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Azzanation on 11 August 2017
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Errorist76 said:
NawaiNey said:

There are a ton of other sites you could be on to discuss gaming and it's news. This is a site that's first and foremost about sales figures of consoles and games. GTFO with that BS, It's obvious you care about sale and you care A LOT, but understandably MS fans have been trying to pretend they don't care but can't really help entering topics such as these just to tell everyone how much they don't care and hence expose how it's hurting their feelings.lol

It's obvious he would care about sales if the forces would be switched.

 

Phronesis said:

Poor countries such as Brazil never seen an original PS1/PS2 disc, despite being extremely popular over here

Im confident the Vita would've been a hit would it have allowed SD cards and pirating games like the PSP.

Nope i honestly dont care for sales never did. Even when the 360 was out i couldnt care less. Check my Live account, see that i rarely touch my Xbox haha.

Turkish said:
Azzanation said:

PS4 is more powerful than than the X1 and for the first 2 years the PS4 did not have a library advantage. Price and marketing is what sells consoles. You could have the worst line up in games and a console can still sell well depending on the marketing. 

Also PS1 and PS2 sold extremely well due to the fact they could play pirated games which obviously helped alot compared to the more expensive software selling N64. Free games is a very attractive thing for just about everybody.

Cheaper price, more power, more games. PS4 was a better value proposition from day 1. The Xbone didn't even launch in most of Europe until a year later, that's how much they cared about the non-English speaking world. I also disagree about the libraries, in the 1st 2 years it wasn't such a gap it is now, but PS4 was getting tons of games the Xbone wasn't, like FFXIV, War Thunder, Warframe, The Talos Principle, The Witness, Disgaea 5 and other niche Nipponese stuff etc. Add those up and they become a big factor in my purchasing decision. The perception was that greatness is coming (and has arrived) because of all the 1st parties they have and 3rd parties around them.

Sony had like 3 press conferences each year where new shit was getting announced every year. While on Xbone the announcements dried up after prematurely announcing literally their entire line up for the whole generation at E3 2014, and having most of it cancelled in the coming years, fast forward 3 years later their exclusive output has come to a standstill.

All these things combined: games and Sony's efforts in emerging markets, not just the West, has made PS the brand it is.

"Also PS1 and PS2 sold extremely well due to the fact they could play pirated games which obviously helped"

Even with piracy both consoles had billions of official games sold. Another reason is perhaps they had much bigger and better libraries than the competition.

You act as if the X1 had no games of there own. Dead Rising 3, Titanfall, Plants vs Zombies, Sunset Overdrive and Tomb Raider just to name afew which were all well recieved. PS4 did have a bigger Indie game scene than the X1. Which looks to have changed now.

Sales are kind of pointless when one system is sold world wide in more countries while the other doesnt or was late to the scene. Talk about handicapping the charts. 

You anwsered your own question here if PS4 was sold in  more countries. That would mean that the PS4 has a much better chance of selling more haha. Its logical.