Once BC is available could you add a note to your calendar to please post here in 3 months, then 6 months how many BC games you've been playing regularly?
Fact is if BC games are the games you are playing the most, then that means Microsoft is doing a terrible job and your console has *nothing* new to play.
@timotim if you have a few Base Skus and can then upgrade to whatever spec you like...
1. This is no different to PC gaming
2. The very reason devs moved to consoles was because the HW spec is fixed for x years. By switching to a PC model of hardware, you fracture your gamer Base. Where those with more powerful HW get a better experience.
If Microsoft go to the PC model of gaming,the Xbox brand will truely disappear, while game devs will flock to the PS5 and ...
Metacritic has the Forza 6 average at 88, or 8.8 in old money from 35 reviews...
http://www.metacritic.com/g...
Main complaint seems to be "more of the same" and not different enough.
What's interesting is the comparing the Forza series sales numbers to Gran Tourismo, ignoring the early version of GT, so that we compare release f...
Ah yes the Beta Max, VHS argument. But Sony learnt valuable lesson since then and made sure he better speced console is selling as intended.
My prediction is that Microsoft will pull out of the console market after this gen. They have effectively come 2nd 3 generations in a row, if the current PS4 worldwide sales don't change. They will also pull out of the phone market if Windows Phone 10 doesn't take off.
Microsoft is basically hedging their bets with Windows 10 so that next gen they can drop the console market and declare PC gaming the be all and end all of gaming.
Time will tell.
The question no one is asking is, what happens when your network, or the cloud servers, goes down? How does that affect the quality of the "cloud" game? Can you keep playing with crappy graphics/AI? Can a game journalist actually ask these questions so that consumers can make an informed decision??
@Septic really? So why haven't car companies jumped over each other to ask Turn 10 to create the equivalent of GT Academy - http://www.gran-turismo.com... ? If Forza is more realistic than GT, surely car manufacturers would be looking for the best drivers from Forza to head up their future real life races??
@Manhattanbridge @StrayaKNT With MGSV selling in the UK @ 3:1 in favour of the PS4, it might as well be an exclusive. This is in a region that is traditionally an Xbox stronghold. Wait until the worldwide numbers come it.
It seems Microsoft paying for the Phantom Pain reveal to happen at E3 2013, didn't really help Xbox gamers attach the game with that console.
because if this trend continues and let's say in 2 years time games on the PS4 are selling at 4:1 or 5:1 compared to X1, will game devs and publishers spend the same dev time on the X1 port? From a financial stand-point i'll say no they won't.
The X1 gamers will be the ones who suffer, if that happens.
Don't care about sales if you don't want to, but ultimately that is what game devs will look at when they decide which is their primary platform and where t...
if we agree that the gap is not stagnant but is in fact increasing every week, the next question is, if this trend continues and let's say in 2 years time games on the PS4 are selling at 4:1 or 5:1 compared to X1, will game devs and publishers spend the same dev time on the X1 port? From a financial stand-point i'll say no they won't.
The X1 gamers will be the ones who suffer, if that happens.
Let's put the sales numbers in perspective. The current PS4 sales of 24.8 million (probably higher as those numbers are from July) units is the equivalent of the PS3 and Xbox 360 combined sales, for the same time period, from last gen!!
Let that sink in for a second. 1 console has sold the same as 2 from last gen!
So yes X1 is selling better than the x360, but the X1 is not even selling better than the overpriced PS3 was, at the same point in its lifecycle.
Backwards Compatability will only do well in regions that Xbox did well in last gen. That means only US and UK. How those 2 regions will dominate the sales numbers that Eurooe, Japan and everywhere else the PS4 is selling well in, defies logic.
People who bought a PS3 last gen and already own a PS4 this gen, won't suddenly wake up and buy an X1 just because of BC.
Only X1's exclusive games have any hope of turning the 2:1 sales tide.
@mhunterjr, @professor_k the 3:1 ratio comes from the recent announcement that in the UK, traditionally an Xbox stronghold, the MGSV sales were split 72% PS4 and 22% X1, with PS3 taking 3% and X360 taking 2% of sales in its first week. PlayStation brand having 75% and Xbox 24%. Hence 3:1 ratio.
It will be interesting to see what the break down is in other regions around the world, particularly US, another Xbox safe house in last gen.
Hopefully That data will...
So 75% of the game was sold on PlayStation platforms.
While 24% (where is that missing 1% PC sales??) sold on Xbox platforms.
3:1 sales ratio! Where are the cries of better attachment rates on Xbox??
Please try to remember that the UK is one of the regions where Xbox was strongest last generation. Will this holiday season really help turn this trend around? Is it about the exclusives or the multi-plats? Or will backwards compatibility really help?
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Why is no one pointing out that PS4's sales numbers of 24.8m units, this gen, is nearly the same as the combined sales of PS3 and Xbox 360, of 24.9m, at the same point in their life-cycle. This news is huge! It shows just how much mind share PS4 has this generation. Also worth noting this is from early adopters too.
Spread the word!!
As you hate linear games, can I extrapolate that you also hate books and movies? You really can't get more linear that those other art forms.
While games like, Last of Us, also very linear, and Uncharted provide the opportunity to enjoy a total cinematic/literary experience as envisioned by the development team that is quite heavily character and story based. If you are not a fan of story and character driven content, then I understand.
Now I can also understand i...
So the Microsoft exec said "Really, it can’t get any better than this,".
Is he seriously saying he can't see Microsoft improving on what they are releasing this year? If he knows what games are coming in the next 2-3 years, and most exec do know, and this year is the best, according to him, then this does not bode well for the Xbox One. They've peaked waaaay too early!
I'd suggest the exec start earning their paychecks and sourcing the new and i...
I'm not a Halo fan, but that was great cinematic trailer! Impressive start. Hope it cuts straight into the gameplay at the end, Uncharted style and that the graphics fidelity is maintained, as that looks very nice indeed!!!
How do you think Quantum Break sales will compare to Uncharted 4 sales and associated console bundles? Will QB sales be strong enough to negate the U4 sales numbers, 2 weeks later??
Agreed on the Install base logic. But do you think that the margin of sales on PS4 to Xbox should be as high as 3:1, as the recent MGSV were at launch?
That was in a region that was Xbox controlled last gen. So what happened this gen?
So the ratio in other regions will no bout be higher as they are all, except US, PS4 solid territories.