| kber81 said: X360 can't win against PS3 because of few factors but the most important is Japanese market (30 million to divide) and fact Playstation brand is much more casual players friendly than Xbox. When prices of all systems drop I believe PS3 will attract casual gamers on much larger scale than X. Current situation of PS3 is awful but it's a result of highest price and lack of software. I believe even with current price PS3 will start to outsell X everywhere when titles worth name of next-gen arrive. Also fact steamed and much cheaper X360 doesn't trample defenseless PS3 right now means something. |
I would agree with that if it wasn't for the fact that the japanese seem to have basically booted Sony out of their market. 85%+ of Japanese software and hardware sales are Nintendo. With DQ on a Nintendo system and the Japanese not really caring that much about FF anymore (FFXII sales in Japan were horrid) I would say they will never recover the Japanese market. Leaving them only Europe and America to really combat the 360 with. I say if they get a 150-200 dollar price drop this year they will pass the 360 before the end of the generation. If not, then they will never pass them. The PS3 will never hit the casual purchase range though (under 300 bucks) and the 360 won't until it's too late to make a difference against the Wii. The Wii will end the generation with 50% + of the market share.
