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Uabit on 14 May 2014

They are upgrading the Xbox 360 but for a PS4 :')



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Torillian on 14 May 2014
sales2099 said:
Nem said:
sales2099 said:
 

Point is relevance > masses of niche.


There is no relevance in "no games". Its zero relevance.

Titanfall and Project Spark arguably have more relevance. Simple point I am making.

What's your cut-off for relevance?  Tales titles and Persona tend to sell atleast 200,000 in the US alone.  Is that really "super niche" as you describe it or are you just basing that off of only cursory knowledge of those titles?



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VanceIX on 14 May 2014
sales2099 said:
Zekkyou said:
Nem said:
sales2099 said:
 

PS3 2014 and onward: THE place to play super niche Japanese titles and multiplats on 360 ;)

Sounds ok if that floats your boat.


And what does 360 have?

More X1/PC ports?

Don't see why thats funny. They aren't on PS4, they are popular (TF) and ambitious (PS) and they set 360 apart from its biggest competition.

First of all, what's up with the "they" when all you've mentioned is Titanfall?

And Titanfall is ambitious? As in it's another generic sci-fi FPS? Like I said, I own the game and it's not that great.



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Mike_L on 14 May 2014
Bail said:
"Another reason why the Xbox One has fallen behind the PS4 in terms of sales so far is because, according to Mehdi, Xbox 360 owners enjoy their systems more than PlayStation 3 owners do, so they are less inclined to upgrade."


Sure, that's why PS3 sold more hardware AND software in 2013 and 2014 than X360.


Good point ;)



Dr.Henry_Killinger on 14 May 2014
sales2099 said:
Mike_L said:

sales2099 said:

100% agree. Playing Titanfall every chance I get and enjoying my free games for gold (downloading Saints Row 3 in a couple days which I never played).

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I wouldn't put much stock in a program that didn't last too long. Just saying in 2014, not any years prior, 2014, 360 has Titanfall and PS3 has what....some super niche Japanese titles?

 


I guess it's a matter of preference which of the 2 has better upcoming games:

PS3

Helldivers

LittleBigPlanet HUB

Kingdom Hearts 2.5 Remix

Persona 4

Tales of Xillia 2

Tales of Zestiria

 

Xbox 360

Titanfall (already out)

Project Spark

 

PS Plus (if you sign up in may):

Uncharted 3

Payday 2

Remember Me

LittleBigPlanet Karting

Puppeteer

PES 2014

etc: http://us.playstation.com/playstation-plus/

 

XBL Gold (if you sign up in may):

Dust: An Elysian Tail

Saints Row: The Third

As I said, super niche by comparison.

Listing PS + games that allready exist ....cute

What about the Niche that is just now getting games like Saints Row: The Third.

I don't even understand why anyone would pretend like MS is sincerely supporting the kinect. The same company that killed off the Xbox prematurely because of "poor sales". The company with a parity clause on indies that deliberatly, post poned the release of a hyped multiplat to drive up X1 purchases.

While the competition doesn't need to do that.



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BMaker11 on 14 May 2014
kirby007 said:

I'll repeat 18 months - 2 years earlier on the market

I'm seriously confused why you keep saying this. 360 launched November 22, 2005. PS3 launched November 11/17 2006. That equals 18 months - 2 years? You've fundamentally changed math, my friend. Go get your Nobel Prize



Aerys on 14 May 2014

That confirms my theory : Yusuf Mehdi is an alias for MisterXMedia



Predictions for end of 2014 HW sales:

 PS4: 17m   XB1: 10m    WiiU: 10m   Vita: 10m

 

kirby007 on 14 May 2014
BMaker11 said:
kirby007 said:

I'll repeat 18 months - 2 years earlier on the market

I'm seriously confused why you keep saying this. 360 launched November 22, 2005. PS3 launched November 11/17 2006. That equals 18 months - 2 years? You've fundamentally changed math, my friend. Go get your Nobel Prize

fine like someone before you stated

11-16 months



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VanceIX on 14 May 2014
Chris Hu said:
VanceIX said:
sales2099 said:
VanceIX said:
Microsoft...

Well, if people hate their PS3s so much, why did their campaign for trading in PS3s for credit towards Xbox Ones fail magnificently?

Well PS3 doesn't have any buzz worthy games  like Titanfall releasing this year. There really is less incentive to keep playing it then X1.

What?

If people had less incentive to play, why didn't they just trade their PS3s in like Microsoft wanted to?

Also, the PS3 easily has the 360 beat in terms of exclusive games. The amound of JRPGs being released now is amazing, and Persona 5 is coming out next year.

Your argument is invalid. 

While I like JRPG's they have pretty much become a niche genre.  FPS on the other hand are huge and are domintating both in sales and popularity.

I wouldn't say they are niche. Bravely Default, Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Ni no Kuni, the Tales games, and the Persona games have all had great success in the west. JRPGs are also seeing a big rise in popularity now with all the new imports.



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JPL78 on 14 May 2014

I have an Xbox 360 and it is DEAD. There is not one single reason to even cut it on anymore. Multiplatform third party titles were the only thing keeping it alive the last few years. Microsoft isn't even trying to support it from a first party perspective. Saying all of the upcoming Sony exclusives don't count because 360 has one shooter is the dumbest argument I've ever heard. If that is your argument you are either blind or an idiot and in either case you are a fanboy tool.