Did MS just win the North American console market?

[Mike_L]

Blood_Tears said:

With the MS announcement today of buying the Gears of War IP from Epic, did they just seal with deal in NA this gen? 

With a line up of Titanfall, Halo, Fable set to return and now a new Gears, I don’t think Sony can compete with this line up in North America. Sure, Sony will take Europe and Japan but NA is the largest market and they need to keep up in market share.

Thoughts?

 

Americans surely love their guns but I think it's too early to say. PS4 has a lot going for it and both consoles are going to be attractive in NA:

 

$100 cheaper vs. Halo

Uncharted vs. Gears of War

Santa Monica's WRPG vs. Fable

Guerrilla Games' new IP + The Order: 1886 vs. Titanfall 1

Titanfall sequels vs. Titanfall sequels

 

I honestly think that releasing in 10+ more countries means that PS4 isn't able to meet demand in the US. It could sell more if more units were available. The early adopters are the fans who buy a specific console regardless of specs and price of the competition but there are just so many Halo/Gears fans. In any case the current and growing PS4 (52%) market share in the US is a huge improvement from PS3 (38%).

Here in the UK a lot of people returned to PS(4) after visiting Xbox(360) this past gen and as long as my friends own the same next gen consoles as me (which only count PS4 at the moment) I couldn't care less about market share in the US. x}