Miles Quaritch
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I don't believe anyone would make that claim and not be joking.
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IGN: Xbox One could hit its stride in 2015
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I don't believe anyone would make that claim and not be joking.
DrROBschiz
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I totally agree with you!
And its even harder to do now than it was last gen
PC gaming is starting to blend in with Consoles (despite remaining spearate)
Mobile continues to pressure form the sidelines
Core Gamers have 3 Choices but are mostly rallying behind Sony at this point while still fighting for Nintendo to hang around and put out their games?
Xbox is the Unpopular one but still sitting on the very solid Number 2 spot.
Great to hear that the survey was done correctly -- what sample is it representative of? By nationally representatiove, do you mean just the US, or the world? The sample size is only as relevant as it makes the standard errors small, and the article makes no mention of the standard errors.
The analysis is still faulty regardless of the sampling. I sincerely recommend consulting with someone before publishing more results based on it -- I assume that Ipsos provides those services as well.
Impeccable
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I think it's going to struggle more than 2014, to be honest.
They've got pretty much nothing for early/mid 2015 while Sony seems to fill it's whole year up. They are going to continue to lose ground.
They've got pretty much nothing for early/mid 2015 while Sony seems to fill it's whole year up. They are going to continue to lose ground.
Iced_Eagle
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Well let's not forget that the Xbox 360 was the only "next-gen" console at the time for an entire year. That contributed massively to its success because it had a one year headstart on the PS3 and Wii (and the 360 was a good console at that). If you wanted a next-gen console at the time, there was only one option, so it put up big numbers.
With the Xbox One, it came out after the other next-gen consoles (WiiU, which had a year head start, and PS4), so there was more choice for people to spend their money on. If you take that into consideration, Xbox One numbers are still impressive IMO.
Majmun
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Only if the Ps4 stops selling. Even then it would take a few months!
Birgitte2004
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This is unrelated to my point, which is that an annoyingly large chunk of those who say Microsoft has better games don't even know Sony's lineup, yet will dismiss it.
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Okay?
Doesn't change the fact that many popular games (i.e.: EA Sports Lineup) debuted their (at the time) next gen versions on the Xbox 360 with that system being the only place to play them for a whole year. It greatly helped the system/brand become popular last gen.
Enter The 36 Chambers
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Just saying that there is people who will buy the console solely for the exclusives. Halo will get me on the platform, I'll pick up any third party games I want on x1 because of that choice.
Sorry my post confused and upset you.
Yeah, agreed. Although I already own an X1, and I'm finding it harder to justify having it. Nothing they have lined up has me excited. But, I am very impressed with how much improvements they are making on the OS end of things. I guess it just depends on personal preference with the games. I think the problem is, most people are going to buy Third Party multiplats. Like the majority of the games you buy in a single year will be those titles. So the fact that PS4 almost always has a better version, I think will always be that incentive to just buy a PS4 or to stick with it. Unless you are really really excited for the exclusive titles they are putting out, I'm not seeing enough to get someone to jump over (yet).
Miles Quaritch
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Haven't been paying attention to the recent UK reports in the PAL threads? Sony's lead has grown significantly from Q2 to Q3 and is now pretty commanding in the UK. It will only increase by the end of the year.
Can't see MS doing anything other than settling for second place, no real possibility of them launching an attempt to close the gap. It would require Sony stopping the sale of PS4s for at least a few months.
Birgitte2004
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I like it when people ignore the entire point because it's easier to dismiss a different point. There's even a name for people who do that.
Hint: I was not making a quantity vs. quality argument.
Not in the beginning of the year surely because there isn't much announced games coming apart from State of Decay iirc. More accurate will be Fall 2014.
Yh but unlike the PS3 the XB1 doesn't have a year advantage or the backing of WW because it's a smaller brand and not as popular as PS. Chances of them even catching up is slim.
Doubt it.
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Yh but unlike the PS3 the XB1 doesn't have a year advantage or the backing of WW because it's a smaller brand and not as popular as PS. Chances of them even catching up is slim.
Doubt it.
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To me it seems like 2015 is shaping up to be a great year in general for gaming, for all three consoles. I'd guess it's a safe enough assumption that the Xbox One will do better too, on the whole, even if it doesn't match the sales performance of the PS4. It's a reasonable prediction, anyway.
SlipperyMoose
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By the game title "Inside" do they mean "Below"?
DrROBschiz
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Who is saying that?
Sony's 2015 lineup is insane
It will remain the leader and fly past anything on the global scale at least
Not exactly sure how XB1 is gonna stack up for 2015 but I think they will at the very least tread water and remain a solid Number 2 in the market
Nintendo is a damn wild card but maybe they make enough money in the homeland to keep trucking along. Kind of sounds like Xbox's position here except Xbox is no where near as dominant in the states and Nintendo is in Japan
SEGAvangelist
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No. "Inside" is made by the creators of "Limbo."
Unknown One
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Did the Xbone even pass the Wii-U yet?
Miles Quaritch
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I hope it's a damn sight better than Limbo.
Looked like it might be, so that's a good start...
Remaining "a solid Number 2" won't exactly be much of an accomplishment this gen.
chicagocubsfan
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Ori and the Blind Forest is going to do worse than D4. Shame because both games look great.
Goodacre0081
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Sony needed something to do after TheOrder was delayed. a preview event will undoubtedly sell a few units while keeping mindshare.
so Halo5 isn't going to make waves but the MCC is? is it just me or does this seem ass-backwards?
I would think the next big game in a franchise would get people to go out and buy consoles, not a 10 year old remake.
While the PS4 may be the lead console of choice, X1 will still have 3rd party titles to help out in avoiding Wii U's situation for 2015.
SEGAvangelist
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You didn't like Limbo?
Isn't Inside the Limbo devs new game?
Miles Quaritch
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Not really. One of those games that was more style over substance. A lot like Deadlight, but not as bad.
Pfft. I don't even care any more...
Seriously.
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Seriously.
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I'm sorry, please give me the screenshot feature...
Agreed.
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Oh, I thought I would never hear that agian...
outunderthestars
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I have all of the current gen systems, and I still find myself turning on my XB1 more than the others. There is literally nothing on the PS4 this Fall that I have any interest in playing. 
DrROBschiz
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MCC is huge and has the notalgia factor going for it
Halo 5 is an unknown and coming off the heels of a Soft Halo 4
I can say Halo 4 is the least played game of the series for me.
I have all of the current gen systems, and I still find myself turning on my XB1 more than the others. There is literally nothing on the PS4 this Fall that I have any interest in playing.
So you are getting all your multiplats on XBO?
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AnthonypUK
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An American writer being ignorant of the challenges that the Xbox is having everywhere outside of UK/US..why am i not suprised.
Also no analysis of the fact that since the first 2 months its not outpacing the 360, on this trajectory the One will be under the 360 late next year. And it'll probably be sooner since The Ones first half year release slate is ..fable..
And to even get to that point they had to unbundle kinect, have price drops(UK& Europe) and pack in AAA games for free (unlike their competition).
games journalist doing shitty journalism..why am i not surprised.
Also no analysis of the fact that since the first 2 months its not outpacing the 360, on this trajectory the One will be under the 360 late next year. And it'll probably be sooner since The Ones first half year release slate is ..fable..
And to even get to that point they had to unbundle kinect, have price drops(UK& Europe) and pack in AAA games for free (unlike their competition).
games journalist doing shitty journalism..why am i not surprised.
IAmRandom31
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Scarily enough for Microsoft, the PS4 will actually be hitting its stride in 2015 with a mountain of software.
And that includes the BIG AAA games some people froth at the mouth over.
And that includes the BIG AAA games some people froth at the mouth over.
Would love for the WiiU to outsell either one or both of them, even if for just a month.
The discussions would be glorious.
Unknown One
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The battle for second place sure is interesting.
Unless ign knows of games coming in 2015 that we haven't seen, then I highly doubt it. Halo 5 and Tomb Raider won't be enough to save 2015. Sony at least has Bloodborne and The Order for Q1. The summer is lousy for both of them and then it's a wash during Xmas with Uncharted 4 vs Halo 5 and Tomb Raider 2.
Problem isn't the sampling size, but what exactly are you (as in IGN) trying to say with these numbers?
Because there's obviously a huge difference between the demographics picked and the actual sales number.
I don't quite get the "well it's 17 vs 14 so it's not that different" while singling out the WiiU which is at 11. Sure that's a bigger difference with the PS4. Not so much with the XB1, following the same logic.
BananasWithGuns
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Eh? People keep saying this but I don't see anything in Sony's lineup that makes it demonstratively better than Microsoft's. The only thing I'm seeing is that they have a stronger early part of the year and that's really only based on Bloodborne and The Order.
To say PS4's lineup of games blows away the Xbox One's lineup is a bit crazy to me.
shadowsdarknes
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It tries to paint this as Microsoft is happy with Xbox One sales.
If that really were the case, I doubt they would have cut Kinect and offered all these ridiculous deals that forgo revenue in order to increase their install base.
If that really were the case, I doubt they would have cut Kinect and offered all these ridiculous deals that forgo revenue in order to increase their install base.
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