That is my point. Probably 15-18 million Gold users had the opportunity to take a game for FREE, and only 3 million did. Like you, most people didn't even want the game for free, so these numbers are bad, not good. If they made Foriza Horizon free, it would do way better, even though more people already own it. I don't understand why that is so hard to comprehend. Everyone is so wired to start being defensive on here that their basic reading comprehension skills are suffering.
I think somehow everyone is taking my comment as a slam on the Xbox and its users, when it was really a comment on The Crew, and the lack of interest in it. I didn't say single-player only Xbox users were nonexistent, just rare. You can't deny that multiplayer on Live is a very big part of Xbox's success over the last three gens. And I don't even know how you got that I was comparing the quality of exclusives. It is telling that you feel the need to respond to an argument I di...
That's what I'm saying. You couldn't even be bothered to take their game for free.
Uhhh 21ish million people have Xbox Ones, presumably the vast majority have Gold (who is really buying an Xbox to only play single-player games?), and only 3 million chose to add this free game to their libraries. How is that a good number? I'm sure there are some paying customers who are oblivious to the free games (I know there are on PSN, or Rocket League wouldn't keep selling on PS4), but I'm sure a lot of free games on Gold do better.
Yeah, it's definitely lopsided, but not that badly. EA put out some numbers early in the year that confirmed by implication that Xbox was around 20 million. So it's definitely a little higher now.
Maybe more if they actually put out the rumored slim version and get the price around $250.
@MagicBeanz
To be fair, Xbox fans started hating on VGChartz once it became clear that the numbers from Europe and the rest of the world were allowing PS3 to outsell and catch up to the 360, despite its advantage in the US. Then it became all about NPD.
Well I didn't even finish the reboot when I played it on PC, so I guess buying this one would be silly.
People definitely remember that game through nostalgia glasses. It was good but not world-shatteringly so. I am really annoyed they took shooting out of catalyst though. I understand that is not the point of the game, but I like options to play a game the "wrong way" when things go south (i.e. in stealth games when I get spotted, I don't want the game to end, I want to have to shoot my way out).
I liked the BC campaign style like you say, but I preferred BC1 because the story didn't take itself too seriously. It actually fit really well with the characters being these total rejects. BC2 felt totally disconnected and like they'd just pulled the story straight from a COD game. The gameplay was still great though.
1. Glad someone else can see what is blatantly obvious.
2. Haha. The sad thing is that you might actually genuinely believe this. It's made even mode nonsensical by the fact that a good portion of PS4 users were 360 users, so effectively you're saying Xbox gamers are more skilled than each other. Also, controller is matter of preference. For instance, my thumb is in the same place on my left hand as it is on my right, so I prefer the thumbsticks to be in the same pl...
This seems optimistic not even considering how many buyers of first game were actively disappointed with it. I feel like many people bought it just because they had new systems and wanted to play an open world game on them, which doesn't necessarily translate to brand loyalty.
@gangsta_red
"Especially with the PS4 being in the lead you really believe a multiplat game with cross platform play people would go out and buy another console they don't own?"
When I say that allowing cross-platform play would take away an advantage for the company leading (Sony in this case, MS last gen), I think I've made it clear that I am talking about with POTENTIAL console buyers. What I mean is that Person X who doesn't own a PS4 or X...
@Kribwalker
I did. I think it's pretty obvious that there's a difference between allowing cross-play between an old console that almost everyone already had (PS2) and your new console (360) and allowing it between your console (360) and the one it was directly competing against (PS3).
In fact, that example further proves my point. PS2 had a much larger install base than 360 (and far more people who played JRPGs), so it was far more of a benefit ...
@Christopher
Okay. For the sake of argument we'll say no one else is ever going to buy Rocket League, and that it won't be a game that ever helps push anyone who doesn't own a console into buying one (both false, IMO, but that's beside the point).
Still, why would you open the door to cross-platform play with this game, when it could lead to devs of bigger, newer games that indisputably affect sales of the console potentially wanting to ad...
@Christopher
Wrong. Sony wants you to say "I'm going to buy PS4 because that's where my friends play online" just like MS wanted you to say "My friends all play on Xbox Live, so I'm going to get a 360" last gen.
Sure, it would be fun for us, but these companies don't make decisions out of the goodness of their hearts.
@gangsta_red
It makes sense for MS to allow cross-platform play, because they understand the blatantly obvious phenomenon where the leading console gets even more sales because new buyers go to the console where their friends play. They benefited from this last gen (at least in the United States), and they know it is working against them now. They want people on Xbox to be able to play with PS4 users, so people won't make the decision between the consoles solely on want...
Says the person who hasn't owned a Sony console since PS2.
@CocoaBrother
It only makes business sense for the company selling fewer consoles. The fact that more people have PS4s means that the average person has more friends playing on PSN than Live and that is motivation for them to choose a PS4. Why would Sony eliminate this obvious advantage?
No. I haven't considered that over 10 million people bought the Crew on Xbox One alone. That would make if the best selling game on the system (hint:it isn't).