platformmaster918 on 01 January 2013
| VGKing said: I think the fact that PS3 will surpass 360 itself isn't that important, its what it means that gets people mad. It means the Playstation brand is still strong and once it surpasses the 360...it means its stronger. It also means that next-gen Sony has the chance to take the lead much earlier since the Playstation brand has recovered. (No, Playstation Vita isn't any indication of the strength of the Playstation brand) |
I don't think you can judge brand by straight sales of a single gen. To me the Playstation brand has shown its strength all gen by being SIGNIFICANTLY more expensive (especially at first as it was %50 more) and being a year late. Either one of those mistakes would mean death for the Xbox. Not to mention the difficult architecture and no system sellers till 08 with MGS4. Luckily for PS they have future-proofed themselves with all their exclusives this gen pretty much being first party (Uncharted, Heavy Rain, GoW, GT, Infamous, Sly, LoU, Warhawk, Killzone, etc.) so they don't have to worry about losing them to MS (DMC, MGS, GTA, FF, and a few others went this route this gen and it resulted in a lot of good buzz for MS)
