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Mad55 on 08 May 2015
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the-pi-guy said:
Mad55 said:

My point was coming from a perspective of their continued success. They deserved the initial sales and success as they capitalized on Microsofts blunder and got a good head start. Though now those first 2 points don't matter as much. The better launch perception only last for a little while or at least it should as after a few months customer should wonder what now? In terms of newer offerings and experiences for consumers both Microsoft and Sony have been about equal, but Sony keeps selling better and that's not because of slightly better resolution on multiplats. 

Being cheaper from the start should not keep sony ahead when the xbox one is cheaper now and has been on equal footing with sony in terms of a lot of things. Sony started off doing more and deserving their success but now it seems like they aren't doing anything spectacular in comparison to Microsoft to warrant the continued lead over them in weekly and monthly sales. 

Yes, I know.  Here, I'll repeat what I just said.  

Your argument may be that the first two of these don't matter.  But they still do, and here's why.  

The early success means that many early adopters had a PS4.  The importance of the early adopters is that people know other people who have a console.  This means that if you want to play with your friends, you need to buy a PS4.  And online play is getting bigger and bigger, so this matters more and more. 

So even though, the XBO is now cheaper, it doesn't matter because people want to play with their friends.  In addition, PS4 still has the best multiplats.  

"So even though, the XBO is now cheaper, it doesn't matter because people want to play with their friends." that point really holds no weight to me lol. As a lot of people from the 360 stuck with the xbox one because a lot of their friends were going there because it was their preferred system in general form the previous gen. there really o metric fo that point to work either way As I see alot of people who stuck with the xbox one regardless of it's opening blunder because their friends were going there anyway. We knew the online play was a big thing last gen the fact that its more relevent and is growing doesnt really drive home anything in the grand scheme last gen is where it really sprouted this gen is just a continuation.