gameboy1977 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 The releases last November of Sony?s PlayStation 4 and Microsoft?s Xbox One were seen as the last hurrah of high-end home games consoles. The previous versions of each device had been roundly beaten by the lower-tech Nintendo Wii. And simpler games played on smartphones and tablets were rapidly gaining popularity. Sony?s strategy was to make its new console a more sophisticated, specialist device aimed at hard-core gamers. Microsoft went the other way, making the new Xbox a versatile multimedia device, aimed at a broader market. Sony?s strategy quickly began to prove more successful: in its first six weeks it sold 4.2m of the new consoles to Microsoft?s 3m. Microsoft replaced the head of its Xbox division and cut its prices. But a year on from the launches, Sony is still far ahead, and IHS, a market researcher, predicts it will stay that way. Still, the Xbox One now outsells the latest version of the Wii, and has done better than previous Xboxes. The Economist Read more: http://www.economist.com/news/business/21633862-battle-video-game-consoles-we-have-winner-console-ation-prize#ixzz3Jqy9r4rb Read More: Did you remember that Wal-mart got scammed when they bought PS4 at under $90? I believe they (PS4) already are cheated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firey Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Read More: Did you remember that Wal-mart got scammed when they bought PS4 at under $90? I believe they (PS4) already are cheated! wat, +E.Worm Jimmy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notuptome2004 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Read More: Did you remember that Wal-mart got scammed when they bought PS4 at under $90? I believe they (PS4) already are cheated! ok the walmart thing happned just this week and it Maby Maby less then 20 units were sold if that @ that $90 price before it was stopped so that is not a big deal. Also the Ps4 is selling more and better then the Xbox one regardless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Darn it, I was hoping the Panasonic 3DO was going to Ninja the title Osiris, Aergan, Dick Montage and 2 others 5 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+E.Worm Jimmy Subscriber¹ Posted November 23, 2014 Subscriber¹ Share Posted November 23, 2014 Darn it, I was hoping the Panasonic 3DO was going to Ninja the title Atari Jaguar was way better ;) The Evil Overlord and Krome 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGeorge Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 I remember back in the 8/16 bit days when reaching 1 million consoles sold was considered "critical mass" and therefore successful. Man, I'm old.... Raa, bjorndori, Jose_49 and 2 others 5 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compl3x Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 I don't know how much being a 'multimedia device' hurt One sales. I think the clumsy launch was more of the problem. It's arguably one of the worst launches of a product in recent memory. Which is a shame because if Sony enjoys too much of a lead they might get full of themselves, which we all know they are capable of, and start doing stupid siht of their own. NeoWind 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primexx Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 meanwhile... gohpep, Dick Montage, Killer_Z and 20 others 23 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 meanwhile... Lovely. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 meanwhile... [A tall image that doesn't need to be quoted] Interesting, so pc sales have been stale all year, and consoles are beginning to climb the ranks to eventually eat and kill pc gaming.. Thanks man :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Interesting, so pc sales have been stale all year, and consoles are beginning to climb the ranks to eventually eat and kill pc gaming.. Thanks man :D Not really. By the time consoles reach 2 million, PCs have reached 350 million. By the time consoles reach 12 million, PCs have reached 700 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Not really. By the time consoles reach 2 million, PCs have reached 350 million. By the time consoles reach 12 million, PCs have reached 700 million. neh, that chart cearly shows pc gaming has peaked, no growth all year, and once native support is added for console mouse and keyboards....(ps4, ps3 already had it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
articuno1au Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Interesting, so pc sales have been stale all year, and consoles are beginning to climb the ranks to eventually eat and kill pc gaming.. Thanks man :D Yeah, that explains Intel having its strongest profits on record despite subsidizing tablet and mobile chips in all the devices the are in.. PC sales have been growing.. Raa 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorganX Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 neh, that chart cearly shows pc gaming has peaked, no growth all year, and once native support is added for console mouse and keyboards....(ps4, ps3 already had it) PC gaming hasn't come close to peaking, not enough games are released on PC anymore... There's still huge untapped potential but thanks to piracy,,, If only MS could've made good on Xbox for Windows. Steam is OK, but if someone could deliver an XBL or PSN ecosystem and experience for PC that would be great. Jose_49 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Guys, I was joking, it was in reference to the joke post by primexx +vlsi0n, Polonium, primexx and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polonium Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Guys, I was joking, it was in reference to the joke post by primexx When you have to explain a joke it really ruins it, doesn't it? I knew you were joking from the start, shame there are too many people who take console sales so seriously. You'd think they had stocks and shares in the company, wouldn't you? The Evil Overlord and Dick Montage 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGeorge Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 I don't know how much being a 'multimedia device' hurt One sales. I think the clumsy launch was more of the problem. It's arguably one of the worst launches of a product in recent memory. Which is a shame because if Sony enjoys too much of a lead they might get full of themselves, which we all know they are capable of, and start doing stupid siht of their own. I think its Microsoft that has been too full of themselves as of late. Sony definitely showed arrogance with some of the crap they pulled during the PSOne/PS2 era. Any company will end up like that if they stay #1 for too long. MS needs a good humbling this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeChipshop Member Posted November 23, 2014 Member Share Posted November 23, 2014 Neo Geo right? The Evil Overlord and Aergan 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGeorge Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 ^^Ah...Neogeo.... The system I lusted after as a boy. Glad I didn't buy one cause it wasn't all that great. Pulsar, Blazing Star and Prehistoric Isle 2 were awesome shooters though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragontology Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 What does it matter, exactly, which one has won? I think the PS2 cleanly beat the Xbox and GameCube, though I have no numbers to back that up. PS2 was backwards compatible. PS1 was a loved console and PS2 could play its games. I never thought GC found its mark, and Xbox, while great for hobbyists, had a few failings. Like when PS3/360 came out, Sony was dual releasing on PS2 and PS3, while Microsoft put all its eggs in the 360 basket. (Now Microsoft is doing it as well with XB1/360 releases, so you can see they've learned.) As far as 360/PS3 it was close, but Wii smoked both of them, I'm pretty sure, at least in the first few years. Like when Wii Sports was huge. I have no numbers because I've never cared who 'won' or who had the most sales. I was a proud PS2 owner, but I felt I made a mistake with the 360. I never owned one directly; rather, my wife decided she needed one or the other to play Rockband. She didn't care, and despite the PS3's advantages, I had her get 360 because her brother had one (and he got us into the Rockband series). Though, they played online together all of two or three times. But then we went and spent I don't want to know how much on Rockband songs. So, if Harmonix makes a new Rockband for PS4/XB1, my wife will probably get an XB1, because that's where our DLC is. Xbox.But with XB1 and PS4 both having mandatory game installs and relatively small hard drives (500GB is not that much when your games are 30-50GB each), while I think the PS4 is a little better (my opinion, irrelevant), I think they're really the same console with different branding. From the outside looking in, they look very similar to me. The biggest differences are in the exclusives, and I think Sony is the clear winner there. Sony can outdo Halo and Fable easy. Generic shooter and generic beat-em-up with an RPG skin. PS3 got exclusives 360 couldn't touch, like Uncharted, The Last of Us, and... oh... the entire Metal Gear franchise. They both had Skyrim. They both had Fallout 3. Whatever great multi-platform games, were the same on both, and so too, I think, it is with XB1 and PS4. I briefly considered getting a Wii U, for the Mario and Zelda games. Then the moment passed. The temptation is still there but not for $300. $100 for a Wii is tempting. And only Nintendo is offering a gaming paradigm that I absolutely cannot get on PC. I can't get Zelda on PC or anything like it. Mario... There's Gianna Sisters. Which is okay but it's not Mario. Ditto Sonic All-Stars Racing Transformed. It's not Mario Kart. And, though I don't care for the franchise, there's nothing quite like Pokemon anywhere but Nintendo. So I ask again, earnestly, without sarcasm. What does the console war, and having a winner, do for me and you as gamers? Nintendo and Sega used to be so far apart back in the day. Gemfire? Available on both? Amazing! Now all the good games are on both. If it's not it's as suspect as Gemfire was. Is it not good enough? Is something wrong with it? Makes one wonder. DConnell 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGHammer Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 PC gaming hasn't come close to peaking, not enough games are released on PC anymore... There's still huge untapped potential but thanks to piracy,,, If only MS could've made good on Xbox for Windows. Steam is OK, but if someone could deliver an XBL or PSN ecosystem and experience for PC that would be great. XBFW is NOT dead; postponed, but not dead. Windows 10 will likely be either the core of a future XBOX TWO, or an update for the current XBOX ONE. (Either is quite possible, as the XBOX ONE is, in fact, running a remixed version of Windows 8.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osiris Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Blaming piracy for a decline or lack of pc gaming is equivalent to nothing more than a scapegoat. Clearly there is money to be made in pc gaming still, you wouldn't see big titles on those platfoms still if it wasn't as I assure you big publishers don't care what platform its on as long as it makes them money. I would say PC gaming has become more profitable due to them basically building for console and then porting to PC. Look at Dragon Age inquisition, the pc version feels like a console port, same for FC4 with better graphics and a slight after thought to the PC experience. Either way this console "war" seems a bit pointless, developers aren't going to stop building for xbox one and if they tried to MS would throw $$$ at them and MS isn't going to leave the console market because they didn't sell as many. In a couple of years we can do this all over again. I would say the most exciting part of the next gen will be to see which direction MS goes in, I think the original vision of the xboxon being the central piece of your entertainment ecosystem combined with the interconnected windows devices strategy could have put them in a dominating position going forward if it had been executed much better. Will be interesting to see if they pursue that again and continue to innovate still or if they just give people the cheapest most spec console they can at $x price, The Evil Overlord 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorganX Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 XBFW is NOT dead; postponed, but not dead. MS is now deferring to Steam. I think it's dead. Though I can still sign in to play and authenticate Gears of War for PC. Which is much nicer now with all the desktop horsepower. One of the better looking games for PC as old as it is. Current devs should take note. Focus on artistry, not polygon count. MS just dropped the ball here. Anything is possible, but without great games supporting it, it's done. MS isn't producing those kinds of PC games, the few who are, are using steam or their own bastardized solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blank Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I really don't understand these silly "wars". I could care less what other people use, Doesn't affect me at all. Stop looking for self verification in what other people do . Dick Montage 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 The PlayStation 4 has much more than doubled the Xbox One in sales and it's more powerful (as is evident in most multi-platform games). So far, it's absolutely winning. However, there are 5+ years to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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