The 3rd Party Balance Sheet of Terror

[amirnetz]

Impulsivity said:
This is a really stupid way to do things since most of the really good PS3 games are 2nd party. You can pretend those shouldn't count but Sony having a WAY bigger 2nd and 1st party dev base is a big reason to pick the PS3 over the 360.

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Both the 360 and the PS3 are full of 2nd party exclusives. No doubt the big multiplat blockbusters and the 1st/2nd party titles are going to take most of the $$$ in the market. 

However, I will let fanboy threads deal with evaluating the quality of the big titles and "who has the best lineup" question.

This thread is not about this at all. It is about quantities and not qualities. It is about variety and sheer perception of “leadership and losership” and is associated with abundance of titles, or luck thereof.

No doubt that most of the titles on the list are going to be small and crappy (heck, most of titles are crappy multiplat or not). But if there are going to be many of them, then the sheer number is going to determine the perception of who is winning and who is losing. And we all understand that such perception is a self-fulfilling prophecy.