MS: 360 to remain the shooterbox (plus some dancing and Forza)

[Jordahn]

themanwithnoname said:

Jordahn said:

themanwithnoname said:

Jordahn said:

kowenicki said:

Where does he say it will remain the "shooterbox" and where did the original article say that?

Nowhere... so why, in YOUR view, is it a shooterbox?

.....Almost as insulting as the old PS3 has no games bullshit.

 

actually the MS guy says the exact opposite of your headline.. "And it's not just shooters, either; Thompson added that "whether people like racing, dancing, FPS, strategy... whatever they like we'll be bringing out franchises that we think they'll love".

The OP did say "shooter box (plus some dancing and Forza)".  So that's three genres already.  Lost Odyssey and Alan Wake are the 360 titles for me which aren't shooters.  But Thompson did say, "but yes, first-person shooters are a great genre of product that have served us very well and will continue to serve us well in the future."  So you cannot blame one's interpretation of  "shooter box" while also given the general perception as most people who have bought the 360 do so for high profile titles such as Halo, COD, Gears of War, etc.  Welcome to the masses, mate.  And one more thing...

 

...Shooterbox.

 

Grow up and get... over... it...

There are a lot more exclusive nonshooters than Alan Wake and Lost Odyssey, and I'm pretty sure they outnumber exclusive shooter titles on the 360. Last time I checked, shooters sold the best on the PS3 as well, so how is it any different really? That being said, I think that jab you threw in pretty much undermine a few fair points you made in your first paragraph.

Who said anything about the number of shooter titles outnumbering the non-shooter titles?  Not I, and I don't think that's a valid point either.  And as much as I hate to admit it, I personally feel that the PS3 offers a more variety of quality titles across genres that caters to a wider audience regardless of shooters selling more on the PS3.  But shooters are a very popular genre this gen so Iwouldn't doubt it sells the most PS3 and moreso on the 360.  I don't see the issue here.

Let me make a summary of my point then:

Xbox 360 exclusives are more nonshooters than shooters, yet best selling games on the system are shooters

PS3 exclusives are more nonshooters than shooters, yet best selling games on the system are shooters

"Variety of quality titles" is an opinion which can easily be attacked from the other side, but what I have listed above are facts. I think the only reason the PS3 doesn't get labelled as a shooter box is that while Microsoft publishes Gears and Halo and those do extremely well (and combined with Call of Duty are the three biggest franchises on the platform), the shooters Sony publishes aren't the biggest franchises on the platform, but Call of Duty sales prove that there's a large shooter base for the PS3 as well. That's just my take though. I just don't see why it's ignored that the amount of shooters is roughly the same on both consoles.

It is opinionated that the 360 is a "shooterbox," and I don't see why that should be a problem for anyone including kowenicki especially since he only considered PART of what was said to make his case.  And the facts you presented led to your OPINIATED conclusion.  As I mentioned earlier, "...it's the consumers thatdetermine the market in regards to demand which by and large is true.  I don't see the consumers flocking to the PS3 like they do the 360 when it comes to shooter games."  So are you saying that if a person is a shooter fan, they should buy a PS3 instead of a 360 out of default just because SONY makes more shooters than Microsoft?  That might be true on paper.  So that means that shooter fans should buy MAG or Resistance over whatever is offered on the 360.  But according to sales in the realm of reality, that's not generally happening when you consider the high sales of the Halo and Gears franchise, and multi-platform games such as the COD franchise that sells far more that the PS3 version.  And that's not counting the perceived association with these and other shooter titles with the 360.