d21lewis said:
I don't have the top 50 list in front of me so I'm just guessing at this but: I don't think it's as clear cut as this makes it look. I'm sure that if you look at the games available on both consoles, there's a pretty good chance that the 360 counterparts outsold their PS3 counterparts. Games like Alan Wake, Viva Pinata, Final Fantasy, Street Fighter, Bayonetta, and such did very well on the 360. It's just that the 360 had so many games in the shooter genre that end up doing sooo much better (again, multiple entries in the Halo and Gears series--both very good series) tend to crowd out other games and genres. |
All fighting games sell better on the PS3
All JRPG sell better on the PS3 (when are relased at the same time on both consoles)
"unique/rare" games sell better on the PS3 (Heavy Rain outsold Alan Wake)
All action-adventure games sell better onthe PS3 (with the exception of ninja gaiden because it was released first in Xbox)
Most racing games sell better on the PS3 (need for speed, burnout, split second)
And if you consider that the PS3 has a smaller userbase then it means that PS3 users dont like FPS an TPS as much as 360 owners. If you consider that most PS3 users owned a PS2, it has some logic. PS2 was king because you can find in the system all kind of games.
Now an off-topic thing: The sad thing is that in this generation mostly all developers make FPS in order to increase revenue; so there are not a great variaty of games out there. And I think that PS3 exclusives are filling those "gaming holes", making it the reason why Sony is outselling the other 2 WW. The purpose of Sony´s 1st party games is to sell more consoles, and not just the game itself. Sony is trying to attract all the PS2 userbase with the variety of games they offer. If you think about it the only companies that do Big budget plataforming games are Sony and nintendo.
I think that all the things Sony is doing right now with their first party studios, will be of great advantage for them when the PS4 releases.
