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jetforcejiminy on 12 January 2015
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Aura7541 said:
jetforcejiminy said:

microsoft has shown it will lose money to gain market share. it did just that this past holiday. 700k is nothing with an aggressive pricing scheme/promotion from microsoft. anyway, i tend to agree with your low-end predictions, but i think it will not sell more than 2014, and to be honest i think part of the reason will be the absolute lack of compelling, tent-pole exclusive software outside of uncharted 4.

but hey, we'll see. my predictions are here in this thread for the record. you dredge them up and rub them in my face if i'm wrong. i'm fairly sure i won't be tho.

You do know that Sony will also be competitive price and advertising-wise. Also, MS released the AC, COD, and SO bundles during the time of year where shopping is at its peak in America. If MS is willing to lose money to gain marketshare, why hasn't it made the pricecut official instead of temporary? 

Also, whether Uncharted 4 is the only "tent-pole" exclusive is merely your opinion. Some of the PS4's exclusives are big. Some are smaller. However, the collective effect will be significant regardless of whether you like those other exclusives or not.

you go ahead and name me the other major (2m+ sales potential) ps4 first- or second-party exclusive in 2015. because there isn't one. bloodborne won't do those numbers and you know it, and this is from a souls fan. sony's holiday exclusive in 2014 was littlebigplanet 3 for goodness's sake. their first-party operation has some serious shaping up to do (and people say nintendo has first-party development cycle problems). driveclub was an f'n disaster. 1886 was supposed to be a launch game. it's coming a year and a half later, if they don't delay it once more (and it looks like it's going to bomb big time, driveclub-style).

as for microsoft's promotions, they did two different promotions in 2014, first with the free game in september (during destiny week) and then throughout the holidays. january is a pretty low sales month across the board. it makes no sense to take a loss when volume isn't going to help make up for it... so they are, indeed, strategically creating a price advantage at high-volume sales periods. i see them continuing to do this (perhaps for evolve and/or witcher 3) before a permanent drop of $50 to $100 this holiday and if sony remains unwilling to match them, it will erode the ps4's lead. sony should be wary of their own arrogance.