| Beuli2 said: So...PS3 is never going to catch-up? |
Welcome to the world of the sane.
It's been years since anyone with half a brain became aware that essentially the 360 and the ps3 were locked into 2nd and 3rd spot, with the advantadge shifting to the console that last had a pricecut.
Let the blind and hopeful talk loud about this hot new exclusive, that hot new game, bollocks this bollocks that.
The truth is to the consumer at large both the ps3 and the 360 are essentially interchangeable with the exception of a certain perceived higher value about the ps3 (wether that perceived value is due to content, brandname or the bluray player, I don't know). So as both consoles take turns on the price cut game the price difference fluctuates above or below of this perceived higher value which in turn shifts the trend.
However, there's a catch. The ps3 has been performing on the market marginally better than the 360, to the tune of... 3% so far if I recall. Then there's the effects of the price cuts as well - they are asymmetrical. The end result is that the ps3 is very slowly eroding the cushion the 360 accumulated during its first two years. I have to be honest here, I haven't made the projections (should ask TheSource for these... if he wants to give'em to you). But we are 2-3 years from having new consoles released and the long tail of both the ps1 and the ps2 is actually related to these being generation leaders (as much as some people will insist otherwise). So this gen's longtailer (speaking about home consoles) will be the Wii - unless Nintendo doesn't want that. In that case, no one will get a long tail. Which I think implies that while the ps3 will whittle away at the 5 million plus lead, the generation will end before that happens.
But as I said, there's a lot of people in here who'd rather deceive themselves and attempt to deceive others rather than accepting a repeating pattern of this console generation.
Current-gen game collection uploaded on the profile, full of win and good games; also most of my PC games. Lucasfilm Games/LucasArts 1982-2008 (Requiescat In Pace).
