IGN: Xbox One could hit its stride in 2015

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Touching article. Though there are somethings wrong with it. Some slight but vital points that they just seem to be missing.

- Firstly, the xbox brand is not the playstation brand. And since they mentioned the PS3 being neck and neck with the XB1, that must mean they are also looking at global sales. On that note, XB1 is dead in europe. And europe is solely responsible for why the PS3 caught up with the 360. The PS3 still lost woefully in NA. Xbox home territory. And this gen its so far been losing there.

- In 2015, in addition to all those great multiplatform games that they mention (which will at least be perceived to have the PS4 versions being the better one) the PS4 will also have its on batch of exclusives.

- And this is one IGN of all places should have known. The Playstation brand has never been about any one major exclusive or franchise. Its not like the xbox that pretty much has Halo and everything else or nintendo that will always have a mario or zelda. The playstation is about ton of exclusive games that appeals to a ton of varying audiences. To better put this into perspective, Gran Turismo is the only playstation franchise that will be on every playstation console.

- Then lets talk about fumbling the ball. Last gen, the race was also sony's to loose and what did they do? they made a $600 console, that was $300 more expensive than their competitions console. They made an overly complex system that was a bitch to develop for and had the more expensive console performing worse. They had a network service that paled in comparison to their competition. Now the XB1, they haven't really done much wrong besides having a slightly less powerful console and horrible initial goals. The first part they can never really fix and the second part the have rectified. But public perception is still that the PS4 is better and more powerful. And there is nothing MS can do that will make anyone that already feels that way think differently.