Eurogamer reviews PS4 and Xbone in 2015

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LudicrousSpeed said:

Shiken said:

 

Yet you ignore Dragon Quest Heros, Tales of Zesteria, Sword Art Lost Song, MLB 2015, and Diagaea 5.  These are full retail games that are Playstation exclusive and should be included.

The post being quoted is comparing MS's offerings to the ones from Sony. The only game you listed that was either developed internally, published, or moneyhatted by Sony is MLB.

I mean.. Massive Chalice is an awesome game but I wouldn't credit MS for it being on Xbox One.

 

Fair enough.  I was speaking of the offerings for the ps4 in general. When you put it that way I suppose bloodborne being co-developed by Japan studios and from softwar along with MLB 15 the show, until dawn, the Uncharted collection, God of War 3 remaster, and tear away unfolded would be the direct offerings from Sony. The order wa technically second party so I will not count that for this argument.

 

The x1 offered halo 5, Forza 5, Gears ultimate, and rare replay. I will not count rise of the Tomb Raider because it is a timed exclusive and will come to ps4 next year.

 

Now of the actual x1 exclusives, halo 5 and gears ultimat are the only ones that were able to break 1 million by Xmas. Therefore it really didn't make much of an impact.

 

Now on the ps4 side of things bloodborne, until dawn, and the Uncharted collection all sold well over a million. Even the order, the second party and a let down too many, managed to sell one and a half million based on physical copies alone on VGChartz database ( I think it is closer to 1.4 but I rounded up).  That said not only does the ps4 have more first party content in 2015 then the x1, but they also made more of an impact.

 

I for one think Sony's strategy is very smart. Released their biggest guns throughout the year and they will have better sales because of it. Launching their big guns in a crowded window results in lower than expected sales due to heavy competition. Also anyone buying these consoles for the first time will be able to buy those games that were released earlier because they obviously would not have played them before.

 

All this holiday release crap that the x1 is exercising is ineffective and serves little purpose other than hype in the eyes of those who do not know any better. I strongly believ that if rise of the Tomb Raider and sunset overdrive would have been released in any time other than the holidays, they would not have underperformed. I also firmly believe that Halo 5 sales would be much higher. Overall 2015 offering were actually very close to equal if you look at first party alone. I however will not be drinking the Kool Aid and trying to discredit the ps4 due to Microsoft packing the holiday schedule and setting some of their best titles up for failure.

 

Remember 2015 does not equal the holidays alone. Furthermore with Street Fighter 5, Ratchet and Clank, and uncharted 4 all landing at the beginning of 2016 while Microsoft only has quantum break shows that in the grand scheme of things Sony is always offering more in terms of first party content. When you throw in Japanese support into the mix, it is no contest. As I've said I like my x1, but I don't sugar coat anything. When it comes to gaming PlayStation has been steadily pulling ahead with first party offerings as the generation goes on much like last gen. That's not to say Microsoft isn't improving and doing well, but don't let their PR fool you into thinking they have more to offer because they don't.