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Mike_L on 21 March 2016
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bananaking21 said:
Mike_L said:

1: Yes, VGC numbers are initially shit but they tend to be adjusted according to official numbers. Besides they're shit for both consoles so the percentage split is probably acceptable.

2: That's a good point. Marketing deals are definitely here to stay but I hope they slow down a little with the exclusive content. I don't think it's necessary.

3: PS4's market share is 66%. COD BO3 and SW Battlefront have 64% and 69% of its sales on PS4 respectively so I don't know if the marketing has done a huge difference. It's hard to tell. As you said, the numbers could be off.

@bolded: thats not how this works lol.

 

i think publishers are also realizing how unnecessary it is, its just a marketing phrase after all. "exclusive content" it just rings well marketing wise. its usually just a mission or two, and not very good ones either. but its just there to be used as "Y console is the best place to play this game! due to exclusive content!".  but i doubt MS or Sony really believe that anybody cares about them or is willing to buy their conole due to these "exclusive content"

 

i was talking about the bundles with CoD and SW. they did really well, overall software sales and splits wont get effected much by these bundles. 

 

to try elaborate my point more, when you think about Assassins Creed, Call of Duty, Fifa, Grand Theft Auto and Need For Speed. what consoles did you think about? most likely Playstation and Xbox. why? because while these franchise are multiplatform, and release on PC and even some released on Nintendo, its MS and Sony's heavy Marketing push behind these franchises that associate them with their brands. even though not one of these games are exclusive. 

 

now think Minecraft, Just Dance, Diablo, The Sims and Skylanders, and Playstation/Xbox wont be at the back of your mind as much as they did with the earlier bunch of games. because, while these games released on consoles (Diablo 3 and some sims games did). you didnt have any marketing deals making you associate them with consoles as heavily as CoD and Assassins Creed. and that what marketing deals are for. 

"thats not how this works lol."
How does it work then?

Bolded: I hope Sony/MS/Nintendo realise this as well.