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Xelloss on 05 December 2009
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Netyaroze said:
Xelloss said:

I dont think there are any "system seller" games left for any console TBH, its more about system seller "genres"...

But honestly, Xbox's last - and biggest - advantage is the simple fact that more people have one. IE: more XBL gamers, so if your buying a console to game with your buddies, the odds favor you having more buddies to game with on Xbox.

 

 

No XBL is NOT bigger then PSN because a lot of xbox360 owners dont pay for online and so they dont use XBOX Live. PS3 are 27 Million PSN Users. i dont know how big the Numbers in Xboxlive are but I think i have read something like 13 Million payed subscricptions so on the planet earth are WAY more PSN PS3 players then Xboxlive players. you maye surprised but I know exactly 2 persons with an Xboxlive subscription and dozends of people with PSN.

 

 Among people who actively play multiplayer games, which outside JPN  is dominated by the FPS genre, XBL comes out on top by a mile. Having PSN and using it to play with your friends, and it being a system seller of "come play with us" is not as large a factor. "Halo effect", basically. Most of the "peer pressure" as far as getting a console that I have personally witnessed, is Xbox related. I have witnessed it enough that combined with overall greater FPS numbers and presence, it seems sane to say that what I have witnessed is not an isolated trend. Cliques of regular online console multiplayer gamers seem much more focused on XBL, overall. Especially in the USA, where Xbox still has a huge lead.

EDIT: In "Others" huge number of online "football" (soccer) players and more even numbers between PS3 and Xbox may make this advantage mostly USA based.

 And for GoW 3 - I think it is something of a system seller, but more of an added "genre presence" , the "3rd person action game" which Sony seems to have a leg up on. Also, the logical time for people to get a PS3 for GoW3 is Xmas, so chances of a GoW3 related sales spike at launch are nil IMO.