Will the gap in sales between PS4 and X1 be greater or smaller in 2015?

[KBG29]

Mikmster said:

KBG29 said:

What about this would be a joke?

PlayStation Vue, Direct TV, and Verizon's OTT Television services are going to be huge next year. Many people that do subscribe to cable are fed up with the inadequate equipment and out dated services. If these services are anywhere near similar in price to traditional cable, people will be doing a lot of research next year, and with no commitments, they will be free to try all avenues.

As far as Windows 10 and productivty apps go. This is a dream come true for every kid that has ever lived on the planet. If you can tell your parents that this $300 device can play all the games you like, and you can do research, and right your papers on it, that is the kind of stuff that will get many parents to take the plung. Games and entertainment are one thing, adding education, and productivity opens up the doors to millions, if not billions more consumers.

PS4 and XBO are moving out of the territory of the hardcore gamer, and towards the casual audience that uses the consoles for a lot more than games. With next year most likly seeing $299.99 price tags, it will be a lot different consumer looking at the consoles than Feruary to March 2013. At this point the games are coming, and the more services, software, and functionality a console has becomes a lot more important.

so a joke it is, in a world(1st world) where most 10 year olds have a phone tablet and a home PC.  A kids dream is to hope their parents are total morons and will fall for such a joke reason to buy a video game console.  Iv seen people go to some great lengths to bs them selves and justify their purchases.  But you take the prize.  Why the hell would any one buy a GAMING console for any of that when they can get a tablet pc laptop hell phone to do that ??? 

Gaming, thats why they sale and will sale.  Not tv movies or lmao education.  Whats the average age of a gamers around 30 right, so yahh kids parents and education on video game console lol.  Step back into reality bro, you are really grasping at straws in the 4th dimention here.

I guess I just don't see how gamers can be so close minded. Sony and Nintendo destroyed any chances they had to make gaming handhelds massive success, and in the process have nearly knocked themselves from portable gaming all together. Why? Because Apple came along, and made a device that plays games, music, movies, productivity apps, educational apps, makes phone calls, and much much more. Then they continued to sit around and do nothing while google followed apple right down the road to a mega success. Now there are many devices that are more powerful, play better games, are more functional, and cheaper than 3DS and Vita. Everything they do is better, and the numbers speak for themselves.

At this point in time there is not one device that brings the complexity of a smartphone or PC, and the simplicity of a smartphone or console to the TV screen. That is the brilliance of the smartphone, it is complex enough to do nearly anything, while also being extremely simple. Consoles have the simplicity to mimic a smartphone, but lack the complexity or sophistication to deliver what PC and Smartphones offer. If Sony and MS want to survive and strive in this position of big screen dominance, they have to adapt. Android and iOS powered devices, are right on the outskirts, and could strike at any time. If they bring the full package to the big screen like they have to smartphones, it will be game over for the Playstation and Xbox brands. 

As far as XBO's failure at launch. To me that came down to extreamly bad choices. Had Microsoft not had the no used games issue, and then had Don Mattrick stand there and say if you don't like it buy a 360, things could have been a lot different. Delivering voice and motion controls, allowing multiple programs to be snappped at the same time, and live TV through XBO is not what hurt it. Those features are helping it turn the corner in the US, along with massive price drops. Unfortunetly for Microsoft, they barried the best features of their console under bad publicity, and it has taken time to get people to understand just what XBO really brings to the table.