So...being realistic...XBOX360 made Ps3 flop this year

[Squilliam]

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Squilliam said:
If the factor of people buying the PS3 just for Blu Ray is an issue for the PS3, then wouldn't every sale the 360 wins over the PS3 when both are in contention for the consumer be a greater loss for Sony as they would be infact losing their best customers, the ones which give them the most software royalties?

 

Good question. Also Sony really didn't think of the people and only thought about investors with that price. They obviously weren't paying attention to the purchasing level of their core buyers. Alot of former exclusive PS2 owners bought a 360, because the 360 feels more like a PS2 successor.

Its really a modification of the question I have put to Wii owners in the past. If they share a similar taste in games with other people with say PC/360s/PS3s on the forum then the market share which should be important to them is the market that shares a similar taste in games.

Its just that in this case, I know theres a core market which the 360 cannot steal from Sony. An unknown proportion of that is Blu-Ray centric. The parts they can steal are obviously people who apreciate both the consoles equally and therefore most likely they are game buyers rather than movie buffs.

Sony needs the game buyers much more than they need the movie buyers. They have a very heavy first party division which they need to feed and obviously people who buy few games are hardly going to help this situation. The first party developers which a lot of people praise are also a very large part of their losses these past quarters. If the games are coming out now and next year, they need to move a lot of copies simply to break even. Long development = expensive development.