ironmanDX said:
JoeTheBro said:
ironmanDX said:
JoeTheBro said:
No no no. Do you forget that the Wii U isn't getting any ports? If the difference between XBONE and PS4 becomes large enough, lots of games will be PS4 exclusive by default. |
What?
Even the original Xbox got decent 3rd party support during the PS2 era, also, what of the Wii last gen?
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It's not that the XBONE won't get decent 3rd party support, but that the PS4 could get lots of 3rd party exclusives. The Wii last gen shows my point too. Just because a publisher could get a few more sales by releasing on another system, that doesn't mean they'll make the port. The OP is saying these guys are so hungry for money that the XBONE will always and forever get every 3rd party game unless someone pays them not too.
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Wii shows your point? The Wii boomed last gen and left the 360 in the dust. The PS3 wasn't out yet, for another yearish when the Wii launched. It is even a bigger gap where they potentially could have sold more by looking at the figures.
http://www.vgchartz.com/yearly/2008/Global/
By 2008 the Wii was nearly outselling both combined in total and did more than that for the year of 2008.
| Wii |
24,188,263 |
(+46%) |
43,696,333 |
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| X360 |
10,913,123 |
(+38%) |
26,772,474 |
| PS3 |
10,204,758 |
(+29%) |
19,378,853 |
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Yes the Wii dominated early on. This shows my point because many 3rd parties still didn't publish for it. For many reasons they were content with the other systems. I wasn't looking at the situation of Wii=PS4 and PS360=XBONE. It's Wii=XBONE and PS360=PS4. The OP's whole point is that games are too expensive so devs have to support every platform. My point is that time and time again we see games skipping systems even when the port would have probably broken even.
Looking at this gen if the difference becomes large enough between the two, many devs will be content supporting just the PS4. Lots will support both too. Just looking at Japan where we know there will be a huge gap. Can't you see a considerable amount of games just releasing on PS4?
