| HanzoTheRazor said: @Bengabenga It is an achivement. The PS3 has had nothing but bad failier stamped on it by the press and many people since it's release till not so long ago. It's software library has been weak and it's lacked the exclusives to really compete well. The negatives were many as it was kinder released as a beta and lacked many of the promissed hardware abilities till recently. The 360 came out a lot earlier, has always been cheaper and had more software. So, yeh, it is a big feat. But who is comparing it to the PS2 here anyway? I believe the thread is about the current war, isn't it? |
Ever since the PS3 was announced everyone expected it to win the console wars hands down. But you're right that compared to the horrible first 8 months the PS3 recovered ok.
Yeah, the thread is about the current war, but what I'm saying is that a 2nd place in the current war is still a major loss for Sony. And of course it's important to view the PS2 in this picture, since that's where expectations come from. Also for Sony itself. During the PS1 and PS2 days SCE was a very successful part of Sony, not anymore and even if it will regain profitability it won't ever be able to achieve the success of the PS1/PS2 days. This automatically leads to less money for the devlopment of new games and the new console, since the predictions have to be re-evaluated.
For the companies their place in the console war is of no value besides PR. It's the hard figures that matter, and in that way Microsoft is doing better than Sony at the moment.
