Of course, but you can't compare Call of Duty and another game like Dragon Quest Heroes in the USA in regards to the impact they have on driving console sales.
Marketing deals and performance aside, games like CoD won't be driving hardware decisions because they're available on both platforms. Therefore, games like DQH are exactly what drives platform decisions. If you like CoD and DQH, which platform are you gonna buy? How about if you like CoD and SF? How about CoD and Persona? How about CoD and Risen? How about CoD and No Man's Sky? How about
No, it's when a game has a big market. I think that convenient is ignoring that.
And I'm not discounting any game, just giving the importance that actually have in the market.
Previously, you were dividing games in to meaningful and not meaningful. Saying nobody cares about the games not on XBox isn't the same as saying, "Hey, at least they haven't lost CoD entirely, so they still have that going for them!" Sure, having CoD is more important than having those other games. Perhaps more important than having all of those other games. But having CoD isn't particularly special, so don't try to act like those other games aren't special simply because they don't sell much individually. They're unique offerings by definition.
Well then I agree with your position. It is pretty significant. It's just not the only significant thing to consider.
Again, what else should we be considering?
"Microsoft's main concern is maintaining market share to avoid losing more third party support."
"They're not losing third party support."
"Umm, yes they are."
"Those games don't really matter."
"How can you say that?"
"I'm not saying they don't matter; I'm saying it's not their main concern."
"So what's their main concern?"
"Software variety."
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The simple fact is DQH will be another game of many not available on XB1. Eventually all these titles add up to make PS4's game library look more diverse and attractive to consumers.
For example a game like this alone isn't going to push console sales that much-
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00X8XVJJ2/ref=twister_B00X8XOOM6?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
But when you add that to games like Tales, DQH, Disgaea 5 and the other weird niche titles, i can't imagine having that varied a library doesn't have an affect on consumers choosing which console to buy.
Yup. It's easy to dismiss these titles as relatively meaningless because of their comparatively small sales, but niche titles like these are the primary source of variety on a platform. So your platform still has CoD. That's nothing to hang your hat on. Your rival has it too, and their version runs better, and they get "early" access to content. Plus, they have a bunch of games you don't have at all.
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