I set the poll from the beginning so that nobody could see the results before voting ;)
IGN: Out of 40k readers more than half want Sony's next-gen console the most
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Actually it didn't, I'll see if I can find the data because I saw it recently but it actually favoured Playstation 37% Xbox 35%.
https://m.uk.ign.com/articles/2012/05/17/gamers-reveal-next-gen-console-desires
I don't know if you see his tweet, but both MK11 and Days Gone have sexy legs during May it seems, according to him
I can wait about a year after the Nextbox releases, pay $1 for 3 months to play all of their exclusive games on my PC which will be more powerful and then unsub. I'm sure it will be profitable for them in the long run as they're essentially turning Xbox into a multiplatform service but I certainly don't see any reason to buy their hardware if I'm planning on buying a PS5 anyways for Sony/Japanese games.
What also plays a key role is history .
I have been gaming with Sony since the PS1 days and i know what to expect from them unless they do something crazy like PS3.
Also people do have common sense to know certain games are going to be on certain system .
it's pretty cut and dried for me. MS have a problem with exclusive games, why would i want their console if there's nothing on there to play? They may remedy this in the coming years but for now i see nothing of value there after this gen, sunset overdrive being the only real exception.
Nintendo ain't bringing out a new console anytime soon.
Sony have the best studios and biggest exclusives, so that's the console for me.
Nintendo ain't bringing out a new console anytime soon.
Sony have the best studios and biggest exclusives, so that's the console for me.
Sony console for sure. It just has the better games and it's not even close. Anything good that comes out on the XBox is usually on PC in some form so win win.
Surprising amount of Nintendo votes considering most people probably aren't expecting an announcement any time soon.
Actually it didn't, I'll see if I can find the data because I saw it recently but it actually favoured Playstation 37% Xbox 35%.
https://m.uk.ign.com/articles/2012/05/17/gamers-reveal-next-gen-console-desires
Sony definitely deserves goodwill but as I said, even with the PS3 you had quite a few loyal people who managed to keep the PS3 competive early on until Sony got the system back on track. I'm not sure what Microsoft can do because even when the Xbox 360 was firing on all cylindars it was still not walking away with it, only in the USA.
I enjoyed the hell out of my PSOne, my PS2, my PS3 and my PS4. I am super down for the PS5. No reason for me not to be. Microsoft had their stumbles this gen after the Xbox OG and 360 so I am still wary of them and not pumped sight unseen for their next one. Nintendo isn't for me so I don't care what they do and I am excited to try Stadia. So yeah lump me in for the PS5 hype.
Microsoft probably sees it working this way.. The likely not lose the 30+ million people who own an Xbox one console now. They will still buy the next Xbox, pay for gold, and have subscriptions. If they can gain an extra 10 million more users next gen they'll be happy.
Bringing their games to steam is a game changer. It's more money they never had before. If 2 to 3 million copies Gears 5 are bought on there they are very happy. Halo infinite will likely be the biggest selling title on steam ever. Steam will make their first party titles relevant again. Crossplay between Steam and Xbox maybe a feature also. Bigger audience, then the games are likely to be streamed often on Twitch and Youtube gaming, that generates interest among casuals.
Winning a console race is not important for them.
Bringing their games to steam is a game changer. It's more money they never had before. If 2 to 3 million copies Gears 5 are bought on there they are very happy. Halo infinite will likely be the biggest selling title on steam ever. Steam will make their first party titles relevant again. Crossplay between Steam and Xbox maybe a feature also. Bigger audience, then the games are likely to be streamed often on Twitch and Youtube gaming, that generates interest among casuals.
Winning a console race is not important for them.
All the old place talk... Pointless shit honestly. I was lurking there when everyone that liked TLOU was a mindless movie watcher. "Not a game, that's the usual Sony B-film!" And shit like that. So yeah, go figure.
Things are a little different with digital storefronts now.... I have close to $2,000 invested into PSN/PS+ across Vita/PS3/PS4 and maybe $20 invested into XBL... Sony would have to ROYALLY FUCK UP and Microsoft would have to perform the 2nd coming of Jesus for me to switch ecosystems
Same thing with Steam, Apple App Store, etc... You never had this sort of issue with physical media.
Had to go with PS5.
It's easy for me because Sony's exclusives are exactly what I look for in gaming (the more narrative/single player focused games) and it doesn't look like its changing anytime soon, in fact the quality just seems to be going up, so props to Sony.
MS exclusives are not appealing in the slightest to me and the way they handle business is just... weird. I don't feel like purchasing their stuff because I don't feel conected to them as a consumer, If that makes any sense.
Nintendo consoles are always somewhat appealing to me due to how unique they always are and how the quality of the software is always there no matter what, but considering a new one is probably far away it doesn't make much sense to vote for it.
Stadia is just whatever to me right now, as interesting as the streaming idea seems to be, I would rather wait to see if their vision actually comes true.
It's easy for me because Sony's exclusives are exactly what I look for in gaming (the more narrative/single player focused games) and it doesn't look like its changing anytime soon, in fact the quality just seems to be going up, so props to Sony.
MS exclusives are not appealing in the slightest to me and the way they handle business is just... weird. I don't feel like purchasing their stuff because I don't feel conected to them as a consumer, If that makes any sense.
Nintendo consoles are always somewhat appealing to me due to how unique they always are and how the quality of the software is always there no matter what, but considering a new one is probably far away it doesn't make much sense to vote for it.
Stadia is just whatever to me right now, as interesting as the streaming idea seems to be, I would rather wait to see if their vision actually comes true.
Thanks to Sony and to a lesser extent Nintendo that we as gamers can enjoy and experience single player game today because not everyone like to play online only game.
As others have said, not really fair to include Nintendo in there. I would definitely say Sony to this question, but that is part because I prefer their exclusives over XBox and part because I'm also a fan of Nintendo and the Switch and don't want a new console from them at the moment, I would be pissed if Switch had a short lifecycle.
Why do you want to exclude the 41 persons who voted for that as their most anticipated? 😁
Microsoft's backwards compatibility effort has been unlike anything I've seen from a console manufacturer, and Sony's had a bit of a homogenization problem in its first-party productions in the last 5+ years, so it's going to be Xbox, especially if this E3 turns out well. Truthfully, the real answer is Switch Pro, but Nintendo's keeping mum about that so I'll fall back to Xbox.
I'm surprised that PS5 is still dominating in the poll here. I figured it'd definitely be the lead but not with that big of a gap. I'm curious to see how that changes or doesn't after next week settles down.
Bold is pretty much how I feel. Why buy an Xbox if its exclusive games will be available on PC, where most PC owners will have more powerful machines with customisable extras for those games? Seems somewhat pointless. I'd say the same for Sony as well if they had the same MO.
I hope they nail this as well. I'm not much for PC emulation as i always seem to have issues with bugs while ripping, configuring or playing when it comes to PS emulators, so i hope they go all out. I know my PS3 has defied all odds and will soon die with a Warriors Death, so it would be great to continue that tradition in the best way possible on PS5.
Everyone want to play GOW2 and HZD2. The poll results aren't surprising to me.
Also MS putting all their games on PC means there is less of an incentive to buy the next Xbox for PC owners.
Also MS putting all their games on PC means there is less of an incentive to buy the next Xbox for PC owners.
OK but to put things into perspective those games sold less than 15% of the total userbase.
True but there's multiple other exclusives that people wanna play and not everyone likes the same games so the percentage number is kinda useless in this context. Someone could like GOW but not like HZD, it's combination of different games and exclusives that adds to the total.
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How so ? 10-15 million bought Xbox one at launch expected it to be atleast good as X360 and coming from good will of 360. There were are alot of game announcements like TITANFALL,MCC, Quantum break,scalebound,dead rising,ryse,crackdown,sea of thieves that made XOne as competitive product. Now all games are released and most of them are very mediocre that will is supergone. Those people bought at launch wont ever touch xbox again getting 499$console and shitty kinect to that being useless in a year
Only perspective that matters is they both sold over 10 million copies. GoW in a little over a year and HZD probably wasn't far off.
