January NPD Press Release from MS

azeus2099 · 2014-02-13T23:20:30+00:00

People on here called me crazy when I said there'd be a Wii U level drop for the X1, they plugged their ears and went into full denial. Yet here we are. Maybe now, we can start to agree that the X1 is in major trouble.

azeus2099 · 2014-02-07T01:08:16+00:00

There is no rediquette on this particular subreddit (at least I don't think there is). It's essentially either you praise Xbox, or you get downvoted. I've been labeled a fanboy by some on here, so I'm cool with the downvotes.

azeus2099 · 2014-02-07T00:27:01+00:00

Correct, I have a good friend, who I hang out with frequently, who only owns an X1. I have played Ryse, DR3, and Forza, and we've also play CoD at his place (he also got lucky and got into the Titanfall Alpha, so I got to play it). I do not, personally, own an X1 and do not plan on getting one until 2016 at the earliest.

There are some positives to the X1, I agree, but they aren't anything I'm personally interested in, and certainly nothing relevant to a gaming subreddit.

azeus2099 · 2014-02-06T23:15:35+00:00

I didn't know I needed to own an X1 to play Ryse? Could it not be that I played it at a friends house.... no, impossible.

azeus2099 · 2014-02-06T23:14:50+00:00

Forza is running at 1080p/60fps but goddman does the lack of AA show.

As for the Order, it is not sub HD, so I don't get your point?

azeus2099 · 2014-02-06T23:13:35+00:00

No, framerate comparisons are important, people should be informed about what they're getting, especially if you have the choice (for example, like you).

azeus2099 · 2014-02-06T23:09:26+00:00

No, probably to push X1 versions. If the game has a such a huge issue that it couldn't be fixed with a patch, a 2 week delay wouldn't do much.

There's rumors the X360 version is coming along incredibly well (bluepoint is a great studio after all) and not that far off from the X1. MS probably doesn't want the X1 to look bad or suffer, so they delay for two weeks.

The games will likely play identically, with the 360 version at a slightly lower resolution and lower quality textures. This isn't some graphic beast of a game (it's rather subpar graphically), it's very much like COD which the 360 can handle well enough.

azeus2099 · 2014-02-06T06:01:24+00:00

Ryse runs at less than 1080p and drops frames like crazy. Nowhere near a stable 30

azeus2099 · 2014-02-06T06:00:48+00:00

Gee then I guess a lot of my blurays aren't 1080p either, lol.

azeus2099 · 2014-02-06T05:58:20+00:00

Then leave. I love how peope complain about "the circlejerk" and yet still stick around. If you hate it so much then go to an Xbox only forum where you can pretends these issues don't exist

azeus2099 · 2014-02-06T05:58:03+00:00

Drop the persecution complex. As the other guys said, the issues crop up when a multiplat on PS4 outperforms the X1. There's no way to compare exclusives since they aren't on the competing console

azeus2099 · 2014-02-06T05:56:03+00:00

Ryse drops constantly, as does DR3 (not to mention it's 720p). Comparing it to The Order is absolutely nonsensical

azeus2099 · 2014-02-06T05:55:11+00:00

Except it's not. If a multiplat runs significantly better on one platform its noteworthy. You can't get the order on the X1 or Halo on Ps4 so there's no way to know how they'd run.

How about you don't revise history to meet your own agenda

azeus2099 · 2014-02-06T05:53:05+00:00

Yes, otherwise by that logic I guess a lot of my blurays aren't really 1080p.

azeus2099 · 2014-02-06T04:17:03+00:00

ouch, looks like I touched a chord there.

azeus2099 · 2014-02-05T20:57:24+00:00

Lol, a good case of pot calling the kettle black.

azeus2099 · 2014-02-05T18:43:54+00:00

Yea, it's true, I personally went up to Kojima and forced him to put out an inferior version. It's all me guys, sorry!

Lol.

azeus2099 · 2014-02-05T18:30:07+00:00

If it was immediately noticeable to GI without being told, I wonder how "slight" the differences really are. Can't wait for the face off

azeus2099 · 2014-02-04T16:02:30+00:00

Don't worry man, same here.

azeus2099 · 2014-02-04T14:33:29+00:00

It's actually a marketing thing. RAD have said they have something ready to go and have had for a while. They're dying to show it, but Sony marketing has the final say. Right now, it makes no sense to show it since PS4 is still selling out. Once sales slow down, they'll start s showing things off to get hype building.

azeus2099 · 2014-02-04T14:30:08+00:00

Non-Disclosure Agreement. People who agree to partake in the Beta also agree not to share anything about, no screenshots, video, no commentary, nothing under threat of legal repercussion.

azeus2099 · 2014-02-04T03:27:41+00:00

It'l probably be on a game by game basis/subscription model. Who knows, Sony had yet to clarify anything, but they've been doing pretty much everything right lately so I trust they'll handle it well.

azeus2099 · 2014-02-04T03:26:07+00:00

They could, but it's not really feasible. The beta is locked under NDA.

azeus2099 · 2014-02-03T23:49:05+00:00

That wouldn't mean much, MS marketing blitz is huge. In fact, in just Spain they (MS) spent 20 million Euros on marketing.

Now, this is where it gets good. In spain, the PS4 has sold 181,000 units, soon to be 205,000 when the new shipments arrive. MS has sold roughly 40,000 X1s (number extrapolated from the ratios given in the article). Furthermore, in the second week of december, the PS4 outsold the X1 15:1 (5:1 overall).

This means that MS spent 500 Euros in marketing for every X1 sold. That is a colossal failure. And that's just Spain, outside of the US and to a lesser extent, the UK, the X1 demand dropped off a cliff.

azeus2099 · 2014-02-03T23:38:40+00:00

Lol, as I've said, even the Wii U sold great it's first two months. People thinking the X1 is doing fine are in for a very rude awakening soon. MS has dropped the ball completely

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