SolarMystic
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As long as they keep it up with putting out great games and turn enough profit to keep the division going, who cares who "wins"?
Like your predictions ever go well....
Even with great word of mouth it is a tough sell worldwide.Of course. If they play their cards right they definitely could. Most gamers aren't hardcore console warriors in a forum and could easily turn if MS's next console in has good words of mouth/is consider "cool" among general players.
Not with anything like X1 though.
A crazy line up of first party exclusives like Sony & Nintendo...then...may be...
The wii was the first and only time a Nintendo home console had ever gotten past 50 million units in general.
Where were you when PS3 **** the bed and everyone hated Sony?
This is blatantly untrue. I'm pretty sure the NES sold around 60 million units and the SNES came pretty close with having sold around 49 million units. But the Wii and NES were the only Nintendo consoles to sell more than 50 million though.
A crazy line up of first party exclusives like Sony & Nintendo...then...may be...
Exclusives don't sell consoles,thats why MS is doing the Scorpio, to be the best multiplat console on the market.
How do you explain the PS2 generation then? Sure, the PS2 had a cheaper price point and was a DVD player, but on top of that it had tons of great first and third party exclusive games. Final Fantasy, MGS, GTA, not to mention Sony's own first party output. Some of the biggest games of the generation were exclusive. The market has changed a bit, sure, but having the most power has never been the most important thing to a console's success. Pricepoint and exclusives are probably the most important factors in shifting hardware.Exclusives don't sell consoles,thats why MS is doing the Scorpio, to be the best multiplat console on the market.
MS has enough money that they could subsidize any division to market leader status if they really wanted to, of course shareholders would probably revolt at that.
The chance may have passed in a traditional sense though because it seems the industry is moving away from the old cycle rather quickly.
Sure they will. It's Sony. People worship them as if the company can see them as anything other than just a number. "Uncharted 5 guys? TLoU 3? Look at these graphics guys. It's the Naughty Gods! AMIRIGHT AMIRIGHT?!?!? I mean no BC, no folders again, and we're not going to allow you to stream video files anymore either, but PS5. Greatness is still waiting!"
America is a bigger market than the rest of the world combined.
Not while Europe exists.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Exclusives don't sell consoles,thats why MS is doing the Scorpio, to be the best multiplat console on the market.
America is a bigger market than the rest of the world combined.
How do you explain the PS2 generation then? Sure, the PS2 had a cheaper price point and was a DVD player, but on top of that it had tons of great first and third party exclusive games. Final Fantasy, MGS, GTA, not to mention Sony's own first party output. Some of the biggest games of the generation were exclusive. The market has changed a bit, sure, but having the most power has never been the most important thing to a console's success. Pricepoint and exclusives are probably the most important factors in shifting hardware.
Yeah they can. Nintendo have gone from a 100 million plus selling console to a less than 10 million selling console.
All they have to do is tap in to what the market wants and if Sony become arrogant again with the PS5 anything can happen.
That being said I enjoy all 3 consoles and I'm not bothered in the slightest by sales. In fact usually the lower selling console ends up being better as they play catch up.
Yes, even with rrod.
The division 360 was part of went through at least 3 billion write offs from other devices and stayed in the blue thanks to how much money 360 and Xbox live was pumping out.
So Xbox could also have a fluke couldn't they?There's an argument made on this very page - and one which has considerable evidence to support it - that Wii was a fluke and WiiU fits a long-term pattern of sales decline for Nintendo home consoles.
You're mistaken. The 360 outsold the PS3.
It was erroneously reported near the end of the generation that the PS3 had outsold the 360, but this was not correct.
It's always funny to me when people go "ah but the Xbox only sells the best in America," as if that matters.
America is a bigger market than the rest of the world combined. The 360 selling better in the US and UK alone is why it outsold the PS3.
You're mistaken. The 360 outsold the PS3.
It was erroneously reported near the end of the generation that the PS3 had outsold the 360, but this was not correct.
It's always funny to me when people go "ah but the Xbox only sells the best in America," as if that matters.
America is a bigger market than the rest of the world combined. The 360 selling better in the US and UK alone is why it outsold the PS3.
Exclusives don't sell consoles,thats why MS is doing the Scorpio, to be the best multiplat console on the market.
So Xbox could also have a fluke couldn't they?
Sorry, but "brand loyalty" is not a big deal like people would believe. Otherwise, Nintendo would still be #1 after the Nes / SNes. For Microsoft to win sales, they need to release a console that is noticeably more power and similar price to Sony. Thus, it would get all the "best" and/or exclusive big 3rd party software, like COD, GTA and etc. To do that, like the old days, Microsoft would have to take a loss on hardware launch. Don't see them doing that so, nope. Not happening.
America is a bigger market than the rest of the world combined.
It's already won in MAUs. Sony and Nintendo don't post MAUs as far as I know. They must be scared that people will find out the dirty truth.