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binary solo on 08 March 2015

PS4 @ 5, Xb one @ 10. That's the biggest gap this month.



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MikePlanor on 08 March 2015
binary solo said:
MikePlanor said:


Like dragon age?? It wont do anything, you wont see witcher ads all over the place like you will for COD. FFX is also coming in MAY for ps4. Witcher is not evena  big seller, despite it being awesome.

Dragon Age was on PS3, the Witcher 3 is the first time this franchise will appear on a PS platform, whereas Xbox guys got Witcher 2 on 360. This does mean the Witcher is not quite the same as Dragon Age. OTOH it does seem like WRPGs are pulling stronger numbers on PS4. relative to install base Dragon Age: Inquisition has done better on PS4 in the USA than on Xb one (according to VGC, which of course is highly prone to error with software). Despite the exclusive marketing deal in favour of Xb one.


a lot of xbox 360 guys are now ps4 guys, last gen is not this gen, a game like witcher won;t propell x1 over ps4 in May, if anything ps4 will get a bigger boost, if any console gets one at all.



MikePlanor on 08 March 2015
binary solo said:
PS4 @ 5, Xb one @ 10. That's the biggest gap this month.


With bloodborne, MLB the show the gap will widen. Isn;t type o coming too?



Aura7541 on 08 March 2015
MikePlanor said:
binary solo said:
PS4 @ 5, Xb one @ 10. That's the biggest gap this month.


With bloodborne, MLB the show the gap will widen. Isn;t type o coming too?

Yep, Type-0 on the 17th, Bloodborne on the 24th, and to finish things off, MLB 15 & Toukiden Kiwami on the 31st.



GribbleGrunger on 08 March 2015
Aura7541 said:

Yep, Type-0 on the 17th, Bloodborne on the 24th, and to finish things off, MLB 15 & Toukiden Kiwami on the 31st.

Time to restock, Sony.



 

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OfficerRaichu15 on 08 March 2015

So many ps exclusives this month makes me crazy. XD



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Ayyar on 08 March 2015
MikePlanor said:
binary solo said:

Dragon Age was on PS3, the Witcher 3 is the first time this franchise will appear on a PS platform, whereas Xbox guys got Witcher 2 on 360. This does mean the Witcher is not quite the same as Dragon Age. OTOH it does seem like WRPGs are pulling stronger numbers on PS4. relative to install base Dragon Age: Inquisition has done better on PS4 in the USA than on Xb one (according to VGC, which of course is highly prone to error with software). Despite the exclusive marketing deal in favour of Xb one.


a lot of xbox 360 guys are now ps4 guys, last gen is not this gen, a game like witcher won;t propell x1 over ps4 in May, if anything ps4 will get a bigger boost, if any console gets one at all.


Witcher 3(PS4) is at #257 on Amazon, and XB1 version is #1040.

Marketing deals aren't going to matter when there's such a big disparity. XBOX One instalbase just isn't as intrested in anything that's not a shooter, and even those sell better on PS4 now.



binary solo on 08 March 2015
Ayyar said:
MikePlanor said:


a lot of xbox 360 guys are now ps4 guys, last gen is not this gen, a game like witcher won;t propell x1 over ps4 in May, if anything ps4 will get a bigger boost, if any console gets one at all.


Witcher 3(PS4) is at #257 on Amazon, and XB1 version is #1040.

Marketing deals aren't going to matter when there's such a big disparity. XBOX One instalbase just isn't as intrested in anything that's not a shooter, and even those sell better on PS4 now.

However, it does appear that shooters with exclusive marketing deals sell better on the platform with the marketing deal. It's interesting to note that it appears the 2 multiplat shooters that have Xbox exclusive marketing deals are also the only shooters that have sold better on Xb one than PS4. This is actually somewhat insightful of exclusive marketing deals. It appears exclusive marketing deals work for genres that are strongly associated with the platform (shooters for Xb one). But they seem to have little benefit for genres that are not strongly associated with the platform. But that will have exceptions. I think, for instance, that The Elder Scrolls being a RPG you'd expect to do better n PS4. But it appears TES is the RPG shooter fans like to play because it's in first person. So it may do better on Xb one in proportion to user base, and hence XB one may benefit from an exclusive marketing deal (Same with Fallout). Whereas Dragon Age and The Witcher are more standard gameplay style RPGs, which are less appealing to shooter fans. So exclusive marketing for these two games will be less effective or completely ineffective.

I wonder if anyone is trying to get an exclusive marketing deal for Mass Effect 4. It seems like EA is tending to give shooter marketing deals to Sony (or Sony is buying them off EA) and MS is getting the exclusive marketing deals for other genres.



“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” - Bertrand Russell

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."

Jimi Hendrix

 

arcane_chaos on 08 March 2015

PS4 Type-0 at #4 PS4 at #6



Ryng on 08 March 2015

Zelda is just a monster... after 1 month still at #7...