Microsoft Counters Latest PS4 Sales Figures With Meaningless Zombie Stats
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Microsoft are posting a little infographic of stats in their launch title, fuck those bastards, right?
It's a statistic they wanted to announce to get the community talking, whether it's somehow connected to the PS4 I'd irrelevant, just buy the console you prefer and move on.
I miss ZachPL.
[QUOTE=The First 11'er;43061118]why do you people care so much about one console beating the other? is it not enough to just prefer one? these "OMG SONY MORE SALES THAN XBOX" and "XBOX MORE SALES THAN SONY" threads are just getting annoying[/QUOTE]
Competition? As someone who hasn't touched a Microsoft or Sony console in years I'm genuinely interested in which does better, especially after everything that has happened.
[QUOTE=TheAdmiester;43061140]Microsoft are posting a little infographic of stats in their launch title, fuck those bastards, right?
It's a statistic they wanted to announce to get the community talking, whether it's somehow connected to the PS4 I'd irrelevant, just buy the console you prefer and move on.[/QUOTE]
But...but console war!
[QUOTE=itisjuly;43060425]Who would think otherwise. Xbone is geared towards US a lot where's PS4 seems to reach far wider audiences.[/QUOTE]
If you haven't noticed they're failing in US as well. over a million purchases on PS4 were in North America alone, while Xbox one only has a over a million because of combinations between the thirteen countries it launched in.
PS4 had a fucking staggard launch and it still beat Xbone's buttocks
When consoles have early sale leads like that, it's rare that the competition ever beats it in terms of sales. Look at history, the PS2 has reached 150 million sales and the xbox 1 never even came close, and for even more convincing proof the PS3 couldn't beat the 360's sales either. Early leads are the easiest way to tell how their sales will be later on. If anything is going to happen in favor of Xbox One, it will sale just as much as the PS4 does, not more.
[QUOTE=The First 11'er;43061118]why do you people care so much about one console beating the other? is it not enough to just prefer one? these "OMG SONY MORE SALES THAN XBOX" and "XBOX MORE SALES THAN SONY" threads are just getting annoying[/QUOTE]
Because my side is better than yours and here's why...
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[QUOTE=The First 11'er;43061118]why do you people care so much about one console beating the other? is it not enough to just prefer one? these "OMG SONY MORE SALES THAN XBOX" and "XBOX MORE SALES THAN SONY" threads are just getting annoying[/QUOTE]
Personally I don't care for either, i just want dead rising 3 to get a PC release. But lol exclusivity shits all over that hope.
we know you stock holders like figures, so heres some!
I was pretty pissed when I heard Dead Rising 3 wasn't getting a PC port.
I'm not buying an Xbox One. If I get Destiny, It's gonna be for the PS4.
I'd love Ryze: Son of Rome, but it's just not enough to warrant the purchase of an entire console. I'd despise myself for wasting money on it for just one game. I can play it at a friend's house or something.
Unless they have some kind of face recognition on Kinect that doesn't allow you to play other people's consoles... Stupid Microsoft and it's DRM and... *mumbles to self angrily*
Xbox One Launch Titles > PS4 Launch Titles
PS4 has no good titles atm.
So what are they tracking everything that every player does on the console? I'm not getting an xbone or ps4, partly because I can't afford it, and partly because the language int he EULAs seems pretty invasive.
I'll wait for steambox.
[QUOTE=frozensoda;43062329]So what are they tracking everything that every player does on the console? I'm not getting an xbone or ps4, partly because I can't afford it, and partly because the language int he EULAs seems pretty invasive.
I'll wait for steambox.[/QUOTE]
It's called being online. It doesn't account for people who have played offline.
[editline]3rd December 2013[/editline]
Steam is almost equally if not more invasive than the consoles.
[QUOTE=redBadger;43062342]It's called being online. It doesn't account for people who have played offline.
[editline]3rd December 2013[/editline]
[B]Steam is almost equally if not more invasive than the consoles[/B].[/QUOTE]
Somehow, I doubt that valve is into more "market research" than microsoft.
[QUOTE=frozensoda;43062361]Somehow, I doubt that valve is into more "market research" than microsoft.[/QUOTE]
Pretty sure Valve gather a fucking ton on their players, every company worth their salt does. It's how you direct advertising and actually make money when you aren't selling much of a product.
You're one paranoid guy aren't you.
[QUOTE=hexpunK;43062396]Pretty sure Valve gather a fucking ton on their players, every company worth their salt does. It's how you direct advertising and actually make money when you aren't selling much of a product.
[B]You're one paranoid guy aren't you.[/B][/QUOTE]
You got it.
To be perfectly honest, I believe that microsoft spies through webcams on computers that are running their software. They do this while people are watching "trending viral videos" and then take not only the most popular videos, but also the most popular reactions to those videos, mesh it all together, and make that pile of crap they call "ridiculousness" This is just one of the things that I can imagine them doing.
I also believe that they are working voluntarily with the NSA, which is what gave them the infrastructure to perform the above mentioned techniques. I also believe that they will spy through the kinect if at all possible.
It's like, why pay for a focus group when you have the largest one ever conceived using your software.
But, I'm a little off topic now so I'll leave it at that.
[QUOTE=frozensoda;43062435]You got it.
To be perfectly honest, I believe that microsoft spies through webcams on computers that are running their software. They do this while people are watching "trending viral videos" and then take not only the most popular videos, but also the most popular reactions to those videos, mesh it all together, and make that pile of crap they call "ridiculousness" This is just one of the things that I can imagine them doing.
I also believe that they are working voluntarily with the NSA, which is what gave them the infrastructure to perform the above mentioned techniques. I also believe that they will spy through the kinect if at all possible.
It's like, why pay for a focus group when you have the largest one ever conceived using your software.
But, I'm a little off topic now so I'll leave it at that.[/QUOTE]
I can't see them spying through webcams, largely due to a number of them having indicator lights that you can't bypass (hardware). It's not worth giving your game up by being exposed due to a number of webcams having lights.
But it is quite likely they readily work with the NSA, what with almost every major tech company doing so as we found out recently. Though they'd only be collecting data sent through normal means, no special spy shit has been noticed so far, and people are great at finding that stuff.
[QUOTE=Sableye;43060322]supprise ps4 released a week before Xbox one and it's outsold the Xbox one...what did they think this is a war? people who had an Xbox 360 are going to buy a Xbox one, likewise people with a ps3 are going to buy a ps4 the people they are competing for are the people that while will look good on the balance sheet won't really make a difference over the course of this console generations life cycle,[/QUOTE]
Xbox 360 Elite owner here, mate. I love my 360 to death.
I'll still be buying a PS4 when my means allow me to.
Don't generalize.
somehow not doing what sony is doing is an attempt to "counter" sony???? ms are hiding the TRUTH from us gamers once again!!!! i for one won't be fooled.
[QUOTE=milkandcooki;43062673]somehow not doing what sony is doing is an attempt to "counter" sony???? ms are hiding the TRUTH from us gamers once again!!!! i for one won't be fooled.[/QUOTE]
Better get used to it. Microsoft is going to be under intense scrutiny for a while to come and, sorry to say, they deserve it. They screwed up and they're going to have to work to regain the trust they lost. Same thing happened with Sony back in 2006.
[QUOTE=JeanLuc761;43062709]Better get used to it. Microsoft is going to be under intense scrutiny for a while to come and, sorry to say, they deserve it. They screwed up and they're going to have to work to regain the trust they lost. Same thing happened with Sony back in 2006.[/QUOTE]
i think this entire ~console war~ is kind of hilarious, considering that facepunch has been shitting on consoles for the last 6 years, but now suddenly "wOWAOH!!! PS4!!!!! GrapHUCKXZX!!! look at how many more megabloops my proprietary game player has than that one!! "
[QUOTE=milkandcooki;43062756]i think this entire ~console war~ is kind of hilarious, considering that facepunch has been shitting on consoles for the last 6 years, but now suddenly "wOWAOH!!! PS4!!!!! GrapHUCKXZX!!! look at how many more megabloops my proprietary game player has than that one!! "[/QUOTE]
Well, as The Golden said at the top of the page, what happens with the consoles is going to affect PC games as well so even those who do not usually care about console gaming have been paying rapt attention. In many ways, consoles can dictate gaming's path for the foreseeable future, and as such it's in EVERYONE's best interest when the companies in charge of making the consoles listen to the consumer. Microsoft tried to chart their own course, failed, and Sony was there to reassure everyone that the consumer came first.
Odd as the situation is, it does make sense.
[QUOTE=RenegadeCop;43060822]If roles were reversed and sony released the XBONE, you better believe we'd hate them just the same.[/QUOTE]
The thing I see is that most of you are still angry about the whole DRM scandal and just using it to justify dislike for the xbox one, much like how people used "PS3 HAS NO GAMES" to justify their dislike for the ps3.
[QUOTE=redBadger;43062342]It's called being online. It doesn't account for people who have played offline.
[editline]3rd December 2013[/editline]
Steam is almost equally if not more invasive than the consoles.[/QUOTE]
Steam is running on my computer, It's Microsoft's console.
[editline]4th December 2013[/editline]
Or in English; I can make steam go away if I want to use my computer, you can't do the same with Microsoft on the Xbox.
[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;43062941]The thing I see is that most of you are still angry about the whole DRM scandal and just using it to justify dislike for the xbox one, much like how people used "PS3 HAS NO GAMES" to justify their dislike for the ps3.[/QUOTE]
that's because this: what takes more effort? actually spending 3 seconds to look up how the new xbox works, or reaching into the "funny xbox one meme" bin for a funny epic zinger response?
[QUOTE=milkandcooki;43062994]that's because this: what takes more effort? actually spending 3 seconds to look up how the new xbox works, or reaching into the "funny xbox one meme" bin for a funny epic zinger response?[/QUOTE]
From a consumers POV, PS4 is a no-brainer. $100 cheaper for better hardware and higher resolution games. DRM has nothing to do with any of this... At least not anymore.
[editline]3rd December 2013[/editline]
Most people bought a 360 because it does the same as the competition, but cheaper. PS4 does BETTER than the competition for less money.
[editline]3rd December 2013[/editline]
So, yeah. People are looking up how the xbone works... and that's why they're choosing PS4.
[QUOTE=A_Pigeon;43060376]The zombies probably died from complications from the framerate issues[/QUOTE]
One of my friends has an Xbox One and Deadrising 3 and I have watched him play and I never really noticed any lagging. He said that he did not notice any either. I know in that one video that it showed it struggling but it seemed to run fine for him.
[QUOTE]but Microsoft isn’t ready to provide an update on its console sales.[/QUOTE]
Wonder Why.
Valve makes one of these
250 million Zombies killed in L4D2
1.1 billion portals shot in portal 2
4.2 trillion keys bought in tf2
8.944x 10^37 fat jokes said about Gabe
0 fucks given.
[QUOTE=Fapplejack;43063310]Valve makes one of these
250 million Zombies killed in L4D2
1.1 billion portals shot in portal 2
4.2 trillion keys bought in tf2
8.944x 10^37 fat jokes said about Gabe
0 fucks given.[/QUOTE]
i think it would be nice if they made one where they would calculate how long the stack of hats would be if we were to pile every single hat in the game in a singe mag tower
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