Microsoft brought it with the system power, because they're doing pretty good bringing the games.

It's like the console power this generation is inversely proportional to quality of exclusive output so far. Nintendo winning exclusive quality with weakest system, Xbox in the middle, Sony having strongest system that needs to up its exclusive quality game. MCC might be old games, but what a fucking compelling package they've put together.

(I think Bloodbourne is going to bring it though.)

Majority of their market don't give a shit about 1080p/720p 30/60fps and simply want a console they can play cool games on....myself included

This 1080/720 30/60 fps crap really needs to die as if this is all people are going to concentrate on while playing a game then they may as well not be playing

The late 80s and 90s had a real miss mash of consoles and capabilities but instead we remember them for their gameplay and cool innovation. ....not if their they were 30 fps or a higher resolution

Seems like a very gen y thing

I don't think we have really been shown what next gen is yet...too many people think it's a number and a frame count

 

[shacklesmcgee]

Why do you have to pick "sides" (whether sarcastic or not).

Its a goddamn list of video games. I understand people arguing the semantics, but why are so many people salty over it being posted? Boggles my mind.

It's just kinda strange for someone to link an infographic/ad made by a company just so "potential console buyers might want to see what" they can get. Basically acting as a sales person

 

[Alex_Mexico]

They have always counted Exclusives as games between XB1 and PS4 that are only available on XB1

That still doesn't right their wrong.

 

[ProvenDeadly]

Yep, that's certainly an advertisement.

Can't say I'm surprised by who the topic creator is, either.

I can't even form a sentence to express how little sense this makes.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

Still, can it play Vib Ribbon?

It can actually read the CDs you need for Vib Ribbon to be fun for more than an hour, so I guess that counts for something.

 

[Wynnebeck]

We know you prefer Ps4 guy.

Yeah I sure am a PS4 fan, right along with my 360 and Wii and future Xbone and Wii U. It's not nice to assume you know.

 

[ProvenDeadly]

It's just kinda strange for someone to link an infographic/ad made by a company just so "potential console buyers might want to see what" they can get. Basically acting as a sales person

It's strange if you look at it for more than what it is.

 

[Jørdan]

T

Spoiler

Wide

;DR

Great games available yet the exclusives wouldn't sway me alone and the practice itself is shitty.

 

[Prologue]

Some of you guys are very anal with words.

 

[EightBitNate]

It's just kinda strange for someone to link an infographic/ad made by a company just so "potential console buyers might want to see what" they can get. Basically acting as a sales person

Let's be realistic now; there's no way anyone on this site is going to believe thats a very good ad.

If you really sense there's a problem, PM a mod and they can check it out but there's no point in calling out OP.

 

[Ape]

That's a very good ad.

 

[Ombala]

I mean we can't say they are lying about exclusives since their competitor only has one exclusive this fall, two it you count LBP.

Why woudnt you count LBP?

 

[Phat Michael]

3 exclusive titles is hardly a reason for me to spend $500 on an xbox one

Such a short sentence...so much wrong with it.

 

[Nick_crx]

woah xbox Is certainly delivering with all these games.

first time this gen Im going to have TOO MANY games to get through.

Hope sony can pick up the ball

 

[tokyostomp]

In any case Horizon 2 is dope!

 

[GHG]

woah xbox Is certainly delivering with all these games.

first time this gen Im going to have TOO MANY games to get through.

Hope sony can pick up the ball

What because there are no exclusives on the PS4?

I have far more exclusive games for my PS4 than I have on my Xbox One. And that's nothing to do with the fact that I just got my Xbox one last week.

Besides the 2 Forza games there are no exclusives that interest me that have come out so far.

Its all dependant on tastes.

 

[Liabe Brave]

To be fair to Sony, they do a much better job of spreading out their exclusives. InFamous, MLB The Show, Transistor, Last of Us, Velocity 2X, Final Fantasy XIV and others all already came and went. For a good portion of the year, Microsoft's only big exclusive was Titanfall.

Whether this impression was true or not interested me, so I went and counted up exclusive U.S. retail releases per quarter since launch for PS4 and One.

Note that I have used the loosest possible definition of "exclusive" here: it counts even if it's on PC, or another machine by the same company. I did this because even with such wide latitude, the absolute numbers are still very low; being even more restrictive drops the data into the realm of noise. But of course feel free to re-compare more rigidly if you're so inclined.

That said, here's the data:

        PS4   One
Q4 '13  2     5
Q1 '14  3     1
Q2 '14  2     1
Q3 '14  2     1
Q4 '14  3     5

The hypothesis seems pretty strongly supported. (Caveats about small sample size, etc.) Microsoft have gone all out for the holidays, with a minimal schedule for the nine months between. Sony have spread exclusives out far more evenly. This could be coincidence, but it's intriguing to think that it showcases two different strategies.

 

[Alucrid]

that infographic is painful to look at. they should hire the phil spencer effect guy

 

[TheCloser]

Yep, that's certainly an advertisement.

Can't say I'm surprised by who the topic creator is, either.

.

 

[Surface of Me]

What because there are no exclusives on the PS4?

I have far more exclusive games for my PS4 than I have on my Xbox One. And that's nothing to do with the fact that I just got my Xbox one last week.

Besides the 2 Forza games there are no exclusives that interest me that have come out so far.

Its all dependant on tastes.

Buy D4 please!

 

[RexNovis]

All this add really succeeds at doing for me is reminding me about all the timed exclusive bullshit MS has lined up for themselves. Seriously Dragon Age DLC is timed exclusive too?!?! I wish this anti consumer "strategy" would just die a painful death already.

 

[CambriaRising]

Maybe I'm just getting old but that was an eyesore.

 

[GHG]

Whether this impression was true or not interested me, so I went and counted up exclusive U.S. retail releases per quarter since launch for PS4 and One.

Note that I have used the loosest possible definition of "exclusive" here: it counts even if it's on PC, or another machine by the same company. I did this because even with such wide latitude, the absolute numbers are still very low; being even more restrictive drops the data into the realm of noise. But of course feel free to re-compare more rigidly if you're so inclined.

That said, here's the data:

        PS4   One
Q4 '13  2     5
Q1 '14  3     1
Q2 '14  2     1
Q3 '14  2     1
Q4 '14  3     5

The hypothesis seems pretty strongly supported. (Caveats about small sample size, etc.) Microsoft have gone all out for the holidays, with a minimal schedule for the nine months between. Sony have spread exclusives out far more evenly. This could be coincidence, but it's intriguing to think that it showcases two different strategies.

Sony do a good job of ensuring their 1st party games are not competing with each other and have the best chance of success.

 

[Poimandres]

woah xbox Is certainly delivering with all these games.

first time this gen Im going to have TOO MANY games to get through.

Hope sony can pick up the ball

All 3 of them? Lol. It's a decent lineup (especially compared to Sony's) but the Xbone is still very much ramping up. Next year will be better for Sony and Microsoft.

 

[reynal1287]

Only interested in Sunset Overdrive, but really solid line-up.

 

[MikeOfTheLivingDead]

DC first on XBOXONE! You can get bamboozled before anyone else!

 

[KoopaTheCasual]

Sony do a good job of ensuring their 1st party games are not competing with each other and have the best chance of success.

Uhhh... Tell that to the two first-party Victorian era third person action games dropping in the same month.

 

[Naked Lunch]

They forgot to put Killer Instinct and D4 on that page. Having an exclusive high quality fighting game is a big deal.

Horizon 2 is probably the best next gen game thus far. I bought the XB1 for Halo:MCC. As long as the servers are online, that game will never leave my rotation. One more month...

 

[Flandy]

As someone who doesn't own a PS4 or an Xbone I'd really like to play Forza Horizon 2. Probably just gonna pick up a Gaming PC followed by a PS4 though. Sorry Microsoft D:

 

[David___]

Uhhh... Tell that to the two first-party Victorian era third person action games dropping in the same month.

One's an ARPG and the other is a 3rd person cinematic shooter. Different enough so they shouldn't cannibalize each other's sales.

 

[Killer]

Sony do a good job of ensuring their 1st party games are not competing with each other and have the best chance of success.

Sony can't even launch the single exclusive it has properly.

 

[CambriaRising]

Uhhh... Tell that to the two first-party Victorian era third person action games dropping in the same month.

One's a shooter and the other is an rpg. Come on now.

 

[Radec]

I mean we can't say they are lying about exclusives since their competitor only has one exclusive this fall, two it you count LBP.

Not counting LBP3 because it is also on the PS3 eh?

 

[GHG]

Buy D4 please!

What on earth I this? Never heard of it before.

 

[Stare-Bear]

How did you end up with only 2 exclusives on the ps4 at launch and 5 on the xbox?

 

[Bojanglez]

Not counting LBP3 because it is also on the PS3 eh?

They have Singstar too, launching on PS4 in October (in EU at least).

 

[Miles Quaritch]

Yeah I sure am a PS4 fan, right along with my 360 and Wii and future Xbone and Wii U. It's not nice to assume you know.

I love this. The rawness, the hurt emotion that leaps off the page as you enter into a defensive state, the need, nay, driving desire, to make it clear you someday intend to purchase an X1.

Truly amazing.

 

[GHG]

Sony can't even launch the single exclusive it has properly.

Yeh meanwhile Forza Horizon 2 has been perfect without any server downtime and without causing consoles to crash randomly while collecting and updating leader board data.

Give me a break.

 

[KyleCross]

You realize that image makes the Xbox One Liam Neeson, right?

 

[daman824]

It's just kinda strange for someone to link an infographic/ad made by a company just so "potential console buyers might want to see what" they can get. Basically acting as a sales person

You mean like every OT thread ever?

 

[tuna_love]

.

I thought you wanted to get perma banned?

 

[barit]

lol those quotes. Who the fuck is RTVE.es ? Focus on quality of games ? And why then are all multiplat games constant worse then on the rivals console ? Listening to users ? Like the shitstorm over DRM and the backpaddling is now a plus in MS books ?

I'm not impressed with the exclusive list either. Shooters and Forza is all I see. Not very rich in variety

 

[Killer]

It's just kinda strange for someone to link an infographic/ad made by a company just so "potential console buyers might want to see what" they can get. Basically acting as a sales person

OTs made by marketers confirmed.

 

[Liabe Brave]

Sony do a good job of ensuring their 1st party games are not competing with each other and have the best chance of success.

I'm not sure that's really it. Those large year-end pulses of One exclusives are in diverse styles/genres: Kinect games, racers, FPS, action, etc. I doubt they really compete all that much for the same audience.

If this is a real trend and not just pattern imposition, I'd attribute it more to active tactics than just "Oops, all our games came out at once!" Microsoft seem actively to pursue a more Hollywood-esque tentpole approach (though with just winter, rather than summer/winter). This builds the major release season into an Event, a magnet for attention and coverage. It prioritizes consumer excitement and anticipation about the brand.

Sony, on the other hand, act more like a content channel: yes there's some attention to the big season, but the strategy is more focused on retaining consumer buy-in over the course of the year. Releases are comfort food, regular instances of company involvement. This prioritizes consumer identification and satisfaction with the brand.

Or, I could easily be reading too much into a release schedule that ended up this way due to a million unrelated reasons, rather than a tightly unified marketing plan.

 

[Sirim]

Uhhh... Tell that to the two first-party Victorian era third person action games dropping in the same month.

Is Bloodbourne considered first party?

I didn't think it was.

 

[23qwerty]

Well that's... kind of sad.

Is Bloodbourne considered first party?

I didn't think it was.

Developed in part by SCE Japan Studio, so basically.

 

[Navy Bean]

Eh, the ad seems fine to me. But I own both consoles. And to be honest, the Xbox has Halo and SO coming out this fall which are, to me, about 100 times more interesting than another LittleBigPlanet game. No offense to the LBP fans but I hated the first game and have no interest in the third version.