ThePS3News said:
I Still Dont get it, 2011 was perhaps the PS3's biggest year yet. As far as exclusives and features goes, Sony has ALWAYS beaten the X360 in these categories and 2011 was no exception. Uncharted 3, Killzone 3, Infamous 2, LittleBigplanet 2, Resistance 3, So Many Exclusives in 1 year and yet it still was not enough to get the american gamers attetion...
I think Sony either Needs to spend More money on marketing or rebrand the PS3 competly (atleast in america) to try to appel to american gamers. Or atleast try to make the PS3 Look/sound like a better deal then the 360. I mean for $249.99, The PS3 is easily the bigger bang for your buck as far as quality is concerned. Not trying to bash the 360 or anything, It just amazies me how the 360 is still outselling the PS3 by more than double the amount in america when the 250gb model is still $299.99...
What do yall think Sony Could do to aleast try to compete with the X360 this year in America??
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Because you don't understand the average customer. Just look at the sales. The average consumer doesn't give a crap that sony had 12 good exclusives this year. Even freaking ps3 owners aren't buying most of those games. Considering how pathetic every console's tie ratio is, the average gamer doesn't buy more than 6 games a year.
In north america one of those games will basically be call of duty. One of them will be their favorite sports games. Two of them will be between the many big multiplatform games to come out every year(this year assassins creed, battlefield 3, skyrim, batman). One of them will be between the countless niche multiplatform games(this year dark souls, rage, dead island, crysis 2, homefront, mortal kombat, portal 2, etc.) and one of them will be an exclusive(Gears 3, forza, uncharted, killzone, etc.)
Now tell my why an average gamer would care that the ps3 has all these exclusives when he is more interested in gears of war than any of the ps3 ones and won't be buying more than 1 ps3 exclusive a year even if he owned a ps3. The ps3 needs big and exciting exclusives, not countless exclusives no one outside the hardcore gaming community is that interested in. God of War III is a good example of a game that helped USA sales. It sold extremly well in America and there are countless of people who bought a ps3 for god of war III. You may say uncharted 2 sold nearly the same amount but thats simply due to the countless of bundles sony released for that game.
And the other reason is that kinect ended up having broader appeal then sony move. So microsoft got the casuals as well.
