PS3 will never catch the the 360 now. Wii won a long time ago.

[SaviorX]

theprof00 said:

SaviorX said:

theprof00 said:

SaviorX said:

 

What exactly did he say that was wild? The only thing that didn't make sense to me were those two words, "generic games". That seems to be what people are up in arms over.

PS3 has played all their trump cards almost (slim, price reduction) and only have one left

as people who want these generic games already have a PS3

So basically the gap will not really change and we can see that as it is basically still about 6 million

The motion devices for both consoles will do little

most won't buy into it as the hardware did not come originally with the console

For the most part, I agree with him.

 I think the only thing the PS3 has left to spur hardware significantly is Gran Turismo and maybe 1-3 price drops. With how Microsoft retaliates to things, they may also drop price or make a Slim to negate Sony's potential gains in marketshare.  He feels that people who wanted GOW3 and/or FF13 might have bought the console a long time ago, hence a lower than expected HW boost from either title. He probably doesn't believe they will somehow make the PS3 reach a higher plataeu in HW sales. Natal has a greater potential to boost HW than Move ever will, but with the 360 already being 5 years old the effect will not be that great.

Agent, nier replicant, the last guardian, gt5, FF13Versus, TwistedMetal, ModnationRacers, New Yakuza, LBP2, Killzone 3, along with the many unnanounced titles that Sony has mentioned to show at e3. About 3 price drops.

He has no proof that people who wanted gow3 or ff13 already bought the system. FF13 gave ps3 a huge boost, hence, not everyone had the system for the game. Same happened to GTA4 and others. Everytime someone bring this up, they are proven wrong.

Maybe the slim 360 can negate sales, but they are already at the 200$ price point, which is far more important that a 300$ slim ps3. It will not make as big of a difference as going from 400$ to 300$ and changing a case that a lot of people felt the urge to hate. This is also trending to be ps3s biggest year, while 360 has already peaked.

Natal doesn't have a greater potential anything, they are both very similar and target the same market. They will do about the same, give or take some unforeseen smash hit or fad.

None of those games will boost PS3 sales past ~15k in their given release weeks except maybe FFversus13. His proof for existing owners already owning the console can be seen by the Hardware numbers. In Japan you can obviously see how much large titles can boost HW sales for any given console. In America/Others this is not as apparent unless it is something like Halo 3. Every time someone brings this up, the boost is too insignificant to blame on any one cause.

As for Natal, it differentiates itself from the Wii audience MUCH more than Sony's Move does. With Microsoft's large advertising resources and FUD creators, they could make their product much more known to the public than Sony can. Also, Sony's Move is rumored to start at $100 with the starter pack, a hefty price for an already expensive console.