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wick on 22 January 2014
JLC215 said:
wick said:
Here in Australia they are sold out until at least March.



Don't know where abouts you are but all my local stores all have PS4 consoles sitting on the shelves, my local EB said only their first 2 shipments sold out.


I'm in Melbourne.

Where are you? I know 3 people waiting to buy one.



 

 

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para182 on 22 January 2014

I have 2 ps4's at my local walmart.

Went to bestbuy today zero ps4's...

One x1 day one edition.. and plenty of standards.

I started to pick up that day one edition but going to stick to ps4 only at least till next holiday season. 



papamudd on 22 January 2014
deadly2choke said:
sales2099 said:
People must really want to play Killzone.....

and knack :P


Killzone is great its definitely the best shooter next gen by far. I haven't finished the campaign yet, but so far I've really enjoyed it. I watched my son play the knack demo at Gamestop the other day and he loved that game so I may end up buying sometime in the near future. Furthermore, Killzone is the main reason I bought a PS4 over an Xone and am not dissapointed at all in my decision especially since between the PS+ games and free-to-play games there is plenty to play with out buying a single game.



Talal said:
I will permaban myself if the game releases in 2014.

in reference to KH3 release date

FlamingWeazel on 22 January 2014
Torillian said:
sales2099 said:

Well short of doing a census or mass survey, all I have to go on is the dozens - hundreds of vocal opinions on a few prominent forums and YT comment sections, which I believe show the hardcore gamers true colours when not under threat of moderation, that in the last years of the previous gen, whenever 360 XBLA games dwarfed the PSN offerings, fans referred to PS3s superior retail exclusive lists.

It is farily logical to say that fans will always go with the arguing point that best suits their interests. Xbox fans said digital mattered and the competition downplayed it with their own strengths (retail exclusives).


But you can't shame an individual and hold them to what you percieve the consensus of the group they were in to be.  That's just ridiculous.  

"Your people's stance on _____ has changed since last gen" not only assumes that you know what an entire group was thinking, but that the individual you were talking to is part of that group, and finally that he/she also has changed their stripes along with the group.  You're basically calling someone a hypocrite through a back door and foregoing any need for proof because you can't possibly prove an absolute about a large group without a huge amount of work so you get let off the hook.  


I see you banded ethomaz for way less, then what sales and a few others do to constantly derail thrreads with their little baiting and digs at a fanbase.



FlamingWeazel on 22 January 2014
sales2099 said:
FlamingWeazel said:
sales2099 said:
 

Or DR, F5, or KI? lol why do Sony fans continue to mention the lowest ones, when it is fact that X1 had better reviewed/more variety in exclusives in 2013?

This is rich..You are the one that came into this thread and threw out 1 game that had nothign to do with anything. Ps4 has a better overal meta average for 2013 then MS, but thats irrelevant anyway. Ps4 also had way mroe variety...digital games count.

Nothing to do with anything? KZ is the only semi-high rated exclusive. Exclusives drive sales. I think drawing the conclusion that the PS4 is sold on trendiness, brand, and price and not the games is a valid theory.

Digital games are not system sellers, I do agree they should count though, but funny how your people's stance on digital games counting has changed since last gen....

Third  party softwwre drives more hardware then MS and sony's exclusives combined.........And again, people know a lot more is coming, ps4 is way outselling x1, deal with it and stop trying to bait people in threads with childish digs.

 

Post where I said anything about digital last gen? Dont lump everyone in with your thought process, the world doesn;t work like that. Baseless generalizations are just that.

 

Also your pure hypocrisy in mentioning Killer instinct then saying digital games don't matter.......................



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Torillian on 22 January 2014
FlamingWeazel said:


I see you banded ethomaz for way less, then what sales and a few others do to constantly derail thrreads with their little baiting and digs at a fanbase.


I did not ban Ethomaz, please feel free to take it up with the mod who actually banned him or Axumblade the head mod if you think the situations are comparable.  



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AndrewWK on 22 January 2014

In Austria you can´t buy PS4s anywhere but there are Ybboy lying around. But it isn´t selling in Europe all that great anyways.



sales2099 on 22 January 2014
FlamingWeazel said:
Torillian said:
sales2099 said:

Well short of doing a census or mass survey, all I have to go on is the dozens - hundreds of vocal opinions on a few prominent forums and YT comment sections, which I believe show the hardcore gamers true colours when not under threat of moderation, that in the last years of the previous gen, whenever 360 XBLA games dwarfed the PSN offerings, fans referred to PS3s superior retail exclusive lists.

It is farily logical to say that fans will always go with the arguing point that best suits their interests. Xbox fans said digital mattered and the competition downplayed it with their own strengths (retail exclusives).


But you can't shame an individual and hold them to what you percieve the consensus of the group they were in to be.  That's just ridiculous.  

"Your people's stance on _____ has changed since last gen" not only assumes that you know what an entire group was thinking, but that the individual you were talking to is part of that group, and finally that he/she also has changed their stripes along with the group.  You're basically calling someone a hypocrite through a back door and foregoing any need for proof because you can't possibly prove an absolute about a large group without a huge amount of work so you get let off the hook.  


I see you banded ethomaz for way less, then what sales and a few others do to constantly derail thrreads with their little baiting and digs at a fanbase.

I word myself accordingly. I can say you are just as bad, constantly jumping on anything negative about MS, putting down any threads that have X1 is a positive light, or putting down a Xbox fan who feels confident enough to make a claim that might somehow imply PS4 doesn't win out. You seem to get off on kicking a fanbase when they are down while yours has allready won.

I may be guilty of some things I just mentioned, but make no mistake, my views are in the minority here and I am on the defense while you are on the offense. Damn role reversals lol.



Xbox: Best hardware, Game Pass best value, best BC, more 1st party genres and multiplayer titles. 

 

FlamingWeazel on 22 January 2014
Torillian said:
FlamingWeazel said:


I see you banded ethomaz for way less, then what sales and a few others do to constantly derail thrreads with their little baiting and digs at a fanbase.


I did not ban Ethomaz, please feel free to take it up with the mod who actually banned him or Axumblade the head mod if you think the situations are comparable.  

Sorry didn't mean you just seems odd, some people get ban for the tiniest things, others get away with constantly derailing and baiting people in threads, just an observation, I do realise there are different mods.



superhippy420 on 22 January 2014

You guy's are funny thinking that exclusives have made any difference when it comes to Xbox One and PS4 sales. They made no difference last gen, which is why the console sale numbers between Xbox 360 and PS3 are almost identical. Heres the bottom line to me.

Call of Duty North America Sales - PS4 - 910k Xbox One - 980k
Battlefield North America. Sales - PS4 - 660k Xbox One - 720k
----Near Identical U.S. console sales----

Fifa Europe Sales - PS4 - 880k Xbox One - 440k
----PS4 is beating Xbox One in Europe by alot---

Killzone + Knack has sold 1.73 million. Forza + Dead Rising + Ryse has sold 2.4 million. Xbox One has more exclusives and it's made no difference, why? because the people buying these consoles are all COD/Battlefield/FIFA gamers.