Xbox owners ditching Microsoft for the PlayStation 4.

"Report: Xbox owners are deserting Microsoft consoles for the PlayStation 4"
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"We already know that the PlayStation 4 has taken a strong lead in the early goings of the latest console generation, but where are those millions of customers coming from? According to DealNews, one of the key factors to Sony’s success has been converting the “swing gamers” — Xbox owners who have decided to ditch the Microsoft brand for PlayStation this generation.

A survey of 1,727 readers revealed that 35% of gamers who owned both the Xbox 360 and PS3 have opted to purchase a PlayStation 4 while only 23% bought an Xbox One. Brand loyalty was a major selling point for gamers who only owned one last-gen console, but “dual owners” are skewed in Sony’s direction, primarily because of the enhanced specifications. Whether or not the ongoing 1080p controversy will stick around as headline news for much longer remains to be seen, but it’s certainly turned some heads post-launch."

Discuss.

Not suprising. I did it too

This was already locked once.

Plus how comes cows are allowed to use surveys? Oh that's right it benefits their argument.

Cows showing why in force, they are the bottom feeders of SW.

Quelle surprise!

Not.

I've been asleep and not 24/7 policing SW like most of you lems. What surveys are there to use for the lems? :P. Is it because none show anything in favour of Xbox?

MS really had me with the 360 starting out. I'd go to forums a lot to bash on the PS3. It's kind of funny how it all turns out in the end. I watched the XBone reveal thinking that maybe MS had what it takes to bring me backin their fold and tried to keep an open mind. Instead, they were saying just about everything, point for point, that I would not want in a console and that was before the always-online stuff spilled out over the web.

I imagine there are a whole lot of former XBoxers, such as myself, that got tired of MSes focus on Kinect and the trickle of good exclusives.. ACTUAL EXCLUSIVES that didn't really make you want to hold on to your 360. The XBone is a slap in the face to the fans that have been around since the real XBox 1. I give it a big no thanks.

It's the best console. In the same way many PS2 gamers moved onto 360 (better than PS3, for most of the generation), they are now moving onto PS4.

Quality sells, sometimes :P

dual ownership is slightly less appealing this gen than last because of the lack of great exclusives...so far.

@FoxbatAlpha said:

This was already locked once.

Plus how comes cows are allowed to use surveys? Oh that's right it benefits their argument.

Cows showing why in force, they are the bottom feeders of SW.

You purchase consoles based on brand loyalty. Your opinion has the gravitas of a nerf gun being pointed at a clerk on the auspice of a stick up.

@Shewgenja said:

@FoxbatAlpha said:

This was already locked once.

Plus how comes cows are allowed to use surveys? Oh that's right it benefits their argument.

Cows showing why in force, they are the bottom feeders of SW.

You purchase consoles based on brand loyalty. Your opinion has the gravitas of a nerf gun being pointed at a clerk on the auspice of a stick up.

I used to be on the Sony camp much like you have turned sides.

I always say i will get a PS4 if i see a game i cant resist. So far that game hasnt come in the last two gens. My brand loyalty has it's purpose but not locked in stone.

Most people moved to the 360 because MS started 1 year early and had a $300 less option,the xbox 360 was hardly quality it was the worst build console ever with a 50% fail rate.

Game wise the PS3 started delivering games since 2007,and by 2010 the xbox 360 was into a merry go round with Forza,Halo,gears while the PS3 keep pumping and pumping games,2013 was the best example the PS3 was by far the best console in 2013 beating the xbox 360,xbox one,and PS4 without problems games wise.

@Shewgenja: Much agreed. 360 became the kinect halo gears forza cod, then xbone reveal was such a shit feast with tv & sports with some cod sprinkled at top. Will never buy that trash

Well, as things go, the PS4 has more steam currently than even the PS2 did. I reluctantly scooped up a PS2 in 2003 simply because the sheer enormity of its library was foolish to walk away from. I imagine PS4 is going to end up like that to some degree. Try to keep an open mind.

I dont police here, i just came across the locked thread a few topics down. There are surveys that lems tried to use and the only cows response was "lol surveys"

THE STACKED PROCESSOR WILL RULE WITH DX12!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dude you can pretend that crap exclusives, inferior multiplats, shoddy online, 5GB installs, 20 minute updates, years late to launch, years late ports, 600 euro pricetag and a poor controller were the best thing EVAR all you want. Won't make it true. 360 declined and PS3 improved so that by the end, PS3 was better, I agree. That doesn't change the half decade or more where 360 was better.

Me and most of my PS2 friends moved to 360, and now we're back on PS4. Quality sells, to non corporate drones.

I have a open mind but right now in my eyes the amount of games coming out on the ONE plus Microsoft saying they have so many announcements they cant fit them into an entire E3 show........................has me excited. Open mind indeed.

I did notice that you seemed happy lately. Sounds like a certain Russian took you out to dinner, wined and dined you. Now you're smitten. To be honest, it's cute. SW won't be here for you when you break up though.

Lems can also say "lol surveys" so what's your problem?

wonder what admin will do with this topic

i'm waiting super600

Seriously, why would this thread get locked? I don't get it. There is a legitimate article source.

@Shewgenja: http://www.gamespot.com/forums/system-wars-314159282/xbox-owners-have-decided-to-ditch-the-microsoft-co-31146992/#5

"Can you add your thoughts on the article you linked in your OP so I don't have to lock this thread TC since you are just copy and pasting the article without writing what you think about the topic bing discussed in the OP.And their is a chance some of those swing gamer's may decide to purchase another next gen console in the next couple of years."

What console on launch doesn't have crappy games.,?

Funny for me playing online free was more important than 100 more lines of resolution or a missing patch of grass,and is funny how the PS3 had shoddy online,when on launch 2006,i was playing 20 vs 20 matches on PSN lag free on dedicated servers,while 360 owners had to shed $50 for online,and they could not play Gears or War 4 vs 4 without heavy lag,host advantage issues and on P2P.

Actually when started PSN was slow,but by 2007 it was working great the whole PSN is slow crap still carry today which is based on 2006,is a joke use by fanboys like you.

Years late port because the PS3 wasn't here and the others that took time was because basically pay half the industry to hold games,like they did with Bioshock,and Oblivion and many other games,and like they still do with game like Plants vs zombies and Titanfall if the don't pay truck loads of cash they get sh**.

The PS3 was 600 euros and was worth every damn penny,Blu-ray stand alone players were more than that alone,and they could not play games,and had inferior picture quality to the PS3,so yeah at least the PS3 gave you more for your dollar than the xbox 360 ever did,at least the PS3 had new tech that was expensive in 2007,what the hell the xbox one had inside to justify those 500 euros,because the 600 euros PS3 was the premium model the cheap one was 500 on a time were blu-ray was like 800 euros stand alone.

Yeah the 360 was better in you fanboys eyes,and while you played the same sh** and were milk for online play we enjoyed games like Warhawk on 2007 32 players huge maps for $39.99,funny enough what lemming hype now the cloud has been use by sony since 2006,the cloud is nothing than a glorified dedicated sever,and like titanfall prove it basically to host game,congratulation to MS they now use what most sony games used since launch dedicated servers,remember how Resistance 2 was 60 players online and 8 players co-op.? You find me a 360 exclusive even close to that,PSN was doing on 2006 what MS still hasn't done yet on xbox live..lol

Ahh, yes. Discuss. doesn't exactly make a good thread opener. OP should edit his OP.

If it gets locked it gets locked. Just thought it was a nice topic to get some squabbles going. Foxbat took the bait like a fly to shit.

This. I was always a Sony fan, had a PS1, PS2, PSP etc yet when Sony snubbed the UK I jumped to Xbox which welcomed the UK with open arms. It was cheaper, had the better games, all my friends had one. Now, I'm sitting here with my 3rd PS3 and a PS4 (which is waiting for games but whatever).

@misterpmedia: I don't like saying "lol surveys".

I just have one more thing before I exit this dead thread.

TITANFALL RULZ!!!!!

best on PC.

Well get used to it.

Pretty much. The thing lems and their leadership don't understand is that there isn't the same warmth towards Xbox as there is towards PlayStation and Nintendo. The 360 only got lucky by being rushed out early resulting in massive hardware failures and then slowly destroying the industry with DLC/microtransactions/MLG shit. That's what most people associate with the brand. They are the lepers of the industry and the really sad thing is they don't have the intellectual maturity to be self-aware of that fact.

While I am a multi console owner last 2 gens that will be a multi console owner this gen.

Has nothing to do with people loyal to the xbox ditching it for the Ps4, it's just gamers doing what they do, buying the console that appeals to them the most.

Thats what i do, last gen i chose the 360 because it offered me more of what i wanted than the rival consoles, superior multiplats, PC/360 games like left4dead and more WRPG's than the other consoles, this gen, i am getting a wii-u first then a Ps4 down the road.

6th gen i had a Dreamcast then upgraded to a Gamecube then upgraded to the Xbox, never bothered with the Ps2.

5th gen had both the Ps1 and the N64 but apart from a few exclusives the N64 sat gathering dust, Ps1 is the greatest console ever mad imo.

The ps4 is the one to own Imo, superior multiplats, cheaper price But i am going to wait to see how it goes on the gamefront, if the xbone offers more PC ports and more WRPG's then i may have to get another xbox, i don't think it's going to come to that though.

BS, only fanboys show any sort of brand loyalty, 360 didn't 'get lucky' at all, it ended the generation having More high scoring games than the Ps3 the majority of multiplats performed better on the 360 and it had some awesome PC games that could not be found on the other two consoles like Left4dead, Metro 2033, darkstar and a few others, it also has the most critically acclaimed and highest selling exclusive franchise on the planet, HALO.

Unless you only bought your console purely for exclusives the 360 was hands down the console to own of the two HD consoles last gen.

Deny it all you want, apart from RROD with the early units the 360 is a damn fine console and has a stellar games library and with 1,119 has 300+ more games than the PS3 (795).

And MS didn't start DLC or microtransactions or even pay to play internet

Pay to play internet first appeared on the Dreamcast and DLC and microtransactions where already on the Pc.

Not surprising, but still don't see a reason to get either one

This generation is not even six months old and doom-n-gloom messages are already seen left and right. Did we learn nothing from the PS3 last generation? This is a marathon, not a sprint.

This is very very true. But aren't there a few fundamental differences between the boxes this gen that make it not completely comparative to last gen's situation?

If MS goes on a huge shopping spree for exclusives from third parties(which they very well could, successfully) then I can still see them competing in the long run.

Most consoles

A:don't cost that much at launch

B:don't wait a whole year for a A AAAE (360 had one at launch)

Fact: 360 has more high scoring games

Fact: 360 has more than 300 more games than the Ps3

Fact: most multiplats, although the differences where barely noticeable, ran better on the 360

Fact: 360 had more WRPG's

You guys really should quit with the stupid idea that the only reason the 360 was a success was because it released a year early, just accept the Fact that apart from early reliability issues the 360 is a damn good console with a damn good online and damn good games library.

Whether or not you like Halo, gears or Forza they are highly critically acclaimed games that many people actually like.

Like i said to another guy, you should check that 'i don't like it so it must be rubbish' attitude at the door,lol

it's good to learn from your mistakes

1. never heard of BGR

2. original article http://dealnews.com/features/The-PS4-Is-Outselling-the-Xbox-One-Because-It-Appeals-to-Swing-Gamers/990561.html

Seems to me BGR a site I've never heard of nor seen posted on system wars, posted a click bait article lying about the original premise of the survey of 1700 people and yahoo needing such clickbait themselves picked up the BGR story.

LOL much entertainment, LOL much desperate sheen's.

I respect that viewpoint and sincerely hope that the thinking around Sony HQ is along those lines.

I counterpoint it with one thing in mind. At least the PS3 had comparable power to the 360. When its exclusives started coming in, it showed that it had the grunt to go toe to toe with the 360 and then some. Although third parties mostly had a hard time with the machine, you were never left feeling like you weren't paying a little more to get a little more. The same just cannot be said for the XBone. If 360 and PS3 went at each other like Sabretooth and Wolverine, this time around, it looks like Wolverine tearing down a Sentinel.

Sony can only herp-derp this generation and let it go, just like MS did last gen when they went all lovey dovey on the Kinect. That is the XBones one and only chance at bringing up a challenge. The Titanfall bump is in play, all eyes are on March's NPD now. If Halo 4's bump was any indication as to MSes first party strength, it can only go downhill from here. If I was in the XBox Division, I'd be praying to God above that Titanfall can at least resemble the same bump for the XBone as Gears of War did for the 360. If it falls short, you are in for a loooooooooong generation.

High IQ people will always choose the PS4

MS got over confident with the success of the 360 & tried policies for their X1 that turned away many consumers who weren't loyalists to one company or the other. I love how X Fans on here will say to me that it didn't affect X1 sales, because MS didn't go through with them. That's total BS! It would've been the death blow to MS's X1 had they gone through with them, but their intentions were loud and clear around the gaming world & millions took notice and it is hurting X1 sales by a big margin.

There has been a thread on this already. It was locked. Please do not recreate previously locked threads. Thanks.