PS3 vs. 360 Exclusives for 2009

[triplebph]

twesterm said:

triplebph said:
"Would you call Portal and Braid real AAA games? They may not be what you call full games but they are better than many of the AAA games released within the last year."

But are those types of games the kind that consumers are really looking forward to when deciding to buy a console? I would say the only one of their kind that would be a deciding factor in a console purchase would be Geometry Wars. When most people think about the games they are looking forward to playing on their system, I think it's not Braid or Portal, but the kind you walk into a store and see in shiny cases like Halo, Gears, and to a lesser extent Fable.

 

Who said AAA has anything to do with console buying?  Whether a game is AAA or how many AAA games a system has in no way at all affects what console I buy.

When I read your post earlier, I thought you were implying that Braid and Portal since they were AAA games would be the types of games that influence people to buy consoles. However, it is my opinion that arcade type games don't influence a large percentage of people to buy consoles. AAA games do influence people to buy consoles and there have been many such examples. Super Mario Brothers, Zelda, Final Fantasy, Metal Gear, Halo, Gears, Gran Turismo, Grand Theft Auto, etc. It is a tricky argument," Oh these games here are AAA just like those are." But games like Braid, probably Portal a bit more so since the first one was part of The Orange Box (a AAA package), aren't the ones that will drive most people to buy a particular console as would a game like Gears or Fable that they have to pay more money for in a store. I think this comes down a bit to expectations. The games that people see on store shelves for $60.00, they expect more from them and expect to get more from them resulting in higher sales of the game and higher sales of the console as a result than an arcade game that they only pay $5 to $15.00 for regardless of equal ratings.