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Farsala on 05 October 2014
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iceland said:
kupomogli said:
iceland said:
Does this mean PS4 is the new shooterbox?

No, because other franchises actually sell on Playstation consoles.  Look at D4.  Niche franchises go to Microsoft consoles to die, while in comparison, they thrive and receive sequels on Playstation consoles.  *edited.*

Oh c'mon, you're going to use D4 as an example? lol There's tons of games that have done well on Xbox that aren't a shooter, do niche games typically sell better on Playstation? Yes but do you really think D4 would have been a much bigger success on PS4? I'd say no, despite what people say I think Playstation has been just as much as a shooterbox as Xbox, only Nintendo fans have the right to call a console that. xD


@bold Disagree. Out of the 10m sellers all xbox games excluding kinect have shooting mechanics, while out of 10m sellers for Sony they have 1 game that does not have shooting mechanics.

 

Exclusives above 5m for MS: All Halos ( shooters) ,All Gears (shooters), Forza 3 (racing)

Exclusives above 5m for Sony: Uncharted 2 and 3+ TLOU (shooters), MGS 4(Stealth shooter?) , GT5 (racing), LBP (Platform), God of war 3 (Action- Adventure)

MS focused on shooters for Xbox 360, while the PS3 had a more varied library. If you were looking for a shooterbox then xbox 360 would be perfect, while if you wanted a good platform or action adventure game then PS3 would be ok.

 

Note: Sony released some PR saying that God of war 3 sold/ shipped 5.2m in 2012. http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/pdf/120605d_e.pdf