PS3 has been doing 200K WORLDWIDE since 18th September!! (ADJUSTMENTS)!!

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Rpruett said:

Metallicube said:

Ugh, I think I'm done visiting this site. All the surprise has been taken out of sales. Ps3 will now win every week, guarenteed, all because sony is a bigger comapny that out guns the other two and has access to sales in far more countries. There's no point in checking the sales anymore.

No offense man but it's time to grow up.  You've been Mr. Pro 360 / Pro Wii for quite sometime now.  It's all roses and buttercups and love for this site when the sales numbers support what you think is the reality.  When it's not it's a bunch of boo-hooing and threatening to quit.

Microsoft has the most money of either of the two companies and it's not even close.  Yet in my opinion they have the worst studio support. 

Sony has the 2nd most money (or resources) , but their downfall is they are such a sprawled out company with so many different tiers that getting all aspects of the company on the same page / moving forward is a tough task.

Nintendo probably has the least resources of the three companies but it's financially the most viable/stable and it also is the one out of the three that would be making games  the longest regardless of anything else because that's what their company is founded upon.  Nintendo's downfall is that they are very conservative and their success is usually birthed from within (Not from the outside).   This paints them as a very limited, conservative console.

 

 

The sales of the PS3 really aren't surprising to most PS3 owners.  I own all three consoles, but I have always felt that the PS3 has the best, most expansive library of all genres (Despite the talking back and forth). 

It was for this reason the PS1/PS2 saw great success.  Options. Options. Options.   The PS3 has great first person shooters maybe not the 'best' but great ones (Resistance / Killzone),Great action/adventure games (Uncharted, God of War, Demons Souls), Great Platformers maybe not the 'best' but great ones (Ratchet and Clank / LBP),  Great Sandbox games (Infamous), Great Stealth Games (Metal Gear Solid 4),  Great Racing games (Motorstorm, Gran Turismo, Mod Nation Racers), Great downloadable titles (Flower, Pixeljunk Shooters, etc).   Now with the addition of Move some great Motion Control games (Sports Champions, Possibly the Fight / Sorcery).   This is all on top of boasting the most power from a hardware perspective and arguably the best graphics from a visual perspective.

  The above are just 'console exclusive' game options.  It's a sytem with plenty of third party support to boot . I challenge you to name one current console with a listing of (console-exclusive) games across multiple genres (Reviewed critically close to as well or better) as the PS3?    This is the biggest reason the PS3 is still witnessing success, despite what I would call one of the worst launches ever. 

 

If you want to blame anyone for sales, blame Microsoft and Nintendo for not desiring expansion into these markets.  For not tapping revenue streams in these markets.  For focusing on only the 'worthwhile' markets. 

I totally agree with this.  Nintendo was getting so used to the cash coming in that they got a little lazy until now.  I think they will be a better company after the reality check they are currently getting with the losses and declining sales.  It's the same way I viewed Sony at the beginning of this generation - and they did work their butt off.

Microsoft was busy getting timed exclusives and previously Sony exclusives that their first party dwindled to almost nothing.  I bet now they are going to have a good look at their strategy.  My 360 broke and out of warranty the 2nd time last week, and honestly I can't say I want to buy another one until they get some more true exclusives that can only be found on 360 (I don't like Fable, Halo, Gears, or Forza).  I like Forza, but once GT comes out if ever - I'll probably forget about it rather quickly.

Sony worked their butts off and now it's finally paying off.