A 3:1 sales ratio in the first 6 months is a very worrying sign.
Many PS4 buyers bought the console on the promise of the future, so why didn't people do that with the XB1?
XB1 need to pull out some REALLY big guns to close that gap.
The appeal is that this game is being controlled by tens of thousands of people, all at once.
The fact that they finished Red is just amazing.
The reason why it seems so 'stupid' is because the sheer number of morons on there who are trying to derail it.
It is quite a fascinating social experiment, to see which side will win, the trolling morons, or the people actually trying to finish the game.
A lot of people do that to troll the overall community.
This is an awesome social experiment, it is such a shame there are so many morons ruining it.
And this was made by the same guy who said that The Order was maxing out the PS4.... LOL
Damn.... Even the PS Vita nearly sold as much as the XB1. That is just so terrible for XBox.
Actually it's because 160 million PEOPLE didn't buy a console.
There were 160 million consoles sold, this includes multiple purchases per house hold, and multiple purchases per person due to mechanical failure.
And given the HUGE failure rate of the 360, I would say that the actual number of people that own a a current gen console is significantly less than 160 mil.
@Bonkerz
You are just trolling. You are obviously an Xbot, because only Xbot's are stupid enough to think of Sony's "financial state" as anything negative. They closed those stores as part of their restructuring effort, to help streamline the business and come back to profitability, manufacturer retail stores are a bad idea these days, they are selling their products for RRP, when people can go across the road to a different retailer and buy the same Sony pr...
Not many people would disagree with you.
I could do without a fifth GoW console title for a while.
I REALLY dislike the notion of relying on your proven IP's all the time. It's cheap.
"We need more money, let's just make another God of War game!!!"
SSM apparently had 3 (or 4) teams working on different titles, assuming this cancellation dissolved one of those teams, then they COULD still have another new...
Stephen Elop was a Microsoft employee with a large number of shares in the company, then left and went to Nokia, then within a very short span of time, he derailed Nokia to a point where it was susceptible to a Microsoft buyout, then when this happened, he rejoined Microsft with a much higher position.
He also has a history in charge of previous companies that were eventually ran into the ground or sold off by his hand alone.
I wouldn't be worried about h...
Oh look, another butt hurt Xbox fanboy.
Stephen Elop was a Microsoft employee with a large number of shares in the company, then left and went to Nokia, then within a very short span of time, derailed Nokia to a point where it was susceptible to a Microsoft buyout, then when this happened, he rejoined Microsft with a much higher position.
I wouldn't be worried about his new role at MS, everything he does is for his own financial benefit, so if he see's money in the Xbox brand, then you have nothing to worry...
The restrictions on the so called trade-in and gifting systems were their biggest flaws, and basically ruined it. There was no traditional trade-in or gifting at all. This is what people wanted, to be able to do what they want with their games, free of a manufacturers restrictions.
Exxxxxxactly.
Because you know, us Westerners couldn't POSSIBLY like the same thing that a Japanese person would.
Seriously sick and tired of Japanese developers treating us like an entirely different species. They changed all their games to cater to a 'western audience' and they have all been shit since they did that. Go back to the awesome JRPG's of old, then we'll talk.
I was wondering how a piece of shit article like this could possibly appear on the internet, then I read it was by Polygon and it all made sense.
Stop supporting consoles and the games industry?
Stay classy Polygon.
@Polygon, and all other people talking trash about early adoption.
While you guys are all bitching like a bunch of women, I am at home, playing awesome games on my next-gen console, like I have done since launch day. I...
Polygon literally are a bunch of retards. They are probably the worst gaming site in the industry.
"The trend is toward playability, with small-format mobile experiences usurping consoles’ place in the sun."
The highest console sales in the history of the gaming industry would seem to disagree with them.
Video games are a interactive form of entertainment.
This is the sole reason for censorship in video games vs television.
Phil Spencer didn't actually say they had reached out to SSM employee's. The guy who tweeted Phil mentioned both SSM AND Irrational. We all know they 'reached out' to irrational.
Seriously though, just because there are fanboys and console wars with the fans, doesn't mean that the developers are the same, they just want to make great games, and don't care where they do it.
Everyone is like "OMG!!!! Microsoft is hiring people from ...
Agreed.
The graphics in this game look horrible. I have thought this ever since the first trailer was revealed.
Anyone who says it looks great are either talking out their ass, or blind.
New IP's are sometimes not related to a consoles popularity. It is about who can shell out the most cash to help that new IP develop.
Same thing happened with Titanfall, the ONLY reason why the first Titanfall is exclusive is because it was a new and unproven IP, so Activision NEEDED a guarantee that it would at least make it's money back. Microsoft's very large cheque guarantee's that.