Aura7541 said:
X1 certainly was overhyped, but not so much for the PS4. Remember, people purchase consoles of their choice as a long term investment. You never see anyone purchase a system for just one game. This is especially true after SCEJA's pre-TGS conference. The PS4's already-very-good 2015 lineup became even better and Sony has another pre-TGS conference on the 17th. Shinobi confirmed that there will be new announcements from both 1st and 3rd parties. Early adoption is always a gamble. However, many consumers had a lot of confidence in the PS4 and their gamble is paying off, in my opinion. |
PS4 is over-hyped as well. For every announcement at E3 MS had an equal announcement. Same at Gamescom, and MS has already announced a lot of Japanese content so at TGS Sony is just catching up. Name an announcement and I will counter every one with an equal X1 announcement. It is just that people are only listening blindly to Sony right now.
As for buying a console for the long term that is a pretty dumb consumer decision. That is like buying a car frame with the promise of the engine and tires to coming later. You have no idea what size the engine will be or what tires will be on it... In games, you have no idea what quality the games will have over the next few years. And just because Sony has a strong first party track record, people should not just automatically buy their stuff. Track records can change, and we are already seeing some shift in the discussion on The Order from "greatest game ever" to "its looking pretty average"...
Console sales peak in years 3-6 not year one... This is because by year 3 you start to see the critical mass of games released on each console that drives their sales. That is why people are saying PS4 is over-hyped. The amount of new, unique, and quality content available on PS4 is brutal. X1 is slightly less brutal, and Wii U has saw third parties pretty much abandon them. ALL THE CONSOLES ARE OVER-HYPED RIGHT NOW.
