imaprettyhotguy said:
d21lewis said:
imaprettyhotguy said:
d21lewis said:
I'm just going to toss this out there and leave it at that:
The PS1 trounced the competition. It sold like crazy during it's lifetime and could not be considered anything less than an incredible success.
The PS2 trounced the competition. It became the best selling home console, ever. It was an even bigger success.
The PS3 was expected to follow the same trend. NOBODY expected the 360 to hold the lead as long as it did. Personally, I expected a Dreamcast situation where the underpowered console that got released too early would get swallowed up by the Sony juggernaut. Fact is, while the PS3 has enjoyed tremendous sales success (I didn't do an aligned launch lineup so don't crucify me if I'm wrong but--I think the PS3 actually sold faster than the PS2 for quite a while) the PS3 should have outsold the 360 ages ago. We shouldn't even be having his debate. The Wii sold the way the PS3 should have sold. The Wii did what the PS3 was supposed to do.
One guy posted that if we were having a race around the world and one guy was given a ONE YEAR HEADSTART and the race ended in a virtual tie, the person that gave a headstart could be considered a winner. He said that fact alone speaks volumes. Well, what if you were an Olympic Gold Medal winner in "Running around the world" and you gave a retarded one legged kid that head start?
Sony should have finished this race a long time ago, headstart or not. What happened was that Microsoft proved to be more competition than anybody expected them to be. Sony not finishing them off by now is what speaks volumes.
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Your analogy is stupid, it's more ps3s dad was a world campion and 360s dad sucked, when will people realize every new gen is a new gen, the stuff that happend last gen doesn't have nearly as much impact as people would believe saying ps3 should outsell the 360 because the ps2 was sucessful is stupid by that logic n64 should of outsold the ps1
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I just took some other guys stupid analogy and ran with it. Believe me, I'm way more creative than to go with using a "race around the world" metaphor.
Nintendo made some batshit crazy decisions when it came to the N64. Even then, people wondeed what the hell they were thinking (I know I did!). In the end, Nintendo suffered for some poor business decisions just like Sony made some questionable decisions that they are trying to bounce back from. That's all. Nothing more. Nothing less. The real test is how Sony bounces back from the errors they've made.
And it's not just Sony--as I'm sure you know. Microsoft has made some boneheaded moves as of late and so has Nintendo. Nobody is above making mistakes when it comes to predicting what the gaming public will/won't embrace.
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Sony has already bounced pack there's a reason there are so many good games coming for ps3, and that third party support is increasing for the ps3 while it's decreasing on the other two systems
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They bounced back as far as quality is concerne, I'll give you that. Financially, it's an entirely different story. Still, I don't own any stock in Sony. I'm just a video gamer and as it stands, I'm having a blast with my 2nd and 3rd place consoles (the 360 and PS3, respectively) while the 1st place console (the Wii) sits unplugged and unused on my entertainment center. I guess it comes down to who you are and what your idea of "winning" is.
Nintendo: Winning in overall sales but losing (in my opinion) as far as game quality.
360: Winning as far as sales and quality but losing (in my opinion) as far as exclusive diversity is concerned.
PS3: Losing financially but winning as far as recent sales and library content (again, in my opinion) is concerened.
