crissindahouse said:
which third party games exactly do we talk about which missed Xbox and are so relevant to have millions of customers buying a PS instead of an Xbox. I mean, even if they would be on Xbox, most who bought them would own a PS instead of an Xbox but still curious which games we talk about which are the reason for so many buying a PS even though they would prefer an Xbox. Don't get me wrong, I would also like to see more games in the Xbox ecosystem but to me it's pretty clear that almost all who play these games would own a PS even if they would be on Xbox as well. MS knows that their console sales could be better. They lose many simply because all their games release on PC day one so that someone like me doesn't need an Xbox anymore. I'm sure that costs many more sales as some Japanese games missing Xbox. And yet MS is happy with it and doesn't take their games away from Steam. And Sony will also start to release all their games on PC day one. Maybe not now but in 5 years or maybe in 10 but the time will come and Sony will also lose some console sales and still be more successful with it. |
It is hard to discuss because it basically turns into a 'what if' scenario and I dislike those kind of discussions.
It is like 'what if Halo CE' did not release on the original xbox.
You would have a group A saying ' Well game sold 5 millionish so MS would have lost 200 million max in revenue.
You would also have a Group B (my group) saying 'It would have turned into a slipperly slope, xbox would not have been called shooterbox; potentially less devs would have released their shooter games on xbox (American Army, Doom 3, Riddick, Unreal games, Turok, Half life 2, Counter Strike etc), less consoles would have been sold, Halo 2 would not have been a thing, Xbox live subs would have been way lower... Atleast 1 billion in revenue lost and a lot of profit.
And also a Group C saying ' Their would have been no X360 without Halo CE'
Saying 'FF7R' day one also on Xbox would have not made much of a difference feels so wrong but because it is hard to disscuss an 'what if' scenario I let it slip...
Sony releasing day one on pc is not beneficial to Xbox, Xbox had one advantage for devs, the ability to release day one on pc and xbox while with Sony you had to be time exclusive for some time potentially hurting your sales..
