Why is Sony going to be number 1 next gen?

[Squilliam]

makingmusic476 said:

Squilliam said:

@MM476: That was a cocky post. Im surprised you dared to write that much given the fact that Vgchartz likes to eat long, thought out posts...

Eh, I've got absolutely nothing to do at the moment.  Might as well make my posts count.  ^_^

I just want to say in referrence to your post that there are two important things which must be considered as well:

1. The early lead is only an advantage in the developing nations if the Sony next generation console is viable relative to the other consoles. An early lead is an advantage but there are still a lot of unattached people which either Microsoft or Nintendo can build early momentum with. Their biggest weakness in these markets is that one of the console makers formulates the perfect deal in terms of DRM and console price to allow people to buy games at an appropriate price given their income levels. For instance, the Xbox 360 titles are only 5-6GB on average, Microsoft with their removeable HDD can use Kiosk based distribution and sell titles for $20 U.S. for instance and take advantage of the pirate distribution networks by legalising them. Of course, don't worry they are idiots and they would never think of releasing a console with no optical drive like that...

2. Their first party software whilst they are of excellent quality, they may not be able to push more than a few titles above and beyond the normal level of third party software quality to stand out as beacons to draw people specifically to their system. They've had an advantage with their first party this generation because they have only had to compete with third parties with the resources of half the market. With parity coming from the Nintendo console next generation they may not be able to outspend or out-resource the third parties in order to make their games stand out simply due to being far more polished than typical. On the other hand, if the third parties shy away from spending the money/resources due to losses this generation then the Sony games will stand up head and shoulders ahead of the crowd of third party software. It could go either way.