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Forums - Gaming Discussion - Do people realize it's almost impossible to kill a douopoly console? (SONY/MS/XBox One)

Chris Hu on 20 March 2014
zorg1000 said:
Chris Hu said:
zorg1000 said:
Chris Hu said:

The PS2 was also on the market for more then twice as long as the original X-Box.  For the short time it was arround it did exremely well in North America and no other console will ever release its best selling game less then a year before it goes out of production that is a feast that will never be topped you might as well can set that one in stone like John Stockton's total assists and steal numbers.


Why do u keep pointing out that Halo 2 released a year before Xbox was discontinued? Ur acting like thats some type of huge deal. Anyway if 15 million in 4 years is considered amazing than why isnt 12 million in 4 years as well? Thats what Gamecube did and isnt that far behind Xbox.

Also PS2 soundly outsold Xbox each and every year that both were on the market, ur really stretching hard to make it seem like there was a duopoly in the 6th gen.


Check the numbers Halo 2 is the best selling game on the X-Box its also the best selling 1st party exclusive in North America during the sixth generation and it did all that while being released less then a year before the system went out of production in August of 2005 that is a feast that will never be topped.

I know the numbers, im asking why is It such a big deal that it released in its final year?

Because a best selling game on a console being released in its final year of production will never happen again.  On top of that Halo 2 attachment ratio is mind boggling slightly over 34% off all people that owned the original X-Box bought it.  Its a unbreakable feast just like John Stocktons final total asist and steal numbers no one will come close to those and no other game will come close to what Halo 2 did on a console that had less then a year left before it stopped being produced.



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Alby_da_Wolf on 20 March 2014
RolStoppable said:
Is it certain that falling behind could result in a loss of third party support? If we reflect on the past decade, it has become increasingly clear that sales do not really matter.

1. If you are Nintendo, you will get the short end of the stick regardless of how much third party software your platforms move.

2. If you are Sony, you will get good treatment regardless of how much in the toilet your system is. The most recent example is the Vita which picked up third party support during a time when it was outsold roughly 6:1 by the 3DS in Japan and was an as good as dead platform in the Western markets.

3. If you are Microsoft, you are like Sony minus some of the benefits from Japan. So if the Xbox One falls behind the PS4 4:1 in LTD sales, we should still expect it to get pretty much the same games as the PS4 (except Japanese games, of course).


1. Is there a conspiracy against Ninty, or should Ninty just blame itself for this?

2. Probably 3rd parties think it's in their best interest to keep alive an alternative to Ninty in portables.

3. MS is very rich and powerful, this brings some benefits almost automatically and competitors have just to live with it and do their best to compete.



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