How Microsoft defeated Sony.

[Pristine20]

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Pristine20 said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Pristine20 said:

Sony defeated themselves right off the bat this gen. M$ only gained from what sony did to themselves. If sony had plaaned right (launch price especially) before coming in, nothing M$ has done so far would leave the gen looking like this except they just gave the 360s away.

So you're saying  that Microsoft didn't have a good plan at all? Sony spoonfed them everything? Thats some strong loyalty you have their soldier.

 

Soldier? lol. I'm simply the type of person who simply saves money to get what they want. I'm not rich by any scale imaginable. I bought a ps3 for $500 simply because I preferred it. Even at the higher price point. With the price difference now. Even a sony loyalist like myself am not too sure if I would have gone ps3. Maybe I would because of hidden 360 costs but I would never know.

M$ certainly had a good plan. However, if you ask me, this was similar to the plan last gen without the early launch. Remember that games like GTA still came to xbox just not early enough. The only "new plan" M$ really had this gen was the JRPG stimulus package for Japan which hasn't done much. If you ask me, many 3rd party parties were convinced to develop for 360 after the epic fail of the ps3 in 2007. That was worse for public perception than anything M$ ever did to sony. that was also the period where many decided to just get 360 instead of waiting to get a ps3 like they did after the 360 launched. This was also the time period where sony's last place in America was set in stone.

Yeah, sony basically spoonfed them the win because the main advantage M$ has (price) won't be a factor had sony not handed it to them on a silver platter to begin with.

 

If Sony had the "JRPG Stimulus Package" fanboys would've given them all the credit in the world. MS needed to diversify and if that helped JRPG's then so be it. Microsoft is a very strongheaded coporation. They will keep trying in Japan regardless of the ignorance. Microsoft has the moto this gen of giving the Japanese what they so eagerly need despite the fact that they don't want it from us.

 

Fanboys are very vocal but they're really not that many and are very irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. How many copies does your average JRPG sell again? Thats right, they're not that important. M$ probably won't have even acquired the "JRPG stimulus package" so easily had sony not already failed themselves. Even with the price difference, the ps3 is now selling close to the wii in Japan every week. Had this been the case from the start, all those niche Japanese RPGs would be on ps3 not wii and the ps3 would still fare better than the 360 in the JRPG dept. because M$ only courts the "big shots".