The 360's weakness is now its strength

[Bodhesatva]

naznatips said:

Lost tears of Kain said:
Hmm its not the library it just seems that the top games selling are FPS which is true.

Then again what games besides the violent ones have been massively selling on the ps3........(and sports games)

That's actually an interesting point, and I think that's the PS3's greatest weakness. It missed some of the PS2's target audience (casuals and RPG fans) and instead picked up very little else than the American shooter/racer/sports game crowd. A crowd who it really can't compete against the 360 for.

Just to make sure everyone is aware, this dialogue right here was my entire point in the first place. On both the PS3 and 360, the only things that are really selling are gritty, violent games, sports, and racers.

The difference is that several high profile PS3 games have been a bit more happy go lucky and kid friendly, such as Ratchet, Eye of Judgement, and even Uncharted (yes there are guns, but it's Tomb Raider level, not Gears of War), and they have underperformed.

So now, one could make the argument that Microsoft's lackluster efforts to attract the non-violent crowd (the only two major games are Blue Dragon and Viva Pinata in two years) is actually to their benefit, as they weren't going to get this crowd anyway and they might as well focus 100% of their effort on locking up the Killzone 2, Resistance, Assassin's Creed loving crowd.

Again, lots of assumptions here, just refocusing the conversation.