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Leadified on 01 April 2017
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Cerebralbore101 said:
Leadified said:

I don't really understand the logic of this sentence and the following list of games, you're comparing a console released in 2013 with a platform that has games going back decades. Are you suggesting that people chose to buy a PS4 or PC solely on high budget exculsives?

I'm suggesting that the PS4 is better because it has more quality exclusives. Comparing the PC's decades long back catalog to a console that launched in 2013 isn't a fair comparison at all. A better comparison would be to line up exclusives year by year. What games did PS3 get in 2007-2013? What games did PC get in those same years? Were any of those games well recieved by critics? I think, when you answer these questions with an open mind you find that the PS3 beat the PC in it's heyday. Same goes for the PS2 vs PC games from 2001-2006, and PS1 vs PC games from 1995-2000.

The thread asks if PC is a safer choice due to the volatility of the console market. Of course it's a loaded question to begin with. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question The console market isn't volatile and hasn't been for 30 years. Sony has been pumping out quality content at a steady rate for the last 20+ years. My statement and list was an attempt to show that Sony is just as strong and safe a bet as ever.

An comparison of (high budget) exculsives is not a fair comparison because it dismisses the strengths that PC has, especially in this current console generation. Investing in PC gaming right now will net you a large portion of the Xbox library thanks to Microsoft's shift to a universal Windows 10 platform and an increasing number of games that have been traditionally exculsive to Sony platforms, especially Japanese games. The biggest strength of consoles will lie with their exculsives, but that's not the whole story.

I'm not too sure why you use Sony's output to suggest that console markets are not volatile since they are a first party company and Playstation has always relied on third parties. Last generation was a pretty volatile time because of the shift to HD and the complexity of the PS3 hardware leading some developers going green, at least in the beginning. Is that not an example of volatility in the console market?