When you put out great exclusive games people tend to not notice these things. Xbox Live could be free and I still wouldnt buy an Xbox or Xbox X. Even PC has more current gen AAA games then Xbox this gen
@Thoughtspeak PS4 has a far bigger and better exclusive line up thats why its winning. You reading too much of that Neogaf cac talk type bullshyt if you think the botched Xbox launch is why they still loosing. Nobody cares because they reversed policy on that at the very begining. If they waited several months or a year to change sure, but thats not the case here. Nobody I know even thought the Xbox could not play used games, even at launch. Xbox fanboys point to this as an excuse. Its such bullshyt. It needs more better AAA exclusives. PlayStation the only publisher putting out constant single player AAA games that are actually good. None of the publishers except maybe Rockstar can fukk with them. This is why I see PlayStation dominating for the forseable future. Microsoft will never beat the Japanese at this console shyt. Sony and Nintendo laughing all the way to the bank posting they biggest profits ever right now.
This is possible, but it's debatable. I've argued that the key deciding factor to PS4 being ahead in sales is do to a stronger release which capitalized on MS' missteps ($100 more than PS4, Kinect being forced, Always online PR debacle, etc.) Coming out the gate stronger solidified there place ahead of XB1 this gen. All of the features are cool, but what this is really about is gamers playing games, and gamers want to play with their friends. It was easy to pick PS4 over XB1 day one; PS4 was cheaper, easier to understand, and had just enough more horsepower spec wise to use as a bragging point (even if in reality, the differences were negligible.)
Since PS4 stans love revisionist history, lets play revisionist history assuming the OG PS4 and XB1 never existed:
PS4 Pro launches today:
Backwards compatibility = Paying for an additional streaming service or in some cases, buy the same game all over again via PSN
Hardware = Significantly less horsepower than XB1X
4K Blu Ray = No 4K drive included
Price $400
XB1X Launches today:
Backwards Compatibility = Putting the disc in (regardless of console gen), waiting for a download, and playing (with significantly up-scaled resolution and fps.)
Hardware = The most powerful console ever created
4K Blu Ray = Included
Price $500
I would argue that gamers would be perfectly fine paying $100 more for the obvious benefits.