| Fei-Hung said: You have sort of complicated why the PS3 is in 3rd place :s PS3 is in 3rd place for one reason only- Delays. They delayed things so much so often before its launch, during its launch and after its launch, they lost their own user base to other consoles and they killed of the hype and excitement that they had built for the console. It doesn't get any simpler my friend. |
It wasn't all about games. It is also about the price of the console, the different SKUs, most gamers/non-gamers don't fancy gritty games like Resistance or whatnot, and the stupid promises given out by Sony. Classical gamers, such as the ones who have stuck with only playing certain franchises (MGS, Ratchet & Clank, GTA, GT, FF, etc.) on the Sony systems only buy those games. Why do you think most of the new IPs fail, like Heavenly Sword? Because people aren't quite familiar with most of them and they look and play a bit with past games (Heavenly Sword = God of War). Plus, the core gamers that are so hyped up about the PS3's saving grace games are only going to feel like crap if those games don't sell. People will be dissappointed and stray away from Sony.
The only reason why the Wii and X360 have sold so well is because their games have variety of genres, in which it excites new and old gamers from younger to older people. Flame me all you want, but you will know when it's true that if Sony keeps making promises how they are going to change gaming with their high expectation, and the PS3's new releases don't sell so well as they had hoped, there will be a lot of people pointing their fingers at Sony and yelling, "Haha, you fucked up!!"
I used to like Sony, but only in the PS2 days. I had absolutely hated the PSOne system because of its graphics and it's stupid and long loading times. The only thing I liked about it were only A FEW games, which were mainly Final Fantasy, as they were more well developed than anything else I saw on the PSOne. PS2 had a very large selection of genres, but still suffered from it's pathetic loading times. It's graphics were decent, but I also absolutely hated the jagged edges of the graphics on any television screen I played on. I only liked it for a few games and as a DVD player. Now that the PS3 appears to be a beast in terms of raw processing power, I like that. But I'm turned down by its price and POOR selection of games that don't even interest me at all. The only reason I would buy it is to play PS2 games by upscaling and as a Blu-Ray player. The other thing I hate about the PS3 is Sony's decision to remove B/C, which I will not buy the system until they include it back. Either hardware (I prefer that) or software (not so much) emulation would be the best, but now it doens't seem likely...
