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nitekrawler1285 on 23 April 2014
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MaulerX said:
nitekrawler1285 said:
kupomogli said:
I think the PS4 will sell better in the US, but every time a new Halo releases I think Xbox One will sell better than the PS4, so 32 months may be impossible.


I would have agreed with this sentiment had it not been for TF.  Now I'm really not sure if MS has anything to dig themselves out of this hole.  Halo helped alot when they had a price and userbase advantage. Now that they have neither... I'm not so sure it will be nearly as effective.  

 

Realistically speaking TF is a new IP that carried the burden of being ONLINE ONLY. Lets not forget those distinctions. Halo and Gears of War with competetive pricing should not be underestimated.

TF has been heavily advertised, has developer pedigree, and the console was more competively priced during it's debut. Online is the big draw for the game.  I bet CoD could even get away with no campaign.  It's not even the first disc anymore. 

It will be 18 months before we see either of those games.  By the time they hit the market if sales remain constant then x1 will have a completely backwards position compared to the 360 when it got those games.  It will be the console with the smaller userbase and higher price.  

I don't think I'm underestimating the games so much as  recognizing that the context in which they appear this time will be vastly different. It might be like MK did 34.43 million on Wii but MK8 isn't going to be anywhere near that.