There are two statments held as truth around gaming forums: (1) Games sale systems and (2) Competition is better for all gamers.
I believe both are not only false, but ABSOLUTELY FALSE.
1)In terms of games selling systems, like any other form of physical entertainment, HYPE sales systems. Hype can encompass alot of things (including games) but saying games are the ONLY or MAJOR reason a system sales is delousional. Hype can encompass your marketing campaign, word of mouth, extra features, your friends having the device/system, media perception of the device or system, and of course games. But word of mouth, friends and media perception I feel are all more important than games (ie a great number of gamers only play 2-4 games a year including Call of Duty and Madden). To think a LARGE MAJORITY of gamers are waiting on exclusive after exclusive is crazy. I in fact am one of those gamers waiting on exclusive after exclusive and my REAL LIFE FRIENDS who happen to have game systems are not (NONE OF THEM). But the friends I meet through PSN and Xbox LIve pretty much ARE.
2) I'll keep this one short, the GEN with the greatest games in MY OPINION were gens that were DOMINATED. Last Gen was the closest we ever had and the games all had gamebreaking bugs etc etc because developers were trying to get money by developing for ALL consoles (and dont forget PARITY smh). Lastly, the PS2 DOMINATING did not make SONY or developers let up it made PS2 BETTER and allowed PS2 to HAVE MORE DIVERSE GAMING SELECTION. The only person competition is better for is the losing consoles not EVERYONE. The winning console will have great games regardless of if it has a close competitior.
