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scottie on 30 April 2010
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Carl2291 said:
scottie said:
maximus22 said:
That's what makes Sony great; they make their own great games so they don't need exclusivity deals.

 Couldn't be further from the truth (not denying that Sony makes good games)

 The reason all of us old gamers know exactly how the PS3 vs 360 battle will play out is because we've seen it before. The PS1 destroyed the N64 despite Nintendo having a vastly superior first party due to Sony having the capital and the daring to moneyhat big games. I'm not sure if you've heard of it, but FFVIII was purchased in such a fashion

What he says is true of now, but not of the past.

The PS and PS2 were built on GREAT 3rd party exclusive/ timed exclusive support, with minimal 1st party support. The PS3... Not so much.

How many 3rd party exclusives (or timed) have Sony had this gen, when compared to 1st party games? The only notable ones i can think of are MGS4 and Heavy Rain...

Anyway... The underlined...

You think the 360 is going to "destroy" the PS3? Didn't the PS1 end up with over 100 Million units? Compared to the 33M of the 64?

 

Yeah, so the PS3 is similar to the N64 and the 360 to the PS1. However, Sony were much more successful with the PS1 than MS were with the 360. So the effect that the Ps1 had on the N64 is similar, but of much greater magnitude.

 

So no, the 360 did not, and will not destroy the Ps3, however MS 'stealing' a lot of 3rd party support from Sony contributed to the PS3's sales situation.