BTFeather55 said:
I don't know how it is going to be selling in such low numbers with such huge exclusives as God of War III, Hideo Kojima's Policenauts 2, Dare I say it Shenmue 3, Metal Gear 5, Trico, Final Fantasy XIII exclusive to Japan and the blu-ray version being by far the best one in the rest of the world, FF Versus XIII, and still possibly FFVII Blu-Ray and Kingdom Hearts III, a number of new games from Naughty Dog including new Jak and Daxter: The Lost Territory and Uncharted 2 and 3 , Insomniac with Resistance 3 and probably two more Ratchet games, and Sucker Punch InFamous I-III and new Sly Cooper, Heavy Rain being the rebirth of cinematic gaming, and Gran Turismo 5 all on the way. |
Listing upcoming releases as a reason why it will sell lots of consoles is not a good argument. Last year it was, "Yeah, but MGS4, Resistance 2, LBP, etc. etc. are all coming out in 2008!! How could it not catch up this year?!"
And it didn't. Those titles didn't push consoles. So now the Sony defense force is just pushing the "catch up" date ahead another year and listing more upcoming titles. Just like last year and the year before.
I also love the arguments that the PS3 is actually outselling the Xbox 360 right now. World wide, the 360 is destroying the PS3 every month lately. The VGChartz sales gap between the two is widening rapidly again. Somebody even mentioned that the PS3 was going to make "another comeback" in 2009. When was the first comeback again? The PS3 has been solidly in third place for the entire generation with no really strong trend showing that this will ever NOT be the case. Not even massive title launches have been able to budge it.
Anyone happen to see that Nielsen story the other day? The PS2, original Xbox, and Xbox 360 are all being played more than the PS3. The Xbox 360 is actually being played more than the Wii. Apparently Nielsen tracks console use as well as TV viewing. My verdict--the PS3 has been largely viewed as a BluRay player this generation and not so much a gaming machine.
