Well let's look at precedent here. Microsoft sold 8 million units in the first year of the 360 without any competition. So now that they have launch competition that are not only predicting more than 10 million but ten(s) of millions? Microsoft and their typical hyperbole. I honestly don't think either of them have a chance of breaking 20 million in the first year. What was the Wii's first year sales? Like 12 or 15 million I think?
I read that linked ARSTechnica article and Panello claims that the genesis for an all digital model stems from not having to get up and change discs during a "take home kinect testing".
Is it just me or is this statement bleeding with irony?
So they were product testing a device that is supposed to encourage the player to physically get up and be active while playing a game yet they deemed the practice of swapping discs to be to much effort?
@TrueNinja Sony overpriced the PS3? Hmm thats news to me considering they were losing close to $200 on every single console sold. They took a loss on every system sold so that we gamers could benefit from the best physical medium to ever come to gaming..
It's such a great technology that even Microsoft (the same company that publicly stated that blu ray wasn't needed for gaming) now has a blu ray drive in their shiny new console funny how that works huh?..
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@MicDude "That makes no sense from a business standpoint. Bring back required DRM after after the console launch would equate to lying to their customers. Which means nobody would buy their products ever again'
Microsoft knowingly launched a console with serious quality issues. Between the thermal paste issue leading to the RROD and the discs moving in the tray causing them to be all but destroyed.
They knew about these issues and because they were...
@2cents "It ok. I don't hate, live and let live I say"
Yet in nearly every reply to your comment you spit vitriol and sling insults at people.. Everything you say is instantly invalidated..
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@death the 360 had a large case and an external power supply yet suffered the worst failure rate of any gaming console in history.. Funny how that works..
I agree they don't market very heavily but like isarai said Sony IP's sell very well generally and since they don't spend much on adverts the games break into profits much faster.. Halo 3 for example between development and advertising cost something like 70 million dollars. Thats a huge hole to climb out of before you can make a profit. Most Sony IP's only need to sell 1 million copies to be deemed successful. I'm sure Halo games have to break3, 4, maybe 5 million units t...
@Robot I think Activision owns the rights to Crash bandicoot and Spyro.
"Xbox live is better and nicer to use." Thats pure opinion not fact, I have both a 360 and PS3 and im a big fan of PSN. Live overall is a little more seamless but not enough that it can be declared outright as being better.. For being completely free PSN was fantastic and runs great. My only gripe with PSN is slower downloads on some stuff and you can't do anything while it installs contents.. But in terms of playing games online it's near flawless.
@yodacracker What does it matter that GT games don't sell like crack on the first day? Or break sakes records? Thats just a bullet point in a fanboy argument.. Microsoft makes an event out of Halo, they spent 30 million on the advertising and im willing to bet Sony didn't even spend 10 million marketing GT yet it has sold over 10 million copies.. Over a span of just 5 games GT has sold more than 70 million units a number the almighty Halo hasn't done.. Whats more impressive day on...
@unholyone I'm suspecting you haven't used or have barely used PSN.. Aside from some obscure or minor social features(x game chat) PSN and Xbox live are identical.. PSN runs great and in the case of first party online games have dedicated servers..
My KDR with shooters is actually better on PSN than it is on XBL. Don't feed me some non factual argument that there are better players on XBL because that's unfounded and basically just conjecture. For me persona...
@Death wow im impressed you actually said something true and unbiased. Im proud of you, keep it up!
Please tell me this wont get approved? This in neither news, opinion, or in the least informative. It's just some silly poem.
@trance No problem, a lot of consumers are unaware that the Xbox's are manufactured in China despite Microsoft being a major US corporation. But it's far cheaper to make production facilities and pay for the labor to manufacture in China then ship them over on a cargo ship..
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@Godmars and Angelicice You are forgetting that both consoles were on featured on Jimmy fallon and Microsoft's controversial policies were called out. Yes they have since been reversed but things like that will resonate for a long time amongst the more casual consumer out their. I've also been seeing a lot of articles on non gaming news feeds. Microsoft is clearly in an uphill battle on this one.
@Ulf Seriously you are using Windows 8 as the evidence for ease of development? I'm not even going to humor your response with reasons why you're wrong.
@Ape and Hercules ResoGun 1080p 60fps only tapping 50% of the PS4's processing power..
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I wonder if this has any relation to that Playstation Blog article asking the fans what they wanted to see from Playstation. If so could it be the most requested item from that survey.. Call me crazy but i've got this really funny feeling that they are not only announcing TLG will be coming to PS4 but that it will be this year!! Be still my beating heart.. *Faints*