| VideoGameAccountant said: I'm going to be honest, VGChartz has one of the worst way to do multiquote. I don't know why its so asinine here. snip... |
I am plenty objective friend... what I find twisted about what you are saying, is that you are stating conjecture based on absolutely nothing tangible and what seems to entirely your personal preferences a fact.
Case in point, to suggest that the "trend" is that leading platforms switch sides every new gen is just flat out ridiculous. There is a reason why everything happens, and fromlooking at what is happening,its very easy to dicern what willor could most likely hapen.
eg...
- $599 PS3 in 2006 mostly due to sony building in a PS2 into every PS3 and them pushing the new Blu-ray format.
- Coming out one year after the 360.
- Complicated architecture that meant everything looks and ran better on the cheaper Xbox consoles.
- Poor online network which was also lacking very important features.
Those are the reasons the PS3 struggled, those are the seasons the PS3lost market share to MS. But even then, sony still managed to outsell the 360 for all but one year that both consoles were on the market.
Fast forward to 2020
- sony is coming from its strongest gen ever.
- PS has a healthy exhaustive list of multiple 10M selling first-party titles and a lot of other exclusive commercially successful third party titles. And that's not changed at all.
- There isn't the hubris of them launching at $599 this time around either.
- They have already announced games that people are excited for and is building a lot of hype.
None of that suggests that sony s somehow in some kinda bad shape or are dropping the ball or resting on their laurels. You may not be interested in their games/exclusives, but the stats don't lie. And i can't be bothered to list of just how many exclusive games sony has that has sold in the 5M - 12M range. And the simple fact of the matter is, we cannot say the same for Xbox.
Sony has a proven strategy, that has worked for them all of this gen and that they seem intent on doubling-down on with net gen. I mean, just look at the number of exclusives they have released this year alone so far. There is absolutely nothing about what sony has done so far to suggest that they are dropping the ball or about to be dethroned. Can you tell me a single thing MShas announced or talked about or shown tat has generated more engagement or traction that a lot of the things sony has said? That's not me being a fanboy, it's just me stating the obvious. Sony has the momentum, and until they do something stupid, or stop trying, then thy arent losing it.
Again, you don't have to like what they show or talk about, or hell... you don't even have to be impressed, but I can tell you this much, a LOT of people do like it and are impressed. A significantly lot more than seem to b interested in anything that has come out of the Xbox camp... and that's how you gauge interest and momentum.
