| MikeB said: @ HappySquirrel The XBox 360's popularity in North America Don't you think this will change to the advantage of the PS3? My reasons: - Fewer XBox gamers will be upgrading as the XBox has already been unsupported for over 2 years already and the best selling XBox games already saw sequels on the 360. - Blu-Ray becoming a more important distinguishing factor to the advantage of the PS3. (not only with regard to movies) - MGS4 and Gran Turismo 5 for the PS3, there's nothing similarly high profile expected for the 360 apart from the PS3/360 multi-platform title GTA IV. For FPS fans I think Killzone 2 and Resistance 2 (will IMO demonstrate the Cell advantage from a technical perspective) will be of importance. - I think Home will be more popular than most people here anticipate, also an important distinguishing factor. |
Mike B, I think you are really, REALLY overestimating how much of an advantage the PS3 really has.
For one, financially, the PS3 is still a console that is for the elite. $399 is still a lot for a console. The Wii and 360 has that advantage, and really, as far as graphics currently, it's no clear-cut advantage over the 360. Seriously, what's really, really driving the PS3 sales are the PS brand and Blu Ray. The games are good but not stellar.
As far as Xbox gamers not upgrading to the 360 - hogwash. Every Xbox owner I know of wants a 360. The price is still high for them - and expecting the average gamers to pay an additional $120 just to play an HD movie ... nah ... foreign gamers, yeah, but U.S. gamers are much more reluctant as a whole to just dole out money to buy a pricey console.
