Since the end of 2013 there has been a fierce battle as to who will rise victorious at the end of this gen of consoles. Visit any gaming forum and you will see a battle like no other between fans of the various gaming consoles screaming as to who they think will win this galactic war. The competition has never been fiercer and thankfully it has been to the benefit of us gamers. The slug fest (if you wish to call it that) between the xbox one and the ps4 has been a battle of epic proportions with no clear winner in sight (as long as you choose to ignore sales). One can only feel sorry for Nintendo who seems content to sit on the side-lines as they realise they just can’t compete with these two heavyweights.
Back and forth the two titans swing their fists at each other in a battle that has seen the introduction of features and games that their respective fans have been clamouring for. Determining who is winning is difficult due to conflicting reports depending on whose fans you ask. But can one determine for themselves? Is it possible to know who will win this epic battle long before the bell rings? Initially I would have said that the ps4 would reign supreme (based on being over 10miilion ahead in sales after only two years), but due to the information that has come to light I have no choice but to change my stance. I can now declare with confidence that the xbox one WILL win this gen.
I know this may come as a shock to some of you, as it was for me, but if you give me a minute to explain you will also see the logical reasoning behind this change of heart. After having many discussions online with many diehard xbox fans and observing many comment sections, I have come to realise that Microsoft has one thing that will guarantee their victory this gen that sony cannot and will never be able to compete with, leprechauns.
You see, I have come to understand, based on the many, many comments I have seen and discussions I have had, that Microsoft has a never-ending pot of gold that is kept safely in a special vault somewhere. This pot cannot be emptied and it is the source of microsoft’s wealth. I never understood before when I saw people constantly say that “Microsoft has unlimited money” , “Microsoft can afford to take a loss on hardware for years”, “Microsoft has no problem losing millions on the xbox division” and “Microsoft doesn’t mind losing millions just to beat sony”.
I never understood before why anyone would make such an insane statement, at least not until I decided to do a little digging myself to find the reasoning behind this line of thinking. You see I always thought that Microsoft and its investors actually cared about losing money and that they made their billions by doing smart business and aiming for profits. But now I have come to understand that none of that had anything to do with it. It was all because of leprechauns and their pots of gold. Thinking about it now, all that talk about investors being dissatisfied with the xbox performance was pure hogwash. That was probably a rumour started by some sony fans in order to scare major Nelson into finding a new job.
There is nothing that sony can do to combat this magic. It is widely known that sony only has about $50,000 in their bank account and that the only reason they are still in business is due to it being mandatory that all employees sell knockoff rolex watches on the side of the street on weekends. It is common knowledge that the ps4 business is supporting all other sony divisions. How else would they be able to keep open their financial services, their semiconductor manufacturing plants, the movie and music studios, the phone and television divisions and their electric vehicles and batteries departments. If it wasn’t for us gamers buying a $400 gaming console and spending 60 bucks every few months (not counting the psn flash sales every now and again) sony would be gone.
There is nothing and I mean NOTHING that sony can do to compete with those Microsoft leprechauns. It’s one thing to have a lot of money but going up against a competitor that has an unlimited supply of wealth is suicide, plain and simple. Regardless, I will enjoy my ps4 no matter how short a time we have, and I will enjoy watching to the end this epic battle of the giants, even though I know one of them will soon use the 10000000 karat gold 2x4 tucked secretly away in their trousers.
Take it to the sea and start the fishing. Take a look at the best fishing games you can play on the PS2 today.
Former Activision studio Toys for Bob partners with Xbox to publish its first game as an indie. This is something of a homecoming, as Microsoft owns Activision.
Manages to buy their freedom especially after all the shit Microsoft has been doing with its studios lately
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Goes right back to them as partners.
Okaaaaaay...
Xbox’s gaming division seems to still function as 3 semi-autonomous sub-divisions, Xbox Studios, Bethesda and ABK. The three main sub-divisions can seemingly shut down or build studios and set up partnerships independently. This would explain why Bethesda can recently shutdown studios, while ABK spins off one studio, while building a new one. Plus, Toys for Bob could be spun off by ABK, only to immediately re-partner with Microsoft.
The Nerd Stash: "Developed by Treyarch Studios, Call of Duty: Black Ops games are some of the best in the series in terms of gameplay, story, and -- of course -- Zombies."
Lol. This was perfect.
God help the trolls if Windows and Office ever flop! Mercy Lord Spencer!! (Go ahead and mark me for trolling again, still buying a XBO this holiday, but yep I hate MS.)
Humourous sarcasm is always fun. Too bad it's usually lost on those who don't read past the title and maybe the first couple paragraphs.
To address your blog on a serious note though, the winner is rarely decided until after the gen is over, or when it's approaching the end. Last gen could have been neck and neck...a first for consoles, but it all depends on how you look at it.
Looking at things now, Sony will win, but things change over time. However, almost 2 years in, it's hard to imagine a shift in consumer trends when one console has become pretty entrenched.
At this point, it's not really MS exclusives that will let it win, it will be some screw up on Sony's part to put people off the PlayStation brand. No matter how people may want to believe it, there is no way that the console that has never been as popular as the others will suddenly overtake and become more relevant within the course of a few months. It takes years to right a course in the consumer market, and by then, the next gen will likely be on the cusp of announcement.
It's just the reality of it. If MS was going to do something to "win" the generation, they would have had to have done it already. Spencer's promotion, and subsequent change in course was the attempt at getting this to happen, but I think people today are looking at it on the short term, and not the long term. Everything that Spencer is doing now is to keep the XBox brand relevant and in the news, so when the next gen comes, they can come out swinging with really aggressive competition. They're establishing their brand...in a better way than before...and much of what they're doing now is how Sony has been for a while. Sony has been mostly silent, just letting the products push the brand, while MS has had to to act like a wacky waving inflatable tube man for people to pay attention.
MS did good last gen by making the brand relevant, and then screwed it all up in one day....maybe some before if you want to consider their shift towards the casual. They're still suffering for that, and I think they pretty much handed the gen to Sony since Nintendo just don't seem to care. Now they're basically starting over this gen to make their image as a place to play, and hopefully they'll learn from their mistakes and not act like they are so awesome that people will just lap up whatever crap they put out...because it was made blatently obvious it won't happen.
Spencer's current direction with the brand is great...but realistically, the problem with Xbox was never the games....ever, it was always MS itself.
The only way micro would win this gen is if they gave away the console they're selling.What makes you think because 1 company is wealthy then another that smaller company can't compete,the wii says hello.You remember nintendo last gen the smallest company of all 3 and they wiped the floor with the 2 giants.Money doesn't sell products,good product sell it's self,if you make a product that people want and a superior 1 againts its competition then it doesn't matter who has the most funds.Remember it's the costumers that decide who wins and so far 25 mil to micros 14 mil indicates that sony wil win this gen,am I happy? no I rather see them neck to neck so we as consumer could benefit from all of the freebees and price cuts, but so far its been sony all the way and reason 4 no price cut on its hardware and if you think micro would win America wishful thinking,its been 22 months in counting and micro should have over taken America by now and it hasn't happen.Now unless micro gives those consoles away I don't see them winning this gen but they will be a very close secound.Thanks multi console owner.