November 2015 NPD Thread! Hardware and software in OP!

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WillianBM97 said:

Hiku said:

Well what happens in that scenario is that Sony will get more Japanese developed games on their console that skip out on Xbox, without the need to sign an exclusive deal with Sony. We know this because we're seeing more and more of that every month, mostly with rpg's, fighting games and things like that. That's always going to happen to a degree, since it's a Japanese console. But it's also bolstered by marketshare (like with PS2). You can still count on most of the biggest Japanese titles like Resident Evil and Metal Gear to still end up on Xbox. And all the western games will always be on Xbox as long as it's sucessful and sells a good amount, which XB1 is obviously going to do. And of course if there are any exclusive deals, or marketing deals, Sony will need to pay less for those than MS does.
However, if you're mainly a fan of western games and not so much of Japanese games, then an Xbox owner should be mostly unaffected by Playstation's marketshare. And as long as Xbox is successful, you'll keep getting the games you like.

I'm not sure if anyone has the answer to what you can do to beat Sony woirldwide, other than Sony messing things up for themselves, like they did with the PS3 launch. Apparently it's not such an easy lesson learned either, or else MS wouldn't have screwed up their own launch as badly as they did this time around with XB1, so who knows, we might see Sony doing something stupid for PS5's launch as well.

Changing topics a little bit: I think it'd be interesting to see both Sony and Microsoft launching new systems without doing something stupid. If that happens in the next-gen, we will see the full potencial of Xbox and PlayStation worldwide at the same time. Some may argue that PS2 is the potential of the PlayStation brand, but I think it can do A LOT more.

If Sony can manage to be not stupid for 2 generations in a row, then it is likely that Sony would take more market share off Xbox even if Xbox totally leanrs its gen 8 lessons. Whoever has the most momentum going into a generation transition has the major advantage, and if they are the leading console for the outgoing generation then it's a double advantage. PS3 was the lowest selling console of last gen, but it had the greatest momentum going in to the 8th gen, even before Wii U launched. Nintendo screwed up with Wii U, MS screwed up with Xb one. And here we are.

Now, assuming Sony doesn't screw up the back half of this generation and it holds the momentum card Sony's position will be immensely stronger than it was at the start of the 8th gen. And while MS's position will be more favourable, the market will still be strongly oriented towards Playstation. MS actually needs to knock PS4 off its stride before the next generation hits in order to make serious inroads into market share for a 9th gen.