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Has The PS4 Already Won This New Generation?

MVGN writes "Momentum can be a funny thing. If you have it, it can be fantastic for your business or sports team. If momentum is in your favor, sales increase and sports teams win. It’s a remarkable thing to have and everybody who runs a business or a sports team wants it. If momentum is not on your side however, you most certainly feel the ill effects.

Momentum has both direction as well as magnitude and with this new generation of consoles starting to hit their stride, we have certainly seen a shift in momentum for Sony’s newest home console, Playstation 4."

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GamersHeaven4299d ago

Yes Sony won this generation before it even began.

Lightning Mr Bubbles4299d ago

I don't know, they still gotta watch out for the Wii U and XBOX One. Heard Wii U is picking up some steam.

randomass1714299d ago

Yes it is but I would not say it's enough to pose any imminent threat to PS4's performance or placement in the race. PS4 has the multiplats, the features and the power to be a heavy contender. Wii U is just now getting out of a bad funk. I do believe Wii U can outsell XB1 though.

PLASTICA-MAN4299d ago

The only thing that will confirm the victory of the PS4 is when the thrid party devs start doing games for PS4 exclusively and ditch the other platforms just like the PS2 era (since they acknowledged that the PS2 won the war at that time). Till then, let's wait and see what will happen!

assdan4299d ago

The wiiU sells less than half the ps4's numbers most of the time. Picking up steam for the wiiU is still massively underperforming when compared to the ps4.

VforVideogames4299d ago

Yes sony won !!! What should I do with my XB1?

Lightning Mr Bubbles4299d ago

The Wii U not the XBOX One is PS4's greatest challenger this gen.

haha,

Just kidding, I still think it's the XBOX One that's PS4's rival.

But it sounded great to say that first thing.

kickerz4299d ago

I would say yes, but that dosnt mean u can't still have fun on a xb1 and wii u

nX4299d ago

PS4 is like Bayern Munich, they won before the season even began. Only thing questionable is the Champions League (= 100 million units sold).

marioJP874299d ago

Lmao it ain't NOTHING the Wii U can do to touch PS4. It has already been surpassed by PS4 in sales and it didn't take a year to do it. #Fact
Plus, the Wii U will never get the triple A games PS4 gets. #Fact

sonarus4298d ago

I actually dnt think wii u will outsell xbox but as long as Nintendo still has Mario they are ok. Nintendo wii is a weird console with poor 3rd party support because most of the ppl who buy are interested primarily in the first party stuff. Wii needs to drop price substantially for me to consider it though.

Xbox simply must regain ground in US AND UK. At the rate they are being outsold though it might be too late. Price cut and titanfall have done very little to alter the landscape and sony could easily match any Microsoft price cuts. It's just hard to think of how ms can accomplish this. Titanfall behemoth didn't move the consoles they hoped for and it's hard to imagine tomb raider or any other game short of new halo or gears of war moving any consoles. But sony also has it's games to move consoles on the way. Gran turismo, god of war, uncharted etc.

It's hard to see how ms will go about erasing the being outsold 2-1 trend right now. Just a little misstep out the gate and they were left in the dust. Microsoft can come back with some formidable new ips and games but ms would rather spend money on times exclusives and dlc. The leadership is simply too stuck in their x360 smooth sailing days to know how to navigate through the storm they are currently in

ABizzel14298d ago

@Ligtning Mr Bubbles

Something completely drastic has to happen in Nintendo or MS camp for them to catch Sony, or something horrible has to happen to Sony.

PS4 is only 2 million behind the combined sales of Wii U and XBO, and for the year 2014 alone the PS4 has outsold the XBO and Wii combined 5 million > 3.5m. And that's coming from VGChartz

http://www.vgchartz.com/yea...

Nintendo's picking up Steam is simply the Wii U getting more AAA games consistently since Year 1 was pretty scattered, and finally getting their bigger franchises. Altogether this means Nintendo might sell around 5 million Wii U's this year instead of 3 million like it sold last year, and could put it in a better position for 2015. The Wii U is doing better, but it's still not a success.

Overall XBO is doing slightly better than the Wii U currently is, and it should peak around 6 or 7 million by the end of the year, depending on the success of it's JP and full EU launch.

The PS4 is the more popular console brand Worldwide as I said in my blog.

Enemy4298d ago

Sony won the moment Microsoft announced DRM and forced Kinect on Xbone.

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joab7774299d ago

I love my PS4 but I love video games even more...and I cannot deny that the xbone is getting better and better w/ it's offereings, it's updates, and pricing. I am fine for now w/ my ps4 but if xbone keeps moving in its current direction, I will definitely buy one at some point.

And last Gen Sony proved, it ain't over til one company goes kinect.

wonderfulmonkeyman4299d ago (Edited 4299d ago )

No, they got lots of sales through feeding into the console wars during their 2013 presentation by repeatedly slamming Microsoft's bad decisions.
Their games haven't lived up to the hype so far. They're good, but they were definitely overhyped.
The generation isn't even close to over yet, and shit happens; Sony can't sit idle and wait for third parties to do all the work this time.

LeCreuset4299d ago

"Sony can't sit idle and wait for third parties to do all the work this time."

Phil Spencer:

Do I wish I had an owned IP first-party action adventure game? Absolutely. But I don't right now. (Tomb Raider) is one that fits well and we had such a good working relationship with them.

wonderfulmonkeyman4299d ago (Edited 4299d ago )

@Creuset:

That's just one game, and hardly proves anything.
The PS4 is still an infant, and we're getting more and more people wishing it had more of the promised support that we heard about during its reveal.

I say again; it's too soon to crown Sony the winner of a whole generation.
Especially if the games don't live up to their hype and they don't do some major leash-jerking on the prices third parties are putting into their games on PSNow.[which, btw, I'm not fond of, since it's a rental-only service for games that should have been natively backwards-compatibility-suppor ted on the PS4 in the first place]

LeCreuset4299d ago

It's one thing to say this gen isn't over. It's another to try to take a shot at Sony by saying they "can't sit idle and wait for third parties to do all the work this time," which flies in the face of what the reality has been.

"That's just one game, and hardly proves anything."

No, it's not. It's a cyclical situation Xbox is in because of multi-generational lack of proper 1st party support.

BrandanT4298d ago

I hate articles like this and comments like yours. It always makes feel like chump for owning another system.

N4g_null4298d ago

You know what? Let them claim sony is the winner. It doesn't change the fact that the wiiu still rocks and ms is going to spend a ton of money on exclusives.

The ps3 fans finally got their revenge. Does it make you feel any better?

GordonKnight4298d ago (Edited 4298d ago )

They have won multiplat console of choice. IMO

The only question is which console will have the most and best exclusives?

Who going to win that battle? The Wii U is winning at the moment. IMO

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mrpsychoticstalker4299d ago

It certainly won the first year, but they are far from winning the generation. First thing they need is to get those updates running monthly just as Microsoft and reveal true triple AAA games. Let's face it. Indies are fun but we don't buy these machines to play indies.

GribbleGrunger4299d ago (Edited 4299d ago )

More AAA titles
More Indie titles
More FTP titles
Better versions of Multiplats
More content for Multiplats

Just let that sink in before you end up with lots of people providing proof yet again. Does your memory only work on a 24 hour cycle?

As far as this article goes, I can't say for certain that I think the PS4 has won already, but what I CAN say for certain is it's going to take a catastrophe on Sony's part and a miracle on Microsoft's part for the outcome to be reversed.

LeCreuset4299d ago

"...it's going to take a catastrophe on Sony's part and a miracle on Microsoft's part for the outcome to be reversed."

That was pretty much the situation last gen, and PS3 still beat 360.

kayoss4299d ago (Edited 4299d ago )

He has a memory of a gold fish...

chrisarsenalsavart4299d ago

After the Kinectless sku, titanfall, ea access.......
Nothing seems to be able to stop the ps4. And nothing will.

DigitalRaptor4299d ago (Edited 4299d ago )

"they are far from winning the generation"

They are 5 million unit sales ahead only 10 months in and they both launched simultaneously. This is before they've truly flexed the big guns. Microsoft simply isn't catching up either in performance, sales or games lineup unless Sony absolutely stops making games or makes a decision that will cause people to care more for the Xbox brand than the PlayStation.

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" and reveal true triple AAA games."

Sony have more AAA games lined up for 2015 than Microsoft do.

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"Indies are fun"

Games are fun. Indies are games. AAA games are fun.

How do you differentiate between the value of a game like Sunset Overdrive and a game like WiLD? Is it art style? Freedom? Diversity? Scale? The indie games that Sony are supporting and also bringing to PS4 are so diverse in their scope. From a smaller game like Titan Souls ( https://www.youtube.com/wat... ) all the way to a HUGE game like No Man's Sky ( https://www.youtube.com/wat... ) that will have the largest game world ever created.

This umbrella term "indies" is becoming less and less relevant as a focus now since the lines have been beginning to blur for quite some time now. Let's just begin to call them "games". All I see are people downplaying indies, but it's going to become more difficult to do that in 2015 and going forwards.

Big_Game_Hunters4299d ago (Edited 4299d ago )

Nah man indies are still nowhere near retail titles because they don't try to be. A lot of Indies rely too much on the whole "explore our artsy world" thing. What's the actual gameplay like in these games other than walk around, climb some cliffs, appreciate the art style, and some shallow puzzles here and there.

Of course there are exceptions, but can you really say with confidence that hell blade will even come close to bayonetta 2? Or that all those indie platformers are better than a game like DKTF?

I like indies, I just don't consider most of them as good as higher budget titles.

HanzoHattori4298d ago (Edited 4298d ago )

It's funny how some belittle indies, but when it comes to games like Outlast and No Man's Sky all you see is, "but...but...but...Ryse.. .but...but...Titanfall...but.. . indies can't compete with AAA titles...but...but...but...For za...bubububutthurt...

HanzoHattori4298d ago (Edited 4298d ago )

double post.

700p4299d ago

Its funny when people define winning by being 5 mil ahead. Indies and ftp are irrelevant unless you have a indiestation. Like what casual is hyped up for a indie game on console. As it is, most of your so called exclusives do not appeal to anyone except japanese gamers. SO PLEASE. Xbox is not out of this race.

Heisenburger4299d ago

No man's sky. If you're not excited for that, you're doing it wrong.

DigitalRaptor4299d ago

What casual is hyped up for No Man's Sky? Are you f***in serious? Do you even know what indie games are coming out in 2015?

http://n4g.com/news/1568505...

That is a comment from you getting hyped for 'Ori and the Blind Forest' which is made by an indie studio, and does nothing - in fact does less - than most of the anticipated indie games on PS4.

Have fun being hypocritical and self-mocking.

Ra30304299d ago

"Like what casual is hyped up for a indie game on console."

Wow!....... Ummm every gamer! A unknown indie title that's released if it's a good game word will get around. I think most people would rather play a good indie title for $20 or less than a good AAA title for $60 any day. Great games sell no matter how big or small the developer. The triple A title is way over used in gaming and it means nothing other than for sure that game will cost no less than $60 on release and that has nothing to do with the game being worth a dime.

CaptainObvious8784299d ago (Edited 4299d ago )

It's amazing how someone can be so wrong and so immature in so few words.

Well done sir.

BiggerBoss4299d ago

Casuals are hyped up for COD and FIFA. Luckily, the consoles are more focused on pleasing GAMERS than casuals. Indie games are great compliments to the more AAA style games, and games like No mans sky show what potential indie games truly have

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LeCreuset4299d ago

Let's look at what we do buy these machines to play, then.

Big retail exclusive releases so far:

PS4: KZ, Knack, Infamous, TLOU.

XBox: Forza, Ryse, Dead Rising, Titan Fall.

Big retail exclusive releases minus 3rd party:

PS4: KZ, Knack, Infamous, TLOU.

XBox: Forza.

Three quarters of the big retail exclusive franchises being used to sell Xbox, right now, could very well appear on PS4 eventually.

Rimeskeem4299d ago

I would buy a PS4 just for No Mans Sky

kayoss4299d ago

I bought a ps4 because....well just because.

BrandanT4298d ago

You broke the n4g rule: "Never dis the ps4"

uth114298d ago

"better firmware updates" isn't exactly a system-selling deal-breaker

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LightDiego4299d ago

Right now Sony is winning for sure.

ape0074299d ago (Edited 4299d ago )

i believe xbox one will get a respectable 2nd place, don't get me wrong i love xbox but the sony momentum is just too strong

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Playstation Plus Monthly Games for May: EA Sports FC 26, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Nine Sols

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FPSRUSSIA27d ago

What's Point in commenting your basicly closing down the site.

LiViNgLeGaCY27d ago

I'm surprised it's still the old site. I thought he said starting today?

Eonjay27d ago

Its like the final episode of the Sapranos. You gonna go to make a comment and when you click add th-

Profchaos27d ago

Timezone thing maybe.... RIP

darthv7227d ago

Insert the Ferris Bueller end scene... "You're still here? It's over.."

LiViNgLeGaCY27d ago

I think the only game here for me is Nine Sols. Was always interested in that game.

TheColbertinator27d ago

Glad I don't buy FIFA games anymore

Rebel_Scum27d ago

Hey now! Thats a great month.

Nacho_Z27d ago

Good month for me, I wanted that particular footy game and thought it might be due. Anyway who cares, shame about the site I'll miss the comment sections. All the best everyone.

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Naughty Dog Was Reportedly Divided On Joel's Controversial Fate During Development Of TLOU Part 2

Naughty Dog was reportedly divided on the controversial fate of Joel in The Last of Us Part 2 during the game's development.

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SimpleDad28d ago

NO, that can't be... No! I can't... Really?/s

Cacabunga28d ago

They for sure chose the worst way to deal with it

-Foxtrot26d ago

Funny considering Bruce left half way through development and now we get told there was an internal conflict with the story direction.

Makes you think…

HectixRose28d ago

I think it was good decision, if he was still alive, he would have been a mascot just like Kratos, drake and many others. These old dudes gotta die for new characters to take center stage with their own storyline. They keep dragging the emotional baggage into many sequels and eventually the story just turns into absolute shit show.

JEECE28d ago

It was ironic because people complained heavily about the story in the Uncharted games not having sufficient stakes because all the key characters always survived, despite the dangerous situations they were always in. Then ND killed a character in a more serious series and everyone lost their minds. Just shows that people don't always really want the thing they say they want.

CantThinkOfAUsername27d ago

I thought the more common complaint about Uncharted franchise was how the main cast are the good guys acting so nonchalantly while killing hundreds in cold blood (aka the dissonance between gameplay and story cutscenes). They just did it again in Part II.

Soy28d ago

Didn't have to kill him. Just have them part ways or Joel can "retire," whatever.

DarXyde27d ago

I don't think he would necessarily need to become a mascot (and besides, technically, I'd say Ellie is... So regardless, someone was going to be).

From a narrative perspective, I do think it has a similar effect to Ricky dying in Boyz N Da Hood: very likeable character, and you're really motivated to see the get back—in this case, it's more intense because it's an interactive experience. Most people hated Abby, but I get what they were after with portraying the cycle of violence and revenge—unfortunately, the game appears to want to take the side of the bad people.

But I will say that if Joel survived, it does become harder to tell an interesting story. What COULD have happened is an exploration into the rift between Joel and Ellie after the trolley dilemma events of the first game. It could have been interesting to see Abby out for revenge at the same time Ellie hated Joel.

Ashunderfire8627d ago

Sorry just had to say this lol! RICKYYYY!

Man Cuba Gooding Jr was miscast in that movie, but that part was cringey it was sad and funny at the same time man.

Ashunderfire8627d ago (Edited 27d ago )

I understand but the way they went about killing Joel, was poorly executed. Even the show of the Last of Us games tried to improved it, but it was just as bad. Well at least Joel got to know the reason why he had to die, before the death happened in the show. That part gave us the full context, but the game just let it happen with no pay off.

Joel death should have been a midway thing through the story, so we at least get to play him a little more with Ellie. Abby didn’t need to be this Hulk looking woman, but more like the show Abby which is a beater idea in my opinion.

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InUrFoxHole28d ago

The only ND game that was so disappointing to me I couldn't finish it.

pwnmaster300028d ago

Honestly as much as I loved the game, they could have just not killed him off.
I get it creator vision and all but killing a character that made you millions is just wrong imo. At least have him go down fighting.

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Final Fantasy X 25th Anniversary Website Launches With New Nomura Artwork and Merchandise

Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.

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-Foxtrot28d ago

Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.

They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.

solideagle27d ago

they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.

Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted

Relientk7727d ago

Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments