>at the mall with friend
>he's the definition of a casual gamer; his favorite games are Life Is Strange, FIFA, Uncharted, Spyro, Smash Bros, etc.
>stop by Gamestop
>'yeah i might buy a ps4'
>right then and there buys one, even though he has perfectly good ps3 sitting at home
>doesn't even have interest in Bloodborne or that series
>only games he has so far are Rocket League, FIFA, and the Uncharted Collection
When did Sony take control of the casual market?
>>321149376
When Microsoft committed PR suicide.
>>321149734
it's been 2 years plus, haven't they recovered?
>Cousin got his mom to buy him a PS4
>All he literally wants to play on it is a sport game that is also on the PS3
>>321150696
Nope, PR suicide with the casual market has a long downtime to respawn.
We should always remember that is just us that follow every fucking news about videogames.
>>321150696
No and they never will . Sony won
>>321152691
No, they didn't. Xbox can come back. Their overall list of exclusives is better than Sony's, as a whole. Sony is just better at marketing what they do have.
>likes FIFA
>gets FIFA when he gets a PS4
Holy shit, big fucking shock.
Also it's been over two years, "perfectly good" doesn't apply to last gen anymore.
>>321150696
After it happened a bunch of people bought PS4's instead of Xbones. Later on when people who are friends with early adopters will buy PS4's so they can play with their friends, so on a so on.
I bought a PS4 because I was able to find one for ~$120. My friend wanted to buy a console and got a PS4 because I got one
>>321153408
you do know the FIFA series releases for the previous gens too... idiot.
>>321153148
>Their overall list of exclusives is better than Sony's, as a whole
I strongly disagree.
>>321149376
You sound autistic. PS4 is the best platform by far and your friend has decent taste.
I think you have problems, OP.
>perfectly good
Umm... except for the fact that games aren't being developed for it anymore you fucking idiot? Why do you get triggered by your friend buying a new console? Off yourself you fucking autismo.
>>321150696
Memeing aside, while the PS4 is blowing everyone out of the fucking water, the Xbone is still outpacing the 360. PS4 is clearly the winner this gen but Xbone isn't doing as bad as everyone seems to think it is.
http://strawpoll.me/6274148/
http://strawpoll.me/6316971/
Ps4 is the best and Sony always wins baby.
>>321154582
No, actually despite the fire sales and massive price slashes Xbone has fallen below the 360 WW. And actually the 360 sold fairly slow early on but picked up steam later and had long legs.
So no, Xbone ain't doing so hot.
>>321154453
Where the fuck did I say I was triggered?
I literally saw Sony's ridiculously good marketing work firsthand. It's just interesting because he is basically just hoping for more games to come his way in the future, and yeah PS4 has some nice exclsuives on the horizon, but enough for someone to spend $350 outright? I don't know, maybe I'm the casual for sticking with my sixth gens and PC.
>>321154434
>>321154327
>>321154453
hes probably posting because he spent like 400 dollars for no reason
its not because he thinks the ps4 is shit or something, but its just a matter of why would you waste your money like that
hes allowed to spend his money how he wants, but why did he choose this way
>>321149376
I hope this casual didnt buy this ps4 on a whim in an attempt to gain some nerd cred with his turbonerd friend. That would make me sad a person that impressionable exists
>>321154848
It costs more than 400 dollars for a good pool table and that's less interesting than a PS4. I don't see the issue.
>>321154453
>buying a platform with software in permanent development hell like the last guardian is better than using a platform that actually has software available
>>321154947
>It costs more than 400 dollars for a good pool table and that's less interesting than a PS4
I found the neckbeard.
>>321154947
>buy fifa for ps3
>buy rocket league on pc that he more than likely has
>already likes the uncharted games and has either played the ones in the collection or can buy them for the ps3
>would cost significantly less and be the same exact thing
>WHY THE FUCK IS MY CASUAL FRIEND BUYING A PS4 TO PLAY FIFA WHICH IS ALSO ON THE PS3 JUST TO PLAY IN A SLIGHTLY HIGHER RES AND SLIGHLY MORE FPS
>well of course I own a 2000$ gaming PC to play all these multiplats at slightly higher res and slightly higher fps
>>321154842
>ridiculously good marketing
Umm no, not really you fucking idiot. No one's going to build a fucking PC, especially when PS4 is getting all the top exclusives, to play games unless they're an autist who spergs out about frames and resolution. And Wii U is for children so that's right out. If you want a next gen system, you realistically have two options: the bone or the PS4. You'd have to be mentally impaired to buy the bone so it's an obvious choice.
And it's not a matter of "waiting for games" like you autismos do here on /v/. For people that actually PLAY games, the games are already there, unless your friend is literally not interested in a single game this entire gen, in which case he shouldn't be playing games. Games are no longer crossgen now, if you want to play the new games, you get a current gen system, simple as fucking that.
And yes, if you didn't own a 7th gen console, then YOU are the fucking moron, the fucking poorfag, and the fucking casual, not your friend.
>>321156105
>>321155208
The Last Guardian is coming out next year for PS4.
It was only in development Hell for PS3, so your point is dumb.
>>321154842
>calls friend a casual
>never even owned a sixth gen console
Either you're a fucking poor piece of shit living in a shitshack or you're a fucking idiot who doesn't play games anymore and wastes his time shitposting on /v/. In either case you're a waste of skin and are more casual than your normie friend.
>>321155654
except hes a casual gamer so he shouldnt or doesnt care about that kind of thing at all
also, im in the process of building a gaming pc, but because my current pc is a shitter and can barely run anything, not because my current pc is already super good but could be the best
>pepe posters being pants on head retarded as usual
>>321150696
Next gen is when people will give it another shit
They're not doing so bad though still profiting
All ms needed was to drop kinect, lower price and stronger console. Next gen they will do this
>>321156105
>This much buyers remorse damage control
AYYYYY.
>>321156437
forgot to mention
people that DO build their own PCs dont build entirely new PCs each time they need an upgrade, they replace parts
it's not a whole lot of money, and they're way more dedicated to playing games than a casual gamer would
>>321156240
bull
shit
the latest build is a kid squatting in front of a bird monster in a tiny game area with no indication of an outside world. it is a tech demo designed to draw idiots to buy the console.
how many times are they going to pull that trick on you before you stop falling for it?
>>321156625
>forgot to mention
>makes a new post
Just edit your post f@m
>>321156437
It's not about improved frames or res, it's about owning a console that can actually play any of the games coming out. The PS3 is perfectly good if you want to play 5-10 year old games that you've already played, but his friend is trying to play the current and upcoming games not on PS3.
Not sure why OP is sperging. This isn't some heavy decision, if you want to play any current gen games, you buy a current gen system. PS4 is objectively the best choice, so it's quite simple and doesn't require a great deal of thought or planning.
>>321156294
You what mate? I said I'll stick with my sixth gens, the Gamecube and PS2 are brilliant and I'll always come back to them.
I miss out on some games by not having newer systems, yeah, but so do Consolefags. The amount of generations of games I have access to with the click of a button on the PC are innumerable. Thousands of great games, in the best resolution and frame-rate achievable, at my fingertips.
>>321149376
I own a small town vidya store and this happens multiple times a day. I cant count the number of times that i will just be talking about vidya with someone and all the sudden they are spending $500+ on a new console, controllers, and games.
Best part is that at the end of the month when they realize they spent all their cash on bullshit they sell it back to me at around 50% value and i get to make even more money on the same products heh.
>>321156778
>Gamecube and PS2 are brilliant
Not with those controllers.
>>321153148
>No, they didn't. Xbox can come back.
Nope.
The Xbox brand is dead in the water outside of the US and UK. MS pissed away everything the 360 earned.
They're finished.
>>321156763
hes not even sperging, dude
hes just saying that all the games he owns are games he could own for the ps3, and that there wasnt really a reason for him to buy a ps4, especially since the majority of games coming out now and in the future are both on ps4 and ps3 as well
>>321156936
>hes just saying that all the games he owns are games he could own for the ps3, and that there wasnt really a reason for him to buy a ps4, especially since the majority of games coming out now and in the future are both on ps4 and ps3 as well
Cross-gen is dying out really fast.
Even CoD only had a gutted version for 7th gen consoles.
>>321156778
I seriously believe that a lot of anons on /v/ are more casual than the normies they make fun of. If you actually played the games, you would have fully completed them and moved on and played the current gen games. Unless you're a literal poorfag with not two pennies to scrape together, you have no excuse for not owning a 7th gen console and missing out on the hundreds of quality games on them and not on PC.
You sound like my fucking mom right now, "oh, I don't need any new games, I got candy crush to keep me busy." It's quite obvious you aren't invested in this hobby and are the definition of casual.
>>321153148
>Their overall list of exclusives is better than Sony's
No? XBone's exclusive line-up isn't bad, but the Piss4's is a lot stronger. Even normies are aware of that.
>>321157017
what kind of game could he possibly be waiting for thats gonna come out after cross-gen dies out
>>321156778
Christ, this post is just cancer. Must be winter break newfags or some sudden influx of r/pcmasterrace in here.
You are literally the definition of casual m8. Everyone I know who barely cares about videogames owns the old systems and plays the same few old games just like you do. You should have a backlog of current gen games not be replaying the same old fucking games ten times over when you have literally missed out on an entire gen.
>>321154582
It's actually doing just as poorly as everybody is aware of. NA is its biggest market, and while it can survive on that, I can't see it making a consistent profit. I'm sure they're losing less money than they were, but they've already lost a lot.
>>321157023
Well, to tell the truth, I fell out of the hobby for a bit during 7th gen, and only came back in 2011-2012.
But I'm really convinced the Gamecube, the PS2, the Dreamcast--that was the pinnacle of console gaming and none of the libraries of any modern system have convinced me otherwise.
>>321156685
If it isn coming out then they had no reason to re-reveal TLG, and even less to give us a release date.
Yet they did.
And don't give me this "it's to get more PS4 sales" shit, the console was already smashing every sales record before the re-reveal.
>>321157164
Pick out any one of the 90% of games coming out that aren't cross gen. The few cross gen games out there are butchered ports.
Why is upgrading to a current gen system to play the current games such a foreign concept to you?
>>321157430
because he doesnt really seem to care about current games?
>>321157412
Probably because you don't own them and haven't played them you fucking idiot.
>>321157494
No where in the post was that stated or even implicitly hinted at.
>>321157263
Dude, I jerk off to visual novels and have 100+ games in my Steam library. I'm not a casual, not that I need to defend myself here.
There are different types of gamers; the ones that consider gaming a hobby and the ones that consider it THEIR hobby.
My friend is a normie with a 9-5. He games maybe a few hours a week and then on weekends. I'm rotting my life away playing obscure dating sims and the most bullshit precision paltformers there are. I don't look better than him, but that doesn't make my original point less true.
>>321157626
So you play shitty old meme games and dating sims. Yes, you are casual, and a virgin.
Show me your top played games on steam
>>321157760
No, I don't need to be judged by your fucking gate-keeping ass.
Just because I don't play grand strategies or city building simulators doesn't make me any less 'hardcore'.
>>321157626
>plays indieshit and dating sims
>instead of getting a PS3 and playing classics like Demon's Souls, Dragon's Crown, RDR, Catherine, Ratchet and Clank, Hard Corps Uprising, Yakuza, Vanquish, Ninja Gaiden, MGS4, LBP, and Wipeout
Maybe consider offing yourself?
>>321158154
It's like the fox and the sour grapes. He's throughly convinced himself that the games are shit and he has to tell himself everything will be ok as he plays his shitty indie games and dating sim garbage for hundreds of hours.
>>321156839
What the fuck people seriously can't do this
Who gives a fuck.
Enjoy your PS2 anon.
Let your dumbass friend enjoy his PS4.
Youre both douchebags on different ends of the spectrum.
>>321149376
>Spyro
>Listed with other casual games
Better not mean my 1-3 masterpieces you cuck faggot.
My friend who is spoiled af, around 300 or so lbs, has literally the latest in technology, does nothing around to help his family, threw his PS3 out the window and destroyed 10 games because of a ragequit. GOT A PS4, BLACK OPS 3 BUNDLE AND TO TOP IT OFF GOT SOME TURTLE BEACH HEAD PHONES. Can you feel my pain? I only have a ps3 with black ops.
>>321158154
Well, I'm probably going to ask my friend to borrow his PS3 so I can actually play those. Though the only one of those he has is fucking Catherine (it went on sale recently on the PSN shop).
I never said there were no good games on the system, just that it would take more than a few good exclusives more me to spend $300 on one..
>>321150770
Bettur graphixsssssss
>>321158567
From his parents btw. Idk jus feels wrong that they should do that
>>321158574
Yeah, and I just named 20+ and there's many more than that even. You have no games to play so you're wasting away time playing indieshit, VNs and dating sims (both of which aren't even games), and yet you have not even played many of the 10/10 games of last gen because you arbitrarily restricted yourself to one platform of four.
Just admit you're a casual, or perhaps just a retard, and move on.
>>321158873
Eh, whatever man. By your logic anyone who doesn't own every console in existence with 5+ good games on it is a casual. There's nothing inherently more desirable about the types of great games released for newer gen consoles as opposed to newer gen PC games.
