This is gonna be huge

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ssj12 said:

Smashchu said:

ssj12 said:

@sharky - Sony has a weak line-up? they have two of the best multiplayer games available coming out this year plus their own "gears of war level" game. Warhawk, Unreal Tournament 3, and Uncharted Drakes Fortune are more then enough to top Microsoft's line-up. Adding in Ratchet & Clank, the PSN games, and the other great titles like Heavenly Sword and Lair the only console that Sony is going to have trouble competeing with is Nintendo's.

None of those titles are going to psuh systems. They will sell to people who already own the console. they don't have anything to push thier system.

 there has to be new titles in order to push a console so why wont these titles push the system? explain yourself. 

Sure UT3 is a PC dominated game. The vast majority of sales will occur there. Uncharted lacks the big name appeal, and as such will just simply not be the first thing that comes to a gamers mind. I mean if I say popular xbox game, you will probably think halo. If I say PSX spy game, you will probably think MGS. If I say PSX racing series - GT. Names are important because consumers are lazy, and will stick with what they know. As a result, new series rarely sell very well, and are practically always outside by later sequels.

Warhawk suffers from a lack of big name as well. There hasn't been nearly the amount of press that even a game like Bioshock or Mass Effect has received. The same goes for Ratchet and Clank. Its a popular game in its own right, but just doesn't have the 'less hardcore but not casual' gamer appeal.

As for PSN or other downloadable games, these will basically never be system sellers. They can be a kicker if there is already a fair amount of interest, but they really are not things that people will specifically buy a console for.