LudicrousSpeed said:
Is it really that close, 5%? I assumed MS was way way behind. And yeah, you're right about exclusives. They factor in for list warz for Internet fights. Actual sales, not so much. On a very very small scale. |
No....exclusives amount fo first party income for a company and they help with increasing marketshare based on the consumers value of their internal offerings. The problem is that more people have chosen Sony as the primary platform and thus has resulted in Microsoft getting less sales for their exclusives and thus downplaying the concept of exclusives. Sony gets more because they give more, quite simply. The culture of multiplayer only gaming is hurting the Xbox single player games sales (for variety and overall health) for that reason. Outside of Halo and Gears im not sure any one of those three exclusives Spencer just paid for with most likely arrive next gen or the very end of this gen. If you look at the dismal yearly sales of XBox this year and why Microsoft is not talking about their sales after their Xbox One X Boost in november, that might be all they have in the tank until their only two heavy hitters come once more. One wouuld also assume that most who have an Xbox already bought one for Gears and Halo as well which means Xbox needs more heavy hitting content. You see....God of War at its height sold the most for the hack n slash subgenre of action/adventure games. Those who want God of War or even Spiderman will pick up an Playstation for those games (and it will reflect in their monthly sales).
Exclusives might not be the bottom line for Microsoft because they arent particularly good at making them. Sony and Nintendo however....they hold up tradition in the console realm, which is why when people question where single player exclusives are going....they increased consumer confidence as Microsofts competition.
