padib said:
naruball said:
padib said:
It's true the other two consoles sold on promise of games, not on games.
In parallel, the U is doing well on its own merits thanks to solid games. |
I keep reading this, but I think it's far from the truth.
You have to take into account the ps' entire history and Sony's support of their systems. The ps3 was supported until the end of last uear whereas the wii didn't get much support from ninty the last year or two before the launch of wiiu. It's about customer satisfaction. I owned both a wii and ps3 and have no plans of buying a wii, but plan on buying a ps4 due to my huge disappointment in the wii. If you get burned, like people felt they did with the psp and wii, the successor rarely does well after that.
The fact that 3rd parties never had much faith in wiiu and ended up not relasing enough games on it combined with the fact that multiplats run better on ps4 made several people go with a ps4 instead. That's not a promise of games. It's games looking better on ps4 than xb1 or wiiu. And since 3rd parties are what a lot of gamers care about (cod, destiny, watch_dogs, fifa, etc), why buy a wiiu? The wiiu is mostly for people who want Ninty ip's and the majority of gamers doesn't seem to care enough to buy a console for it.
You simply can't know how many people bought a ps4 for Killzone, Second Son, and for best console graphics. Because in that respect it's doing well on its own merits (combo of hardware and games).
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Sounds fair.
Let me ask it this way. If you were to encourage someone to buy a PS4, what would be your main selling point?
The reason I ask is because I doubt it's about the games that are currently out.
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I don't disagree with you at all. It would most definitely not be about the games available at the moment.
So you're right about that. However, sorry to disappoint you, but my main point would be a general one, i.e. that the entire package is better. Better hardware (so multiplats will look better), ps+ being the best service I can think of, some great games available now (Tomb Raider, Infamous, The last of us, Watch dogs), and of course "promises" as you put it. I would tell him that if he's interested in 3rd party games, he should not buy a wiiu. If he's deciding between xb1 and ps4, he should go with the latter, as I don't like MS' policies and ps4 is better value for your money hardware-wise. Ulitmately, though, it'd depend on the person. For example, if he was a loner, I would not bring up "most of your friends will probably have a ps4". No matter who asks me, I don't think I would ever give a single reason because I'd need to find out what they care for the most. If I was forced to give one reason, though, it'd be better hardware.
