DirtyP2002 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
So....you're saying that Sony's market popularity coming off of the latter end of the last gen coupled with marketing, price and word of mouth never contributed to Sony reclaiming its natural spot of first place?
Also...the bad part which could've killed it for MS was also the DRM exactly as it was, the way they sold it and the way they defended it. There was no way around it, because they would've made enemies of their fans and Gamestop.
As for your link...
"I highly doubt even a wide TV advertising gap accounts for the sales disparity between the Xbox One and PS4, but it’s certainly interesting to consider as a data point. Given the fact that Microsoft actively encourages cable box integration directly into the Xbox One, I would think they might have focused a bit more heavily on TV. But if you’re using that functionality, I suppose you already own the console."- Your link
Lastly, I think I know why MS didn't outbudget Sony for advertising even though it didn't do much for either of them. They paid the NFL $400 million last year to be the official console of the NFL and Surface branding.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/microsoft-nfl-deal-worth-400-million-report/1100-6408723/
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that is coming from the blogger. I just used this link, because it gave the numbers. What the blogger makes with it is another story.
And with the NFL thing you prove me right.
Sony spends the exact same amount on the UEFA Champions League for the Playstation for every year since 1997.
When MS does it with the NFL it is: "Ah look at them! All they do is marketing!"
You can do better than that Stage.
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I wasn't discounting you, I was just stating that even the blogger admitted that his post wasn't essential at all to the bottom like via advertising dollars. I know that Sony pays for Soccer advertising in Europe, but the question is how much? When we find this out we'll know who pays more overall. Also, MS must've spent quite a bit of their Xbox company dollars on paying off EA for exclusives, timed exclusive games and exclusive content as well as the free Fifa games for Xbox One launch in Europe since they were so terrified Sony would do so well in Europe according to EA. :)
