Squilliam on 07 April 2008
| MikeB said: @ Squilliam Dude! You completely contradict yourself in the third paragraph!!!! I don't think I did, I just showed all big XBox games saw 360 sequels early within its lifecycle pushing many fans into buying a 360. But after this year there are no big Xbox games left to see sequelsl. And for the PS3 a different strategy was taken. Mass Effect and Bioshock are Unreal engine based games and so a PS3 port makes sense, We know Bioshock was a multiplatform PS3 game until Microsoft bought its exclusivity, they performed well like new PS3 franchices. They aren't really 360 exclusives though, there are and will be PC versions. |
Without any new big game releases the Xbox360 is selling just fine at the moment. Besides, theres pretty much only one big name franchise left for the PS3 this year - MGS4. The FPS exclusives really have to make a case that they have something to offer that COD4 doesn't! That beast might hit 10,000,000+ sales and growing by the time Christmas rolls around. Furthermore, since the exclusives this year are more action/rpg centric anyway... They will be targeting a different subset of gamers. One that hasn't had a fair share of games just yet. The FPS crowd has plenty to chew on for the moment in anycase. I would argue as well that since Microsoft tapped that market early, they have the lions share of potential customers in that genre. Look at how Rainbow 6 vegas 2 did for instance. I've always believed that friends are the biggest influence on console purchases. I see it on these forums all the time, people saying that all their friends own PS3's or Xbox 360's. People who aren't in the know, will be influenced by their friends when they see games in say the 360 section that may interest them. You mention the PC - Now why would PC gamers WANT to get a PS3 any more than a Wii? I would argue that they would want it less than a Wii. Its not like graphical prowess will be a big factor, nor would they want to play FPS games on a damn controller. There is a greater market than just hardcore PC gamers you realise? For these people it actually makes MORE sense to get an Xbox360. They still get some of their favourite games, heck even strategy games! I must look up whether or not keyboard and mouse works on those. "PS3? I would rather buy an 8800gtx!" - That was one of my friends and he did buy an 8800gtx
Tease.
