MS is doing just fine.
If MS does not invest in AAA studios or games and people are still buying the box because of the Logo, why should MS change????
30 million boxes were sold!
It is still 30 million with xbox live fees atfached.
That is still a billion dollar business without going all out on game quality and diversity.
And that without VR!!!
I do have to give 2 thumbs up for the MS sales guys.
And once in a time carjack a AAA ...
Sony sells 4k tv's
So sony has a reason :)
But Sony didn't oversell it like MS
22 exclusives...ahh..we re playing the numbers game! :)
22 Of which the only big budget exclusive is forza7....
Oh wait...isnt forza also coming to pc??
Mindcraft....yep thats really a game that needs to be played on a 4k console and not a pc from 1995..
Maybe SONY should also list their indi exclusives next time...:)
Why don't people understand that a game developer for a at most 2.000.000 (PSVR) game platform is never going to get the early investment needed to compete with AAA mutli platform games (100.000.000) (XBOX,PS4)
Yes, The graphics could be on a bloodborn level.
Yes, Choosing spiders as enemy is not wise (a lot a people in the world are afraid of spiders)
Yes, The story could be more interesting (Witcher3)
Yes, the music could be compiled by AAA music com...
Sony does not need to counter anything. The ps4 pro was a "nice to have" for 4k and psvr owners.
Lets just wait and see if the scorpio lives up and sells.
The ps5 has yet to be defined. It most probably will be molded to provide 8K performance for PSVR 2.0. Add the first party support (god of war VR or another AAA VR) and you've got an unbeatable platform again.
MS most probable asked EA again to try to provide AAA launch titles for the scorpio again...
Because most of the ps4 users are ex xbox owners.
And they are really mad at MS because they now know how gamers could and should be treated.
MS has repeatedly taken advantage of xbox owners at a level were they (the gamwrs) thought they were considered very not smart..
Sony has mostly pleased the gamers and awarded the loyal ones.
MS had mostly pleased the game publishers and tripple A developers.
The DRM issue would for example destroy indi or s...
Ps4 pro imo is here for 3 reasons:
1) HDR
2) PSVR
3) 4K media and gaming at 4K
It is just a ps4 + to make the psvr competeable with the other pc VR sollutions. ( take a quick look at whats possible through playroom vr )
Its up to the develophers to make use of its power for the psvr. Not many make use of it. But being skilled like naughty dog is not easy. So develophers will mostly make use of the console wich is mostly sold. Thus the xbo...
This guy gave division a 9!!! ......
and overwatch a 10!...
great score????........LOL purely an XBOX fan..
NOT A VR GAME !!!! BUT ONLY VR EXPERIENCE!!??
Talent.
Quality.
Vision.
Availability
Culture awareness.
Specific technical or Artistic skills.
etc etc etc.
And I m not even mentioning the business reasons. (Tax, location mobility, HR (because of lingual skills), PR, etc)
Some of the successful AAA games were created with this strategic concept. (assassins creed being the best example...because of the diversity of the team the molded game was accepted and lo...
first let me see a $600 pc running an uncharted4 alike game as smooth and good-looking as a ps4 does.......
Consoles are built for games..
PC's are not!!!...and are restrained by slots (the slots in which you plug your graphics card, CPU and memory. (consoles don't have those...))
.And games are better tweaked for consoles .a pc can have gazillion hardware setups. And let us not think about the controller and device options (kinect,move,psvr, wii)
you forgot the controller
i don't see a fight-stick.
Till now no VR games supports flight-sticks as far as I know
it can never be called pro. because it would need to be downwards compatible like the xbox one will be upwards compatible.
on ps4 and ps4 pro all games (incl vr) could be played.
vr games will not be playable on xbox one, as MS stated.
I bought it for 30 euro (25 pounds) new online at a Dutch store.
Smart move.
Getting the attachrate up.
Sony naturally prefers owners to buy ps4 games instead of bluray movies.
destiny pre order 500 milion
halo 4: 1 week sales 300 milion
First everybody bought an xbox for halo and halo2 and halo3
halo4 and 5 are great but not as awesome and impactfull as the bungie halo games.
Bungie and its music composer made the XBOX brand a brand.
But only because bungie dreams, ate and lived everything about HALO and its universe (even books , cartoons , comics, laserguns and other stuff came out) remember the shorts by the district9...
NO DISC is just another word for:
DRM
"and their overall goal is to have a presence in the living room"
Than why doesn't MS develop Sound,Wifi or AI living room friendly devices?...SONY, Amazon ,apple and others do have those..
Making lots of money is the overal goal. But clearly xbox is not their core business.
As long as XBOX is sold and making money it will be around.
PS is a large part of SONY's image and it's therefore mandatory for SONY...