PS4 Reveal Had No 'Material Impact' On Microsoft

[AbbathTheGrim]

Goatseye said:

AbbathTheGrim said:

gooch_destroyer said:

"It’s never too little too late for Microsoft. They are the incumbent.

 

 

"Incumbent" of what? The best selling console is still the Wii, the console with sells momentum is Sony.

MS sells more in US, which is extra important. More Xbox Live revenue and other software sales including games. More profit.

 

Getting the most sells in the different countries is important but that doesn't make you incumbent when you are not the best selling console worldwide. The US =/= the World.

Has Micro made the most profit out of all consoles this gen? Show me the numbers that prove that they made more profit than the Wii. If you present the numbers then it could be said that Micro is incumbent on the "profit" aspect of the generation, but I doubt they have been the most profitable. Micro started making profit out of Xbox360 years after its release, while the Wii was profitable out of the gate and sold all those millions on software and accessories. Show me the numbers that prove that Micro made more profit than Nintendo.

"Incumbent" of what?

 

DaRev said:
Yes, MS was affected by the PS4 announcement, but only to the benefit of MS. I believe MS watched the PS4 reveal and said "that's it?", but where are all the awesome 3rd party games and where the hell is the actual PS4? Then MS asked whether PS4 can play PS3 games and wondered what the hell Gaikai is about. After all that many many more considerations, I assume MS decided not to make those same 'mistakes'

So there you have it, MS, IMO, was affected by the PS reveal.

Woah, you just put Sony in its place! Take that Sony! What you got now, huh Sony, what you got now? You got nothing!

You call the reveal of Sony as having "mistakes", yet the console has not even released to see any results or consequence to call anything from it a mistake. It isn't like the WiiU that already released and isn't selling at all, you could name mistakes behind the release of that console on the contrary.

The "awesome" third party games you didn't see and expected to see, well, wait for them, they will appear. There is a lot of positive feedback coming from third party developers regarding Sony's new console, so you ought to see those awesome third party games coming to Sony soon enough, can't say the same for WiiU when the president of Nintendo himself admits that developers are not looking at WiiU as a development option:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=159302&page=1

You seem to have an opinion that Sony didn't show anything worthwhile in their presentation. That is your opinion and you are free to have it. But let us look at you and your preferences. I bet you think that Sony and what they have to offer doesn't have anything on the Xbox360, Wii and WiiU, right? Or you think that the PS3 is a great gaming option worthy of having the upper hand against the Xbox and Wiis? If you think it isn't a great gaming option, that is alright. But look at the PS3 sales up there. It is outselling the Xbox360 and selling better than the Wii and WiiU combined, which means that the consumer does identify worthwhile content being presented by Sony. Therefore, this demonstrate that your opinion of whether what Sony releases is good and tight content doesn't go hand on hand with the general opinion of the consumer nowadays.

Your opinion of the quality of the Sony reveal is nothing to be afraid of, on the contrary, if anything it would mean that Sony is on track to keep sells momentum.

But don't shoot your gun just yet, there's still more to come, e3 hasn't even happened yet. Sony still have things to show. Maybe what they show will be even more groundbreaking than that shown in the reveal, maybe it won't, we'll have to wait and see. But the fact is that Sony still has things to show and you can't judge what you'll get from the PS4 just yet because e3 is up ahead and they will have a proper presentation there, can't say the same for the WiiU, I am afraid.