| DonFerrari said: Sure I will agree that Sony is more reliant on 3rd parties than Nintendo. But if they were reliant as it seemed you implied then they would be more close to Xbox level of sales instead of dominating console game HW sales since they entered the market. |
Don the PS4 didn't outsell the XB1 at launch because of the superior SW it had, in fact for the first 1 or 2 years the XB1 had offered better SW than the PS4. Remember the PS4 draught everyone was saying? Greatness Awaits with pictures of skeletons? PS4s first big hitter was Bloodborne however that didn't change or affect the PS4's sales in any form or matter. The PS4 was selling so well due to the lack of competition and when I mean lack of, I refer to the consumer hatred towards the WiiU and XB1.
In the PS1 era, Sony didn't have great 1st party games either yet the PS1 outsold the N64 and the N64 was in a league of its own when it came to delivering the best 1st party games. Same can be said with the PS2 were Sega and Nintendo still had better 1st party output yet the PS2 outsold them all due to again.. marketing. The Dreamcast and Gamecube were no different to the WiiU and XB1 this gen.
Sony really only started hitting home runs with there 1st party games with the PS3. Sony never dominated a market based off there own 1st party games. PS4's 1st party games came later in its life but by than the gen has already spoken. However like the PS1 and PS2, it wouldn't have mattered because even if you take away all of PS4's big hitting AAA Exclusive games this gen, the PS4 would have still outsold the WiiU and XB1 based off its marketing and competition.
It really goes to show how safe Sony play it because there have been two generations where Sony dominated in sales yet when you look at there competitors both gens ended up with a flop and a underselling system while Sony kept things the same. Just look at the DS controller design, it resembles Sony's stance of not changing while you look at Nintendo, Sega and Xbox, there are always changes.
Last edited by Azzanation - on 10 October 2019
