Hardware 9/13/2014 PS4 does 472k and Xbox One 172k + Global Software

[freedquaker]

Intrinsic said:

freedquaker said:
I'd like to reiterate my comments which I made before knowing those figures in the OP.

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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.

So Titanfall was not an online game?

 

OT: Great numbers for the Ps4. 

 

There is a misunderstanding here. I am implying that a game does not even have to be exclusive to shift MARKET SHARE (not just more consoles) from one console to another. Even though Destiny is available in both consoles with just small differences, Sony was able to move way more consoles because of its advertisement and bundling etc, which will pay back immensely thanks to the network effects in the future. MS tried the same thing, it partially suceeded to move consoles in the English speaking world, but MS just cannot communicate and appeal well to the rest of the world, so its impact remained limited (in addition to a bunch of other effects).