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Sales matter,.....kinda
But profit is king.
All this talk about sales,sales,sales,..
You have just seen HALO 5 generate 400 Million Dollars in its first week...PROFIT.
Weather it's sold 100 copies or 1,000,000 copies the first week,..the end of the day PROFIT is what counts.
All this copy and paste quotes, " smoke and mirrors" or "PR spin" ...the ONLY people interested in sale numbers are those who feel the need to validate their...
Obligation??
Surely if your train of thought goes that way, then Sony should also allow backwards availability, or ensure you do not have to pay again for games you owned previous generation and now pay to stream them to your ps4?
Obligation??
Was MS obligated to bring EA access to Xbox one?, yet surely Sony should have been obligated to give their customers the choice also.
Microsoft do not owe you, me or anyone anything.
It's a business and list...
You sir are correct.
Money doesn't grow on trees and you have to get your money's worth.
Now all you need to do is get a decent internet provider and bingo your getting your money's worth from you provider AND the games you purchase that have multiplayer with them, not to forget getting your 50 inch TV to show all the beauty of that multiplayer matches.
Maybe,..then again how long will ps4 players have to wait for dedicated servers?
So 400 million dollars in profit is trouble?
Would Sony or Nintendo say that's trouble if it was their exclusive?
400 million dollars in profit and still climbing.
Weather it's from hardware, software, merchandise,..its P R O F I T.
That's what businesses want, that's what counts, that's what shareholders want to hear!
400 million dollars in profit, and climbing.
Doesn't look like trouble to me.
On a sid...
400 million,....let that sink in!
That's 400 million dollars irrespective of amount of copies sold.
Who says a game HAS to sell massive numbers the first week to be a success?
You do all know that people can purchase Halo 5 in the forthcoming weeks?
The bundles, the extra revenue created with live subscriptions, the merchandise etc?
Digital downloads, a present bought for the children for Christmas etc etc.
The amount of 400 million dollars...
O dear,
Maybe now the fanboys will actually realise it's not the resolution you enjoy but the actual game play?
Let's face facts Naughty Dog are held to a high standard in PlayStation gamers circles, quite rightly so, but the fanboys proclaim them as gods.
Sorry guys but they are just Dee's who are working on a game on a console that isn't as powerful as you would like to perceive.
The fanboys who ragged the x box one for 900p games, cmon, wi...
Sales??? You do realise that you can purchase this a week, month, or months after it comes out, sure other people may put battlefront before it, others fallout etc, but it will always be exclusive to Microsoft for the first twelve months so plenty of time to generate sales.
I honestly do not understand why people feel that a game has to be successful the week it comes out., plenty of time to add it to their collection first, second or whatever.
I'm pretty sure other games ...
Just wondering but 30 friends playing on your couch ? All at the same time?? You'd need a rather large tv to play on I would think?
Yet some people are happy to pay the full retail price for remaster games and to stream old games they already own and pay again for them. No one is forcing you to do micro transactions but still it's your choice. I take it you will shun every game that does micro transactions and season passes?
Xbox one + Xbox 360 +PC + tablets + laptops + window phones.
That's ONE hell of a user base to get involved in.
Do not forget Microsoft are embracing cross platform play on ALL windows 10 enabled devices coupled with the ease DX12 gives the devs for porting said games, cutting production time and cost thus generating higher return on profit.
Thing is If this is a success expect more devs to follow suit.
Money talks and the above is a far more attractive sol...
@snarls...
And that makes acceptable??
I have read countless articles about microsofts cLoud service yet 90% still bring up that old cherub of if the internet goes down...
Double standards. Spring to mind,..I don't know if your comment history reflects that remarks but you also have read what I state.
To be blocked INTENTIONALLY from playing online AND any access to content previously purchased is not good customer relations.
Sony themselve...
I accidentally purchased two 12 month gold xbL memberships I called explained what went wrong ? Microsoft refunded me right there and then, and they GAVE me an extra 12 months free on top of what I purchased as there had been a problem with their service.
Now I have yet to see Xbox live investigated by the BBC and have such damning evidence against them like they have against Sony.
Face it they are up to dodgy dealings as they need the money.
They eve...
Timed exclusive to Microsoft products.
Microsoft are bridging the gap between cross platform gaming, Xbox one ,PC ,tablets,laptops,phones
More PCs than PS4s.
PC + laptops+ tablets+ phones + Xbox one+ Xbox 360 equates to a much larger install base than ps4 alone, and a much more attractive incentive considering how dx12 is reportedly able to shorten devs times on ports.
Less time spent on development time equals a faster financial turn around, less devs working...
And there is some people on here who think a games console built FOR dx12 in mind WONT have any increase in performance. Guess the door opens both ways to delusional.
It's really quite easy to solve that problem about DX12 news and the physical and mental drain it has on you,..Don't read the article, and don't comment.
In no time you will find your all fresh faced and full of get go energy to do good in the world.
@transistor it's a sad state of affAirs when you need a site that has frame capturing tech to Prove a point.
You are of course correct, no one here has that tech so in reality you argument is mute.
Dare I say it but what IF rare was to do a games collection ...now that would turn heads!!!
Congratulations.
Let's face it,...PS4 are doing very well,..but all Microsoft have to do is focus on their targets, keep delivering quality over quantity, innovate and keep pushing Sony.
It's a win win situation for gamers.
As for the " sales war warriors" relax guys, yes PS4 are in well in front, but everything loses momentum come time, others build momentum over time.
Competition is GOOD!
And it benefits the gamer, the parent, the s...