MikeB said:
Probably high pofile full sequels to PS2 games like Gran Turismo, The Getaway, Jak & Daxter, SOCOM, Tekken, God of War, Twisted Metal, Killzone, Team ICO project, etc. Square Enix games like Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Kingdom Hearts, Star Ocean, etc. (Especially crucial for fast sales in Japan) New exclusive efforts to be published by Sony. like White Knight Story, Eight Days, LittleBigPlanet, Afrika, Eyedentify, The Agency, Heavy Rain, etc. Sony and partners are taking their time to release these games, many of them highly anticipated games, this also allows the game engines to mature for modern technology and allow for more game polish. Microsoft has played all their big proven aces, of the big XBox games only Star wars (multi-platform) and Fable haven't received 360 sequels yet. Next to this there's Banjo (looks dissapointing to me, IMO the good old 360 launch game Kameo looked so much fun and interesting) and Gear of War 2 (most shooter fans interested in a 360, probably already bought a 360 due to Halo or the first game, others will just wait for the PC version). Microsoft might buy themselves some exclusivity on multi-platform games to try to slow the PS3's progress. |
You realize that the Xbox had no big games outside of Ninja Gaiden, Halo and Fable right? Of those, only one has had a sequel on the Xbox 360. You listed new IP's as major sellers for the PS3, but failed to list the Xbox 360's equally quality-ridden line-up of new exclusive IP.
Then you list games like Kingdom Hearts, which is looking very likely to be Wii-exclusive, and Star Ocean, which could go either way as potential saviours for the PS3 in Japan, even though that continent is a one-console region that has already chosen the Wii.
You also listed Team ICo's project as a high-profile game, even though ICO's games (whilst critical-darlings) never sell well. Finally, you listed Killzone, which was horrible on PS2, and has just had it's sequel delayed to the dead months of next year amid a climate of strong rumours of development issues and budget blowouts.
But the worst spin was that comment about playing all their proven aces. You act as though the Xbox 360 will have no more big hits, but that new IP will save the PS3. Look at Gears of War, the most successful new IP of this generation. Look at the fact Xbox 360 sales still got a sizeable boost around Halo3's release despite your assertion that most people probably bought the console for GeoW. Then look at the fact that recent iterations of God of War and Socom haven't sold nearly as well as Fable did.
You present a very one-sided argument MikeB.
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