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Aeolus451 on 22 May 2015
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Mr Puggsly said:
Aeolus451 said:

I understood what you meant but I disagree with "that doesn't mean that the X1 lacks diversity". If MS wants xbox just be to be a western device, yes it's library is diverse enough for that but if it wants to be an appealing console to the world, it needs a more diverse library. It not just selling in one market but in many countries. MS needs to understand that. What's the point of selling a "US box" in other countries if it's only gonna cater to one country? Is it meant to have a token presence every where else except the states? Globally in the US....

 I'm not really talking about just japanese games but RPG's in general. It doesn't have many compared to the PS4. Xbox has always lacked RPG's. That alone makes it's library less diverse than the any playstation console. 

Home consoles for the most part are a western devices. PS4 has done pretty well outside the west, but their primary focus is the west by a large margin. Even the Sony games that come out of Japan are geared towards western gamers.

Again, I would give the diversity edge to PS4. But it doesn't really matter, its NOT diversity that has given PS4 a significant sales edge. Xbox 360 did just fine with less diversity than PS3.

People aren't buying PS4 for diversity. They are buying PS4 for the same stuff they bought last gen. CoD, AC, BF, Fifa, Madden, a medicore Halo game called Desinty, a bad GTA/AC game called Watch Dogs, and ofcourse GTAV...

Sales of exclusive software is surprisingly close between PS4 and X1 considering the massive disparity in userbase. So we can't say PS4 is doing great due to Sony pumping out amazing games.

You're so concerned about diversity and a large library but there is already more on X1 than most people have the time to play. I have like 20 games in my X1 backlog in various genres and more keeps coming. Your complaints are just out of touch with the average consumer.

The average consumer/gamer is obviously not an xbox one owner. If the majority of gamers agreed with the bolded part, they would of went with the xbox one. It's game library is not as appealing to gamers as the PS4's because it's lacking games of different genres.  I'm simply pointing that out. It would help it's sales on a global level. It's asinine to just disregard that because some xbox gamers are happy with the game library as is or where it's headed.

Ok, the core xbox gamers have already bought the xbox one. What else can MS do to drive up sales on a global level other than price cuts and bundles? Broaden it's game library and show people outside of the states that there are games for them to play on the xbox one of their favorite genre. A handful of games is not enough. 

3rd party games are pretty much the same on either console. People pick one console over the other because of exclusives and what type of games will eventually be released on it. Exclusives are pretty much the main thing that distingishes them apart other than company policies and perciphal devices. 

The majority of the people that bought the wii u bought the console so they could play all of the exclusive games that would be released on it. Not because of it's early game line up. It's the same with the PS4 and xbox one except that they have 3rd party support.  

People are investing into the PS4 so they can play all the different games that are eventually released. Playstation consoles have a long history of large and diverse game libraries. Playstation consoles typically have the most RPG's and new IP's. It's all a part of it's reputation and that stuff is a major selling point because there's plenty of games for anyone to play.