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7/23/2015 1:36:03 PM
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Simple fact is more people play on Xbox Live (between Xbox One and Xbox 360) than they do on the PlayStation Network (between PS3 and PS4). Why is this? Well, the Xbox 360 turned out to be a pretty great machine after the initial RRoD stuff. People [i]still[/i] aren't sure they want to make the leap to the Xbox One because they enjoy playing the games that developers still continue to make for it. Once developers officially kill last gen, and once backwards compatibility comes to more games, I'm sure more people will jump ship.
TL;DR - While PS4 has been outselling the Xbox One, more people play on Xbox Live and Microsoft continues to dominate the market share for online console gaming.
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Okay since you did a little reseach I'll give you a bit of credit. But there are facts you seem to avoid. Xbox 360 started out very strong, but towards the middle to end of last gen consoles PS3 was out selling Xbox 360, and PS4 has been out selling XB1 since day 1. As of last time I checked the combined sales of both PS3 and PS4 were out selling Xbox360 and XB1 3:1. Now I will admit that was before the price drop so that could have changed by now. So how can more people people be on XB live then PSN if Microsoft is behind in sales?
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Well you're right in that PS3 started to outsell the Xbox 360 towards the end of its life cycle but one could argue that the reason for that is because everyone already had a 360. Did they ever surpass the 360 in total sales? I'm not sure they did. I've seen that 3:1 ratio also but I think that's solely between the Xbox One and PS4. Regardless, you asked how more people can be on Xbox Live than the PlayStation Network if this were the case. The answer is simple: online subscriptions =/= consoles sold. You don't have to get an online subscription in order to play the system. People say that competition is better on Xbox Live for PvP play (maybe not necessarily for Destiny) and maybe it is. However, IMO, that's only because the pool of players is much larger. It's always been that way and despite console sales, I don't see it changing anytime soon. Someone said earlier that people only get an Xbox because their friends have one but either that be proving the point that more people are on Xbox Live?
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Acording to the data i just read Sony sold 80 million PS3 consoles by Augest 2013, while Xbox 360 sold 78.2 million consoles by Augest 2013. This was from an article on geekwire, which was the first search result Google gave me. http://www.geekwire.com/2013/xbox-360-wii-ps3-won-console-generation/ Another article from Jan 2013 say at that time PS3 sold 77 million while Xbox 360 sold 76 million http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-01-09-idc-game-consoles-discs-to-remain-revenue-mainstays-for-years-to-come Now I don'rt know how valid these articles and their numbers are but from where they get the information they report, they seem like a legitimate source.
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Ps3 and ps4 outsold xbox 360 and xbox 1 in both generations. Ps3 passed 360 sales a couple years ago. So if I were to guess theres currently more people on PSN than live. Also psn is free for ps3 so you have to take that into account to.
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Negative ghost rider. Let's look at console use around the globe.
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sir, i owe you a beer lol
