In general, people who are happy with lower standards don't buy luxury items. Thats why apple has maybe 25% of the smartphone market. It's the top 25% mind you, and they make a shit load of money off them.
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Infinity Ward confirms: CoD Ghost is 720p on Xbox One, 1080p on PS4
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In general, people who are happy with lower standards don't buy luxury items. Thats why apple has maybe 25% of the smartphone market. It's the top 25% mind you, and they make a shit load of money off them.
Microsoft is no Apple.
Heh, so most people won't be buying new consoles simply for games that aren't on current gen?
Yeah, what I said doesn't make any sense.
AnyColourYouLike
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Troll picture. We really gotta stop doing this guys lol.
The main advantage I have seen in higher resolution for 3D games is the ability to have more detailed models at a farther distance from the camera. Instead of tiny blobs, you get distinct models. This is clearly ideal for a FPS. I don't play CoD, but I feel those that spend a lot of time with the game shouldn't hesitate to skip Xbox this time around based on this revelation.
Come now, Apple's products are best in class no question. Try again.
Is that supposed to be funny?
lol comparing Microsoft hardware to Apple..
I thought this was about standards and who buys what. If someone has high standards the cheaper product (PS4) will both fulfill those standards and is $100 less than the Xbone. Standards isn't the right term, brand loyalty or faith are. After the Xbone circus, a lot of faith in Microsoft has been squandered personally.
Lmfao. Please stop dude.
Heh, he said people with lower standards don't buy more expensive products.
So... Why is bringing up the success of Apple products wrong?
No where in my post did I say that MS has the same level of popularity/consumer awareness as Apple.
That comparison might make sense if you said Apple product is inferior because of the price to performance ratio *and* the buyer knew this but bought it anyway. But afaik most Apple buyers think the stuff is the best on the market.
shinra-bansho
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Multiplatform games will sell more and make up the bulk of software sales, even at launch.
So, "most people" will be buying these titles of far greater brand strength and awareness alongside their new systems.
There may be one or two exclusive titles around which people consolidate. But I expect the above to be the case as it was at past transition.
Bam Bam Baklava
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Honestly man sometimes it just seems like you wanna argue for the sake of arguing.
Android phones are of a higher standard than iPhones and are more expensive?
Why are we concerned with people with low standards anyway? If 720p games are not a factor in the success of the X1...good for MS.
For me, in 2013 - I want more.
There is no doubting there is a difference between the two. The way I see it though is that the average gamer, who plays COD, Madden basically, will follow his friends to the system they want to game on and will give two shits about this. Their decision will be made based off of what their COD, Madden buddies are doing, not this.
Bam Bam Baklava
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If everybody follows then who leads?
You think that Apple is best in market? Ok But the surface pro doesn't even compete with iPad.
If I had to place a bet, it would be on the horse called $399.
VanquishUK
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Do people think this is real?
ChawlieTheFair
pip pip cheerio you slags!
Cerny.
njean777
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Thing is if one of them cares about this and tells them about all of this and says "PS4 is 100$ cheaper", I do not think that they will be like "no I want to pay 100$ more".
After DF's Battlefield 4 screenshots I thought it was.
derExperte
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Those days are long gone. But kudos to them that they get people to still believe that. Something MS has trouble with, even if they actually have the best product (don't mean X1 of course...).
AnyColourYouLike
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Yes, Yes they do.
NoMoreTrolls
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And, just for the record, the type of "average gamer" you're describing will go for the cheaper one. Just so that's clear, and we can stop seeing this cyclical argument that places such gamers in a vacuum where they A) don't give a shit about price, B) don't have eyes or ears to read social media or hear their hardcore friends talking about the difference between the two consoles, and C) have some crazy brand loyalty that exists only in the most limber of minds.
Hard to know really. Bayonetta sold less on 360 despite being clearly superior version.
Been gaming with friends since the inception of Xbox Live. Still gaming with those friends. Most of these multiplats are built for social gaming and social gaming was more of a pleasure on the 360 than it was on the PS3. Thus, despite the resolution I will continue to game on multiplats with friends on the console I'm used to and on the other side, purchase a PS4 for the exclusives.
VanquishUK
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It's an identical image with an effect over the Xbox One image from what I can see.
We need some people to push back sometimes, keeps discussion interesting.
My friends are doing this
Familiarity is pretty big, same with transferring friends lists/gamerscore.You are missing the point here; these gamers that I described don't care about the price tag..they want to game with the same controller layout, same friends lists, etc. We will obviously have to wait for numbers to come in over time but I just feel that Xbox is still going to have the majority of COD players when it comes to MP.
But exclusive games can help determine what console they buy as has been seen many times in the past. Hence why both MS and Sony are putting a lot of time/money into that area.
Entrecôte;88130205 said:
There's going to be many who'll buy the Xbox One that will think in a similar fashion (even though it won't be the most powerful console).
njean777
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Have you told your friends any of this and do they know the superior system is 100$ cheaper?
BurnOutBrighter
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It's hit mainstream news sites here in New Zealand
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/games/news/article.cfm?c_id=38&objectid=11149480
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/games/news/article.cfm?c_id=38&objectid=11149480
NullPointer
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Its representative.
NoMoreTrolls
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Lol let's not get carried away here. It'll clearly outshine the 360 version, as it will have next-gen lighting and rendering techniques that the current-gen versions will lack. (Also, just 16 days until we can stop calling the PS360 "current gen." FUCK YEAH!)
Sword Of Doom
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Of course they won't have a problem. Well some might who knows. The real problem is that this is just bad PR for the XB1
Teletraan1
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Them average gamers will swoop in to save the xbox day. Too bad there is no way to track average gamer's buying habits since they dont seem to be showing up in any measurable metric which all indicate PS4 to have more pre-orders and interest. I am sure the nebulous average gamer will buy the more expensive product that is spec wise worse because they dont care about anything except what some vast minority of people is telling them. Makes sense.
NoMoreTrolls
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Feelz>Reelz.
If they are familiar and enjoy the 360 why would that even matter? MS is leading them right into the One. I am saying this because I know a group of friends who are doing this. The PS4 isn't even on their radar; they know nothing of 1080p discussions, nothing of even the reversal by MS during the summer. This group is going to be much larger and more influential than most on here are ready to believe.
That would be true if those same people weren't touting the announced 1080p/60 games on XBO or arguing that the visual difference in multiplats would be nonexistent. Now that it's not the case, suddenly resolution doesn't matter.
I agree, I think this gen is going to be very similar to the last in terms of competition and how close the two consoles are. I think the PS4 will edge it out a bit due to MS missteps lately/power/price difference, but it really is impossible to make absolute statements one way or the other until the numbers come in.
Same. I know people who know all that negative XB1 stuff and don't even care.
Goodacre0081
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when are we getting AC4 comparisons?
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