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Yes... that seems to happen when you are outselling the next competition 2:1.



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AlfredoTurkey said:
DerNebel said:
Well I don't think anyone is surprised by this.


I am... simply because the last COD sold better on Xbox One and it's also almost neck and neck with PS4 in COD's biggest territory


Maybe that's why they switched? So it's not just one territory any more.

1 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare PS4 2014 Shooter Activision 2.43 2.68 0.12 1.29 6.52
2 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare XOne 2014 Shooter Activision 2.87 1.29 0.01 0.23 4.40

This clearly shows the benefit of not thinking the US is what matters.



AlfredoTurkey said:
DerNebel said:
Well I don't think anyone is surprised by this.


I am... simply because the last COD sold better on Xbox One and it's also almost neck and neck with PS4 in COD's biggest territory. 

where did you get that information? as far as I'm concerned COD AW sold better on xbox one in US but not WW.



AlfredoTurkey said:
DerNebel said:
Well I don't think anyone is surprised by this.


I am... simply because the last COD sold better on Xbox One and it's also almost neck and neck with PS4 in COD's biggest territory. 

CALL OF DUTY Advanced Warfare sold better on PS4 not XBONE and by a long shot and the lead for future COD's will only get bigger



Maraccuda said:
As is has been for years a few gens now. Devs go where the money is. IE: Larger install bases.

Why do people think games like Monster Hunter went to 3ds?

I kind of disagree. Sure money makes up a huge factor of a developers decision when choosing who to partner with but then there's also which console can bring your vision to life. The DS was selling like hotcakes yet the monster hunter series back then was exclusive to the PSP mainly because I think their vision could have been reached much better on the PSP. Sure when comparing a console with 10 million users and another with 50 million users devs will always choose the one with 50 million views but if a console has a decent user base than no matter how much it's competitor has sold, if the devs vision can be reached much better with the console with lower sales I think that they would choose it.



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Well duh



Sigs are dumb. And so are you!

Angelv577 said:
AlfredoTurkey said:


I am... simply because the last COD sold better on Xbox One and it's also almost neck and neck with PS4 in COD's biggest territory. 

where did you get that information? as far as I'm concerned COD AW sold better on xbox one in US but not WW.


COD's main marketshare is the US. So, wouldn't it make more sense to have multiple deals in different regions? Like, how about in the US, Xbox gets the marketing and DLC deal and in Europe, PS4 gets it? Seems like a smarter thing to do than this approach of one size fits all.



AlfredoTurkey said:
Angelv577 said:

where did you get that information? as far as I'm concerned COD AW sold better on xbox one in US but not WW.


COD's main marketshare is the US. So, wouldn't it make more sense to have multiple deals in different regions? Like, how about in the US, Xbox gets the marketing and DLC deal and in Europe, PS4 gets it? Seems like a smarter thing to do than this approach of one size fits all.


you should have mentioned in the US then, still WW sales is much bigger on ps4 than xbox one, that means that countries outside of US are also important for activision and judging the sales using VGchartz, the sales in US aren't too different between them.  Last gen the difference in US between ps3 and xbox 360 was at least 2m, this time around the difference are just mere hundreds.



AlfredoTurkey said:
DerNebel said:
Well I don't think anyone is surprised by this.


I am... simply because the last COD sold better on Xbox One and it's also almost neck and neck with PS4 in COD's biggest territory. 

It did? Or you talking about in only one territory.  Fortunately publishers that release games globally don't think like you. 



Schoking news, more sales = more games ?!



Predictions for end of 2014 HW sales:

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