Kotaku: “Crackdown 3 Delayed Till 2019”.

[DonFerrari]

Chazore said:

DonFerrari said:

Have I suggested they have to? But considering the first half of the year is quieter, they certainly could give as much room for their title to have attention.

And on your talk about winning, they really have lost the 3 generations they have involved so far... will they win the next? Who knows, but I wouldn't bet.

I wouldn't say their situation were similar to MS, but sure PS3 games and some of X1 games haven't been met with great sales.

MS didn't have the CPU issue, while Sony did, that's one difference between the two.

You didn't specifically say, but the way you had written the previous post made it sound as if MS is doomed with that release no matter what. This is why I believe it's better to say "they are doomed indefinitely" if the suggestion of releasing near competition's 1st party or third party competition is supposedly going to end in failure. 

Them releasing within the quiet period would benefit them, rather than releasing during a busy and unstable period, that could easily have the title drowned out completely. 

They didn't exactly lose the previous gen outright, certainly nowhere near the level they have lost this gen. It would be nice if they win the next, and the one after, because then we will see a paradigm shift. 

What about the CPU?

You assumed to much and that is why you got it wrong. Most of Sony launches are outside of holidays exactly to grant them more limelight and improve sales. So it isn't preposterous to say that MS could also look for the best possible time to release their game to grant more attention as well. And considering Sony 1st party launches this gen it's fair to consider that not launching close would benefit MS.

Until MS really shows commitment to deserve a Victory I don't see anything nice about they winning, because the premature release with faulty HW on X360 combined with early killing of og Xbox isn't something that deserves a victory, their strategy with X1 also doesn't, their lack of 1st parties also doesn't. And the original Xbox would have a hard time winning considering all PS2 done and how much of a headstart it had. So MS really need to do a lot with their 4th console to really say it would be nice for them to win the next 2 gens.