| Vena said:
I mean, you did just say, yourself, "if only X" and then I added "if only X+Y" on perfectly valid grounds. Fact of the matter is, people don't buy consoles for a LIST of games, they buy consoles for games that they like and, more often than not, a library of actual exclusive AAA games. |
Not necessarily.
If one music service said, "we have almost twice as many songs as the next leading service," what would you do? Perhaps you'd dig deeper, find out if those missing songs are important to you or not, or perhaps you'd be like the average consumer and just go, "wow, really?"
Volume is a factor and one that is used often in advertising. Satellite and cable television providers are constantly hammering that point in commercials, where they show a brief look at a bunch of tiny logos, even though most people will never watch half those stations. More that that, though, it's the suggestion that you'll miss out in the future, as well, if you extrapolate the trend. Information like this swirls around in the unconscious of many consumers, who often make ill-informed decisions.
The real story here, though, in my opinion, is that Microsoft got its ass kicked by Sony in terms of working hard on digital content. They simply fell asleep at the wheel. Maybe it was hubris, maybe they just weren't ready for launch, but they got their tickets punched. What makes that so surprising is that they're the ones who did the same thing to Sony with the 360. It's a point worth discussing.
