I would think the Xbox brand overall would be considered superior Cod console due to it's superior online capabilities...
Current gaming platforms - Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, New 3DS, PC
I would think the Xbox brand overall would be considered superior Cod console due to it's superior online capabilities...
Current gaming platforms - Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, New 3DS, PC
JayWood2010 said:
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My fault i used na numbers instead of us ones. Im getting 40.54% for ps4 and 41.02% for xb1.
"I actually prefer the Xbox One but can't seem to understand why people still say this. I mean it might have been true in 2007-09. Not anymore."
Sorry, but the Xbox One wasn't selling much of anything in 2007-09.
If you mean the Xbox 360, yes, it was considered the "shooter box", mainly because it had the North American market wrapped up. It's not rocket science. Whichever console sells more in North America will sell more military shooters.
As far as a myth about the Xbox One, you're literally the first person I've seen say that.
It's called that because that was the image created of the Xbox brand by American and British gamers at a time when Modern Warfare was first making its mark on the industry and the 360 was significantly leading the PS3 at that time. It was basically good timing (bad timing?). The 360 was without a doubt the lead platform for the franchise. It also helped that Call of Duty 2, arguably the best launch title the 360 had, never made its way to any other 7th gen console. There is also the part where Microsoft spent 10 minutes of a 1 hour reveal event talking about the new Call of Duty while having only spent 15 minutes showing off 6 other titles. Four of which were featured only in a single montage video. I don't necessarily find it to be a bad thing but with Call of Duty in the state it's in Microsoft and Xbox fans may do well to try and distance the brand from being associated with what appears to be a declining franchise.
If the PS4 is the shooterstation 4 and call of duty is in decline does that mean ps4 is doomed??!?
toastboy44562 said: If the PS4 is the shooterstation 4 and call of duty is in decline does that mean ps4 is doomed??!? |
Clearly Knack saved it.
As someone who actively claims what the OP says I'll say why.
I consider the Xbox One to be the default FPS console, Call of Duty is the default FPS game. Therefore Xbox One is the default choice for Call Of Duty. Whether this will actually be the case remains to be seen. Currently the home of Call Of Duty: Ghosts is Xbox 360 so neither of the current gen consoles can claim the game.
The fact of the matter is, with cross game chat, the achievement system, easier game capture, more reliable online servers with Xbox Live, and exclusives like Halo; the 360 placed itself as the console of choice for FPS fans. Now, does that mean people can't play CoD on PS3/PS4, not at all, but I expect Xbox One to take over from Xbox 360.
Brand loyalty goes a long way, as does simple "comfort zone". Considering that considerably more people play CoD online on 360 than PS3, it's reasonable to assume that if they stay brand loyal, Xbox One will have the lead in that demographic. Add in system selling exclusive (or at least console exclusive) games like Halo and Titanfall and the common practice for Microsoft to purposely buy up "timed exclusive" (or as I like to put it, "bribe so you delay the release on our competitor") DLC and map packs, and you have a console that, again, is seen as a "shooter box".
Even if the Xbox One has equivalent or slightly lower sales for games like Call Of Duty than the PS4, I imagine it'll still maintain this image if only because the Xbox userbase are more active players, and the Xbox Live community will be more supported/represented in that regard.
Right now, we can't really make judgements on the consoles based on their own sales figures, it's far better to extrapolate based on previous brand performance. Now granted PS4 has done far better than PS3 (well, actually it just didn't shit itself while Wii U and especially the glorious Xbox shat themselves quite openly a publicly). This could be a factor, but even with the PS4 converting some gamers, the hard core Xbots, most of whom are Halo nutters and as such massive FPS fans, will never be converted. Microsoft will always be the "home of FPS", even if PS4 outsells it in every way.
Only reason people are buying xbox ones is because ps4 is out of stock everywhere. Come on Sony get those consoles shipped out and restocked so people can stop wasting their money on that MS garbage box
Who says Xbone is the "CoD console"? If anything, people just say Xbox is the "shooter brand".
And really? Ghosts is PS4's top selling game? Poor Killzone.