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CGI-Quality on 28 July 2023
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zeldaring said:
CGI-Quality said:

I'm aware of all of that. I'm simply saying specs played a much lesser role in what happened last gen. "Do everything perfect" doesn't mean they had to have a console that was better or equal to the PS4. They just needed software that even the playing field and that's where they fell short. The rise of PSN was the icing on the cake and all other factors were after the fact.

PS4 and Xbox share a very similar library. As a 360 owner I immediately said i'm buying a PS4  after seeing the specs compared to xbone. The gaming community were  ecstatic about ps4 specs and ram, while  xbox was a laughing stock. I think it was a Huge reason and if specs were reversed i have no doubt that xbone would have put a much better fight and probably sold 80 million last gen.

They would have sold a bit more with better specs, but I doubt 80 million. Again, specs don't sell systems for long periods. The GameCube was many times more powerful than the PS2, for example, but in the end, its software was lacking and that is why they lost so bad.

It's unshakable. Software is the driver of longevity, not hardware specs. They simply play an early role in new adoption, which helps, yes, but Sony didn't sell 117 million PS4's mainly because it had a 50% more powerful graphics card.