KZ > ryze and dead ryzing, KZ > Forza NPD

[XxGame4lifexX]

theprof00 said:

XxGame4lifexX said:

theprof00 said:

XxGame4lifexX said:

Like i've said before. Ps4 had less launch exclusives
less games = higher chances of higher sales
more games = higher chances of less sales 
xbox gamers have more to choose from so obviously sales would be lower.

I know you're repeating yourself, but the reason it may not be sinking in is because that's a hard argument to make.

What you're implying, is that the exclusives exist outside the scope of the library. Sure, if the exclusives were the only games available, you'd have a point. More sales would get lumped onto the fewer products. But here we can see that the exclusives aren't in a vacuum, as shown by the much higher sales of the multiplats.

My point is, saying KZ got more sales because there is less competition is very hard to argue. If the game couldn't earn sales on its own merit, people would have bought the much more popular multiplat games, not a different exclusive.

The higher sales of multiplat games on ps4 are obvious seeing how ps4 is selling more than the competition. Multiplatform games dont warrant a purchase of a console. Exclusive games sell consoles. IMO killzone is doing bad seeing how over 2 million ps4's have been sold. Killzone wasen't competing with halo or gears.....that would have been a disaster for killzone in terms of sales. Halo games sell millions in a day. Killzone is nowhere near that. 

I'll give you this much, it was a good attempt to explain it, but not correct in the end. I can prove you wrong in a simple sentence.

"There were more ps4s sold than the totality of exclusives sold". This means that it is cold hard fact that people buy consoles for multiplats. But of course, one would say, "that doesn't make sense, why not buy xb1 then". The simple answer is that, it is not just library that sells systems. The systems simply being OUT sells systems, and people want to play the next BF or COD on next-gen.

So that brings us back to "why ps4". Again, when presented with the 2 consoles, and exclusives are not a deciding factor, the answer becomes very simply, "price".

Oh actually I just read some more of your post, so I'm downgrading my compliment of "good attempt" to "decent attempt". The sales covered in the figures are from November NPD. It includes 1.1m PS4s sold, and 970k xb1s sold. Not 2 million, so your counterpoint there is wrong. No, KZ wasn't competing with halo or gears. It was competing with the two highest selling FPS games on the market, which is shockingly neither Halo nor Gears. Neither of those franchises can hold up to cod or bf.

I'm going to have to downgrade again for that last line. So, I'll give you a "so-so". That last line is a bit of dramatics that doesn't really make any concrete point. Halo would have sold a lot. Absolutely. Doesn't mean KZ didn't outsell the xb1 lineup, and doesn't mean kz would have sold less either since they're available on different platforms exclusively. In fact, going by the comments in this thread, if Halo were out, then that would take sales away from the other games, and KZ would've really crushed forza,ryse,and rising. But then you might say, "no, it would just sell more consoles and xb1 would be in the lead", and we start getting into a whole bunch of woulda coulda shouldas and arguing about non-existent scenarios.

The facts are that kz outsold xb1 exclusives. That's all that can be discussed. No "ifs or ands or buts". It's just simply that. KZ sold better than forza, dead rising, and ryse. Period. What's to analyze here? The only thing that can be asked is "is kz performing better because it's the only exclusive available, or because it is more in demand"....and we'll find out what the answer is in just a few short months.

*sigh*

why do people type long essays on here? 

Bottom line is ps4 launched with less retail exclusives and the drove higher sales. That is a fact! 

DealWithIt#