| enlightenedmaster said: worldwide sales gap isn't increasing much,when they started the gap was increasing drastically but it has become stagnant and for a while around holiday and year starting microsoft actually closed the gap a little bit Persona 5 and star ocean isn't gonna move any consoles and the ohter games you mentioned won't move alot either I am expecting alot at E3 though but for a while after Uncharted delay,it looked like Microsoft had a much stronger lineup |
I'm curious how you got to that kind of a conclusion regarding the worldwide sales gap. Sony's last update on the PS4's sold-through numbers was announced at the beginning of March. Microsoft hasn't announced sold-through numbers since the beginning of 2014 and on top of that, combines 360 & XBO shipments. And what was even more damning? The PS4 sold through 1.7 million in January & February while the XBO + 360 shipped 1.6 million combined for Q1 CY (Calendar Year) 2015.
Every game can move hardware sales to a degree, some greater than others. Even if one game alone doesn't move a lot of hardware, a team of several games can create a significant cumulative effect. The PS4 has a huge advantage when it comes to JRPGs and Japanese games to the point that Sony doesn't even have to do anything to incentivize Japanese devs to release games only on the PS4 or Playstation systems. Now, it's just a matter of putting together a large enough library to entice fans to purchase a PS4.
