PS3 on the rise. Doomsayers eat crow.

[HappySqurriel]

Obliterator1700 said:

HappySqurriel said:

blazinhead89 said:

 

And since when does the 1st 18 months of a Console decide its future entire games library ??????

The typical 'good' third party game takes 12 to 24 months to develop when dealing with Wii sized projects, and 18 to 36 months when dealing with PS3/XBox 360 sized projects. The performance through 18 months will determine how publishers allocate their resources for a particular console which will impact all games released in the 3rd year and beyond for the console. Poor sales performance early on will impact the quantity and quality of games in the later life of a console.

PS1?

 

 

 

The Playstation's sales were greater than the PS3's sales in Japan ( http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=PS&reg1=Japan&cons2=PS3&reg2=Japan&cons3=PS&reg3=All&weeks=104 ) and it sold faster than any console had before in the PAL regions, and you're calling that 'Poor Sales'? Even in North America, after 18 months on the market it sold 4 Million units which is only 400,000 behind the PS3 and the market (on the whole) was dramatically smaller then ... On top of that their entry into the market happened along side the two major players in the industry 'Melting Down' so I think your PS1 comparison fails on many accounts