Q1 & Q2 2015; Any Xbox One exclusives?

[Landguy]

Dr.Henry_Killinger said:

LudicrousSpeed said:

The momentum is sustained by having such a great holiday 2014. It's not like you need weekly smash hits for momentum to continue. There are lots of people on the fence for either console, and games released in their entire history is what entices people to buy. Plus it's not as if the PS4 has some amazing selection coming in that time. I can think of The Order, which looks meh as fuck, and Bloodborne, which will probably be good but niche. And it has those games mostly as a result of what is turning out to be an extremely weak holiday 2014 in terms of exclusives.

Consumers don't think in a vacuum. No one is going to think "forget all those awesome Xbone games that just released, what is coming specifically in the next 3 months!".

bolded is the operative word.

Nothing the XB1 has released so far has sustained momentum longer than a month. Halo MCC might, but that only caters to FPS lovers. Indies don't really count for anything in the long run regardless of console, except maybe Minecraft but hey.

I agree mostly.  Momentum won't matter outside the US much, but inside the US it will matter.  Like we have seen already, US buyers jump on the bandwagon and buy whatever is currently popular.  IF the perception of the XB1 is changed by the promotions and bundles and the sales of the XB1 and PS4 are brought into parity during the holidays, it could have a longer term effect.  Just having marketing deals on Witcher and Evolve continues the perception change.  The PS4 has been outselling the XB1 mostly on the incredibly bad perception the XB1 had in the marketplace in the US(if not the world).  But, americans love the underdog and they love redemption stories.  They also love $$$$.  And, M$ is giving them many $$$$ reasons to buy the XB1 regardless of the slowly fading perception issues.