How long until PS3 overtakes the 360 in total sales?

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MrMafoo said:

crumas2 said:

That's really weird logic. It's like saying that everyone would look at a Samsung TV and a Sony TV in a similar price range, discover the Sony has a better contrast ratio and more HDMI inputs, and never buy a Samsung. It doesn't work out that way in real life. Many people will simply look at the sample HD source being displayed and say, "so they're both able to do that 1080p thing", and when the salesman says yes, they buy the one that seems to them to have the better picture (and it will be very subjective).

 

If the 360 wasn't capable of playing AAA titles such as Assassins Creed, COD4, GTA4, etc., and look very similar to the PS3 versions, then your argument might hold water. But those games basically look the same on both platforms.

 

I think anyone who believes that the PS3 is going to have a massive library of games so spectacular that they blow away the versions on the 360 is living in fantasy land. A small collection of those uber games, yes, but not a significant number of titles. It's just too much work and it making one version "dramatically better" than the other means the publisher can't leverage a lot of what's done on one machine to port to the other. Sorry, but lowest-common-denominator almost always wins in this scenario for obvious financial reasons.

 

That's different. How about if I said "These TV's are exactly the same, other then the Sony TV can't be used with Cable Companies"? Sony would never sell a TV. That's a closer example. If the 360 would play every PS3 game, then your example would fit.

I have said it a dozen times, and I will probably say it a dozen more before it's all over...

Exclusive content sells consoles.

The GTA's, COD4's and AC's of the world make little to no difference when selling consoles. It's the Halos, Mass Effects, MGS's, GT's, FF's, and all the other exclusive titles that sell systems.

If the 360 had 700 games for it, and the PS3 had the same 700, plus one game that was great that the 360 didn't have, you would never sell a 360. Those 700 games are a wash, as you can get them on both consoles.

Exclusive content sells consoles.

And when it comes to exclusive content, the PS3 will win (imo).

 

Exclusive content sell consoles -> Yes i agree and so does MS. That’s why they have really already one this round. With the PS2 many titles were PS2 exclusive. MS knew this and set out a plan to win exclusives and more importantly break the ps2 exclusives. They have done this quite effectively, and is going to provide a gain to MS this generation.

 Just remember that MS doesn’t have to sell the most to win, they are coming from way behind and even if they gain 10% they have gained.