The Xbox One has won the launch at my dormatory

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kupomogli said:

Darth Tigris said:

Just as Sony isn't doing everything the same as they did last gen, neither is Microsoft. The repeated comments about the future game prospects being better for the PS4 is just wishful thinking for the Sony faithful. We have no idea which console will have the better or more diverse lineup in 3 or 5 years time. In fact, we have no idea which games will turn out to be great either. There are factors that make it more likely, but that's it.

So choosing a launch system because of launch games ISN'T stupid. If you're going to buy it at launch then you obviously want to enjoy it at launch. If not, you would just wait. There's nothing wrong with what S.T.A.G.E.'s dormmates are doing here. In fact, it shows how the normal world outside of these nutty forums behaves.

Other than hyping up indies non stop, which is Sony as usual being late for the party and hyping up something which popular has come and mostly has gone, and not creating an overpriced system, what is Sony actually doing different?

Here's a side by side comparison about how the first year looks like it's going to turn out for PS4 and how it turned out for the PS3.

-2006:  Resistance 2013:  Killzone Shadow Fall
-2006:  Genji Days of the Blade 2013:  Knack
-2006:  Untold Legends Dark Kingdom  2013:  Resogun
-2006:  NBA 08

-Early 2007:  Motorstorm Early 2014:  Drive Club  (Same dev too.)
-Early 2007:  Formula One Championship  Early 2014 Infamous Second Son
-Early 2007:  MLB The Show Early 2014:  MLB The Show

-Late 2007:  The Eye of Judgment  Late 2014:  Some Move game.  Maybe.
-Late 2007:  SingStar
-Late 2007:  NBA 08
-Late 2007:  Uncharted  Late 2014:  The Order 1866
-Late 2007:  Working on The Last Guardian.  Late 2014:  Working on The Last Guardian

Uncharted was confirmed to be pushed back to 2015.

Sony, just like last gen, even more so than last gen, is pretty much doing nothing.  They're instead putting all their effort on PS3 games, just like they did the previous gen with PS2 games.  The same year the PS3 came out, many big first party games were released, after the PS3 launched, many big first party PS2 released.  The exact same thing goes for the PS4 and PS3. 

This doesn't mean that Microsoft is going to do the same and stop supporting the Xbox One as much in the next few years, but I just wanted to point out that Sony is pretty much doing the exact same as they've done last gen.  It took them over a year to start actually supporting the system. 

However, if you take into the account that Microsoft is paying for exclusives, just like they did at the beginning of last gen.  I'm sure it 's a lot of money to pay for exclusives as the publisher probably wants to make the same amount of money they'd make on the other console plus development costs.  So for each exclusive that they're purchasing, they're probably losing money if it doesn't meet the estimated numbers.  If it does reach estimated numbers, they don't make much at all, it just gets people interested in the console.  In that sense, Microsoft may still do the same.  Stop paying for exclusives and just release Halo, Gears, Forza, and Fable every year.

When exactly did Uncharted get confirmed as being pushed back from a release date it never had?