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c0rd on 02 January 2010
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jneul said:
c0rd said:
jneul said:

Europe is traditionally Sony land (even tho it seems to love Nintendo more right now), once the PS3 became affordable the battle was already over, plus Europeans have good taste (i.e they buy quality products lol).

Eh, I wouldn't go there. They did buy the PS1 and PS2, which were probably the least reliable consoles of their respective gens.

Americans didn't buy the 360 in droves (even with the RRoD problem) because they have a higher tolerance for shoddy hardware. They did it because they have to in order to play games like Gears and Halo, which appeal more to Americans than they do for other regions.

It's ok I just got told off for that comment, both PS1 and PS2 had there problems, I will not carry on about other consoles though, as I am already in trouble. I was joking hence the lol in there, knew someone would take it seriously...

Oh alright, I just see that claim made often so I gave my take on it.


On topic, it all depends on how badly each company wants "second place." If Microsoft really wants to, they can easily hold onto it, but it'd cost them money (which may or may not be worth it). If they keep cruising as they are now (currently profitable), they'll probably end up in 3rd, but make plenty of bank in the process.

As for first place, I'm not sure why people think Sony can simply copy the Wiimote and Wii Sports - it isn't as easy as it seems. I mean, Nintendo just released another probable 20mil+ seller, NSMB Wii - a game that requires nothing unique to the Wii, just a D-pad and 2 buttons. If it were just the hardware that were an issue, Sony or Microsoft should have no problem with games like this, that capture the "casuals."

They have yet to pull it off, though.