| UnitSmiley said: Mmm I would guess it's because after all this time people are finally realizing PS3 has a lot to offer in the exclusive department? By people I mean those that have a 360 or Wii and want to try something else? At least that's what I've noticed with people I know. Most of them were in the 2007 mentality and like to pretend PS3 "has no games" for a long time. A lot of them have recently been getting into PS3's or at least realizing the PS3 has come a long way since launch. |
That has some weight to it. The saturation of the US market is not as high as with Wii and 360. PS3 also has reach in a ton of markets. PS3 had a terrible image at first even though it was fixed shortly after, public opinion persisted. Even in 2009 my brother and I were arguing over the game selection. I didn't get my PS3 till the year after but he had a 360 for a couple years already. I was interested in PS3 and while at a video store he brought this issue up, so I started comparing what was on the shelves identifying exclusives and multiplats as well as the number of titles. There was no disparancy, but he didn't give way to the idea at first but shortly after I'm guessing because he had quite the choice of games to suggest when I did buy a PS3. I didn't even know much about the game selection then, most fellow college students had an Xbox but they had very few games outside of CoD and Halo. My brother and I are very core gamers and have been playing games together all our lives on various systems.
It's kind of similar to the price sentiment. Yes the PS3 was expensive, $500/$600, while the 360 was $400/$500(+$50/$60 a year for XBL) but its way cheaper now. Even after the price drops people still had that image in their head that it was more expensive than 360 even though it wasn't (obviously both are more than the Wii though).
Before the PS3 everyone was nice to me :(
