Race is on - 360 vrs PS3 (holiday '07)

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darthdevidem said:
Well please let us not bring the WII into this....

YES a VERY interesting battle


this is without Ps3 having ANY significant exclusives this year (considering Uncarted has bombed)

I think Sony realised they HAD to try and match 360 sales this holiday season - hence the price cuts/new models.

So they are tracking better than the 360 did last year - but its pretty much a requirement.

I agree that you won't see truly awesome PS3 software hit until next year - Killzone should be interesting.

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But to so "no significant exclusives" I think is wrong. LAIR, HS, R&C & Uncharted are all significant - they just haven't set the charts on fire.

And that's the real issue Sony has - they can't afford to let the PS3 turn into the next PSP - hardware selling well, software never to be seen.

On the other hand, software for the 360 is selling REAL well. They have captured that "core" hardcore gaming market (ex-PC gamers) that buy just about every decent title that is released. The 360 will continue to have amazing attach rate - and this will continue to push publishers towards the 360.

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So the long-term challenge for Sony is two-fold:

 - drive hardware sales

 - drive software sales (more important)

If software continues to "bomb" (even in Japan), who knows what will happen. So far, sales are down 60%-70% compared to the same titles on the PS2 (even when comparing with similar install bases). Lets give them the benefit of the doubt this holiday season - and see what the numbers look like next year.