Will PS3 ever take over 360?

[Lost tears of Kain]

makingmusic476 said:

Lost tears of Kain said:

makingmusic476 said:
The ps3 has managed to keep pace with the 360 despite having piss-poor games and a $150 higher price tag. Once the price drops to $400 and the "big four" (GT5, MGS4, FFXIII, and Tekken 6, all 4 mil. plus sellers on average) hit next year, the ps3 will begin to dominate the 360 in sales across the globe.

Ok, but once the rodd issue is fixed, wont that that boost sales?

Wont having huge games this fall boost 360 as well?

Seriously guys, your saying that ps3 will dominate because of games, but every system has fantastic games and to say one console will get the true boost is just stupid.

Also if ps3 drops price to 400 (not for a long time) you can bet microsoft will drop to 250 or less

There's a difference between the ps3's and the 360's lineup next year.  Many of the games (notably the four I mentioned) in the ps3's lineup are proven franchises with large fanbases.  These are more likely to sell systems than unproven new IPs like Alan Wake.  Sure, those games will probably be good, if not great, but they will do no more for sales than Shadow of the Colossus and Okami did for the ps2.

Also, the ps3 is going from almost NO games (and thus no reason to buy the system) to many great games in almost every genre.  The 360 is going from a library of many great games, to a library of even more good games.  While that's great for somebody that already owns the system, it doesn't add much incentive to buy one over and above the games that have already been released.  In other words, the people who wanted a 360 for it's good library would've gotten one by now, especially since they can be had for as low as $230 at some places.  Yet, for some strange reason, most people have yet to purchase the system.  Whether they're waiting for Halo 3, waiting for the RRoD to disappear, or just don't want the system, I can't say.

As for the RRoD, I think it's a bit too late for that.  Even if they do finally solve all the hardware issues, the 360 has already been given the stigma of a faulty piece of hardware.  It's reputation has been hurt and it will be hard to overcome that.  Sure, hardcore gamers like us will learn pretty quickly when the problems are over, but more casual gamers who pick up their systems 2+ years into the generation aren't going to find out about it for a long time.

I dont think it had that great of library, but i believe it is going to have the diverse library your talking about this holiday. I think fixing the Rrod issue will help, i have a friend or two that say they will buy one once its fixed, while not much will certainly help. Again i think people are either overestimating the ps3 sales of games or underestimating the boost for 360 and wii. While i do agree ps3 is more likely to get a bigger boost, will it be THAT big?

Also couldnt people waiting for ff 13 etc also posess the console? that i find hard to believe, but i also find that for halo 3 as well, and Mario galaxy.

In all i know ps3 is more likely to get the biggest boost, but i still think its price. If they can lower their price and produce these games then yes it will def dominate, but the question is how long? will it be to late?

Again i think it comes down to price, besides the people that are actually going to buy the console for the games that are big franchises on the ps3, most of them will go to a store and will try to decide. They will look, they see a possible 400-500 ps3 a 200-300 xbox and a 100-200 wii. Now unless they are true fans of a series, again they are more likely to go to wii (why i think its so popular, its cheap and fun) or 360 (next gen, not as good as ps3 but better library, cheaper then ps3) or a ps3 (great console, expensive, but has some fantastic games.)

Again i think it comes down to price, look back in history and alot of times price is the deciding factor, it just comes down to how fast and how low will sony go with the ps3