In anticipation of this year’s E3 I have a couple thoughts I would like to share.
I expect that the 360 will dominate (EDIT beat its HD Competitor by 10-20%) Christmas 2008 following E3, let me explain why. First off, I expect MGS4 to be a huge factor for the PS3 this year. I pre-ordered a copy and was pleasantly surprised as to how good the game is. I honestly believe that it will be one of the top 3 games of 2008 and is definitely a forerunner for the game of the year.
Although the PS3 has so much going for it now, I believe that the 360 has quite a few more things going for it that will lead to them to surpassing the PS3 this year.
1. Price Cut:
a. The 360 will see a huge price cut this year in the US. I expect this to be a contributing factor for its increase as it is relative to both the US economy and the games that are being released.
2. Games:
a. Gears of War 2, Fable 2, Banjo 3, Infinite Undiscovery, Left for Dead, Halo Wars, etc, all these games being released around Christmas time with the price cut will sell allot of consoles. The PS3 has RFOM 2 (EDIT SOCOM AND TEKKEN 6)and LBP but neither of these games are on par with what the 360 has coming. The 360’s line-up caters to everyone while the PS3 line-up really doesn’t.
3. Future Games:
a. Get ready to see some great first and second party games to come out. Perfect Dark 2, Killer Instinct 3, etc. All these games will be great as they have had 3+ years of development time. In addition, 3rd party developers will be showing their 360 exclusives such as Halo Chronicles, Cry On, Alan Wake and Star Ocean.
4. Peripherals
a. The X-Mote is coming and I expect it to be utilized with Halo Wars. I think this will change the way RTS’s are played on consoles forever. This is of course what I would like to see and is probably not going to happen.
5. Huge Xbox Live update
a. PS3 really has dropped the ball on Home. I don’t think anyone really cares about it anymore. XBL will get IPTV, a Game show network, movieflix etc all this year. Also there has been some talk of Avatars and other attachments to their service.
Anyways, these are my thoughts. Many of you will disagree but I think its hard to refute the positioning of the 360.
