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Marketing 259 26.84%
 
Fantastic games 207 21.45%
 
Big N and MS need to do a better job 296 30.67%
 
Cultists fans 92 9.53%
 
More mainstream 111 11.50%
 
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Ruler said:
Because sony always has


Tell that to Ps3, PsP and PSV

Playstation has lead 3 generations on homeconsoles. Nintendo has lead.... 3 generations on homeconsoles and every generation of handhelds (5?), let´s not act like Sony is some kind of mighty king when even sony fans says that PS4 is only winning because the other 2 fucked it up.



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Samus Aran said:
oniyide said:


and they didnt lose badly at that.

The money they lost disagrees with that.

The PS3 was a bigger fuck up than the GC.


Most of the money went into online infastructure and R&D as well. Nintendo made more money but they never be able to catch up to Sony, MS is now lacking too.



megafenix said:
They are selling hype and promising things in E3 that are not accomplished later, but who cares as long they draw the attention


lol hype.



Goodnightmoon said:
Ruler said:
Because sony always has


Tell that to Ps3, PsP and PSV

Playstation has lead 3 generations on homeconsoles. Nintendo has lead.... 3 generations on homeconsoles and every generation of handhelds (5?), let´s not act like Sony is some kind of mighty king when even sony fans says that PS4 is only winning because the other 2 fucked it up.

Nintendo won the other two generations because they stepped in first after the crash. The PSP and vita havent won but they sold way more than who ever tried to do handhelds before (sega, atari).



Certainly not the games.

I mean I love blood borne and the multiplats but not many exclusives that are fantastic.

I'd say riding momentum from launch on marketing.

Mixed with nobody wants a Wii u at all.



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Mostly marketing. I think they spend more money marketing the ps4 than Microsoft does marketing the x1. I certainly see ps4 ads a lot more regularly than x1 ads.



bouzane said:
Samus Aran said:

The money they lost disagrees with that.

The PS3 was a bigger fuck up than the GC.


Funny thing is, this thread is discussing sales, not revenue or profits. Also, it is worth pointing out that the Xbox brand has burned a lot more money than the PS3 ever could.

@OP

It's obvious that the PS4 is succeeding due to the failures of Nintendo and Microsoft more than any other factor. In a lot of places there is essentially zero competition for the PS4.

I thought that the PS3 lost more money than all 3 xboxes combined?



It is near the end of the end....

beats me:

Sony's indie games don't count
Sony's Japanese exclusives are too niche
Sony's holiday lineups are always lacking
Sony's AAA 1st-party titles suck

just selling on hype...for a 2nd year in a row



Because as lazy as Sony's been throughout this generation so far. Competitors (Nintendo and MS) aren't really doing anything great to steal Sony's leadership in the Market.

In fact, most of Nintendo and MS actions seem more directed to fiz their own mistakes than to give Sony some trouble.



They just straight up have the better console (most power, most third party support, great pricing, no mess ups to have people complaining)