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HappySqurriel on 04 October 2007
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Munkeh said:
mrstickball said:
...Weren't we supposed to be amazed at the 1m+ selling capacities of Lair, Heavenly Sword and Warhawk?

The PS3 has *maybe* 3 real good, exclusive IPs to counter MS's 3-4 exclusive IPs. Bad part is, X360 has the difinitive Grand Theft Auto 4, which just about counters every smaller IP that PS3 will have.

So next year, it'll be a stalemate between the PS3 and X360.

 What you forget is that GTA has always been a PS franchise, so I feel that many people will be more inclined to get that version. Also (assuming the 40GB has back-compat) I think that many people will "upgrade" from PS2 to PS3 at that time (with the help of KZ2 maybe) as they are used to the PS controllers, they get their back-compat and many other great games.

 Also, Warhawk has sold about 200,000 (just under) in retail in US alone in 1 month. Worldwide, the figure is probably more like 350,000 including download, and with the $40 (no headset) bundle coming soon (so says a rumour) it can sell at least 600,000 this year worldwide. I think that Sony should sell PS3s with this bundled in, or pre-installed on the harddrvie


Believe it or not there really isn't that much brand loyalty from the general population when it comes to consoles; the fanboys care but the general gamer will choose whatever is cheapest or easiest.

When Grand Theft Auto 4 comes out you will see the following reactions from previous owners:

  1. (20%) Already own an XBox 360 or PS3 and buy it for that platform
  2. (15%) Don't own a XBox 360 and buy one for GTA4
  3. (10%)  Don't on a PS3 and buy one for GTA4
  4. (55%) Don't own a console, get excited about GTA 4's release  look into the PS3 and XBox 360 and say "WTF? The PS2 was $200/$150 when I bought it. Greedy F***ing Companies ..."