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madskillz on 19 December 2007
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Peter Potamus said:
madskillz said:
Peter Potamus said:
Halo 3, Forza 2, PGR 4, Mass Effect, Bioshock. And lets look at the PS3 exclusives like Lair (Already off to a bad start), HS, R&C, Uncharted and Warhawk. Of those PS3 games, how many have sold a million?

I'm sorry but convince me that the 360 will have a better year than this year. Too Human is not a system seller. (DMC 4 for 360 will sell more in my opinion) and the known IP's have no resonable timeframe to release. IMO no 360 exclusive next year combined will sell as much as Halo 3.

The only real reason the PS is in the running in the first place is the brand. Oh, you can see from attach rates that many of the *AAA* titles failed to ignite a flame under buyers. Now, the 40gb is humming along and folks are proclaiming success. Sweetness - but let's see how things are going in February/March - and see if the PS3 (and even the 360) is going to maintain and cut into the 360's lead. And ... as far as a better year? One acryonym ...

GTA IV - and the both the episodic content and the EXTRA episodic content that's only available on the 360 will make a huge difference.


No it won't. Why? You still have to pay for it. It's not free. If it was included in the game at no extra cost, it would sway the last gen consumer. Those features are great if you already own a 360. But the consumer won't be fooled when he has to spend $60 for a game, $250 + for the system, $50 for XBox live gold, then when the content is finally out, they have to spend $15 for both episodes. It will make a difference, but not a big one.

Hey, what happen with the "40gig is gimped, no one will buy it! No BC means no sale!" comments? I heard a lot of those in the past.


The average consumer is not as informed as you think. Most folks are still under the delusional cloud that the 40gb PS3 can play PS games. It CAN play PS1 but doggone - no one is telling folks this and people are still buying PS3s thinking they will play PS2 games. Personally, I know of 3-4 potential PS3 buyers who didn't know that.

And for the folks not on Live - you don't need Gold to download content. You need it to play online. And as far as folks not buying off Live - LOL! You are funny. Folks will buy stuff off Live like hotcakes. GHIII, GHII and Halo prove that. And when Live turned 5, folks were flocking to download the free game Casconne (whatever that junk is called).

And why in the devil do PS3 fanboys always quote "This+this+this ..." stuff? You can get an Arcade and a used HD to download the content, and the episodes - and STILL have money left over vs. buying a PS3 and the game.

Here - $399 PS3 + $59.99 game vs. $279 360 + $59.99 game + $60 HD + extra content (????)

Even if the content is $15-$20 a pop, MS isn't stupid. They aren't gonna toss $50M on a hunch. They are in the biz of making loot - and they know the content will sell.

For roughly the same price, you will get the complete GTA experience. For just $340, you can get it on the 360 without the DLCs, but on the PS3, it will be $460, please. And let's not even consider an MS price cut just to sweeten the deal. They'll do it easily ...