crissindahouse said:
those who lose their shit about anything Sony does will never leave Playstation. They might buy an Xbox as well but not only an Xbox. MS could have the best 20 next gen games exclusive on Xbox and those who lose their shit about anything Sony wouldn't stop to buy a Playstation. MS can win over "normal" customers who aren't extreme fans of something. Those didn't lose their shit because of a PS5 logo, most won't even post in gaming forums at all. I think it's save to say that Sony's brand name is so big in Europe and some other places that MS won't sell more consoles than Sony does even if MS will do more right next gen. But they could at least manage to take away a few million sales and make the Xbox brand more successful (not only with console sales but also with Gamepass on PC and so on) |
these remarks seem to paint the picture that people who liked the conference are sheep hysterical and losing their shit and that Playstation is the only brand with rusted on fans , the truth is the show ended up with views ranging from disappointing to terrific that's usually how subjective viewpoints play out.
It's safe to say that in regards to MS we already know that there will be no repeat of the last launch, so they don't have to worry about another exodus happening, the question about how much MS being in a better position translates to an increase in sales and other metrics isn't something I see being answered by early release games
Sure we would love to see the big games early but nobody likes a boom or bust cycle and all of us have been through enough gens now to know that the first year is in many ways just laying the groundwork for what's to come you may look good with a great first lineup capable of selling units up against supply constraints but what happens twelve months later when the competition releases some of their bigger games for the holiday season carrying through to the first quarter of the new year with better console supply.
Anyway my feeling is both fan bases know what each sides bread and butter is, and both will equally fantasize about what the unknown games will mean to them so with this and the way todays gaming eco systems work I will go out on a limb
and prophesise that all things being equal we will see similar sales differential WW but MS will take a lead in NA similar to PS4 so they will catch up the 4 million or whatever it is and increase by around that number worst case scenario they only catch up with a small lead.
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