Dmick90 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
kowenicki said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
kowenicki said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
The only two months of the year Microsoft really cares about. No surprise to see the 360 selling well during the holidays in America. Microsoft has nothing left in the tank software wise for 2013. All thats left in Gears in first quarter and thats it.
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And a massive back catalogue of sensational games, new adopters kinda like that.
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Come on...you know Halo 4 had something to do with it. Last year it was Kinect and this year its Halo, be at peace with it. Microsoft knows they dont have much so they properly place the games where the largest amount of numbers will come in. Its common sense, but kudos to them for having it. The next Gears is set for Q1 so you know they are on their way out. Microsoft wouldnt in their right mind launch Gears anytime but forth quarter otherwise.
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That want really my point, I was merely saying that new buyers of consoles don't look just at new games. They are NEW adopters, they are buying into a whole back catalogue. Plenty of sales for 360 in the US next year and especially when a deep and official price cut comes.
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Come on, admit it, Microsoft has two games that are console sellers, but theres is only one Halo and its in their posession. Microsoft wont drop price until september. Thats the only time of the year they see fit to cut price and that will probably be because there will be no more new games and they will be shipping out for a totally new gen. Sales have given them no incentive to drop price. If Microsoft was to drop price they should've done it two years ago. They've only truly dropped $100 since they launched the 360. That and they've more than profited off of the dumbasses who buy the 4GB and are forced to hand Microsoft an extra thirty dollars for the 320 GB HD. They've also played it very smart because they should've dropped price in 2011 and the Kinect bundle destroyed all during Black Friday. Microsoft can bundle their consoles and there would be no legit reason to drop the price of the console because of consumer reaction. They are in profit heaven right now. ;)
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The PS3 only has two games that are system sellers! Whatever Naughty Dog churns out and Gran Turismo. They rely too heavily on third party support to carry the system. Hate to break it to you but Playstation All Stars Battle Royale (Smash Bros Rip Off) isn't going to save their butts. Sony's blockbuster games pale in comparison to Microsoft's blockbuster offerings in terms of system sellers. Next year Microsoft will probably be rolling out a slimmer Xbox 360 with price cuts and launching the new Xbox 720. With two Xboxs they can still rake in big profits from the 360 and use that to break even on the loss of the new 720. That is going to thwart PS3 sales and Sony will be cornered and frantically rushing out the PS4. Thats is my prediction.
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Naughty Dog and churned out two of Sony's most popular games in Crash and Uncharted and soon it will be a third The Last of Us. Sony hasn't bundled Playstation Allstars and everyone knew it wasnt going to be a runaway hit without bundling (Come on, really? With Sonys advertising?). Sonys blockbuster games pale in comparison because they are more story driven and focus on building characters, where as Microsoft is the king of the shooters console. Right now the hottest games are within the FPS to TPS genres (Which is why Sony and EA were digging to find the perfect FPS). The 360's profits are only as strong as the holiday season title they have to keep their value up. 2013 the PS3 is going to be having wall to wall games, so Microsoft is thwarting nothing. The only thing next year that can thwart Sony are themselves ::Cough::Marketing!::Cough::. Again, Gears is their last game and its launching in first quarter which means somethings up. We'll see at E3. Sony is going out with a bang and can survive longer than Microsoft based on game development alone. Talking about the sales of a console without anything to back it up in 2013 is empty.
