PS4 Sales Up 300% in the UK thanks to Destiny, outsells X1 2:1

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freedquaker said:
What Sony gets and MS don't is that it is the online games that require connectivity and lots of friend circles that push most of the sales, exclusive or not.

This is why Sony backed up Destiny heavily as it will help sell more PS4, and those people's friends will also buy one to stay in the circle. This is not a brand effect but rather "network effects", which is exactly why X360 was popular in the past. Sony uses the same tactics against MS this time around.

Yes, not only the exclusives but online games like Destiny have been the true system sellers since the beginning of the 7th generation.

There is definitely some truth in that but we will see how well the Destiny community will keep alive. On PS4 I guess they have a good chance but depends on how well COD will do on PS4 this year.

Xbox One gets COD and MCC and I think both games will result in a rather small Destiny community on Xbox One.