Will the PS3 and 360 gap grow or close in 2011?

[Mr Puggsly]

Scoobes said:

Mr Puggsly said:

Metallicube said:

Eh that's going a bit far.. It's like saying the Wii now appeals to FPS gamers because it has Goldeneye, Reflex, and Black Ops. I don't know about you, but I sure don't know any soccer moms or grandpas who bought a $300-$400 Xbox 360, and certainly not just for games like Kinect Adventures and Dance Central.. It doesn't seem like Kinect helped lift Xbox 360 hardware sales this holiday anyway, especially after the adjustment of - a million plus. I think the slim model, Halo, Black Ops, and the natural holiday boost were more the reason for the surge. Yes Kinect sold a lot during the holiday but I think a large chunk of those sales were current 360 owners.

Anyway, the gap will maintain roughly the same, with the PS3 possibly inching a bit closer as a result of its Japan advantage. Kinect may be helping the 360 for a bit, but only seems to be in the US, and it won't last even there if the Kinect games don't get any better.

I think Kinect has sold more casual software than Wii has sold core software. :-p

I mean Dance Central is going to outsell CoD games on the Wii.

The Kinect definitely helped console sales. I mean 360 sales were huge this holiday and many of the Kinect bundles were sold out. I doubt this happened because of core sequels.

Depends how you define "core" software. Some would say Mario Galaxy 1 & 2, Zelda, Metroid Prime etc. are all core titles :P

Metroid Prime is core. Zelda and Mario Galaxy, no. But hey, that's just my opinion.You don't have to agree.

Eitherway, my point was Kinect made 360 far more popular in the casual market and that should help 360 sales throughout the year. Metallicube seems to disagree and thinks Kinect has had no real impact in moving consoles.