Jay520 on 20 January 2012
| Mr Puggsly said: The PS3 gets praise for getting so many exclusives, but it should be noted most of them aren't particularly great and have modest sales. Some of their IPs have even seen a sharp decline. Ultimately, the 360 has Halo, Gears, Forza, Fable, and Kinect. I personally think that outweighs Sony's line up which is why 360 is still going strong. |
I don't think exclusives really play that large of a role in sales. Most of the PS360 owners I know play CoD, Madden, Basketball, a hyped multiplat (Battlefield, Skyrim, Batman, etc.) and maybe 1-2 excusives. Aside from Kinect, I don't think most people really care about exclusives. The PS3 & 360 are so similar that most consumers seem to be focused on just buying what looks cool, or what their friends have (as opposed to actually looking at their exclusives).
This is where Microsoft did great at. The one-year head start, intense advertising, their early competent online system, and just their general excellent start gave them a lot of momentum at the start of the gen. Their "first to 10m in America wins" comment may not have been fully true, but it has proven to be largely impactful.
