| mrstickball said: Peter - The Gold account (the $5/mo) lets you play multiplayer online, and get downloads 1 week earlier. That's it. As for the exclusive GTA content: I think it'll matter. When a consumer goes into a store, and does not own a X360/PS3, and asks the clerk what the difference is, and they reply "oh, the Xbox 360 version is going to have extra content, and the PS3 version won't" and see that they could get a Xbox 360 for upto $130 cheaper in the US, or more.......It's going to matter to more people than you think. Here's the issue of lineups, and feel free to correct me if I'm wrong: The Playstation 3 has litterally no strong AAA exclusives until Metal Gear Solid 4 releases. No date has been solidified. After that, you have Killzone 2, Gran Turismo 5, and Killzone 2 that are planned in 08, but not confirmed. The Xbox 360 has Banjo Kazooie 3, Alan Wake, Too Human, Fable 2, and a few other minor games. All are slated this year. However, the AAA exclusives such as Too Human will probably release earlier than MGS4. So we know when the X360 lineup will start moving hardware, but not so much for the PS3. The PS3 will definately sell better this year than last, I don't think anyone can, or will argue that. But the argument I see is if it's going to sell neck-and-neck with the X360 for the whole of next year. The PS3 had a pricedrop 1 month ago vs. the X360 getting a pricedrop in August. Effectively, MS releasing the X360 Arcade Pack made the same difference on consumer purchasing as the $100 PS3 price cut. So the ball is in MS's court, on if they want to beat Sony. Sony has used up all of it's timeouts, and the ball is in Microsoft's court. |
Playstation 3 - 2008 Software
Metal Gear Solid 4 / Metal Gear Online
Gran Turismo 5
Killzone 2
Playstation Home
Little Big Planet
Haze
Infamous
White Knight Story
Grand Theft Auto 4
Saints Row 2
Devil May Cry 4
Battlefield: Bad Company
Unannounced but inevitable:
Resistance 2 - Highly anticipated amongst the Online Gaming community.
I personally believe that some of the newer IPs might drop off but if they manage to live up to the hype, especially Killzone 2, the PS3 will be flying off the shelves. Hell if half of those IP's live up to the hype PS3 might even triple its sales (extremely unlikely).... I think it is safe to say as long as the gameplay aspect of Killzone 2 is very good we should expect Gears Of Wars type sales..
Also the fact that they will be adding in DVR/TV services.. Downloadable content such as Movies... They are trying to use the PS3 in all aspects.. This could potentially hurt them.. Since they won't be using their time wisely.. See Below..
Factoring newer Firmware to upgrade the PSN as well as PSN only-games the PS3 will finally have an extremely fresh line-up. Sony can possibly pick up sales tremendously if the format war ends, and the cost of the blu-ray laser diodes drops down. Once Sony stops worrying about Blu-Ray they can finally put their attention on the games. The whole point of putting Blu-Ray in wasn't so they could have large amounts of data for their games.. It was to get Blu-Ray players in everyones homes...
Most people forget they are fighting two wars with one console.
P.S
If MS drops 360 Elite to $300 it will be extremely hard to keep up. No one ever buys the Core version because of the fact it is just freaking inconvenient... Seriously who the fuck in their right mind said that..
