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UltimateUnknown on 28 April 2013
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Mmmfishtacos said:
platformmaster918 said:
Mmmfishtacos said:
I think xbox fans are going to be in for a big surprise. I know it's my group of friends, but they have all deiced to get the ps4 over the next box. that is 6 people i know personally switching sides. I think MS has just pushed their customers to much, Flip flopping between core and casual, RROD, MS points, Paid online accesses and peripherals. There is only so much you can Nickle and dime your customers before they start looking some where else. Any ground they have gained is going to be lost at the start of the new gen. Besides, America will switch sides in a heart beat.

Yeah I don't wanna say this is a trend though as some people have commited to MS in America already and they haven't even announced the thing yet.  Weird.  I don't know how a company can keep or build a good reputation after the last 3 years but it's happened.  Anywho I don't see Xbox slipping below 50m next gen simply because of the amount of people who will want to transfer their stuff from 360.  That isn't everyone though (as in some won't care) and people are more willing to switch than most seem to think.  The slate is wiped clean each gen (why people who say PS3 just survived on brand name are wrong I think).

 

I think it's going to be a bigger trend than many might expect. Even just playing Call of Duty online I've meet people who were gaming on 360 and switched sides mid gen, even they were hating on it. I really think MS has shot them self in the foot. Next gen is going to be interesting for sure. Well get a better idea on the 21st. 

 

This is pretty much my story as well. I made 360 my primary console this gen many years ago seeing as how they were the pioneers of online even though you had to pay. But for the last three or so years, MS has been consistently taking a dump all over my face for being a core gamer while I watched Sony gamers being treated like kings. It just kept building up and up until I finally got a PS3 and I was like wtf have I been doing all this time on Xbox when PS3 does everything and more. So yeah, you can only treat your consumers horribly for so long until they finally give you the boot.

I know thats just me and the market is very big, but I definitely do think that the 360 became as big as it is by pretty much riding on the coat tails of Sony's failures. Everything Sony did wrong, MS did right at the beggining of this gen and so the built up their fanbase. I think MS have now started to make the same mistakes Sony has been making and Sony have learned from their mistakes going into next gen. So I think at the end of the day PS4 will have the best chance of winning this gen.