Why are people acting like the PS3 losing even more market share is A-OK?

[BengaBenga]

psrock said:

BengaBenga said:
Mwah, until the 360 isn't somewhere around 40 million units or more (I think more or less the userbase that warrants 3rd party exclusives) I'm sure 3rd parties will mostly make games for PS360, not exclusive for any of these.

PS3 owners ironically have to be very happy with the healthy 360 sales, since it stops Wii from taking even more marketshare over the combined HD share.

 

we don't worry about the wii at all, at all. It's in a different level yet i dont see it yet as a real competition. When I lose call of duty and big games that i care about to the wii, then I will worry.

 

"We" is a pretty strange word here, since I'm sure I've seen massive cries over the switch from Monster Hunter and Dragon Quest to Wii (and both are big games). YOU might not be interested in Japanese RPGs and the like, but a lot of people are and some have bought a PS3 with th epromise of these games, due to PS2's dominance in this.

 

That is the answer I was interested in without actually thinking. The number where 3rd parties think "hang on a minute, is it really worth us doing the effort for both?"

What do you think the PS3 would have to be at if the Xbox 360 was at 40mil for it to start showing in terms of games that should be multiplat - not being so?

Exclusive games have the benefit of more hype among the fanbase, so it's not a 1:1 relationship, but I think if the gap stays under 10 million there's no clear winner between the two and will therefore be seen as a single system for publishers. But a userbase of 40 million should be a healthy userbase to make exclusives more regularly, no matter what the other console has sold. But for the rest of this gen most games will be PS360 or Wii.