darkenergy said:
piopakk said:
Already the pattern in those answers suggests that the general feeling towards the scorpio is, that the console is DOA. What is MS thinking? I mean they must have had given thoughts about the scorpio proposition in todays console market.
Obviously MS started designing and engineering the scorpio years ago, when it was hard to predict todays market, and they will stick to their plan by releasing it now. But why?
As there are no obvious incentives for gamers to buy it, even from XboxOne owners, what arre they doing?
Perhaps it is just a 'fill in the gap' mission to counter the PS4/Pro line, but where MS is not believing it will sell that much. It could therefore just be a pscyhological effect for consumers. |
You should read Barozi's comment below:
Barozi said:
lol I know it's a gaming forum and thus incredibly biased towards people with niche gaming habits, but let's face facts. Games matter, not exclusives. Every GTA or CoD is more important than any exclusive. That has been proven time and time again. GTA, CoD, BF and FIFA (among many others) are bigger system sellers than Horizon, Forza or Dawn of War III. Unless the exclusive is a mega franchise like Halo, Gran Turismo or Mario Kart.
When consumers can play those multi plat games with far improved graphics at a price that can challenge a decent PC rig, then consumers will buy it. |
Thread should've ended here.
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I agree, as mentioned earlier, that games matter to lift console sales. But yes especially exclusives.
I agree that multiplatform games sell more, obviously totally logic, because those games sell on multiple platforms, hence more potential consumers. But where does that leave consumers on what console to choose? You miss the point 'Barozi'. What games differentiates the Scorpio from the PS4 ecosystem, that is the real debate here. How will the Scorpio stand apart from the PS4/Pro, besides better hardware. If I really want to play TLoU2 I must have a PS4. The same cannot be applied for the scorpio, if we assume that MS' strategy about Xbox/PC holds true even for Scorpio.
And so we are left with exclusive games, that differentiate the consoles for consumers. And lets be honest, the mass market, does not care that much about hardware specs. It just has to run. The mass market is much more likely to adopt a console for their games. And even a more stronger buying decision is, in where do all my friends play, I wanna be in that ecosystem as well. The ecosystem is certainly bigger for the PS4, 60+ million consoles out there.
