Surely that makes it more remarkable, when  they work so much harder for one platform than another, expecially when the other gave them away for free. 

Very true! ^_^ There is also the matter of pent up preorders that helped the sales boost. However, the  aforementioned deal- which I think ranged from one free game, to two free games, to two free games and some kind of online coupon, depending on what and where you bought it- did give the Xbox One a solid 'plus' in the comparison of which to buy for Destiny. Before the free game week was announced, there was pretty much no reason to get an Xbox One with Destiny as the primary motivation, given the PS4 option was slightly cheaper, and had the extra content. I do believe the free game week did level the playing field a little bit, by giving the Xbox One a solid 'value advantage' for that week that made the choice of the 'better' Destiny offering less clear cut. (basically the question of more content versus lower price.)

anyway, my point to him largely was that it's really only unremarkable when a true exclusive game  that sells well boosts sales. Because then it's blatantly obvious, if the game is super popular, and you can't play that game anywhere else, of course you are going to buy x console to play it... I think it's when small advantages, like the bit of extra content, or marketing, or other factors that may have more effect on the perception of the product than the actual product itself, that sales boosts are notable. 

I'm not yet a Destiny gamer, so I am actually curious, for anyone who's played the PS4 version, how meaty is that extra content compared to the rest of the game?

We also don't know what Sony will counter with. So the gap is just as likely to close as it will  won't close.

So that's gaps going to close then? :)

The thing is that the PS4 is in the same place that the X360 was last gen in the USA. Anything MS can try to do (like giving destiny away free)... sony can easily counter (i.e give destiny away from with the console).

So therefore, as the gap grows, unless MS does something big now, they wont be able to close the gap. It's last gen all over again but reversed.

The thing in Sony's favour is that already it looks like Sony will have a more productive 2015... MS is looking spread thin on it's studio stuff already.

That's not VGC's fault. That's just reality.

I'm sorry that Microsoft and Sony's successes or failures so deeply affect you.

That should be an official saying around these parts #NotToManyHomies luv it.

7th gen on USA multiplats done most of the job for X360 as well, that is what having the most popular and better multiplats, lesser price and everything else means on USA. No need to hate on it.

Even though USA is shooter haven, its still the largest market for God Of War which has historically always caused a huge spike in hardware sales for PlayStation consoles and handhelds. Also, Uncharted is a shooter, and Gran Turismo also usually spikes up the sales of PlayStation consoles.

Most importantly, third-parties have the most variety of shooters so better third-party multiplats are going to be very helpful.