PS4 Vs. Xbox One: EA Weighs In On Which Console Will Dominate This Holiday Season

Since the launch of Microsoft’s Xbox One and Sony’s PlayStation 4 last November, Sony’s current-gen device has remained in the lead in sales, with a cool 7 million units sold as of April. But the real battle for gaming supremacy lies just ahead, the all-important holiday shopping season.

It turns out a competitive console war is a good thing for game developers.

[JBSleek]

What about Wii U? I think they are coming out with the best exclusive game this holiday season which will no doubt sell millions and make many people buy the system.

It would matter to EA if they cared about the Wii U.

[jaredhart]

You answered your own question. EA doesn't like Nintendo.

Now it could all change if the Wii U continues to do better.

[johndoe11211]

Allow me to sum up the article for everyone who just doesn't feel like clicking on the link:

It turns out a competitive console war is a good thing for game developers especially for EA who just loves to pocket rape the gaming community.

"I think it's going to be a great fight in the holiday. And as a third-party publisher who would sell their soul for a dollar, we sit right in the sweet spot,that spot between your wallet and your bank account" Electronic Arts Chief Operating Officer Peter "I want" Moore told WinBeta on Sunday.

"Consumers love it as well, and it's good for the industry aka E.A" Moore said. "You need powerful companies like Sony and Microsoft to be battling out with each other because it drives investment in their platforms and tons of cash from the hungry gaming community straight into our pockets. It drives competition. You want to see Nintendo come back with the Wii U, well at least you do, us, we don't give a damn about them. They can't make us money. All in all, it becomes healthy for our pockets ..uh..I meant gamers,and for our investors...uh...I meant the environment. When you have a runaway winner, that actually has a reverse effect."

Last year, Sony’s PS4 hit store shelves one week earlier than the Xbox One on Nov. 15. The PS4 was also priced at $100 cheaper since the Xbox One came bundled with the Kinect.

Last month, Microsoft made the console available without the Kinect for $399 -- the same price of the PS4.

Nintendo’s Wii U launched in 2012 and its sales recently picked up due to the popularity of racer “Mario Kart 8, still, that won't be enough for E.A to evn consider making a game or two for them” The Wii U differs from the PS4 and Xbox One due to its backward compatibility with previous generation Wii games and the fact that E.A. actually makes games for those systems. Its popular 3DS handheld is also compatible with older DS games.

Moore said EA plans to keep churning out titles for last-gen systems Xbox 360 and PS3 because the fanbase is huge there and they can rape customers out of more money on those consoles.

"The hope is we get a decent tail of two or three years, and we'll continue to make games for those platforms as long as fans buy them even if the games are unfinished and full of microtransactions. And if not we'll just use our "go to" plan and start charging for demos" he added.

"What PlayStation did with the PS2 was a wonderful tail. I was at Microsoft and we kind of buried the Xbox quickly because to be blunt, it was just losing money. We stopped making games for it ourselves and stopped manufacturing it because the view was, 'Let's move to Xbox 360. Let's get there quickly, establish a beachhead before the PlayStation 3 came out,' and that certainly worked well in that generation. That's why I adopted the same mentality for E.A., totally screw up loved franchises then abandon them when they don't makes us at least 300% profit. You could argue maybe the tables have been somewhat turned in this generation.”

[Eonjay]

What about the fact that former Microsoft. Head Peter Moore doesn't actually answer the question the title insists.

[SilentNegotiator]

Wii U won't dominate this holiday, plain and simple.

Mario Kart 8 was arguably their biggest game of the year (MK sold ~3x as much as SSB on Wii) and it only gave Wii U a short lived boost above the xbone (never even matching ps4's sales).

[ShinMaster]

It's not that EA doesn't like Nintendo. They just don't like the Wii U.

@ johndoe11211

Exactly, people are buying Wii U for games like Mario Kart. They're not buying Wii U for third-party/multiplatform games.

[NextLevel]

What about Wii U? The Wii U is not going to dominate this holiday season.

Are you crazy? You people are really that oblivious aren't you?

The Wii U and Xbox One are fighting for a silver medal, cause the general public doesn't want either of them on a mass level.

http://cmemes.com/wp-conten...

What did people actually think was going to happen?

[JBSleek]

You truly are the worse type of person...

[MRMagoo123]

@jb

the worst type of person ? so they are worse than murderers ? rapists ? bit of a personal attack there I think myself. I mean you can dislike them if you want , I mean most people do dislike the people that have facts to back them up because they cant argue against facts so they just attack them, but saying they are the worst type of person is kinda overboard.

OT: Looking at what PC,Xbone, PS4 and WIIu have this holiday coming out, seems to me like we all win no matter what no matter what platform you prefer to enjoy.

[No_Limit]

WOW, maria...your hate for xbox is growing stronger by the hours. Let it go girl and go out an walk in the park for a while. It is ok, it is only videogames..unless you actually works for the company you are supporting or got fired by the company that you keep bashing, there is no need for all that hate.

OT, I think EA will sell the most on PS4 simply because it has a larger user base but the XB1 will still be a viable platform for them and will continue to be in the long run.

[NatureOfLogic_]

WiiU is tracking ahead Xbox One on Amazon. WiiU will still have second place this holiday season. I think the story this year will be Xbox One vs WiiU for second place. WiiU is not giving up second place so easily.

[liquidhalos]

@JBSleek

Are you seriously trying to say that someone making a troll comment on a game website is worse than a murderer, rapist, child molester and Hitler? That someone who doesn't like the wii-u is the worst type of person in the world. You crack me up.

[GordonKnight]

When you say general public do you mean brainless sheep that only use the media to research their console purchase? Wait a minute Nintendo has had good press since E3 maybe not on N4G. So it could happen.

[Qrphe]

>What about Wii U? I think they are coming out with the best exclusive game this holiday season

True

>which will no doubt sell millions and make many people buy the system.

Wrong, sadly

[JBSleek]

You think Super Smash Bros won't sell millions and also be a system seller?

[rdgneoz3]

Sadly true. Nintendo always has good exclusives. Only problem they have is multiplats. In the next 6 months, no Destiny, Far Cry 4, Shadow's of Mordor, Batman, Evolve, AC: Unity, etc. They'll get some good sales when Smash Brothers comes out, but people are gonna want more than a few games.

[LamerTamer]

Are people really into arena fighting games still? I thought that fad died down years ago and has mostly become a niche.

[SilentNegotiator]

"You think Super Smash Bros won't sell millions and also be a system seller?"

Sure, it'll sell and get some (mostly) hardcore Nintendo fans to finally buy the system. But why don't you take a look at how Gamecube sold; exclusives that sold okay in the short run and a lot in the long run, weak third party support, no waggle to grab the casuals...

[Magicite]

WiiU seems irrelevant.

[ITPython]

I believe the console which will have over a 2:1 sales gap will dominate the holiday season. Duh.

Is that really even a question? It's like asking who would win in a boxing match: Muhammad Ali, or an elderly monkey (and we are to assume Ali has no ethical dilemma about punching old monkeys that may or may not have the ability to hear or see very well).

[Malphite]

Nintendo has finally started to focus on the Wii-U and I definately agree that their upcoming exclusive line-up is quite strong however it is not only competing with the other consoles exclusives but almost with their whole games lineup (exclusives + multiplayer).

That's probably the reason why the Wii-U is viewed as a secondary choice by a lot of gamers. Most people won't pass on games like Destiny, The Witcher, Metal Gear Solid V, Batman: AK, Far Cry 4, The Division, GTA and so on.

[GeofferyPeterson]

Whatever system sells the most of their games is the one the dominates.

[BitbyDeath]

"Moore said EA plans to keep churning out titles for last-gen systems Xbox 360 and PS3.

"The hope is we get a decent tail of two or three years, and we'll continue to make games for those platforms as long as fans buy them," he added."

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Dammit EA, two to three years is a long time for more cross-gen garbage.

[JBSleek]

You just want them to simply abandon 160 million users?

[BitbyDeath]

Yes. Consoles aren't PC's, they don't need to be dragged down by old systems.

[ITPython]

Do you want them to keep supporting last-gen for as long as it takes this gen to reach 160 million users? It could be at least 6 years for that to happen, which would mean 6 more years of games being gimped on next-gen consoles due to last-gen versions holding developers back and taking up WAY too much of their time (when that time could be better spent polishing a games graphics/story/multiplayer/etc on current-gen consoles, thus making a MUCH better experience and a MUCH better game overall).

Once next-gen comes out, last gen is done for. That is just how it works. There is PLENTY of games on the last-gen consoles for them to enjoy, and when they want to enjoy the newest games with better graphics/performance, then they make the jump to current-gen. It is the natural flow of console gaming, always has been and always should be.

I am really hoping devs will finally be done with last-gen by 2015. The hardware will be 9 years old by then and it will be time to move on. Next-gen sales are good, but if devs would abandon last-gen once and for all, that "160 million users of last-gen" would quickly turn into "160 million users on next-gen... plus lots more".

[JBSleek]

Not quite sure how your PC comment makes sense but okay.

[BitbyDeath]

PC devs are required to support old and new PC's hence the comment.

Every gen before this one never had so much emphasis on cross-gen games.

Sure they can make individual games for the old systems but there is no need to make the same game for both. Why even have new consoles if devs just want to keep rehasing lastgen games on them?

[wsoutlaw87]

it makes a ton of sense. If pc devs only had to worry about the highest end pcs, then pc games would like a crazy amount better and actually perform as their specs suggest.

[JBSleek]

I understand what you are saying. I just simply disagree with the premise of it, business wise and simply that last generation shouldn't simply be written off.

[wsoutlaw87]

I dont think its bad to support ps3/360, but come on ea, at least try to make the next gen versions actually better. It would be nice if they were developed separately but that would cost more money.

[Tetsujin]

@IT

I agree to a point however disagree overall with your statement. While previous gen can hinder a current gen it also depends on what games are available and what's under contract. One could argue Watch Dogs being better had it been next gen only, while others argue it sucked regardless because of all the hype the game received and underdelivered.

I commend companies keeping previous gen around (especially Sony with the PlayStation). You also have to keep in mind there's fans that keep previous gen for various reasons (main being financial reasons), so no I'm not as upset or even care; since I keep both previous gen and next gen together. Now something from NES to SNES, yes that would be a big jump, and SNES to even N64 it was a jump. Something like Wii to Wii U at the beginning I don't see the upset honestly (just a personal perspective); PS3 and PS4 at the beginning no, over time I can see someone being upset; 360 to One same thing.

[kratoz1209]

One console to rule them all

[Playstationologist]

TL;DR but my amazing abilities are telling me...

hmmm...

PS4 DERP

[rainslacker]

Did Peter Moore just admit that MS knowingly buried the original Xbox just to beat Sony on the PS3? Did he just admit that MS did so because the system was just losing money?

Doesn't this go against the official MS reason that they couldn't come to a pricing agreement with NVidia so the chips required to make the OGXbox wouldn't be made anymore?

I always defended MS on this, because I felt NVidia screwed them over(and still feel that), but this means that MS knowingly just dropped all support for it's original fan base just because it was losing money, and needed the 1 year advantage to simply gain market share.

[Spotie]

Would you really put it past them to have done so? After all, it's all but a fact that they rushed the 360 to market, knowing it wasn't ready. And we know of all the other things they do to gain a competitive edge.

Is it really outside the realm of possibility?

[rainslacker]

Put it past them? I dunno. I knew they rushed the 360 to market, but MS always claimed it was because of the NVidia chip issue, which was reasonable, because NVidia pretty much confirmed it.

Moore is saying that MS was perfectly OK with it, just because the Xbox was losing money at the time.

They basically screwed over the original Xbox supporters by dropping support early, just to rush the 360 to market to gain market share. NVidia may have been a catalyst, but this comment from Moore paints a different scenario than the one that MS put out.

It was a calculated move to gain a competitive edge, and the customer be damned I guess.

[younglj01]

"I was at Microsoft and we kind of buried the Xbox quickly because to be blunt, it was just losing money. We stopped making games for it ourselves and stopped manufacturing it because the view was, 'Let's move to Xbox 360. Let's get there quickly, establish a beachhead before the PlayStation 3 came out"

Wow...

Edit:Yea I lost an bubble for trolling with an legit comment about the Crytek article some people are so sensitive...

[johndoe11211]

If i was microsoft and i read that, I would be sending guys with baseball bats to his office right about now. That guy basically just confirmed that microsoft knowingly screwed the gaming world with a faulty product just to get a foot in on sony.

[kneon]

But everyone already knew this was the case.

[OUROSMAG]

If I had to pick, I'd say Wii u is gonna be a hot item this holiday season.

If I only had to Pick Between PS4/Xbox one, I'd say wait till after Gamescom and ask me that question again ;)

[wsoutlaw87]

why would the wii u be the hot item, the majority of people dont know what it is and it doesnt play a lot of the biggest games of the holiday season

[Artemidorus]

Why is everyone talking about the Wii U did you not read the title?

Playstation 4 will no doubt be on the christmas list as number one, people perfer the cheaper console.

[MasterCornholio]

The cheapest console is the Wii U followed by the PS4 and the Xbox One that cost the same.

Price isn't the only reason why the PS4 is doing so well and you know it.

[Artemidorus]

Slighty better hardware and a cheaper price will be the reason.

[uth11]

If you read the article, he hoped for a Wii U resergence too

[Artemidorus]

Good luck with that the Wii U