Darth Tigris said:
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thismeintiel said:
You act as if the PS3 came out 2 or 3 years after the 360 or that the 360 got the majority of its sales in the first year of its release. In the time of the release of the 360 and the PS3's release, the 360 sold ~5.3 mil, a far cry from its install base now. So not everyone who waited for the PS3 did it for brand loyalty. Maybe the 360 didn't appeal to them. Maybe they were also interested in Blu-ray. Maybe they were scared off by the RROD reports. Who knows? And it also doesn't explain all the new owners of the PS3. In your mind should they have gone with the 360 so as not to appear bias? Either way, you can't just lump the majority of PS3 owners as Sony loyalists.
As for RE4, you do realise that it released in 2005, right? The PS2 had already claimed that gen, for both casual and hardcore gamers. PS2 had ~ 80 mil compared to Gamecube's ~ 18 mil. Who would you release to? Also, both games came out the same year, the Gamecube in Jan and the PS2 in Oct, so it wasn't a full year's wait. And yes, the new control scheme was part of the reason people bought the Wii version. That and an even more important factor, nostalgia.
As someone pointed out earlier, ME2 has sold about the same amount in 2 weeks that Bioshock sold in 5 weeks. Considering that game ended up selling ~ 810K, ME2 could pass the 1 mil mark. Which is pretty damn good for a year late port in my book.
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That's what I hope. Let's just agree on that and end this derailment, k?
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Ah shucks, derailment's what I do best. 
But sure, at least we can agree on that.
