Reasonable said:
As many have patiently pointed out (including me) the PS3 does not have as many owners focused so exclusively on a relatively small number of genres. As a result the 360 sells certain games exceptionally well (Gears, Halo 3, COD4) while only matching the PS3 on others and sometimes seeing a smaller attach rate for install base. The PS3 sells a broad spectrum of titles well but isn't dominant in any one really (with perhaps the exception of GT and FF although that's to be proven). Also, many owners (and those who haven't bought yet) are still waiting for their favourites to hit, like God of War, or a new Jak game, etc. MS has done an excellent job of building out the 360 on the base of the Xbox as the console for formerly PC centric games (its no accident Halo was originally heading for PC before MS bought Bungie and altered its development trajectory as well as fostering titles such as Splinter Cell, etc).
The 360 sells a broad spectrum of titles as well, I think you should accept the fact that it's fairly even now on that playing field for the two systems.
To assume a majority of PS3 owners want it only for BR or DVD is unwarranted, and unless you can provide anything other than anecdotal evidence (i.e. your mates dad) then I doubt I nor others are going to take your point seriously.
Prove me wrong on this. No one has yet, so I want you to be the first to do it.
For example, I'm on my third PS3 (2 downed with the yellow light of unkown failure) and my friend is on his first 360, yet despite our anecdotal example the PS3 remains the console with the better track record for reliability - I'm just in the minority who are unlucky with their PS3's while my friend is in the majority of 360 owners with no problems. What does this have to do with the sales of games? The 360 will likely always outsell PS3 titles in certain genres, but as others have argued it hasn't proven yet it can sell a broad set of genres equally well (although it is improving on that score). Of course it can. Alot of games will have legs for the Xbox 360 and the PS3 once the mass market get their hands on systems from both companies.
Look at the PS2 - it's success was never down to having a small number of massive sellers (such as Halo, Gears, etc) but instead by being the default console of choice across the broadest set of genres with good sales of games in each (a success the PS3 has failed to emulate so far). Actually....it was. Sony had a monopoly on 3rd party titles, so they didn't have to worry about much. A small minority of those third party titles ended up being the face of Sony. Big mistake. Microsoft arrived and now Sony is doing what they should've always been doing much like Nintendo in focusing on first party titles. The reason The PS3 cannot emulate their PS2 value is because of Microsoft taking the 3rd party away from them. They were the powerful company beating up on little guys like Nintendo and Sega. What Microsoft is doing now is no different than what Sony did. Actually...it's nearly a mirror image. The only reason people aren't running to MS faster was because of RROD and the Microsoft name. Now that RROD has been dealt with it's selling quite smoothly. All they have to worry about are the first party titles and trust me, those are coming.
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