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Squilliam on 03 January 2013
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JimmyDanger said:
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If I score the match winning goal after my friends have all given up and started leaving the field does it still count? If you're jumping for joy and everyone else is rolling their eyes it isn't quite the same.

(to rephrase my metaphor from before with your football metaphor)

Well - if there's one player left on the field - it counts.At least there's a one-on-one before you bang that goal in the back of the net.

But if you're on the field by yourself. It's nothing.

At this point - 1/3 of the players have packed up victorious, been promoted to the next division - and gone to another stadium (Wii/WiiU) - and MS and Sony are seeking a consolation goal.

Once we get to the point when there's one player left on the field - then it's keepy uppy with yourself. There's no race with one horse. We call that dressage. Or maybe steeplechase if it's a bit bumpy.

So basically - if MS or Sony move on to the next gen/new stadium - whoever's left is playing with themselves.

If MS or Sony outsell the Wii (or each other) , when they're the only player on the field  - it's onanism plain and simple, and even more so in the eyes of the general public. They see 2 out of three out there with shiny new tech - and one player still kicking around in old boots. An unless that player was top scorer for the game (ie. SNES when Sega/Sony moved on, Sony PS1/PS2 when Sega hads moved on) - the hardcore fans - as well as the casual fans who might attend a match when there's cheap tickets going - just look and go - "gee he must be trying to make up for what a bad game he had".

TLDR - When there's 2/3 players left - it's still game on. When there's only one left - it's game over. And unless that one player had "won" before the other two left - (like NES, SNES, PS1, PS2 - all previous matchwinners) - well - he's not only a loser - he's a loser who can't move on. If Sony grab 2nd spot then get their new hardware out before MS - it'll be MS in that position. And if MS keep 2nd spot by the time their new hardware is out - it'll be Sony.

Yep, thanks for backing me up haha. Anyway I suspect that the market Microsoft cares about is the market less Japan since the Japanese game market is mostly a market unto itself they have enough support to get the exported games and the major publishers likely don't factor Japan into their decision making as I doubt that the latest Call Of Duty is going to be a hit in that country for instance. From a marketing perspective it would be good for them to say 'the sequel to the best selling US/UK console' but other than that it wouldn't matter.



Tease.