E3 is only a few days away and rumors are already
buzzing. This time last year was
exciting as both Sony and Microsoft were announcing new gaming systems and the
wait was soon to be over for people clamoring for something new. Then E3 came and both Sony and Microsoft came
out of E3 in completely different positions.
Sony killed the press conference and gained momentum that would lead to
it being the number one next gen console by a landslide. While Microsoft nearly killed themselves with
a horrible showing that only told Xbox fans that they were not being listened to. Microsoft of course changed a lot of the policies
that had gamer's most angry, but the damage was done.
Fast forward to today and both systems are actually quite
healthy, but the PS4 is that much more ahead, a few million to be more
precise. Everyone saw what E3 did to
both Sony and Microsoft and thus all eyes are back on E3 to see if Sony can
repeat, and if Microsoft can be redeemed.
With the PS4 still selling like hot cakes, it is interesting
to look at why that might be, and whether it can sustain the huge lead that it
already has. Currently it seems as
though the PS4 continues to sell solely based on word of mouth, the scarcity of
the system, and overall value, but this can only sustain sales for so
long. The big system seller is of course
the games. Neither system has had a string
of games that have screamed buy this system, but have mostly had decent games
that owners of the system have liked rather than loved. Infamous was a good game as far as
appearances went, but the linear game play and story held it back from truly
being titled a system seller. Same goes
for Microsoft and Titanfall, which also released on Xbox 360 and PC. Again, it was a good game, but the fact that
it was not Xbox One only hurt the system and the possible crowd it could have
got to upgrade just for the game.
Besides these two games that were once labeled as system sellers before
their release, both systems have kept pretty even with releases.
The only other thing the PS4 has had going for it has been
the levels that it has been able to play multiplatform games compared to the
Xbox. Most multiplatform games play
either the same or better on PS4 than they do on Xbox, which has led to PS4
having better numbers in sales regarding those multiplatform games.
All of these things have contributed to the
PS4’s lead, but that lead will not continue unless the PS4 is able to bring
some excitement going forward about games that are coming in the near
future. The same goes for Microsoft and
the ability to build back their momentum with some good game
announcements. All eyes will be on E3
come next week, and it will definitely be a good one for gamer's a like.
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