Will PS3 have a successful year in 2009?

[NJ5]

amirnetz said:

NJ5 said:

@amirnetz: I don't think 3rd parties will be ignoring Sony, their userbase is still big enough to make it worth it to port games.

 

 

It will not happen quickly. But it will happen gradually.  All the big releases will go multi-plats. But the smaller developers will look for cost cutting and cutting support for the PS3 will mean lower costs, easier development and a much faster release time.

Remember the original Xbox - 25M installed base and it was getting only a fraction of the titles.

With a limited PS3 install base and small attach rates, Microsoft can also buy fairly inexpensively time exlusivity for the 360 versions and accelerate the process even further.

You have some valid points, but there are some important differences to the Xbox situation. Development budgets are higher now so they need all the potential userbase they can get, and this time the 360 didn't get a huge head start in installed base, so developers got used to targeting both.

That said, if/when third parties start to take the Wii seriously, PS3 and 360 could lose some more games.