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FiliusDei on 29 January 2014

What a stupid article. This $$$$$$$$ made the deal possible.



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NobleTeam360 on 29 January 2014

Nope I don't believe that for a second. MS showed the money and EA took the money. Pffff sales forecast my ass everyone knew PS4 was going to sale better.



Subie_Greg on 29 January 2014

To me, when a 3rd party goes exclusive, it screams "I'm not 100% sure of our product"

It makes sense for something like Dead Rising 3. Capcom knows it wasn't going to sell 5+ million in the first 6 months on both the PS4 and Xbox One. So take the guaranteed Microsoft money and then try to sell the game. It's a type of game that isn't big, and not a Shooter, so it may not sell at all

Capcom not having faith in the ability to sell Dead Rising 3 (even without all the development issues) is understandable.

And lets cut the B.S.

It never had anything to do with cloud servers. EA inked the deal and would not give 2 poops about cloud servers

It was never about sales forecasts as it was inked before they could ever of had anything to base that on. The PS3 has been outselling the 360 for 3+ years now

It was only EA falling in love with Xbox One's DRM always online no used games shit that this deal and other EA-Microsoft deals were struck

EA and Sony were partners when Sony was pushing Online Passes and EA partnered with Microsoft because of the DRM Xbox One was supposed to have.

EA's first mistake was not having faith in Titan Fall and cutting out 80+ million possible customers

EA's second mistake was backing Xbox One because of the DRM that never actually happened



colafitte on 29 January 2014
Wonktonodi said:
colafitte said:

What???, What i'm saying is some journalist in some gaming news site is using this line: "Since their release, the PS4 has sold 4.2 million consoles worldwide while the Xbox One sold 3.9 million."because Greenberg wasn't clear about what "3'9m sold"  in that tweeter conversation. One guy said this was "SHIPPED, NOT SOLD", and then he said "actually the correct term is sold". People can translate that SHIPPED=SOLD(to consumers), don't you think????. and this article proves my point.

That was all the problem, because that comparison is inaccurate, tells a lie, and benefits only Microsoft, and we see now why some of us protested.


No the article doesn't prove your point. Click the link that says 3.9 xbox ones

"In reporting its financial results for the quarter, Microsoft got a little more specific regarding Xbox One sales for the year, revealing 3.9 million Xbox One consoles were shipped in the second quarter. That means 3.9 million was the total number of units shipped in 2013 for the new console. But remember, units shipped is not the same as units sold. Earlier this month, Microsoft announced that it had sold over three million Xbox One consoles in 2013, compared to the PlayStation 4's 4.2 million sold."

in addition note athor Matt Liebl fun fact. He wrote both. So he clearly knows the difference.


Oh come on!!, to read that you need to click another link, that's the point. What matters is what you read in that article. If the author uses another article to explain the "3m sold" doesn't matter a bit, because most people that read the original article don't see the other. They just read "Since their release, the PS4 has sold 4.2 million consoles worldwide while the Xbox One sold 3.9 million.".

The author should have made the statement in both articles....If article A says a lie, but if in article B says a truth, doesn't change the fact A is wrong.



VitroBahllee on 29 January 2014
colafitte said:
Wonktonodi said:
colafitte said:

What???, What i'm saying is some journalist in some gaming news site is using this line: "Since their release, the PS4 has sold 4.2 million consoles worldwide while the Xbox One sold 3.9 million."because Greenberg wasn't clear about what "3'9m sold"  in that tweeter conversation. One guy said this was "SHIPPED, NOT SOLD", and then he said "actually the correct term is sold". People can translate that SHIPPED=SOLD(to consumers), don't you think????. and this article proves my point.

That was all the problem, because that comparison is inaccurate, tells a lie, and benefits only Microsoft, and we see now why some of us protested.


No the article doesn't prove your point. Click the link that says 3.9 xbox ones

"In reporting its financial results for the quarter, Microsoft got a little more specific regarding Xbox One sales for the year, revealing 3.9 million Xbox One consoles were shipped in the second quarter. That means 3.9 million was the total number of units shipped in 2013 for the new console. But remember, units shipped is not the same as units sold. Earlier this month, Microsoft announced that it had sold over three million Xbox One consoles in 2013, compared to the PlayStation 4's 4.2 million sold."

in addition note athor Matt Liebl fun fact. He wrote both. So he clearly knows the difference.


Oh come on!!, to read that you need to click another link, that's the point. What matters is what you read in that article. If the author uses another article to explain the "3m sold" doesn't matter a bit, because most people that read the original article don't see the other. They just read "Since their release, the PS4 has sold 4.2 million consoles worldwide while the Xbox One sold 3.9 million.".

The author should have made the statement in both articles....If article A says a lie, but if in article B says a truth, doesn't change the fact A is wrong.

Nobody here believes the sales figures on either side. You don't have to prove a point about how lazy journalists can be. There's really no point in having this discussion here.



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FlamingWeazel on 29 January 2014
NobleTeam360 said:
Nope I don't believe that for a second. MS showed the money and EA took the money. Pffff sales forecast my ass everyone knew PS4 was going to sale better.


?? Almost everyone thought ms was going to launch a more powerfull console, and dominate the US again even a year ago.



sales2099 on 29 January 2014
FlamingWeazel said:
LOL EA tried to snuggled up to who they thought was going to be the next gen leader.....hilarious how it backfired.

Except it didn't since MS made it worth their while....



Xbox: Best hardware, Game Pass best value, best BC, more 1st party genres and multiplayer titles. 

 

FlamingWeazel on 29 January 2014
J_Allard said:
FlamingWeazel said:
J_Allard said:
Yeah I am totally sure EA doesn't know the difference between shipped and sold.


Who said anything about EA? it was gamezone that said that.

Gamezone knows the difference as well. See the hyperlink in the article where they say 3.9 million sold? Click on it.


Oh come on... it's BS false reporting, using one sold and the others shipped numbers,, then saying sales are close, they clearly made it sound like the gap was a lot closer then it is. Bad reporting is bad.



colafitte on 29 January 2014
VitroBahllee said:

Nobody here believes the sales figures on either side. You don't have to prove a point about how lazy journalists can be. There's really no point in having this discussion here.


I agree i should not discussing anymore something offtopic. I was just reflecting in the article posted in the OP. I think was on point to critizise the article in this thread. I've made my point, so no need to insist.



Azerth on 29 January 2014

Yes ms paid but if ea could only fund one console wouldn't it make sine to judge which console sells fps better which at the time was the 360