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Apple vs Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft. If it fully entered the battle ground..

Yes, they will fall to the death! 46 27.88%
 
No, have you gone insane? 41 24.85%
 
I don't know (noob) 15 9.09%
 
Shut up! I just hate Apple with a passion! 63 38.18%
 
Total:165
Chairman-Mao on 24 December 2010

iPhone is garbage for games and I don't see an Apple home console being any better. I'm not going to buy an iGame just to play Angry Birds on the big screen.



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superchunk on 24 December 2010

Pippen. That is all I have to say.



Biddles on 24 December 2010
homer said:
Biddles said:
homer said:
Biddles said:
homer said:
Biddles said:

If Apple enter the industry Sony will become like Sega.


I somewhat agree. Apple could push any of the big 3 out. They could capture the casual fanbase that Nintendo has, or if they wanted to, get exclusivity for games by major 3rd party developers, stealing the Playstation and Xbox crowd.

Easily, theres just no way there would be enough room on the market for the four. Theres barely enough room for Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony, if Nintendo wasnt a different type of console one would have given out.

But out the three Sony is the one thatd be most likely be kicked out. Nintendo has been around from the mid 80's theyve already had their struggle and still came out on top, they own the handheld market so they wont go anywhere.

And Sony dominated with the PS1 and PS2 the original Xbox didnt sell a 5th what the PS2 did and come next gen the Xbox 360 is in front of the PS3 in Hardware and in front by a lot on Software. Its got US and UK the two biggest markets on their side now, by the time a Xbox 3 and a PS4 come out its not unlikely countries like France, Germany, Italy, Spain etc will move on over to Xbox aswell.

PS3 doesnt have that many big exclusives anymore, GT i guess but you can get Forza anyhow, theres Uncharted, God of War, Little Big Planet that sell decently but they arnt Halo or Gears of War. The PS3 has lost GTA, Final Fantasy Resident Evil, Tekken, Tomb Raider, Resident Evil, Metal Gear Solid and a bunch of others to Xbox now.

I agree that it appears as if the ps3 does not have as many exclusives as last gen, but the 360 has even fewer. Sony still has a stronghold in many places around the world giving them an advantage over the xbox, where, if they lose the Americas, they will get destroyed. So if sony still can maintain control in other developing regions, they will have a huge advantage over the Xbox brand after the eventual demise of the USA. Nintendo has shown Sony who is boss in the handheld market, but the psp has still been a major success considering Nintendo has been largely unoppossed in this market. Nintendo cannot be king of the handheld market forever.Regardless, very few people will buy the next xbox for solely Halo and Gears, so if you can garner extreme support from EA, Activision, Ubisoft, etc., you could easily steal the Xbox fanbase, and even the Playstation. The reason why I believe Sony would outlive the Xbox brand if this occurred, is because they have more ips and 1st party devs, which is something that could bite Microsoft in the butt, and something they need to rectify asap. Nintendo is the only one I believe will be able to stand with little to no 3rd party support.

It wasnt really the amount of exlusives its just the ones they have arnt that big anymore. They lost alot of major system seller franchises like GTA and Final Fantasy and things like Metal Gear and Resident Evil which were the most popular games.

Now they have Uncharted, Little Big Planet, Resistance, Killzone, God of War, good games but they dont sell like what Halo or Gears of War or old PS2 games used to. The Xbox 360 has 90% of the games the PS3 has.

If next generation is the same in that Xbox comes first and its significantly cheaper than the PS4 then Sony will be pretty much done, PS2 went from being on Top and Xbox being far underneath it to pretty much the same way around, that dominance is only going to grow, i dont think Playstation has a chance now in US.

Same thing happened in UK and Australia Xbox has that market down now, the PS3 only did as well as it did because alot of loyal people waited for the PS3 and alot thought games like GTAIV and Final Fantasy XIII and others would come out just for the PS3 but that wasnt the case.

The only thing thats keeping PS3 close to Xbox 360 in sales is Japan and the PS3 looks like its on its way out in Japan to so by the time a PS4 comes out it could perform even worse than the PS3 and if Xbox starts to take over more in US, UK and start to turn over some other major countries then Sony will be out.


Last time I checked, the PS3 was doing better than the 360 in EMEAA along with Japan. I could claim the only thing making the 360 close to the ps3 is the Americas and the UK and I would be right, as opposed to your lie that Japan only kept the PS3 close to the sales of the 360. Obviously, if you launch at a cheaper price and earlier release date than the competiton, you will have an advantage. Even with this advantage, with aligned launches, the ps3 is tracking above the 360. My point was, Microsoft only has Halo that can entice their fanbase to buy their console, and Halo alone cannot sale consoles. If someone such as Apple, were able to get extreme 3rd party support, the Xbox brand would have no games and no reason  reason for consumers to buy it. Sony has expanded their 1st party software devs and created many new ips that have potential to be very successful which gives them a better chance of surviving if something like this did occur. Of course, both would be doomed if something like that did occur, because of their overreliance on 3rd party software.

Americas and UK are the biggest and most important markets it matters which is bigger there. Its doing better in EMEAA thanks to places like Middle East, its still alot closer than it should be since the first Xbox didnt even sell that well in EMEAA and now its not far off from PS3. Theres only a gap of 2 million.

Theyve sold more than 4.5 million more PS3s than Xbox in Japan, if it wasnt for Japan the gap between the two consoles would be 9 million. So use some common sense.

If it wasnt for Halo Xbox would never have took off, it was all because of Halo that the Xbox is now as big as it is. Halo is far more popular than any PS3 franchise.



Mordred11 on 24 December 2010

@Biddles

GT has sold much more than Halo.

I've noticed how you are talking as if games matter the most for a console's success,but that's not correct,it's the PRICE.

The PS3 is in 3rd place because of one reason,and only ONE.It was priced way higher than X360/Wii at launch.Not because of huge franchises like Halo/Gears of War,or whatever you say.And by the way,the PS3 has been selling better than the 360 since the PS3's release,so everything you've been saying up to this point is pretty much invalid.

 

Just how things changed completely this generation compared to previous ones,the same can happen next generation.Or maybe you can guarantee me that such thing ain't possible?Have a good day.



Biddles on 24 December 2010
Mordred11 said:

@Biddles

GT has sold much more than Halo.

I've noticed how you are talking as if games matter the most for a console's success,but that's not correct,it's the PRICE.

The PS3 is in 3rd place because of one reason,and only ONE.It was priced way higher than X360/Wii at launch.Not because of huge franchises like Halo/Gears of War,or whatever you say.And by the way,the PS3 has been selling better than the 360 since the PS3's release,so everything you've been saying up to this point is pretty much invalid.

 

Just how things changed completely this generation compared to previous ones,the same can happen next generation.Or maybe you can guarantee me that such thing ain't possible?Have a good day.

Gran Turismo was on a console that sold well over 100 million copies, the original Xbox only sold 25 million copies. Halo 3 has outsold all the GT games execpt for GT3 which was bundled anyway. GT5 isnt outselling Halo Reach either.

I actually mentioned the price, thats why i said if the PS4 comes out $100 more expensive than the Xbox 720 itll have no chance because Xbox has most of the games the PS3 has anyway.  

The orignal price cost them big time, but its not that way anymore and Xbox is still doing better. Since the PS3 came out the Xbox has sold 44 million units the PS3 45 million units, its practically the exact same.

Its a huge difference from when the PS2 sold over 5x as many Xbox' to now when PS3 is barely even with the Xbox 360. Xbox soared in popularity, PS stooped in popularity, if that continues next gen Sony is out.



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PureDante on 24 December 2010

I believe it's entirely possible, but in mobile form. Console race would seem awkward, but if there were rumors, I'd believe them. 



All of this, of course, is just my opinion.

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axt113 on 24 December 2010
homer said:
axt113 said:
homer said:
Biddles said:

If Apple enter the industry Sony will become like Sega.


I somewhat agree. Apple could push any of the big 3 out. They could capture the casual fanbase that Nintendo has, or if they wanted to, get exclusivity for games by major 3rd party developers, stealing the Playstation and Xbox crowd.


I'm sorry but no one could push Nitnendo out, 2D Mario alone could keep Nintendo afloat for generations

Doubt it. 2d mario games alone cannot warrant a console purchase alone. Luckily though, Nintendo has many other ips that are critically acclaimed.(DKC, Zelda, etc.)


You don;t recall the huge boost that NSMB Wii gave, not to mention the huge sales generated by the bundled SMB on the NES, SMB is a huge system seller, bundle it for the sales



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homer on 24 December 2010
Biddles said:
homer said:
Biddles said:
homer said:
Biddles said:
homer said:
Biddles said:

If Apple enter the industry Sony will become like Sega.


I somewhat agree. Apple could push any of the big 3 out. They could capture the casual fanbase that Nintendo has, or if they wanted to, get exclusivity for games by major 3rd party developers, stealing the Playstation and Xbox crowd.

Easily, theres just no way there would be enough room on the market for the four. Theres barely enough room for Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony, if Nintendo wasnt a different type of console one would have given out.

But out the three Sony is the one thatd be most likely be kicked out. Nintendo has been around from the mid 80's theyve already had their struggle and still came out on top, they own the handheld market so they wont go anywhere.

And Sony dominated with the PS1 and PS2 the original Xbox didnt sell a 5th what the PS2 did and come next gen the Xbox 360 is in front of the PS3 in Hardware and in front by a lot on Software. Its got US and UK the two biggest markets on their side now, by the time a Xbox 3 and a PS4 come out its not unlikely countries like France, Germany, Italy, Spain etc will move on over to Xbox aswell.

PS3 doesnt have that many big exclusives anymore, GT i guess but you can get Forza anyhow, theres Uncharted, God of War, Little Big Planet that sell decently but they arnt Halo or Gears of War. The PS3 has lost GTA, Final Fantasy Resident Evil, Tekken, Tomb Raider, Resident Evil, Metal Gear Solid and a bunch of others to Xbox now.

I agree that it appears as if the ps3 does not have as many exclusives as last gen, but the 360 has even fewer. Sony still has a stronghold in many places around the world giving them an advantage over the xbox, where, if they lose the Americas, they will get destroyed. So if sony still can maintain control in other developing regions, they will have a huge advantage over the Xbox brand after the eventual demise of the USA. Nintendo has shown Sony who is boss in the handheld market, but the psp has still been a major success considering Nintendo has been largely unoppossed in this market. Nintendo cannot be king of the handheld market forever.Regardless, very few people will buy the next xbox for solely Halo and Gears, so if you can garner extreme support from EA, Activision, Ubisoft, etc., you could easily steal the Xbox fanbase, and even the Playstation. The reason why I believe Sony would outlive the Xbox brand if this occurred, is because they have more ips and 1st party devs, which is something that could bite Microsoft in the butt, and something they need to rectify asap. Nintendo is the only one I believe will be able to stand with little to no 3rd party support.

It wasnt really the amount of exlusives its just the ones they have arnt that big anymore. They lost alot of major system seller franchises like GTA and Final Fantasy and things like Metal Gear and Resident Evil which were the most popular games.

Now they have Uncharted, Little Big Planet, Resistance, Killzone, God of War, good games but they dont sell like what Halo or Gears of War or old PS2 games used to. The Xbox 360 has 90% of the games the PS3 has.

If next generation is the same in that Xbox comes first and its significantly cheaper than the PS4 then Sony will be pretty much done, PS2 went from being on Top and Xbox being far underneath it to pretty much the same way around, that dominance is only going to grow, i dont think Playstation has a chance now in US.

Same thing happened in UK and Australia Xbox has that market down now, the PS3 only did as well as it did because alot of loyal people waited for the PS3 and alot thought games like GTAIV and Final Fantasy XIII and others would come out just for the PS3 but that wasnt the case.

The only thing thats keeping PS3 close to Xbox 360 in sales is Japan and the PS3 looks like its on its way out in Japan to so by the time a PS4 comes out it could perform even worse than the PS3 and if Xbox starts to take over more in US, UK and start to turn over some other major countries then Sony will be out.


Last time I checked, the PS3 was doing better than the 360 in EMEAA along with Japan. I could claim the only thing making the 360 close to the ps3 is the Americas and the UK and I would be right, as opposed to your lie that Japan only kept the PS3 close to the sales of the 360. Obviously, if you launch at a cheaper price and earlier release date than the competiton, you will have an advantage. Even with this advantage, with aligned launches, the ps3 is tracking above the 360. My point was, Microsoft only has Halo that can entice their fanbase to buy their console, and Halo alone cannot sale consoles. If someone such as Apple, were able to get extreme 3rd party support, the Xbox brand would have no games and no reason  reason for consumers to buy it. Sony has expanded their 1st party software devs and created many new ips that have potential to be very successful which gives them a better chance of surviving if something like this did occur. Of course, both would be doomed if something like that did occur, because of their overreliance on 3rd party software.

Americas and UK are the biggest and most important markets it matters which is bigger there. Its doing better in EMEAA thanks to places like Middle East, its still alot closer than it should be since the first Xbox didnt even sell that well in EMEAA and now its not far off from PS3. Theres only a gap of 2 million.

Theyve sold more than 4.5 million more PS3s than Xbox in Japan, if it wasnt for Japan the gap between the two consoles would be 9 million. So use some common sense.

If it wasnt for Halo Xbox would never have took off, it was all because of Halo that the Xbox is now as big as it is. Halo is far more popular than any PS3 franchise.

Halo is more popular than any Sony franchise, I agree with you there, but the 360 relies to much on 3rd party support. Look at their game lineup for 2011. Theywould be absolutely devastated if something disrupted the flow of the 3rd party software on their platform. Regardless, the ps3 is outselling the 360 in EMEAA and Japan, as opposed to the 360 outselling in the Americas. America will not be the largest market forever, and when other countries ovetake them, in that aspect, Sony will have a headstart.



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Biddles on 24 December 2010
homer said:
Biddles said:
homer said:
Biddles said:
homer said:
Biddles said:
homer said:
Biddles said:

If Apple enter the industry Sony will become like Sega.


I somewhat agree. Apple could push any of the big 3 out. They could capture the casual fanbase that Nintendo has, or if they wanted to, get exclusivity for games by major 3rd party developers, stealing the Playstation and Xbox crowd.

Easily, theres just no way there would be enough room on the market for the four. Theres barely enough room for Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony, if Nintendo wasnt a different type of console one would have given out.

But out the three Sony is the one thatd be most likely be kicked out. Nintendo has been around from the mid 80's theyve already had their struggle and still came out on top, they own the handheld market so they wont go anywhere.

And Sony dominated with the PS1 and PS2 the original Xbox didnt sell a 5th what the PS2 did and come next gen the Xbox 360 is in front of the PS3 in Hardware and in front by a lot on Software. Its got US and UK the two biggest markets on their side now, by the time a Xbox 3 and a PS4 come out its not unlikely countries like France, Germany, Italy, Spain etc will move on over to Xbox aswell.

PS3 doesnt have that many big exclusives anymore, GT i guess but you can get Forza anyhow, theres Uncharted, God of War, Little Big Planet that sell decently but they arnt Halo or Gears of War. The PS3 has lost GTA, Final Fantasy Resident Evil, Tekken, Tomb Raider, Resident Evil, Metal Gear Solid and a bunch of others to Xbox now.

I agree that it appears as if the ps3 does not have as many exclusives as last gen, but the 360 has even fewer. Sony still has a stronghold in many places around the world giving them an advantage over the xbox, where, if they lose the Americas, they will get destroyed. So if sony still can maintain control in other developing regions, they will have a huge advantage over the Xbox brand after the eventual demise of the USA. Nintendo has shown Sony who is boss in the handheld market, but the psp has still been a major success considering Nintendo has been largely unoppossed in this market. Nintendo cannot be king of the handheld market forever.Regardless, very few people will buy the next xbox for solely Halo and Gears, so if you can garner extreme support from EA, Activision, Ubisoft, etc., you could easily steal the Xbox fanbase, and even the Playstation. The reason why I believe Sony would outlive the Xbox brand if this occurred, is because they have more ips and 1st party devs, which is something that could bite Microsoft in the butt, and something they need to rectify asap. Nintendo is the only one I believe will be able to stand with little to no 3rd party support.

It wasnt really the amount of exlusives its just the ones they have arnt that big anymore. They lost alot of major system seller franchises like GTA and Final Fantasy and things like Metal Gear and Resident Evil which were the most popular games.

Now they have Uncharted, Little Big Planet, Resistance, Killzone, God of War, good games but they dont sell like what Halo or Gears of War or old PS2 games used to. The Xbox 360 has 90% of the games the PS3 has.

If next generation is the same in that Xbox comes first and its significantly cheaper than the PS4 then Sony will be pretty much done, PS2 went from being on Top and Xbox being far underneath it to pretty much the same way around, that dominance is only going to grow, i dont think Playstation has a chance now in US.

Same thing happened in UK and Australia Xbox has that market down now, the PS3 only did as well as it did because alot of loyal people waited for the PS3 and alot thought games like GTAIV and Final Fantasy XIII and others would come out just for the PS3 but that wasnt the case.

The only thing thats keeping PS3 close to Xbox 360 in sales is Japan and the PS3 looks like its on its way out in Japan to so by the time a PS4 comes out it could perform even worse than the PS3 and if Xbox starts to take over more in US, UK and start to turn over some other major countries then Sony will be out.


Last time I checked, the PS3 was doing better than the 360 in EMEAA along with Japan. I could claim the only thing making the 360 close to the ps3 is the Americas and the UK and I would be right, as opposed to your lie that Japan only kept the PS3 close to the sales of the 360. Obviously, if you launch at a cheaper price and earlier release date than the competiton, you will have an advantage. Even with this advantage, with aligned launches, the ps3 is tracking above the 360. My point was, Microsoft only has Halo that can entice their fanbase to buy their console, and Halo alone cannot sale consoles. If someone such as Apple, were able to get extreme 3rd party support, the Xbox brand would have no games and no reason  reason for consumers to buy it. Sony has expanded their 1st party software devs and created many new ips that have potential to be very successful which gives them a better chance of surviving if something like this did occur. Of course, both would be doomed if something like that did occur, because of their overreliance on 3rd party software.

Americas and UK are the biggest and most important markets it matters which is bigger there. Its doing better in EMEAA thanks to places like Middle East, its still alot closer than it should be since the first Xbox didnt even sell that well in EMEAA and now its not far off from PS3. Theres only a gap of 2 million.

Theyve sold more than 4.5 million more PS3s than Xbox in Japan, if it wasnt for Japan the gap between the two consoles would be 9 million. So use some common sense.

If it wasnt for Halo Xbox would never have took off, it was all because of Halo that the Xbox is now as big as it is. Halo is far more popular than any PS3 franchise.

Halo is more popular than any Sony franchise, I agree with you there, but the 360 relies to much on 3rd party support. Look at their game lineup for 2011. Theywould be absolutely devastated if something disrupted the flow of the 3rd party software on their platform. Regardless, the ps3 is outselling the 360 in EMEAA and Japan, as opposed to the 360 outselling in the Americas. America will not be the largest market forever, and when other countries ovetake them, in that aspect, Sony will have a headstart.

With how it is right now theres only going to be more and more multi platform games. Thats where the money is now. America will be the biggest market for years, in EMEAA its split more evenly anyway. Japan are losing interest in consoles like the PS3.

The PS3 has done awful in Japan, not only in Hardware but in Software only 1 PS3 game has sold 1 million copies as opposed to 21 on PS2.



homer on 24 December 2010
Biddles said:
homer said:
Biddles said:
homer said:
Biddles said:
homer said:
Biddles said:
homer said:
Biddles said:

If Apple enter the industry Sony will become like Sega.


I somewhat agree. Apple could push any of the big 3 out. They could capture the casual fanbase that Nintendo has, or if they wanted to, get exclusivity for games by major 3rd party developers, stealing the Playstation and Xbox crowd.

Easily, theres just no way there would be enough room on the market for the four. Theres barely enough room for Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony, if Nintendo wasnt a different type of console one would have given out.

But out the three Sony is the one thatd be most likely be kicked out. Nintendo has been around from the mid 80's theyve already had their struggle and still came out on top, they own the handheld market so they wont go anywhere.

And Sony dominated with the PS1 and PS2 the original Xbox didnt sell a 5th what the PS2 did and come next gen the Xbox 360 is in front of the PS3 in Hardware and in front by a lot on Software. Its got US and UK the two biggest markets on their side now, by the time a Xbox 3 and a PS4 come out its not unlikely countries like France, Germany, Italy, Spain etc will move on over to Xbox aswell.

PS3 doesnt have that many big exclusives anymore, GT i guess but you can get Forza anyhow, theres Uncharted, God of War, Little Big Planet that sell decently but they arnt Halo or Gears of War. The PS3 has lost GTA, Final Fantasy Resident Evil, Tekken, Tomb Raider, Resident Evil, Metal Gear Solid and a bunch of others to Xbox now.

I agree that it appears as if the ps3 does not have as many exclusives as last gen, but the 360 has even fewer. Sony still has a stronghold in many places around the world giving them an advantage over the xbox, where, if they lose the Americas, they will get destroyed. So if sony still can maintain control in other developing regions, they will have a huge advantage over the Xbox brand after the eventual demise of the USA. Nintendo has shown Sony who is boss in the handheld market, but the psp has still been a major success considering Nintendo has been largely unoppossed in this market. Nintendo cannot be king of the handheld market forever.Regardless, very few people will buy the next xbox for solely Halo and Gears, so if you can garner extreme support from EA, Activision, Ubisoft, etc., you could easily steal the Xbox fanbase, and even the Playstation. The reason why I believe Sony would outlive the Xbox brand if this occurred, is because they have more ips and 1st party devs, which is something that could bite Microsoft in the butt, and something they need to rectify asap. Nintendo is the only one I believe will be able to stand with little to no 3rd party support.

It wasnt really the amount of exlusives its just the ones they have arnt that big anymore. They lost alot of major system seller franchises like GTA and Final Fantasy and things like Metal Gear and Resident Evil which were the most popular games.

Now they have Uncharted, Little Big Planet, Resistance, Killzone, God of War, good games but they dont sell like what Halo or Gears of War or old PS2 games used to. The Xbox 360 has 90% of the games the PS3 has.

If next generation is the same in that Xbox comes first and its significantly cheaper than the PS4 then Sony will be pretty much done, PS2 went from being on Top and Xbox being far underneath it to pretty much the same way around, that dominance is only going to grow, i dont think Playstation has a chance now in US.

Same thing happened in UK and Australia Xbox has that market down now, the PS3 only did as well as it did because alot of loyal people waited for the PS3 and alot thought games like GTAIV and Final Fantasy XIII and others would come out just for the PS3 but that wasnt the case.

The only thing thats keeping PS3 close to Xbox 360 in sales is Japan and the PS3 looks like its on its way out in Japan to so by the time a PS4 comes out it could perform even worse than the PS3 and if Xbox starts to take over more in US, UK and start to turn over some other major countries then Sony will be out.


Last time I checked, the PS3 was doing better than the 360 in EMEAA along with Japan. I could claim the only thing making the 360 close to the ps3 is the Americas and the UK and I would be right, as opposed to your lie that Japan only kept the PS3 close to the sales of the 360. Obviously, if you launch at a cheaper price and earlier release date than the competiton, you will have an advantage. Even with this advantage, with aligned launches, the ps3 is tracking above the 360. My point was, Microsoft only has Halo that can entice their fanbase to buy their console, and Halo alone cannot sale consoles. If someone such as Apple, were able to get extreme 3rd party support, the Xbox brand would have no games and no reason  reason for consumers to buy it. Sony has expanded their 1st party software devs and created many new ips that have potential to be very successful which gives them a better chance of surviving if something like this did occur. Of course, both would be doomed if something like that did occur, because of their overreliance on 3rd party software.

Americas and UK are the biggest and most important markets it matters which is bigger there. Its doing better in EMEAA thanks to places like Middle East, its still alot closer than it should be since the first Xbox didnt even sell that well in EMEAA and now its not far off from PS3. Theres only a gap of 2 million.

Theyve sold more than 4.5 million more PS3s than Xbox in Japan, if it wasnt for Japan the gap between the two consoles would be 9 million. So use some common sense.

If it wasnt for Halo Xbox would never have took off, it was all because of Halo that the Xbox is now as big as it is. Halo is far more popular than any PS3 franchise.

Halo is more popular than any Sony franchise, I agree with you there, but the 360 relies to much on 3rd party support. Look at their game lineup for 2011. Theywould be absolutely devastated if something disrupted the flow of the 3rd party software on their platform. Regardless, the ps3 is outselling the 360 in EMEAA and Japan, as opposed to the 360 outselling in the Americas. America will not be the largest market forever, and when other countries ovetake them, in that aspect, Sony will have a headstart.

With how it is right now theres only going to be more and more multi platform games. Thats where the money is now. America will be the biggest market for years, in EMEAA its split more evenly anyway. Japan are losing interest in consoles like the PS3.

The PS3 has done awful in Japan, not only in Hardware but in Software only 1 PS3 game has sold 1 million copies as opposed to 21 on PS2.

PS3 has an edge in EMEAA and Japan even with the Kinect and Slim, so they most definately have those markets locked down. Japan may be losing interest in consoles, but do not expect them to disappear anytime soon.What I am trying to say though, is thatif someone like Apple manages to get 3rd party support, the xbox will not be able to support itself with its current 1st party software.



"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth." -My good friend Mark Aurelius