Oh how the console wars have changed

[Mr Khan]

Reasonable said:

daroamer said:

Reasonable said:

O-D-C said:

libellule said:

toastboy44562 said:

Remember back in the day when it was PS1 VS N64? It was just like, who has better games I'll pick their side.

Now you have companies buying timed exclusive dlc, excessive bindling, the race for motion tech, racism (People who wont buy 360 because it's built american), blue ray, and the race for net flix, dis shits crazzzy! Let's all take a moment to ease the console wars by saying something nice about the console you think should be below your favorite console. I think the size and reliability of the wii is nice....now it's your turn!

u cant be serious ...

in Japan

Nope.  Modern myth of videogaming.  They just don't like a console that doesn't have many games they actually like to play.  Kind of understandable.

What games do they get on PS3 that aren't available on the 360?  I'm talking style of games mostly.

It's not style its brand and the bigger brands that matter.  Sure, 360 got a boost from getting some early timed exclusives but once the game was up that they were timed and the big franchises like FF were exclusive that was it for jRPGs, for example.  It didn't have MGS or Gran Turismo.

My point - for others asking same thing 'cause I'm not going to post multiple replies - is that the 360 has less games they want, with less titles from big franchises, and too many games they don't want - like Halo, etc. vs the PS3 in the region.

Tales, Star Ocean are all multi now and the only real 360 exclusives for the region are small.  Consider that vs Metal Gear solid being exclusive (up to now), Final Fantasy (at launch) being exclusive, Gran Tourismo being exclusive and so on.

So if I'm in Japan why should I get 360 for say Blue Dragon and miss Final Fantasy?  Or get 360 for Forza and miss Gran Turismo.  Add to that brand perception favours the PS3 (but not due to origin country but historic franchises/titles), the fact I understand paying for Live doesn't compute locally in Japan and the 360's known franchises/reputation is Western centric (Halo, CoD, Gears, etc) and the result is obvious.  Factor in that historically the 360 had a poor reputation for reliability and the console just doesn't seem appealing for a lot of reasons that have nothing to do with it being from a US company.

Brand and image are what count - something MS know and covered well in US/Europe to see big growth from Xbox, but Japan has eluded them.  I thought when Tales, etc. was exclusive 360 might gain a true foothold but it's clear to me that once it became clear locally that they were timed exclusives and it looked like all major franchises would be available on PS3 too that was the end.  Failing to have FFXIII at launch was also a huge blow for 360 in the region, plus the fact MGS had already launched on PS3.

Tales at least seems to have become a smaller franchise than it once was, at least given that Bandai-Namco won't even localize it anymore :X