| Shackkobe said: Microsoft is fighting tooth and nail to win this console war. Multiple price cuts have been made and they even abandoned Kinect...tech they spent millions to develop. But the PS4 continues to outsell the Xbox One. I am left wondering if it is actually possible for Microsoft to win this console war. From an engineering perspective, the Xbox 360 was twice as good as PS3 as a gaming machine. Unified shaders, unified memory, legitimate dual threaded tri core CPU, 10 MB edram etc. With all this tech, 10 million consoles sold, a years head start, and a disasterous PS3 launch, the Xbox 360 still couldn't shake the PS3. They were dead even at the end of the console generation. Holiday 2014 was really good for Xbox One. Price cuts plus good games and superb console bundles caused sales to spike...but (worldwide) it still couldn't outsell the PS4. Could it simply be that Playstation is a stronger gaming brand? Playstation has been on the market longer than Xbox. Playstation is also the brand that sold 150 million consoles in one generation (a feat that may never be repeated). To a large number of gamers worldwide, Playstation is synonymus with gaming, and Xbox may not necessarily have that reach. Should Microsoft concede and simply settle for second place since the Playstation brand is stronger? Leave your thoughts. |
"From an engineering perspective, the Xbox 360 was twice as good as PS3 as a gaming machine. Unified shaders, unified memory, legitimate dual threaded tri core CPU, 10 MB edram etc."
Well from sales perspective PS3 still edged out 360 which showed that the brand was bigger in worldwide. But it will have to settle down below Wii.
