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Overall according to all insiders the PS3 has by far the best and most exciting line-up this year.

IMO the PS3's first year line-up was better than the 360's first year line-up, but the 360's second year line-up as well as the Wii's first year's line-up included more anticipated high profile games than the PS3 did for its first year line-up.



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MikeB said:
Overall according to all insiders the PS3 has by far the best and most exciting line-up this year.

IMO the PS3's first year line-up was better than the 360's first year line-up, but the 360's second year line-up as well as the Wii's first year's line-up included more anticipated high profile games than the PS3 did for its first year line-up.

 "All insiders," hmm? So, I'm assuming that you've done at least a survey of all these insiders with sufficient sample size to guarantee decent accuracy? Or was that just another one of those 76% of made-up statistics on the Internet?

 Also, stuffing a dead rat in a DVD case and shipping it out for $59.99 would still make for a better first-year lineup than the 360's, so that's really not saying much.



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Ps3 easy



PS3 hands down.

360 has had its year with Halo 3 and such. Now its PS3's turn. I don't know when Wii's year will be, but its not '08.



@ Garcian Smith

Let's just say every comment I've read from the gaming press so far has be unanimous regarding the 2008 line-up of games. If you know any mainstream magazine or multi-platform gaming website which disagrees, please share.



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MikeB said:

@ Garcian Smith

Let's just say every comment I've read from the gaming press so far has be unanimous regarding the 2008 line-up of games. If you know any mainstream magazine or multi-platform gaming website which disagrees, please share.


So... you only read SDF? 



I would honestly put the PS3 in last. There's MGS... and... LBP? R2? Not a lot of exclusives that get me too hot and bothered. If GT5 was to release this year, that would change everything.

Between the Wii and 360, dunno. Flip a coin. Both have a handful of games I really want to play.

I need to go buy another freakin' Wii. I'm just too lazy to go hunting for one right now.




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I'd have to agree currently announced titles favour PS3. For my own electic tastes though, Wii and 360 are better.

But we really won't know whats coming out (especially for Wii) until E3.



 

I would agree with many that the PS3 lineup so far has the greater potential. However that lineup has two potential problems. The first problem is whether Sony can contribute enough games to maintain that margin. The second is the release rate and or delivery.

Sony suffered a real loss in developer confidence last year. With its weak PS3 sales, larger development costs, and poor software attach rate. The logical conclusion is that they may have much fewer exclusives to announce. Unless Sony dug deep in their pockets, and bought the exclusive difference that most likely exists. They are not so far ahead that a few late announcements from the other camps can't outshine them. Once again Microsoft and Nintendo have been far too quiet on their second half lineups for this year.

Sony really has a issue with delivery. Many have pointed out the chronic game delays that plague the system, but worse then that they arrive in starts and stops. You have two or three great games show in a month, but equally you end up waiting months for anything else to hit the console of a high caliber. Ask any PS3 owner about the dry spells. Then consider how comfortable developers are with the high competition. When everyone hits the market at the same time. The more delays there are. The more likely games even if they are ready will be delayed so as not to be overshadowed.

Microsoft isn't much better on delivery the release lists do not generate confidence. Nobody knows what is going to show up when. Even more damning is how very little we know about their first party development, or even first party plans. Your hard pressed to say anything when your monumentally ignorant.

Nintendo worries me a lot with their rehashing. Every game rumored to be coming down the pipe is basically a rehash of the same game that was on the cube, or a rehash all the way back to the 64. This is worrisome that Nintendo isn't going to evolve their offerings as much as they are just going to polish and do minor tweaks of previous offerings.

I freely admit that Mariokart for the Wii gives me trepidations while it is one of my favorite games of all time. Double Dash upset me greatly. The game was almost a carbon copy of the previous title. The title was less a expansion of the premise, and more of a tweak to the formula. I think it is only a matter of time before Nintendo rightly so gets dead panned for repeating themselves. More to the point consumers might just buy the previous offering on the Virtual Console, and save the money.



Dodece said:
I would agree with many that the PS3 lineup so far has the greater potential. However that lineup has two potential problems. The first problem is whether Sony can contribute enough games to maintain that margin. The second is the release rate and or delivery.

Sony suffered a real loss in developer confidence last year. With its weak PS3 sales, larger development costs, and poor software attach rate. The logical conclusion is that they may have much fewer exclusives to announce. Unless Sony dug deep in their pockets, and bought the exclusive difference that most likely exists. They are not so far ahead that a few late announcements from the other camps can't outshine them. Once again Microsoft and Nintendo have been far too quiet on their second half lineups for this year.

Sony really has a issue with delivery. Many have pointed out the chronic game delays that plague the system, but worse then that they arrive in starts and stops. You have two or three great games show in a month, but equally you end up waiting months for anything else to hit the console of a high caliber. Ask any PS3 owner about the dry spells. Then consider how comfortable developers are with the high competition. When everyone hits the market at the same time. The more delays there are. The more likely games even if they are ready will be delayed so as not to be overshadowed.

Microsoft isn't much better on delivery the release lists do not generate confidence. Nobody knows what is going to show up when. Even more damning is how very little we know about their first party development, or even first party plans. Your hard pressed to say anything when your monumentally ignorant.

Nintendo worries me a lot with their rehashing. Every game rumored to be coming down the pipe is basically a rehash of the same game that was on the cube, or a rehash all the way back to the 64. This is worrisome that Nintendo isn't going to evolve their offerings as much as they are just going to polish and do minor tweaks of previous offerings.

I freely admit that Mariokart for the Wii gives me trepidations while it is one of my favorite games of all time. Double Dash upset me greatly. The game was almost a carbon copy of the previous title. The title was less a expansion of the premise, and more of a tweak to the formula. I think it is only a matter of time before Nintendo rightly so gets dead panned for repeating themselves. More to the point consumers might just buy the previous offering on the Virtual Console, and save the money.

i completely agree with that statement but it works. theyre still coming out with great hits even from franchises that started during the nes. a.k.a zelda, mario, metroid, kirby, the list goes on and on. and dont all consoles do that? tekken 6, mgs4, dmc4, gta4, halo3,gow2, yet again the list goes on and on.the only difference is that nintendo has been around longer meaning its franchises have been pulled on longer.



the nintendo wii will outsell the ps3 and the 360 combined by the end of 2008.                           

        PS3 will out sell the 360 june 2010.                                                                      

  GOTY of 2008 is super smash brothers brawl.... hopefully.

END OF 08 PREDICTIONS:

Wii: 45 million         xbox360: 26 million       PS3: 19 million (made beginning of 08)

wii: 44 million         xbox 360: 24 million      PS3: 21 million (made june 08)

wii code: 8094-5344-2140-1400

brawl code: 5412-9565-3232