Why won't Ps3:s AAA games sell like Xbox 360:s?

[Comrade Tovya]

haxxiy said:

The attach rate for PS3 is good for its lifetime (same as 2yo X360) so I don't thing there is anything to do with blu-ray.

 

I disagree.  I think there is still a sizeable group out there that largely uses their PS3 as a Blu-ray player alone.  I was a member of that crowd for the first year I owned my PS3.  I actually finally started gaming on it when my 360 RROD'd on me (and realized that it is actually a pretty awesome gaming machine as well).

I think a bigger factor though is the fact that the 360 was out a year prior to the PS3, so most of the hardcore gamers who buy a game right off the bat (who were previously PlayStation faithful) bought an XBOX 360 as well.  That's eating into their bottom line.

The biggest factor though is XBOX Live in my opinion... the PSN has never been able to be what LIVE already is.

Plus, a lot of gamers from the last generation were carrying over their LIVE friends list to this one.  The PSN is new, and not as established as LIVE.  Most of my reliable clan-mates & friends are on LIVE.  I've been playing with the same guys for about 6 years or so... I think a lot of other people are in the same boat.