The Artisan
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I understand that, but when was the last a game, in most cases an exclusive game, had a lifetime sales that was a considerable fraction of its platform's? Halo 2 is the first one that comes to mind for me.Not exactly. There are absolutely tipping point games, they differ for different audiences, for some, it's going to be Bloodborne, but typically the bigger proven franchises, like Gears, Halo, GT etc releasing earlier in a generation moves hardware. They don't have to be bundled.
I'm not inherently disagreeing with you though. Halo's been around longer than Uncharted, but Uncharted has propelled itself into one of the biggest franchises for PlayStation, I'd say the biggest if it weren't for GT although GT is a sim racer. So if there's any exclusive game on Ps4 that could break 10 mill this year, I say it is Uc4.
true, but xbone's fight for market leader here isn't over. There's the price cut, and we've yet to see Sony come up with one. By the way, the price cut is effective worldwide right? Not just in the states?Circumstances have changes since then though. Halo was selling to the defacto go-to console of choice for the US last time around, and then the following happened:
Halo 4 - There's a famous online chart that explains this.
MCC - There's multiple threads than explain how disparate the experiences are, from "it works sometimes" to "refund".
XB1 - No longer market leader.
So releasing into that environment where both brands are damaged is a bit different than before. It takes a lot to damage the brand power of something like it, and its still really popular. But it's no longer a foregone conclusion. I'm not sure about US sales, there's an argument that can be made for both sides.
Also, it's pretty much only the US. Sony outsold them in the UK for Nov/Dec, and since they lost Nov, they won Dec by a significant amount to do this. So US is the main battleground.
I honestly did not think this thread would spiral off into a tangent like that.That's just a part of it. Again, see CozMick's post to see what I'm talking about here.