@endurance

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Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy games have (typically) been a well known franchise games which is one of the best games of the generation, and are released (practically) exclusively on the most popular system that was affordable and had already sold very well.

The PS3 will not be particuarly affordable, will have not sold (particularly) well and will not be the most popular system when these games are released; these games are going to sell at a far lower level than their PS2 counterparts sold, just like every other PS3 game that has been released.

Killzone was a mediocre title released for the PS2 that didn't sell well. Killzone 2 is being sold heavily like Lair was with a focus on pretty screenshots and videos with little/no attention to how the game plays. I see very little reason to believe that Killzone 2 will be dramatically better (or sell dramatically) better than Killzone.

It won't be 8mil by then. The difference will have grown considerably.

The gap is larger than the total units sold of the PS3.

If FFXIII plays anything like FFXII did, then personally I'll have nothing more to do with the mainline FF series. :(

Personally I never card for the other 2 series either, despite owning 43 PS2 games.

White Knight Story is on my "interest" list, but considering I've yet to enjoy a title from that developer, I'm not placing my bets too high. (Level5, isn't it? I know what games this group made, but I get the name wrong occasionally).

Anyways, about 90% of my gaming collection are games from Japan, so the PS3's current "iffy" support from games I enjoy over there isn't really making me change my decisions for waiting to purchase one (I'll wait for it to hit $200 with backwards compatibility, otherwise it's not worth it to me).

The two "biggest" games for 2008 for the PS3 for me are Soul Calibur 4 and Disgaea 3, but they still aren't enough for me to consider it still.

I was reffering to the same thing; the gap needed to be filled between the PS3 and Wii by the time FFXIII launches. It will propably have grown.

Lets get some crap out of the way

1. "xbox 360 doesnt have any good games next year, ps3 has them all so ps3 is gonna win!"
Bullshit, even if gears isnt released the 360 lineup is hardly weak, its rather very strong, that and easily could they fit a kotor to be announced at e3 or something

2. "ps3 has sold just as well without these AAA games so it will dominate when they arrive!"
Ever consider that the ps3 has also had 2 price cuts, bundled, made cheaper sku and more? wii hasnt done squat, and 360 cut its price by a meek 50 bucks, and 30 on its cheaper, hardly a 100 dollar price cut sony did TWICE.
If sony wants to keep bleeding let them.

3. "FF and MGS4 sold big on the ps2, so they should be huge boosters to the ps3!"
They were big on a 100 million seller console. They will not sell like they did on such a small userbase, unless ps3 owners actually start buying games.

I don't care if it moves the PS3 into second postion world wide or not. I just want to play them and for them to turn out awesome!