Predicting the Next-Gen: The Future of PS4 and X3ox

[archbrix]

JimmyDanger said:

archbrix said:

Gran Turismo 3 and 4 sold phenomenally well on PS2, but aside from that franchise what 1st party power sellers did Sony have?  You could take all of the rest of Sony's 1st party PS2 games (Jak & Daxter, Ratchet & Clank, etc) and combined they wouldn't come close to NSMB Wii's sales alone... and the PS2 sold 50m more units than the Wii has.  Granted, Mario's sales also include bundles, but when you factor in the selling power of Mario Kart, Smash Bros, (and Pokemon in the handheld market), Sony's 1st party exclusives can't hold a candle to Nintendo's from a sales perspective.

In fact, except for Gran Turismo games, no Sony 1st party exclusive has yet to outsell Super Mario 64 (N64) or Smash Bros Melee (GC); both of which were on consoles with far smaller install bases than any Sony console. 

That's crazy talk!

Is that maybe a reason Sony went Pac-Man like munching up smaller studios during the PS2 days? Or was that all for love.

I'm gonna go with love.

Would make a great slogan for the next gen.

Sony = Doing it for the love.

Maybe they were just hungry...