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

[gergroy]

Michael-5 said:

gergroy said:

wow at the people talking about games announced in 2011 affecting system sales.  Really, at this point in a consoles life, new games don't really move systems.  You'll see slight bumps, but nothing that is going to affect the gap in the long term.  

I think large titles still affect console sales, and a strong supply of exclusives keeps people talking about their respective consoles.

However with strong multiplatform titles (Modern Warfare 3, Crysis 2, L.A. Noire, Batman, Driver, NFS, etc) I think there is enough talk among HD games.

Maybe on the internet forums, but in real life, people don't come flocking into stores when a new game comes out to buy a system.  

If you need any proof of that, look at GT5.  The game that was going to close the gap, the savior of the ps3, didn't have much of any noticeable impact on sales.  

Like I said, small bumps is all we will see from here on out.  The Libarary of games are pretty much established, there are multiple games on each console that could appeal to different demographics, so it isn't like one game is going to push a huge amount of people to one system.  

The time for system sellers is over, now all the console manufacturers are doing is trying to retain owners interest with new captivating software.  

Edit: On second thought, there is still a limited market for systems sellers, but it is on Kinect and Move, as both peripherals try to appeal to a casual demographic that neither the ps3 or xbox had before.  However, there aren't going to be any core games that are going to cause more than a slight bump for a week or two.  So all this Killzone or Gears talk is useless.  They'll move software, not hardware.