| HumdrumPie said: Microsoft's marketing has been a turn off for me. I'm not a male college student or anywhere near the demographic that Microsoft is going for with the XB1. They seemed more inclusive with the Xbox 360. Alan Wake and Fable are what got me to buy the 360, not Halo. |
I would say Microsoft does a great job marketing to a specific group. When they said at E3 years ago, "We have Halo, Gears of War and Call of Duty, all the games you want!" it spoke to this. The whole Mountain Dew, Taco Bell, Doritos (three products I cannot stand) demographic from the images above. I do not begrudge them, but some party with techno club music is just not my scene.
Sony plays a broad game, which is why it has so much success across various markets. Killzone and Gran Turismo are meh to me, but I love Ratchet and Clank, God of War and Last of Us. Sony's wide net means that you can be a JRPG fan and fit in as much as a shooter fan, a plat former fan or a racing fan. Right now looking at major successful launches all around the world while Microsoft is really hurting in Europe and Asia it seems Sony's strategy is the winner to me.
