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Aura7541 on 29 August 2014
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Jega said:
Josiah said:

The stradegy Microsoft is using is the difference.  

Sony was buying up developer tallent left and right.  They didn't have to buy exclusives, they made them, and no matter what position they were in the cost was the same.  Microsoft is just buying exclusives.  The more the PS4 outsells the Xbox One the more expensive (rarer) these deals become and the higher the price as developers want compensation for the ever increasing opportunity cost.  

This has been going on for years.  Most of us wanted Microsoft to beef up it's developement teams.  Microsoft took the easy escape plan.  They don't have to worry about what to do with developers if they close up shop.  They aren't tied to gaming using this stradegy unlike Sony.  They can easily just drop the section of the company at any time.  Buying exclusive is not a long term substainable stratedgy when your not the market leader.  It's a short term stradegy that you use when you aren't fully invested. 

Add the fact that rumors have made the rounds that Microsoft is thinking about selling off the gaming division, spinning off the gaming division, the last stockholder meeting basically avoiding the Xbox causing concern, the Xbox One is already losing an insane amount of money, and the fact that stock holders want to drop the division.  

I can see why consumers lack faith in Xbox One's future.  It still has great games and you should enjoy them.  Just like we all enjoyed the Dreamcast.  

And there is the problem. Microsoft is not SEGA, neither is Sony SEGA, Sony and Microsoft have the money to stay in the 

hardware business. If Microsoft of Sony decides to leave the videogame industry, It won't be because of lack of money.

The only thing that I see is that Microsoft is spending more money than sony on exclusive games.

And that is the key factor that will make the Xbox One relevant.

The power difference between the Xbox One and the PS4 is not going to be a deal breaker this gen.

What will be is the games, when people see all these Xbox One exclusive games, and they are not on PS4, people will choose an

Xbox One.

Sunset Overdrive, Quantum Break, Halo 5, Forza Horizon 2, Titanfall and many games to come are the reason people will choose 

an Xbox One over a Playstation 4.

People will not care about 30 percent less resolution or how much frame rates. Just watch and see.

You really misinterpreted Josiah's comment. He wasn't making a direct comparison to Sega. He's only saying like Dreamcast, the X1 is floundering in sales, but still has its own fair share of good games. Also, the games you've listed aren't compelling enough to most consumers. Titanfall is on PC, for instance. Pre-orders for Sunset Overdrive are low, which is a shame because it looks unique and cool. Quantum Break has a high possibility of going PC especially in context of Dead Rising 3 and Ryse, and how Remedy ported Alan Wake to PC last gen.

People do care about the difference in power. Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition is a clear example of that. Same goes for the other multiplats out there.