Its time to admit it. PS3 will outsell the 360 in about 3 years

[MARCUSDJACKSON]

Squilliam said:

MARCUSDJACKSON said:

Squilliam said:

Ahh, so you're in the purist camp on the whole debate on system sellers? I.E. Has to show a major boost or its just a blip.

i was waiting for you to show up. i must admit i have a new found respect for you, but none the less i agree.

i'm not sure if either can boost console sells. (i'm more in favor of GT5 doing it then Halo only because it's the first real release in the GT franchise on current gen consoles)

it always seems that sequels boost sells of consoles and sell better then there predecessors, but i also believe that reviews (not for me) marketing, and advertisement play the biggest role and the Halo train has already started so it's easy to see why Halo would do so well. 

Well, I have been trying to be good, making good posts and not cause too much trouble!

There are so many different facets to a large release and whatever systems actually do get moved as a result of a big game release. However the most important is expanding the market for the console beyond its present userbase restrictions. There are always lapsed gamers for any system who may end up rebuying it for a big release and there are always people on the periphery to current owners who are already tempted to buy a console but haven't yet been pushed over the edge.

The best market and most worthwhile expansion worthy of the name system seller is to areas of the market which are outside the typical userbase already on the console. GT5 fits this bill far better than Halo: Reach so the quality of the systems it sells is of far more importance to the long term success of the PS3 than Halo: Reach is to the Xbox 360. So whilst Halo: Reach will probably accelerate sales through the Xbox 360 owners social networks, the release of GT5 will allow the PS3 to sell to entirely new people altogether and thus will always be the bigger system seller of the two as the majority of systems sold by Reach have already been pre-sold to the market, Reach just seals the deal.

P.S. Probably the most important system seller for the Xbox 360 this year is ESPN, for the reasons listed above.

 

thats good to hear, but if you find a reason to do other wise i will understand.

agreed on all points. your on fire today! i definitely can see how GT5 would appeal to a widening base. 

i'm not sure about ESPN on the 360 being a system seller let alone being important to the 360 as a seller, but what do i know, i'm not a big sports fan even though my state team who dat won the super bowl. repeat anyone? 

do you believe move or Natal will have any major effect on holiday sells cause me my self is not convinced?