mibuokami said:
pokoko said:
The only part that I'd argue is that the PS3 didn't really struggle to achieve parity. It outsold the 360 during most of its lifetime and by a pretty nice margin. I know what you're saying about total sales but sales rate is just as important. It's a marathon instead of a sprint, after all. It showed that the Playstation brand was stronger than the Xbox brand during this generation.
That being said, the PS3 was kind of lacking as a device. It had quite a few faults which I really hope they improve on. If you remove the exclusives from the picture, the 360 is probably the better console (though it has faults, too).
What the PS3 did have, which made it special, was the support of World Wide Studios. WWS, in my opinion, is the life's blood of Playstation. I think they're the best group of developers in the world, and Sony is the best publisher. WWS rescued the PS3 and lifted it up.
If they can get the console part of the PS4 right, and I think they can, then World Wide Studios gives them a great shot at the top--and that's not even to mention all those yummy third-party exclusives. |
I wasn't talking about sale, I was talking about content and service - it took ages for Sony's online service to come close to Microsoft, the fact that it was free is obviously a factor but it was still an inferior service. There was also way more content both at retail and on Xbox Live Arcade during the early years of the PS3, parity really didn't happen until at least 2009 (Killzone 2, Infamous, Uncharted 2, Demon Soul all landing on the same year was like manna from heaven).
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Ah, okay, I misunderstood what you meant. I don't know about any of the rest, I was a PC gamer only until I got a PS3 in 2010.
