Graves said:
Just because I didn't touch on everything you said doesn't mean I didn't read it. Okay let me respond to what I didn't comment on... Development cost is also coming down on the Wii and 360. So the PS3 will always be the most expensive. The steller 1st party library probably isn't generating much of profit. Especially considering most of their sales come from bundles. The other points I did touch on. |
I didn't mean that I needed a rebutal for everything. I'm not sure why people have to bring every single thing back to sales. I understand that this is VGC, but step back from that for a moment. No, obviousley Sony did not want their console to do such low numbers, and when it comes to sales PS3 will always be bashed because its older brother is PS2. When I say development costs are coming down, I don't mean that the console is going to start outselling 360 or Wii. I mean that the hardware still has much room for price drops, and has done the numbers that it has done all from sales that cost more than $400. This means that there are still plenty of sales to be had. Now, from going to a point where people did not think it would sell 10 million units and would be disbanded by 2009, to selling 24 million units all above $400. Yes, PS3 will always be most expensive, but this doesn't mean that slaes wont increase with price drops. So what I'm saying here is that there is still room for growth. It is a third place console that is about to beat out the second place console from last gen. When Xbox reached these sales it was beyond washed up, PS3 actually seems to have quite a bit of a future ahead of it.
The first party titles that I am talking about have nothing to do with sales. I mentioned them to point out that we cannot call a system a failure if it has some of, if not THE, best games of this generation. Yes, they are not bringing in the dough like Gears of War and Halo 3, but they have completely shut up the "PS3 has no games" argument. Most media and critical outlets will tell you without a question in mind that the PS3 had an amazing 2008 as far as software goes. LBP is pretty much accepted as last years GOTY. Mind you, I think this is fraud, because MGS4 was a billion times better. Both are exclusive. How can a console be called a failure if it is still selling at $400 a pop and has games like MGS4, Assassins creed, GTAIV, Uncharted, COD4, Dead Space, Ninja Gaiden, Fallout, LBP, Killzone 2, inFamous, Heavenly Sword and Warhawk as a part of its library? This, paired up with games like FFXIII, Versus, XIV, Gran Turismo 5 (Sony's biggest franchise), Heavy Rain, God of War 3 and Uncharted 2, will no doubt make the PS3's library one to go down in the books.
No, Sony's goal was not to outsell the original Xbox. That is pathetic for the PlayStation family and especially for a brand that has been around. They fucked up, plain and simple. However, I don't think this is enough to warrant the PS3 a failure, at least not by my standards.