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Ascended_Saiyan3 on 05 April 2009
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richardhutnik said:
BTFeather55 said:

Software sales don't drive console sales for the short term.

 Look at the PS1 and PS2. Their sales were totally driven by their software. It's quality and amount.

The PSP had the best selling game in Japan in 2008 with Monster Hunter which sold 2.4 million copies and there the turnaround started when the slim released as you indicated but it was also due to Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII releasing at almost the same time.  Crisis Core has sold 2 million copies worldwide and introduced to the Japanese the idea that the PSP was a game system as viable as any other.

Of course, Monster Hunter and Crisis Core and their sales have led to the appearance of many more big games coming to the PSP in Japan over the last year. Dragon Quest IX will be huge, but so will Final Fantasy XIII Agito and the two Kingdom Hearts games coming to the PSP. And unlike many Square games that appear on DS that are remakes, the ones coming to the PSP are brand new games developed exclusively for PSP

System sales drive the quanity and quality of software on a system. 

As for the other question on "threatened by PS3".  It is more like, "Annoyed by Sony".  Sony ends up doing a $600 system and presumes everyone will buy it, just because Sony's name is on it.  All this arrogance (right down to Riiidge Raaacer), burns in people's mind, as was seen ing E3 2005.  No company has a right to be top dog, or presume it.  Sony taking a beating and coming back humbled is what a lot of people want to see.  This at least tends to flush annoying Sony fanboys out of the system.

 

The 1st bold line is not true beyond a certain point and, in some cases, not even beyond that point.  According to your theory, the PS3 shouldn't be getting the ton of games it's getting this year from 3rd party developers.  Yet, the support is there.  ALSO, according to your theory, the Wii should have the best quality AND quanity of software.  This is clearly not the case, therefore your theory fails utterly.

Now, it's funny how you are annoyed by Sony, but not more annoyed with MS.  It doesn't make any sense.  The "arrogance" to sell people a console it KNEW to be faulty to people AND expect them to just roll with the punches.  THEN, they said that they would STILL rush the X360 to market, if they could do it all over again!  I would say that's a LOT more arrogant than Sony selling a well built high end product to customers.  The ARROGANCE of MS to think my time is not as valuable as their's by forcing MILLIONS of people to constantly send broken consoles back to them MULTIPLE TIMES (and for all the lost gaming time).

Then, there is the arrogance of trying to pass off 576p, 600p, 640p upscaled to 1080p as a natively rendered resolution.  The sheer gall of them, huh?  Let me feel your annoyance towards MS for doing this to you and me.  If not, you should really be quiet about being "annoyed" with Sony.