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Have Microsoft solidified themselves as a gaming giant equal to Sony?

Damn right J man 144 25.81%
 
They are getting there 170 30.47%
 
They arent even close 117 20.97%
 
Hell to the No 92 16.49%
 
Silver>Gold 35 6.27%
 
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jarrod said:
Severance said:

@bolded

your serious? the NGage was the first (and probably last) gaming device by Nokia it was marketing as a gaming device with Phone features and its main features is gaming (i have one)

@SCE thing

i don't know about that but you might find numbers here

http://www.worldwidestudios.net

I know what NGage is.  I kinda wanted one too, if only for Xanadu Next.  But it flopped immediately, got turned into a software platform for their phone line in general, then got killed off entirely.  iPod Touch/Phone is like the opposite, it's been dragged almost unexpectedly into the gaming market... but it's most certainly a gaming platform at this point.  Moreso than NGage ever managed sadly.

Can't find SCE employee counts there either. :/  

I did find total assets on Wiki though... SCE = 900 billion yen, Nintendo = 1.8 trillion yen.  

I know some people who have iPhone and none of them use it for gaming. Only minority of the iPhone/iPod Touch owners ever buy even a single game for it. iPod touch/iPhone might be have become gaming platform (well, you could say even regular cellphones are gaming platform just as well) but their gaming software revenue is tiny compared to any console at the moment.



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This is hilarious. This gen xbox has defenitly solidified itself to be equal or near equal to the playstation brand fpr now. This isn't about how well ps1 or ps2 sold in the past. We are talking about this generation. And while people raise a good point that sony has 3 consoles that still sell, which is the only reasonable point there is that sony is still a bigger brand, all other excuses are laughable. Sony is at fault for making their starting price $600. Yes sony will have greater software sales the next few weeks. Which console had greater software sales the past 3 years nearly every single week? PS3 is playing catch up. I don't see how the bigger brand would have to do that. And all the comments about better exclusives is purely subjective and is an opinion of a minority, since xbox exclusives, even the ones that come out on pc as well, tend to sell better. And i love the fact that since its tied in Europe, that the 360 failed? OFC that can all change in the future.



M.U.G.E.N said:
r505Matt said:
M.U.G.E.N said:
r505Matt said:
M.U.G.E.N said:

So you just jumped to the conclusion that people buy the psp for non gaming purposes? :S Did you even consider the possibility that it might be because there are not as many games on the psp that people would like to play? If you check the software charts you can see when there is a good title released for the psp, the sales sky rocket for it. Your argument is flawed. So unless you have substantial proof otherwise, I am not convinced at all

This is ridiculous, some people buy the PS3 just for Blu-ray, and there are definitely people who buy PSP just for media playback. You can't just ignore that to suit your arguement.

ok first take a few deep breaths and relax :D we are not suing the company your working for anything. It's a discussion ok? So take it easy

Second: Check what I highlited on his post. I asked for proof cuz without proof it's an opinion. He used game attatch rates as the reason for his statement. I just pointed out there are MANY possible reasons to the attatch rate situation. I gave an example as well.

 

@WW: Again mate, you say games don't sell well on PSP. Maybe not ALL games. But the good ones do. You can't deny that now can you? Games like Monster Hunter, Crisis Core, KH:BBS, etc sell impressively. So no, simplest explaination (well at least simplest to you in this case) doesn't mean it's the correct one. So either give some solid proof or it's an OPINION

Haha we've never talked before, but I'm probably one of the most relaxed person on these forums. I've been angry 2 times in my life, I don't get upset easily, so don't misunderstand me and falsely read some sub-tone of annoyance or anger. So no worries about me freaking out okay? =)

2nd: I know what you're saying, but such a low attach-rate really would indicate something else was going on there. I'm just saying you can't disregard that because you don't want to deal with it/hear about it. But I also agree with you that without substantial proof, you can't totally believe it. But, that doesn't mean it's flawed. Essentially the two of you are looking at the same data and coming up with different conclusions. It's not right to say "your conclusion is wrong, mine is right" just because there isn't enough data. You would have been better off understanding and saying something like "yeah, that could be possible, but there's no way to tell". That way you would have sounded like you listened to someone else's ideas like a human being and not a brick wall.

Sherlock Holmes would say you suffer from a lack of imagination and the inability to make deductions based on simple data. There's nothing wrong with that, but it doesn't make your side correct either.

Just saying.

 

Sherlock Holmes might say you lack the ability to read also, just saying ;)

I NEVER said he was wrong and nor did I say I was RIGHT! Again read better next time. I said one can't just jump to conclusions here. I know when I bought my psp, at the time the only games appealed to me were GOW and Crisis Core. None of the other game offerings appealed to me so I didn't buy them, simple. SO again there are many POSSIBLE reasons for such an issue. People with an open mind and imagination should be able to grasp that. PSP games that are good sell well, as I'm sure there are people who bought the psp JUST for a perticular game as with ANY console (I bought the DS for layton) and also as WW said it might be because people buy it for the meda applications and not the games. So there are MANY possible reasons. So unless you can give some factual proof, your just derailing the thread and wasting my time, no offense

 

PS: When reading into stats, try to consider ALL possible reasons. If not even a moron can jump into sudden conclusions and say hey this happened cuz of THIS REASON DAMN IT!. Stats are what they are. Stats, nothing less nothing more

Notice the red text. Saying an argument is flawed is, at its core, the same as saying the idea is wrong. Well, you're saying the idea in it's current form is wrong, and maybe needs revision/rethinking, but you are surely still saying it's wrong. Maybe you didn't mean it to sound that way, but that's exactly how it sounds. I'm the one here saying either way is possible, you're the one saying "I'm not convinced at all" without substantial proof.

I didn't jump to a conclusion, I was merely making a speculation and saying you can't rule something out just because there isn't enough data. I am surely not saying it's totally true without said data though. I agree, there could be any number of reasons for the low attach rate, and I'm not disregarding any of them, you are. I'm not even remotely trying to say what is the truth in this case. I said such a low attach rate would suggest something was going on, nothing more, nothing less.

You're trying to insinuate that I'm the one lacking reading and/or imagination skills, but I'm only trying to point out that you can't disregard an idea without data to prove it wrong. As long as that doesn't exsit, it remains a possibility. I was never suggesting it is the truth. I'm not sure how you could think I thought that from what I said. There is NOTHING in there even hinting at such a thing.

P.S. We weren't talking about all possible reasons, and if you want to get into that, that's fine. To reiterate, I was trying to say don't disregard an idea for lack of proof.

 

OT: This thread is crazy, will it ever end =)

Why is there so much Nintendo talk though? This thread is essentially a comparison of Sony's brand power and MS's brand power.\

@heruamon,

I think that's an excellent point about who will lead next-gen. But we still have to see what Move and Natal do for Sony and MS's brand power (respectively). They could do nothing (or at least nothing of statistical significance) but they could also change everything. This is an exciting year for gaming at least!



MS is is now a key player in the gaming industry but they are not as big as Sony, not yet. Sony might catch them up this gen as well... maybe.



yo_john117 said:
pizzahut451 said:
yo_john117 said:
pizzahut451 said:
DirtyP2002 said:
pizzahut451 said:
Garnett said:
SpartanFX said:
Garnett said:
You know this site is ran by Sony fans when they choose "Not even close", to them i say

"Who has a 5 million lead? Aww to soon??" then i LOL

well to be fair the question is Sony Vs MS and NOT PS3 vs X360.Sony had almost 40% of revenue in gaming last week whereas MS had only 13 %.

 

to you I say 

"who has 3 platforms on the market???" :P

True, but the brand power is what the OP was talking about.

Xbox and GFWL vs PS3 and ?? (PSP is just about to die and so is the PS2)

 

Xbox brand is equal with the Playstation brand.

 

PS2 alone doubled the sales of Xbox and Xbox 360 together


and that is history my friend. welcome to 2010.

So? Its still a fact that proves that proves that PlayStation brand is 5X stronger. How many Xbox consoles sold over 100 millon? Or even 50 million? Hell, not even a Nintendo console sold over 100 million (notice i said console, not handheld)

No no no, WAS 5x stronger, not is.


So PS2 is not a part of PlayStation brand anymore?

Is the PS2 selling more than the Xbox 360?

140.000.000+ is bigger number than 37.000.000. Do you see how that works?

PS2 is 10 years old, and if you compare PS2 sales in its 5th year and 360 sales in its 5th year (2010) you know the result...

Also, is the PS3 selling more than 360? It think it is



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WilliamWatts said:
akuseru said:
WilliamWatts said:

Why the hell do I care about MS? I was just saying that relative to Nintendo both suck in terms of impact so therefore you should find something more productive to argue about.

Wii Sports + Wii Fit + Mario Kart Wii + New Super Mario Brothers = more important than all of Sony's games ever produced in their entire history. If I was to put Nintendo on the same graph as Sony and Microsoft I would have to break the scale so that you could even see Sony and Microsoft on that said graph. So next to Sony's pretty poor efforts this generation and Microsofts lack of ability to perform in this area saying one flea is a little bigger than another is pretty irrelevant.

So no I don't need to even click on the Xbox 360 link above to come up with any response.

and why the hell should we care about Wii Sports + Wii Fit + Mario Kart Wii + New Super Mario Bros? We care about HD games and consoles which have the power to support games with good physics, graphics, sound, gameplay, scale, all the things that the Wii is to weak to handle. To mention Wii Sports and Wii Fit as a gamer is laughable imo. I don't give a shit about annoying games like that. Mario Kart Wii has clearly dropped quality for more sales. That games is just pure shit and leaves a big brown stain on my beloved Mario Kart serie's reputation. NSMB Wii is ok though, but still, I played that game around 16 years ago on the SNES, minus the 4 player LOCAL (lol) multiplayer.. And btw, just look at Wii Sports Resort sales compared to Wii Sports. Looks like there are many happy consumers out of those 60 million Wii Sports owners who ran to the store to get Wii Sports Resort.. LMAO.

But ye, sales are important I guess. That's why you're sitting in front of your computer digging that Britney Spears album with a bit of that Lady Gaga on the side and ye, the new Lil' Wayne album. LMAO!!! Get lost with your Nintendo trash, this is about Sony and MS. Popularity usually = pure shit in my book. Just look at the music and movie business, and television series, or MTV. That's the crowd I see buying the Wii.

You care? Ok. But you're Mr irrelevant in the market. There are more Farmville players than Wii Players to put things in perspective and there are far more Wii players than there are PS3 players. So to put it simply most people think the kind of games you like are total crap.

Good Physics, graphics, high fidelity sound weren't needed to push NSMB Wii over 10M sales. Hell if you don't care then im not going to make you. However more people care for high fidelity gameplay like for instance Mario Kart. Your kind has been outspent and outvoted, you're the minority.

You laugh at Wii Sports Resorts sales? Fine. Show me a PS3 game with a 23% attach rate? Show me an amazing Sony first party game which 20% of PS3 owners deemed worthy of purchase.

I hope Sony thinks like you, because if they do then it'll do the world a favour when they go bankrupt from their ineptness. Why let a dead horse linger on? Shoot it in the head and be done with it.

 

 

Why are you bringing Wii into this?

Tell me the name of 1 Nintendo game on console (NON-bundled) that sold more than GTA: San Andreas or Modern Warfare 2? (Wii sports, Wii Play, Wii Fit, Mario Kart Wii are ALL BUNDLED)

See what i did there?

 

Also, its obvious you dont care about game`s quality as long as the game sells good



no. not at all but maybe in the future

not until they create a quality piece of hardware that lasts at least 95% of gamers the whole generation(at least 5 year) like every other console. gamers should not have to buy 2 or more of the same console nor have to go through the repair hassle.

their first console was a failure and they didn't profit. any other company would have been finished after that. usually to stay in the gaming business your first console has to be a success.

and finally not until they actually can compete in the japanese market. even though its the smallest market I feel if they could convince the japanese to buy their console then thats a huge victory in itself in terms of microsoft's establishment...but idk because the japanese seem to hate and not trust american products. maybe ditch the japanese market next console cycle?

oh and also to point out, they need more first party games. their variety is halo(great game), fable(also great game) and terrible games by rare except for perfect dark n64 remake



jesus kung fu magic said:
leo-j said:
No..

Playstation sells WAYY more software than XBOX, and sells WAYY more hardware, every part of the world..

so Playstation is still a much bigger brand than Xbox, and always has been.

If you want to be technical then yes , sony does way more software and hardware than MS BUT that is only because they have 3 platforms on the market compared to MS having only one......if you want to evaluate brand power you need to compare both of them on an equal platform and that is comparing the 360 and ps3.

The 360 sells more software and has a higher market penetration than the ps3......that is the jist of my logic.

no.because your trying to single out just one part of a company's brand.

truthfuly, Sony is  as big as Microsoft and that even Includes Nintendo. why because the Brand power of Microsoft include's the Windows OS. not because of PS3 vs the xbox360.

brand power is what your company is known for.

it's not just one part it's the company as a whole.

so Microsoft has alway's been = to sony for brand power, but on the same token it's never going to be greater than also because all three companies are too well entrenched to stay , none of them are getting out of the industry so it's pretty moot.

what is basic at root here is what is the strength of that brabd power by opinion by opinion basis. which is once again subjective.

 



I AM BOLO

100% lover "nothing else matter's" after that...

ps:

Proud psOne/2/3/p owner.  I survived Aplcalyps3 and all I got was this lousy Signature.

pizzahut451 said:
yo_john117 said:
pizzahut451 said:
yo_john117 said:
pizzahut451 said:
DirtyP2002 said:
pizzahut451 said:
Garnett said:
SpartanFX said:
Garnett said:
You know this site is ran by Sony fans when they choose "Not even close", to them i say

"Who has a 5 million lead? Aww to soon??" then i LOL

well to be fair the question is Sony Vs MS and NOT PS3 vs X360.Sony had almost 40% of revenue in gaming last week whereas MS had only 13 %.

 

to you I say 

"who has 3 platforms on the market???" :P

True, but the brand power is what the OP was talking about.

Xbox and GFWL vs PS3 and ?? (PSP is just about to die and so is the PS2)

 

Xbox brand is equal with the Playstation brand.

 

PS2 alone doubled the sales of Xbox and Xbox 360 together


and that is history my friend. welcome to 2010.

So? Its still a fact that proves that proves that PlayStation brand is 5X stronger. How many Xbox consoles sold over 100 millon? Or even 50 million? Hell, not even a Nintendo console sold over 100 million (notice i said console, not handheld)

No no no, WAS 5x stronger, not is.


So PS2 is not a part of PlayStation brand anymore?

Is the PS2 selling more than the Xbox 360?

140.000.000+ is bigger number than 37.000.000. Do you see how that works?

PS2 is 10 years old, and if you compare PS2 sales in its 5th year and 360 sales in its 5th year (2010) you know the result...

Also, is the PS3 selling more than 360? It think it is

No, stop with the BS.  IS the PS2 outselling the 360 RIGHT NOW.

As for the PS3 outselling the 360, thats due to the slim and price cut.  Really they flip-flop pretty much each year.  MS will take the lead again when they drop the price/natal/slim 360 (if the rumors are true)  And then next year around this time the PS3 will have another price cut and it will start outselling the 360 again, next year after that MS will probably cut the price again by a bit and that will make the 360 outsell the PS3.

So see where I am getting at with either the PS3 or 360 outselling the other one?



pizzahut451 said:
WilliamWatts said:
akuseru said:
WilliamWatts said:

Why the hell do I care about MS? I was just saying that relative to Nintendo both suck in terms of impact so therefore you should find something more productive to argue about.

Wii Sports + Wii Fit + Mario Kart Wii + New Super Mario Brothers = more important than all of Sony's games ever produced in their entire history. If I was to put Nintendo on the same graph as Sony and Microsoft I would have to break the scale so that you could even see Sony and Microsoft on that said graph. So next to Sony's pretty poor efforts this generation and Microsofts lack of ability to perform in this area saying one flea is a little bigger than another is pretty irrelevant.

So no I don't need to even click on the Xbox 360 link above to come up with any response.

and why the hell should we care about Wii Sports + Wii Fit + Mario Kart Wii + New Super Mario Bros? We care about HD games and consoles which have the power to support games with good physics, graphics, sound, gameplay, scale, all the things that the Wii is to weak to handle. To mention Wii Sports and Wii Fit as a gamer is laughable imo. I don't give a shit about annoying games like that. Mario Kart Wii has clearly dropped quality for more sales. That games is just pure shit and leaves a big brown stain on my beloved Mario Kart serie's reputation. NSMB Wii is ok though, but still, I played that game around 16 years ago on the SNES, minus the 4 player LOCAL (lol) multiplayer.. And btw, just look at Wii Sports Resort sales compared to Wii Sports. Looks like there are many happy consumers out of those 60 million Wii Sports owners who ran to the store to get Wii Sports Resort.. LMAO.

But ye, sales are important I guess. That's why you're sitting in front of your computer digging that Britney Spears album with a bit of that Lady Gaga on the side and ye, the new Lil' Wayne album. LMAO!!! Get lost with your Nintendo trash, this is about Sony and MS. Popularity usually = pure shit in my book. Just look at the music and movie business, and television series, or MTV. That's the crowd I see buying the Wii.

You care? Ok. But you're Mr irrelevant in the market. There are more Farmville players than Wii Players to put things in perspective and there are far more Wii players than there are PS3 players. So to put it simply most people think the kind of games you like are total crap.

Good Physics, graphics, high fidelity sound weren't needed to push NSMB Wii over 10M sales. Hell if you don't care then im not going to make you. However more people care for high fidelity gameplay like for instance Mario Kart. Your kind has been outspent and outvoted, you're the minority.

You laugh at Wii Sports Resorts sales? Fine. Show me a PS3 game with a 23% attach rate? Show me an amazing Sony first party game which 20% of PS3 owners deemed worthy of purchase.

I hope Sony thinks like you, because if they do then it'll do the world a favour when they go bankrupt from their ineptness. Why let a dead horse linger on? Shoot it in the head and be done with it.

 

 

Why are you bringing Wii into this?

Tell me the name of 1 Nintendo game on console (NON-bundled) that sold more than GTA: San Andreas or Modern Warfare 2? (Wii sports, Wii Play, Wii Fit, Mario Kart Wii are ALL BUNDLED)

See what i did there?

 

Also, its obvious you dont care about game`s quality as long as the game sells good

Uh, only Wii Sports and Sports Resort have been bundled out of those games.  Well, and MW2. :P