| theprof00 said: You're only choosing to look at part of the picture. x360 was the only "HD" console out for over a year, had gears, fable, viva pinata, PGR, Kameo, Dead Rising, Saints Row, Bioshock, Mass Effect, Crackdown. Yet was still outsold launch aligned by a system with no games.
There is something wrong with your logic formula here, and the answer, if you take a step back and look at the bigger picture is what I'm saying.. my "theory" fits all the criteria you are putting to it. What you're saying is that it is because of the games themselves that xbox360 did better than xbox. The answer is yes and no. Games helped the system sell, yes. But it's not necessarily the games themselves that did the selling, but the potential value those games created for the system. Otherwise, using your metric, you still can't logically explain why ps3 outsold 360 launch aligned. Unlesss......and here's the kicker, you resort to saying that it was the playstation brand itself that sold the system. While that would also be slightly innaccurate, it does come to the same conclusion that we will now be looking at yet another playstation brand console release. You could argue that ps3 degenerated the playstation brand and so that will result in less sales, but preorders and first year projections would say if anything it's ony strengthened since ps4 is now the most preordered console of all time. |
You say things like your opinion equals fact when it isn't and that your way of thinking is the only way. The reason PS3 has outsold X360 is because of X360 is nonexistent in Japan and not near as big of a brand world wide "logically speaking". Look at American numbers which is what this thread is all about in the first place(Look at the title) and you can't say that the PS3 has outsold it during launch. In fact I believe the numbers are 45m to 31m.
Just because I believe something different than you doesn't make it illogical. You really shouldn't be using words like that in discussions any way as it appears you have nothing to resort to but play offensively saying "well youre just illogical" instead of actually stating why you believe a different way.
I stated in the OP that as of this moment yes Sony is selling PS4 off of its brand and the promise of Sony branded games as they've earned the trust this generation. However this is talking primarily about the early adopters and I still see no reason for the "majority" to jump on the PS4 just yet. As it always has been "Software sells hardware".
Maybe if you can explain to me and everybody else why the PS4 will spark the world in 2014 pre-E3 (Jan-June) then let us know. As of this moment the reasons are InFamous, Destiny, and Watch Dogs. Two of which is multiplat and Current and next-gen.
