forevercloud3000 said:
In this alternate reality speak, if PS3 came out first they would of had to have a decent library of games, started development earlier, etc. Otherwise they wouldn't release early.....which is the hypothetical we are talking about. What could MS have done any better if they had an extra year? Possibly make a more durable product less prone to failure at the beginning, yet that didn't really seem to impede sales in the first place. Maybe they would of had more games in development....but wait....they already had more games than PS3 in the beginning, so that still doesn't matter.
The idea is that if the two consoles switch released dates yet everything else about them remained the same, PS3 would have a 8-9million lead on 360 right now.I still think PS3 will eventually outsell it by generation's end. We saw this last gen when Xbox eventually outsold Gamecube in it's final years. This is just proof of selling power, PS3 has far better selling power with the most distinct barriers impeding it.
I do not think the head start is the only reason certain console's won their generation, but lets not kid ourselves, it damn sure helps.
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Yes I know it's all alternate reality speak (therefore completely pointess, subjective and pure fantasy) - but how the hell did you come up with that number?
Once again this whole "proof" of this or that - is proof of nothing - but pure fantasy, and as you agreed - alternate reality.
Also - I wasn't aware - as per the #4 point you made at the top of your post - that the PS3 was subject to far harsher critical analysis than othe consoles. Is this the "Playstation Conspiracy" I hear about? Or are there reasons people are critical of it, or subject more/far harsher criticism? If there is some grand conspiracy of which I am unaware, I best be informed.
Q-If I pick apples faster than you, but you started earlier - who is the better apple picker?
A - The person who picks the MOST apples at the end of the day - races aren't run on top speed and MPH - but who gets over the finish line first.
I have thought, for a long time, that the PS3 would overtake 360 LTD sales. It's seemed inevitable since the PS3 was announced. Every year since about 2010, I've thought this would happen. Looked pretty certain by 2012 around this time last year. I'd say it looks pretty certain now. Guess we'll see.Didn't 360 actually outsell PS3 last year? I couldn't have seen it coming. Still - if I had a competitor who said he sold the most with x amount - I'd be claiming I'd sold x+1 - if I actually had done. MS called it, no one disputed it (except in the forums of the internet) - , I'd say it was indisputable.
Also - I wasn't aware - as per the #4 point you made at the top of your post - that the PS3 was subject to far harsher critical analysis than othe consoles. Is this the "Playstation Conspiracy" I hear about? Or are there reasons people are critical of it, or subject more/far harsher criticism? If there is some grand conspiracy of which I am unaware, I best be informed.
Thing is - this generation is effectively over.
It's already gone a year or so longer than the longest generation we'd had (most gor for about 5 years) - and in some ways - the 7 or so years (6 for Ps3/Wii) - this generation has gone on for - has fundamentally changed the market.
Now - I'm sure mobile/tablet gaming, casual , F2P - all these things which in the last couple of years have really shaken up the traditional console business model - would have happened regardless - I don't think people should underestimate the boost these alternative outlets for gaming software have gotten from people looking for some new box to play games on. Not that they don't enjoy their current box, just that, as used to people are these days to upgrading their smartphones every two years max - because - get this - people like to get new shiny stuff.
Console sales are down , this gen is basically running on fumes. Nintendo's on to the next (which effectively means - this gen's over in about 3 weeks), Sony have got a few new IP's to drop, MS have got one or two old ones to trot out - we all know most of the top devs A - Teams both multi and first party, are already beavering away on new dev kits - and we know that either MS or Sony will be bringing out a new box next year, with a great degree of certainty.
I really do like Sony, but I just tend to respond to people who try to pass off blind "what if" wishes - or use stats for distance to measure weight - as "proof". Hence my original reply.
