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makingmusic476 on 24 March 2009
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badgenome said:
makingmusic476 said:
badgenome said:
colonelstubbs said:
MS might just be getting too cocky....

They do seem to have reached a level of complacence that took Sony generations and 200+ million consoles sold to reach. Looking at the lack of games for 2009, I have to wonder if they're reckoning they can stay ahead on price point alone. Since they're supposedly not announcing anything at GDC, they'd better have one hell of an E3, else I'll probably be buying all my multiplats for the PS3.

 

Don't really see how the rest of that paragraph effects that last line.  If you have more friends with 360s, and generally buy more games for the 360, why not keep buying multiplats on 360?  A lack of exclusives or a possible downturn in marketshare doesn't change that.

Well, I don't really like switching back and forth between consoles, especially since I'm on ethernet without a router. So it's a little more convenient for me to play all my games on one console as much as possible. If I end up buying as many PS3 exclusives this year as it looks like I will, I might as well get all my multiplats for it, too.

The second, more self-important reason is that a lot of what Microsoft is doing is aimed at tripping up Sony, and that is totally fine with me as long as they're bringing game experiences I find interesting and can't get on the PS3. So far, that's been the case. Sony is absolutely on fire this year, though, and if Microsoft is going to rely on having the cheapest console that plays most of the same games as the PS3 to see them through, and continues putting timed exclusives, console exclusives, and exclusive DLC before real, honest to goodness exclusives, then I'd rather give Sony my business since they actually reinvest it in their own brand.

 

Ah, well that makes sense.

And I agree, I suppose.  I personally like Nintendo and Sony's strategies in regards to first party because they're making new games, rather than just paying companies to make games for one less platform than they would've originally.  They're adding to the mix, rather than taking some away.