Either your wrong or the Sales are, wonder who is more trust worthy.

Here is a hint: Numbers don't lie, and aren't blinded by bias

My black box is getting more money than your black box.

Mine's White

Smart ass XP

the only thing they nailed was the marketing. that really is the most important aspect when it comes to sales. MS's marketing isnt bad by any means.. they just left a bad taste in people's mouths in the beginning and it made a really bad first impression. and nintendo's marketing has been fucking horrendous. the sales of all three consoles reflect their marketing, honestly. there really isnt much else that is dictating their sales if you think about it.

Sigh...

Marketing means a lot. We know that. BBH does a far better job than Deutsch. Branding power means a lot as well. But marketing and branding alone don't make a success. Just look at Microsoft's billion dollar marketing budgets for Zune, Windows Phone, Surface, etc.

Sony actually did a clever job in building the PS4 regarding both hardware and software. Furthermore, the popularity wasn't simply handed to them. They made a large number of right choices including $100 cheaper than the competition at launch, stronger specs than the competition, fast and fluid OS and shorter download times than the competition, features like PS Now, share play and remote play, no blocking of used games, no daily online check required, no mandatory camera, vast improved controller, great design (slick, yet internal power brick and user-replaceable hd), history of strong 1st party (10+ prominent inhouse dev studios) and 3rd party library (unrivaled range from Destiny to Yooka-Laylee to niche JRPGs), etc.

Do you really believe that marketing was the "only" factor in PS4's success? :S

It doesn't matter. Many people want those games on PS4 and the console sees a surge with each release. Today multiplats mean everything!

Alien: Isolation
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Assassin's Creed: Unity
Bloodborne
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Destiny
Diablo III
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Dragon Ball: Xenoverse
Driveclub
Dying Light
Evolve
Far Cry 4
FIFA 15
Final Fantasy XIV Online
Grand Theft Auto V
Guilty Gear Xrd
Helldivers
inFamous: Second Son
Killzone: Shadow Fall
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
LittleBigPlanet 3
Metro Redux
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Mortal Kombat X
NBA 2K15
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty!
Outlast
Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare
Rayman Legends
Resident Evil: Revelations 2
Resogun
Shovel Knight
The Evil Within
The Last of Us Remastered
Transistor
Tials Fusion
Watch Dogs
Wolfenstein: The New Order
etc.

Nope. They did 2 things right.

1. Price.

2. Hype behind Watch Dogs and Destiny.

That is all.

Its a million little things that all add up to sony comeing out on top.
People that think its just MS messing up its launch or bad marketing vs good marketing, are all wrong.

If M$ and cable companies get smart and use Xbones with cable card slots built-in, to fight off the inevitable streaming takeover, that's when Xbones will sell/rent like hotcakes. They need to embrace what they were designed for.