What about when Call of Duty 4 launched?
What about when Dynasty Warriors 5 in Japan launched?
What about the advertising campaign?
What about the exclusive content?
If people are buying a system for Grand Theft Auto 4, they will buy the most affordable, attractive system.
Fact: If they are buying a system for GTAIV, they aren't buying it for Blu-Ray, they are, in fact, buying it for Grand Theft Auto IV.
Fact: Consumers aren't going to care about reliability. If that was the case, the faulty PS2 wouldn't of sold so well.
Fact: Consumers aren't buying a video game system for the controller, they are buying it for Grand Theft Auto IV.
Will there be alot of new PS3 owners because of GTAIV? Sure. Will there be even more 360 owners? Yes. Right now, if a consumer was to buy a system for GTAIV, the system would greatly be the choice of the 360: It's cheaper (by alot), and has the exclusive content. If Microsoft promotes the exclusive 360-only content, then the 360 will be the console of choice. We've seen time and time again, the lead console benefits the most: If it's in Japan, the PS3 did better. If it was in NA, the 360 tended to do better, in Europe, it's about "both"....Guess which country is going to buy the hardware for GTAIV? The US.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
