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enrageorange on 11 January 2014
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S.T.A.G.E. said:
RolStoppable said:
Yes, easily.

If Sony fails to accomplish that, then it will be just as pathetic as the 360 finishing in third place.


360 came in third place because of their weakness, which is first party. They threw everything at Sony and Sony still prevailed over them even though they both lost to Nintendo. If Microsoft cannot beat Sony's first party this gen they might as well just buy out as many companies as humanly possible match Sony's amount of hits.

Sony won on brand name. They did indeed have the better gaming library the past few years, but it didn't matter even when they didn't. Just look at 2007.
These were the well recieved exclusives that year
360 PS3
Halo 3 Uncharted
Bioshock(at the time) Motorstorm
Crackdown Heavenly Sword
Forza 2
Mass Effect
Project Gotham Racing 4

The 360 had more and the better exclusives by every measurable metric and it still got outsold that year. Sony was able to sell consoles on brand name alone.


I do think the ps4 will outsell the Xbox one by a greater margin than the ps3 will end up outselling the 360, but it will still be pretty close. The most hardcore gamers that voted in online gaming polls favored the ps4 2.5 to 1. The dedicated audience that bought their console the first year favored the ps4 1.25 to 1. Once the audience expands even more sales could get even closer if Microsoft plays their cards right.

Sony's big chance to capitalize though is that multiplatforms have so far ran better on the ps4. Last generation something like 90% of all games sold on the hd twins were multiplatform. These were the biggest IPs of each console.
360 PS3
1. Call of Duty 1. Call of Duty
2. Halo 2. Fifa
3. Grand Theft Auto 3. Grand Theft Auto
4. Fifa 4. Assassin's Creed
5. Assassin's Creed 5. Uncharted

If sony manages to bring mass market awareness about the multiplatform dispilarity it could be huge and the ps4 could indeed double One sales. I suspect other than price, the biggest reason microsoft managed to take a significant amount of the core audience from sony is simply because multiplatform games ran better on the 360 for the most part. 

Basically this gen compared to last gen the ps4 benefits from having the better multiplatform titles, having the lower price, and launching at the same time. It's disadvantage is that now brand awareness between playstation and xbox is much closer and now both consoles have pay to play online.