The PS3 port of Tales of Vesperia outsold the all-time Japanese sales of the 360 version in a matter of two days or so. So it's not necessarily true that hardcore gamers are too impatient to wait a year.
The PS3 port of Tales of Vesperia outsold the all-time Japanese sales of the 360 version in a matter of two days or so. So it's not necessarily true that hardcore gamers are too impatient to wait a year.
meh you forget the ace combat, lost odyssey
Different audience.
Don't get me wrong, as a 360 owner I love the ability to play quality RPG's. I didn't really have that luxury on the original xbox.
But I didn't buy the 360 TO play RPG's. I bought it because I am an avid FPS player and have a Halo tattoo that takes up half my back (I know, some laser surgeon is going to be very rich in about 20 years)
When I bought the original playstation, it was strictly to play Final Fantasy 7.
When I bought the playstation 2, it was for Final Fantasy 10.
I guess what I'm saying is, while Microsoft should get credit for attempting to saturate the Japanese market, unless eastern cultura starts embracing Halo and Gears of War, it's not going to happen.
Besides they should just buy out Sony. It would be like billions of fanboys cried out in union, and were suddenly silenced. /s
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Honestly your whole post proves my point.
^that's the kind of reply "owned" people usually throw at me.
loves2splooge said: Paying for timed exclusivity has benefits in the short-term but not in the long-run. In the long-run, MS loses face with their consumer base. Many Japanese Xbox 360 owners (and I've seen some Tales and Star Ocean fanboys in the west drop $200 for an Arcade to play ToV/SO4 and a few other 360 jrpgs) who bought a 360 specifically because they thought these games were exclusive and not coming to the PS3 are screwed now. Next time they see a so-called "exclusive" 360 jrpg hit the market, they are going to think, "exclusive? pfft. I'll just wait a year for the enhanced PS3 port." |
Why? I own both a PS3 and an Xbox and vastly prefer playing on the Xbox due to the controller and various other reasons but if a game I wanted came to the PS3 first I'd get it, even if the Xbox version was going to have minor improvements. Who wants to wait a year to play a game when you can play it now? It's not like the additions to the PS3 versions of the Xbox ports have drastically changed the games.
^Well, people around here say "ONLINE IS EVERYTHING OMFG!!" Virtua Fighter 5 didn't have online on the PS3 so it was totally worth it waiting for it on the 360!" well that's an example. And take a look at Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, not only online co-op, but 3 new characters, weapons and tons of other stuff. So the arguement can be pointed both ways, really. It's like waiting for Fallout 3 Game of the year edition or something like that. Yes, the amount of content is worth it if you're not in much of a hurry.