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S.T.A.G.E. on 03 July 2013
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happydolphin said:
Hynad said:

But that's the thing now, no? There's a lot of XBox fans that got disappointed by the poor late gen first party support by MS, who went and picked a PS3 because of how compelling the line-up was on that console in comparison. Who's to say they won't continue with Sony moving forward?

You would think so, but most of the curves for Sony 1st party games don't support the theory (most are constant), so ultimately it begs the question "why did they pick up a PS3?". Odds are many saw it as a great opportunity to have an integrated blu-ray player, get some PSN games and maybe even upgrade their PS3 phat. Some gamers dropped out and some new ones came in, that could explain the consistency in the curves rather than a drop, but MS's halo didn't drop either so it begs the question if the xbox fans really left.

I won't deny that some conversion work was commenced on the PS3 thanks to a steady flow of new content, but ultimately again it's my strong belief that the Americas don't work on that strategy anymore (the PS2 strategy), and now live off the xbox strategy (the big blockbusters). Looking at COD and Halo it's not so far-fetched.

@S.T.A.G.E. It sure did make them more powerful, for sure, and on the very long run it will help them. But until Sony can fend MS off on the level of Halo, in Americas and in the UK it will remain a tough battle.


you sure do put a lot of faith in Microsoft when it comes to Halo. Halo cannot save the Xbox. It couldn't save the original and it played second fiddle to COD on the Xbox 360. Do you know what helped Sony steamroll ahead of Microsoft this gen? Overall value. Apparently they were late to the party but eventually they still came.