Aura7541 said:
I wasn't questioning your awareness of the PS4's sales performance. I referenced the PS4's sales performance in spite of the PS3 (and also the 360) being cheaper as a counterpoint to your argument that the XB1X will sell better than the PS5 due to cheaper price. Arguing that the PS5 will struggle to match the PS4's sales performance because Nintendo has greatly recovered and Microsoft is stepping up their investment in gaming falls short. The PS4 is still selling very well in spite of Nintendo and Microsoft stepping up. In addition, I hinted that if Sony manages to retain all of its active users and PS+ subs, then the PS4 to PS5 transition will be much smoother than the PS3 to PS4 transition. The power advantage over the XB1X will be significant even if the PS5 is released in 2019. The CPU will be far better than Jaguar in every shape and form. Ryzen runs circles around Jaguar in terms of energy efficiency, clock speed, IPC, and threads per core. Zen 2, which is the CPU architecture the PS5 will likely use, will be even better than Ryzen. GDDR6 will have far greater bandwidth than GDDR5 and the PS5 will also have more RAM than the XB1X. Lastly, the XB1X's GPU is based on the Polaris architecture (I think) while the PS5 will likely be using Navi, which is two GPU gens apart. You don't just look at the amount of teraflops and call it a day. Why should Sony be forever be grateful Don Mattrick? You do realize that the PS4 still outsells the XB1 when the latter is cheaper. We have seen countless times where the XB1 is $50 cheaper than the PS4, but the PS4 still beats the XB1 in NPD. As for Phil Spencer, we're already 4.5 years into this generation, but Microsoft's 1st party software is greatly underwhelming. In addition, he's more focused on GAAS which emphasizes long-term revenue from subscriptions and microtransactions. There are several 3rd party publishers who develop multiplayer games and gain revenue through microtransactions. Sony gets a platform cut from their revenue while the company focuses on singleplayer story-focused games to push hardware sales and differentiate from the competition. And yes, you can compare the PS4's launch to the PS5's. There will be differences in which I already named some of them in my previous comment, but that doesn't mean you can't compare them. You assert that the jump from the XB1X to PS5 won't be that great, but I already showed you where your reasoning falls short. You also assert that "there's simply no way the PS5 can do as well as the PS4", but you don't have much evidence to support that. Note that I never said that the PS5 will do as well as the PS4, but I suggested that there is a possibility that it can. One of the reasons I mentioned was backwards compatibility with PS4 games. Another reason I also mentioned was Sony's 1st party studios finding their rhythm which may allow the PS5 to launch with a substantially better library and we may not have to wait 3-4 years for the 1st party games to really pick up in quantity and quality. |
Microsoft Xbox division under Don Mattrick was a mess....Don Mattrick manage to destroy most of the goodwill that Microsoft had built with Xbox 360. Don Mattrick failed to compete in Hardware, software and price with the Xb1. XB1 division manage to turn a profit but can't compare ion terms of numbers with Sony world wide, they lost most of the progress they made with Xbox 360.
Microsoft has dealt with hardware being under powered compare to PS4 and for the most part align their price to match Sony. PS4 will have the software dominance this entire generation and not much XB1X can do to fix this this generation. Software remain the most important issue they need to address if they really want to take on Sony. This will take time and more reason for Microsoft to delay the launch of XB2.
When the PS4 launch the PS3 had been on the market for 7 years. Consoles gamers were ready to make the jump to new hardware. Sony and Microsoft have now change the game with mid-gen upgrade. From now till the release of the PS5, Some PS4 owners or new adopter will make the jump to PS4 Pro. Sure the power of PS5 will be much greater than Ps4 Pro/Xb1x but in term of graphic you will be comparing Checkboard 4k/ 30 fps vs Native 4k/ 60 fps. You can expect that most 1st party Sony games to run on both the PS4/PS5 especially if PS5 release in 2019. The willingness to jump to PS5 won't be has great especially for PS4 Pro owners.