S.T.A.G.E. on 07 March 2009
| AvZeroMkA157 said: I'm pretty sure the 360 can't possibly win in Japan against the PS3 now. 1) The 360 pricecut greatly increased sales. Unfortunately, in contrast to US sales after the pricecut, PS3 sales have not really waned and 360 sales are still not strong enough to consistently overwhelm the PS3 sales in Japan. Do you think Microsoft is willing to shell out another drastic pricecut in the near future? 2) If a game is multiplatform on the PS3 and 360, the 360 version almost always gets overlooked especially if there are hardly any differences between the versions. I do not suppose this is going to change any time soon this generation. How can 360 sales benefit from multiplatforms at all? 3) The PS3 still has FFXIII and FFVXIII (both still exclusive in Japan). So far, the 360 has absolutely nothing that is exclusive of the same scale to counter. Maybe this may change in due time. Anyways, the real question is what are the chances that both of those games bomb? |
Who said anything about winning in Japan this gen? It's not about winning. It's about gathering a large enough following for next gen for the 360 (if you've been paying attention). 2 is not correct at all. The PS3 price drop will increase sales, but it will not sell at it's height which will be around the $199 level. Yes...Microsoft is willing to shell out another price cut. What MS is doing right now is letting Sony retaliate and trying to sustain the 8 M console lead. The 360 version of FFXIII will still sell well. FFXIII Versus will sell ok compared.
