Sony: Microsoft “writes cheques” for games thanks to first-party line-up insecurity

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Jereel Hunter said:

hanafuda said:

Dark Chaos said:

hanafuda said:

kowenicki said:
@ hanafuda

you wouldnt call 1 million consoles a foothold in Japan then?

oh...and you completely missed my point.......

In relation to the amount of money they have thrown at it? Quite frankly, no.

 

Take of your fanboy glasses. MS has made a huge headway into Japan.

From

1:26 ratio for Xbox vs PS2

to

1:3 ratio for X360 vs PS3

Yes, much better. Only they had a big head start, have cut the cost of the system massively, and spent a fortune buying exclusives, none of which have put out. As it stands now, HW and SW is getting owned, with no big games on the Horizon, and owners with nothing to look forward to but E74. Great.

1) The head start was much smaller than the PS2-Xbox head start

2) They've cut the cost massively? Actually PS3 and Xbox have cut their prices fairly equally percent-wise since launch... The difference is the Xbox is in it's 4th year, so those kinda price cuts are more justified. (People act like they've slashed prices... only the most successful consoles ever have not had big cuts after 3 years)

3) The exclusives they bought paid off in spades. How? All these JRPGs would likely have bolstered PS3 sales if MS hadn't ponied up the cash. MS stated that their goal was crushing Sony. Taking wind out of Sony's sales is a victory. They only need the Xbox brand to break even to make it worthwhile to them... whereas Sony's entertainment division is critical to Sony's overall financial health.

4) You're also ignoring Sony's MASSIVE advantages going in. Sony fanboys love to pretend that MS had every advantage and thus isn't winning by much considering - but Sony came into this fight with a MUCH bigger brand/fanbase and practically a chokehold on Europe and Japan.

5) E-74 is being made an issue by Sony fanboys. virtually noone actually knows a real person effected by E-74.

 

This!