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Barkley on 12 July 2016
CosmicSex said:

The reason I do make a distinction is because the windows 10 machines share the same library.  So, wouldn't it be silly to say that when it comes to gameing there is anything more than personal preference.  From Microsoft's perspective, if everyone moved to a Windows 10 PC and stopped buying Xbox, they would have nothing to loseF so we need to refer to consoles that have a vested interest in actually saving consoles. 

No they absolutley do not, you can't download 99% of Windows 10 applications on Xbox, and there are many games on PC that are not on XBO.

Classifying the XBO as a PC is just silly. An Xbox is nothing like a PC/Laptop no matter if they run the same games.

And as for the statement about microsoft having nothing to lose if everyone left Xbox for PC that's completely wrong also. They receive money from third party games sold on XBOX they do not recieve money from third party games sold on PC, not to mention Xbox Live subscriptions.

Microsoft would much rather have more Xbox Gamers than PC Gamers.

Xbox is a closed platform, everything goes through them and they get a cut from everything. Windows 10 is an open platform, anyone can make anything they want and release it wherever and whenever they want and Microsoft doesn't have to know a thing.

Having a high installbase on a closed platform is MUCH more advantageous then having a high installbase on an open platform.



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Zeroroute on 12 July 2016

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small44 on 12 July 2016

They are as big as past gens except gen 7 due to the Wii which bring casuals to consoles.
So it don't need saving.

Intrinsic said:

Xbox was a brand new console, and it outsold a veteran platform in its debut year. That Cannot be considered a failure. 

GC was the 4th console from nintendo, and didnt sell as well as the N64 and even sold less than a newcomer in the xbox. That to me is a failure. Its not just about numbers.

Then now this gen, PS4 is the best selling playstation console in aonys history to date, Xbox one is the best selling ever Xbox console to date and the wiiU is the worst sellimg nintendo console to date. 

PS1 was a brand new console and dominated the industry.So yes the first Xbox is a failure.



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Xbox One - 70m
Wii U - 25m

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Ganoncrotch on 12 July 2016
CaptainExplosion said:
Barkley said:

 

Errr... No. PS4 is still the fastest selling PlayStation in history as of the end of may, straight from Sony themselves.

 

Last I heard the XBO was also selling faster than the 360, so no home consoles are doing just fine except for Nintendo.

Well it certainly is making up where the PS3 fumbled, but what if the PS5 doesn't surpass the PS4?

Seriously Sony, why the hell would you not make a PS5?

So you're fine with the fact that this generation has a console selling the highest amount of all generations of Sony systems.... so you start to talk about the PS5 having issues? Dear me.



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Sixteenvolt420 on 12 July 2016

Consoles are doing just fine. Like it's been said, the PS4 is selling even faster than the PS2 did.



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Puppyroach on 12 July 2016

Consoles as we know them are likely gone in a few years and we will see a closer merger with the PC market. AAA games will still come though so I'm all good. I like change as long as it continues to give me great games.



m0ney on 12 July 2016
Sixteenvolt420 said:
Consoles are doing just fine. Like it's been said, the PS4 is selling even faster than the PS2 did.

It is not, read the post above yours.



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Azuren on 12 July 2016
Intrinsic said:
Azuren said:

PlayStation 2 - 157.68M

Xbox - 24.65M

Gamecube - 21.74M

 

You're saying that Xbox held its own against PS2 and Gamecube failed, even though there's less than a 3M difference between those two whereas the PS2 sold THREE TIMES MORE than BOTH consoles COMBINED? If Gamecube was a failure, so was OG Xbox. 

Xbox was a brand new console, and it outsold a veteran platform in its debut year. That Cannot be considered a failure. 

GC was the 4th console from nintendo, and didnt sell as well as the N64 and even sold less than a newcomer in the xbox. That to me is a failure. Its not just about numbers.

Then now this gen, PS4 is the best selling playstation console in aonys history to date, Xbox one is the best selling ever Xbox console to date and the wiiU is the worst sellimg nintendo console to date. 

You can justify it all you want, but at the end of the day we care about numbers. PS2 sold six times as many units as OG Xbox, and OG Xbox didn't even break 30M. That's a failure. 

 

And Xbox One also hasn't sold as much as the worst selling PlayStation, so I'm not so sure it's quite time to sing its praises. 



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etking on 12 July 2016

PC will win just through price, you get all the games for less than half the console price quickly after release. Consoles simply cannot compete. If you want to win you need better prices and more real competition.



Dr.Vita on 12 July 2016

What? The console market is very heathly at the moment. xD




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