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potato_hamster on 17 October 2018
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AngryLittleAlchemist said:
potato_hamster said:

I haven't heard anything  like this before. Do you have a source? I always figured the Xbox 360 had the better versions of GTA ran better because the Xbox 360 was easier to develop for. Many third party games ran better on xbox, like Bethesda games, for example.

As for Playstation being too big of a brand, I'd have a hard time arguing it's a bigger brand than Nintendo, and Nintendo had no problem pissing third party support down the drain. I think PS3 caught up with 360 because Sony put in a genuine effort to make their console more appealing, and showed some humility along the way. Actually listening to the people that want to buy your product, and putting a meaningful effort into addressing their concerns can go a long way to make people want to buy your hardware.

I was actually talking about the OG Xbox port ... I think it was of San Andreas. It would take a long time to find the source, I'll look. I could very well be wrong though. Never know how much is just shitty rumors to make a company look bad  

And yeah, I agree that PS3 had a lot of effort put into it to help it catch up. I should have specified about the first couple of years. About Playstation not necessarily being a bigger brand than Nintendo ... whilst I agree, we are talking about home consoles here. 

It could be totally true. If so, shame on Sony for a terrible practice and I'm glad they turned that ship around pronto.

As for home consoles, I don't think the Playstation brand is why Sony sold around three times as many Playstations as Nintendo sold N64s. Sony had to put in a monstrous effort right out of the gates to steer prospective buyers away from a Nintendo console. I remember at the time it was extremely common for parents to refer to all video game consoles, no matter tha manufacturer as "Nintendos". Not exactly a small feat.