"PS4 pre orders are way ahead of XB1"
facts and figures?
In this recent business report from the New York Times, it is stated that Sony is NOT doing well in the field of electronics -- and even within the company there are those who think that Sony is bleeding too much money over the Playstation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013...
For those who don't want to read ...
As of today, Amazon shows XBox One as leading in pre-orders; PS3 in second place.
No sales figures given (pre-orders can be cancelled, of course). It would be too glib to say that game sales will evenly reflect console sales; as some games become enormous favorites and are played mainly in multiplayer mode -- time will tell.
It's even possible that fans of one particular console may place numerous pre-orders for mischievous reasons and then quietly ca...
I have never paid more than $39.95 for a year of XBox Gold, including the current year. Good deals are commonplace. I don't pay to have YouTube or even Netflix (I use a computer. hooked up to my HDTV, for such things.)
The argument that XBox Live members are being "forced" to pay twice for such add-ons makes no sense to me. Since when is Netflix or HBO-GO free to anyone?
I have no interest in watching such a...
Not only did he win Best Director, Best Motion Picture for "Lincoln" this year...
but Steven Spielberg is busy as both producer and director.
Consider:
???? Halo (TV series) (executive producer) (announced)
???? Real Steel 2 (executive producer) (announced)
???? When Worlds Collide (producer) (announced)
Spielberg was being critical, primarily, of the current film industry; a subject on whic...
It's one thing for you to prefer the PS4 -- but there's no justification for telling others who are interested in the XBox One that they "should be ashamed" for having different gaming interests (including what is often a good group of friends on Xbox Live).
I'll be buying both systems and am prepared to enjoy the best that each console has to offer.
If someone says, simply, "Already pre-ordered it on Amazon" what justification is there for Disagreeing with him or her?
Do some people think that the statement is a lie?
If so, where's the evidence?
Disagreements don't make sense otherwise, in this context.
Saying that GTA5 is "not even coming to the next generation of consoles" seems like an overbroad statement. Sooner than later, there is bound to be a next-gen version since it's unlikely that Take Two will sit out the next five years running on old hardware.
Since my latest XBox is showing signs of serious wear (after just 4 years), i'll miss having a state-of-the-art GTA 5 to play on a new console. But them's the breaks, for now.
Mea...
Perhaps because i own multiple consoles, and will continue to do so, I never experience the temptation to be at war with myself: for me it is never a question of either/or, but both/and.
I'm interested in the best that each system has to offer. But what we often get in these forums is fanaticism; one system is perfect, the other is absolutely terrible, and people have to keep expressing the same point of view, over and over.
This particular section of ...
Why do people who have no interest in the XBox spend so much time being obsessed with rumors about what Microsoft may or may not be doing?
I'll wait for E3 for more information -- and find something constructive to do with my time -- like playing games, on both current consoles.
According to this May 28 article from the New York Times, Sony made $9 billion from selling insurance during the past 10 years (mostly in Japan); it made $7 billion during the same period from its film and music investments; but it lost $8.5 billion during the same period on its electronics.
Quote:
"A new report from the investment banking firm Jefferies delivered a harsh assessment of Sony’s electronics business. “Electronics is its Achilles’ heel and, in ou...
According to "estimates" PS3 has sold 2,000 units more than 360 world wide.
Is that worth getting excited about?
Which company made the greatest PROFIT from current generation consoles?
That might be a tad more interesting.
But hell, we're supposed to be interested in GAMING --- not accounting, or the stock market. And since i own both systems, i don't care about business details whereas others at this site ...
They can take the thunder..... as long as they leave the lightning.
the same has been said of Hollywood for decades.... one can hardly expect higher standards for any branch of mass entertainment.
Some people buy one console system -- and then have bitter debates over every single detail (PS3 market share in Japan versus XBox market share in the U.S.) -- with the idiots who bought some other system. ("My console is better than your console!")
Other people however buy two or three different consoles, enjoy the merits of each system, and (apparently) live in peace with themselves.
Yet another group of people expect the next round of console...
did no one point out during the "approval process" that "influencial" should be "influential"?
Two thoughts:
What matters most is not who does something first, but who does it best.
and
Likenesses are great pitfalls; what may seem similar is not the same as...
it is the roughness of the eye, and the simplicity of the mind, that makes two
things seem alike.
look for the nuances, the subtle but significant differences...
The correct title of this article should be "How Bioshock Infinite ripped off one...
the article states: " PS3 and 360 players shouldn’t find any disappointment with their perspective versions of the game."
he means respective, of course... but there's an unintended joke in the original.
Not dead.... but on its last legs? on life support? Why not release the sales figures if the game is proof that EA's formula works?
Thank goodness EA is not involved in messing up the Bioshock games.
A rapacious publisher can ruin just about anything unless creative developers
-- and gamers -- push back.
I don't think that EA has hurt Battlefield much; but its influence is deadly when dealing with games like Dragon Age and Mass Effect...
first in sales is a long ways away from being first in profits.
If you're going to make an issue out of the business side of things, you have to be willing to provide more than a few random figures.
The North American video game market is quite different from that of Japan. So, in many respects, it's what happens here that matters most to gamers who live here.