brute said: It will be tough for Microsoft to ever win with price parity, especially now that Halo isn't what it was, they really need to try and make Halo big like it used to be.

 

MS needs to do what Nintendo did with Splatoon take a genre they're not known for and create something completely fresh and amazing. Trouble is MS doesn't have the game making geniuses of Nintendo.

binary solo said: brute said: It will be tough for Microsoft to ever win with price parity, especially now that Halo isn't what it was, they really need to try and make Halo big like it used to be.   MS needs to do what Nintendo did with Splatoon take a genre they're not known for and create something completely fresh and amazing. Trouble is MS doesn't have the game making geniuses of Nintendo.

The reason Halo didn't sell console's is because there wasn't a standard bundle. Sorry, but I wouldn't pay 500$ for an XB1 either. On top of the fact they lost COD, and Sony had star wars, it was obvious as to why Microsoft was going to lose.

binary solo said: brute said: It will be tough for Microsoft to ever win with price parity, especially now that Halo isn't what it was, they really need to try and make Halo big like it used to be.   MS needs to do what Nintendo did with Splatoon take a genre they're not known for and create something completely fresh and amazing. Trouble is MS doesn't have the game making geniuses of Nintendo.

That's true, but the problem is that the genres where Microsoft isn't known for (which is a lot) Sony pretty much has covered with there 1st/2nd and3rd party exclusives.

binary solo said: brute said: It will be tough for Microsoft to ever win with price parity, especially now that Halo isn't what it was, they really need to try and make Halo big like it used to be.   MS needs to do what Nintendo did with Splatoon take a genre they're not known for and create something completely fresh and amazing. Trouble is MS doesn't have the game making geniuses of Nintendo.

I think the greater issue is that the Microsoft's fanbase 'largely' (notice, that isn't everyone) likes certain types of games, or at least only seems to come out in serious numbers for certain types of games.

7 hours since last update:

#12 PS4 Black Ops 3 Standard Bundle (same)
#31 PS4 Star Wars Standard Bundle (down 6)
#36 XB1 Gears Bundle (down 6)
#48 N3DS Black (same)

PS4 - 4 bundles, 2 in the top 100
XB1 - 8 bundles, 1 in the top 100

GribbleGrunger said: 7 hours since last update: #12 PS4 Black Ops 3 Standard Bundle (same) #31 PS4 Star Wars Standard Bundle (down 6) #36 XB1 Gears Bundle (down 6) #48 N3DS Black (same) PS4 - 4 bundles, 2 in the top 100 XB1 - 8 bundles, 1 in the top 100

The Xbox One has so many bundles.   This is why I believe that we will never see a vinilla Xbox One again.

So when is the cut off date for Dec's NPD?

Shadow1980 said:   Blood_Tears said: So when is the cut off date for Dec's NPD? I think Sunday is the last day.

Nice, should be a great month for sales.

Originally Posted by Abdiel

I'm at work so this will be short, but I'm pretty comfortable in my statement that the ps4 won for best buy this month. The extra time with the xb1 at the lower price didn't make much difference, as I said in other threads. Serious difference in momentum and the push behind their respective products. Also, star wars killed it.

Great month. I'm glad it's over. I survived another year. Fuck the holidays man. Haha.

Shadow1980 said: Here's today's update to the monthly ranks: PS4 Star Wars basic bundle: #3 (—) XBO Gears bundle: either #15 (—) PS4 NDC (disc) bundle: #39 (—) New 3DS XL (black): #42 (↓1) XBO 1TB 3-game bundle: #54 (↓1) Wii U MK8 bundle: #57 (—) PS4 COD bundle: #94 (—) And here's the update for Week 5: PS4 COD bundle (standard): #28 (↑4) PS4 Star Wars bundle: #38 (↑3) New 3DS XL (Black): #62 (↑4) XBO Gears bundle: #76 (↑1)

Oh wow.   How did this happen.  Does this mean that the PS4 won all 5 weeks on Amazon?