FACTS vs. FICTION – Volume 1

[johnlucas]

zorg1000 said:

johnlucas said:

Captain_Tom said:

Power definately sells products as long as the cost isn't too high.  This is probably one of the biggest laughably wrong lists I have ever seen.

So the more powerful $300 XBox of 2001 had no problem overcoming the weaker $300 PlayStation 2, huh?
And the more powerful $200 Gamecube had no problem overcoming that same weaker $300 PlayStation 2.

What about that $200 Nintendo 64 powerhouse wiping the floor with that weaker $300 PlayStation of 1994?

And I guess the more powerful $200 Sega Master System easily overcame the weaker $200 Nintendo Entertainment System too, right?

I laid the proof out for you all generation by generation.
IT'S NOT POWER, guys.

John Lucas

P.S.: Happy New Year!

Ur right power is not the defining factor, ulitmaltey it comes down to which console has the largest amount of compelling games alongside other factors like price and extra features. PS2 easily beat out Xbox & GC in terms of system selling software along with a nice price point and DVD functionality right out of the box. Playstation also dwarfed N64 in terms of system selling software as did NES compared to Master System.

That doesn't prove that the most powerful can't win tho. If the most powerful console has the biggest games alongside the correct price point and a bunch of nice features then it will win. PS4 is 99.99% guaranteed to win this generation because it has a mix of all the things needed to win, great 1st & 3rd party titles, correct price (sub-$400), a bunch of nice features (blu-ray playback, PSN, etc) and being the most powerful is just icing on the cake.

Well let's take the example of the XBox 360.
Not THE MOST powerful console but close to it.
It had a mix of nice features just like you said, it was priced better than at least PS3, it had great 1st & 3rd party titles...
...yet it's struggling to get past 84 million after 9 years on the market.

Struggling to get past that 84 million in a decade when the 5th gen PlayStation 1 of 20 years ago sold over 104 million most of which was sold in its First 5 Years.
Has all that good stuff & still can't get past a 20 year old system?
Not to mention that a lot of its sales happened after it patterned itself after the Wii!
Monthly sales doubled once they put out the XBox 360 S & Kinect in 2010.

The spoiler for PS4 is Sony Corporation's financial health.
When you see the report in January of Sony's fiscal Quarter 3, there's gonna be a rude awakening.
"How can a company sell so many consoles & still have money problems?"
Those hacks were DAMAGING & they won't be the last hack attacks on Sony.

The power edge of PS4 has already given way in America. That's why you see XBox One suddenly outdoing PS4.
XBox has NEVER made money for Microsoft but it doesn't matter since Windows runs the businesses & industries of the world.
They're rich enough to fight Sony off of its home turf America & that's exactly what they're doing.
And since XBox One IS so similar to PS4 they will usurp PS4.
Not good enough to rule the generation but good enough to stop PS4 from ruling it.

I know why PS4 is selling like it is but I will reveal that reason in a future volume of FACTS vs. FICTION.

John Lucas