OMG!!!

I just saw his response.......

Sony tripled their profits?

A much larger PS3 install base is a given?

Expects the PS3 to sell well over 100 million copies? 

Is it even worth replying?

Ok so based on your posting I have a question Starcraft, if the PS3 is so detrimental to those small developers but by some miracle the Xbox360 isn't.

Where are those small developers made games on the 360 that made heaps of money ?

Back up your rhetoric with facts !

"Never mind the damage the console has done to many smaller developers that have been forced to succumb to acquisitions.  To a smaller extent, the Xbox 360 has been guilty of that same sin, though it mitigates it to a large extent through ease of development and ease of cross-development with PC."

Next time read my posts more comprehensively if you wish to pass comment on them.

Yeah, and the ps2 shoots missiles... yawn sony and its marketing lackeys always pimping the non-existing über-high tech aspect. 

You are saying that when everyone (everyone with a brain, at least) is aware that the RSX was already old when it was implemented and the 512mb of ram are a hard-limit that's crippling both HD consoles. FFS many devs are having trouble rendering at 720p because the gfx chip is fill-rate limited and you come here to pump some crapola about the supposedly high-tech specs. Can't wait you to spout the line about TEH CELL POWERZ(tm) which is a wonderful sell because the audience is eager to buy promises. In the meanwhile, almost every ps3 game worth its salt has to install to the hard drive because the magnificient future-proof blue-ray drive the customers paid a premium for can't deliver the data fast enough.

Just be happy that a good game has had good sales in japan for a change and we might get more games like it in the future.

Lets just look at the overall picture. Today the Xbox360 has more to offer (software wise) then the ps3. Tomorrow when xbox360 needs to switch to blu ray discs to support better quality titles in terms on graphics and content the 360 will have problems. PSn is already starting to pick up and its installer base is starding to grow and the PS HOME hasnt even launched yet. Unlike the 360 which has had quiet a few of it's established and killer exclusive titles released (gears of war, forza2, halo, pg4) so far, the ps3 only has had metal gear and resistance). With the installer base growing with every exclusive big release, you have to take into term what will happen when the other titles are released which have a huge fan base. Titles such as; god of war, final fantasy, GT5, KillZone etc.

Above all, when the 360 has to eventually switch to blue ray, what will happen to the 360? again this is something else that needs to be taken into account. the 360 is becoming like a pc where you need to upgare it to keep up with the times.many people were not happy having to buy hard drives and HD add ons which they lost out and now they will have to fork out again for a blue ray drive. 

I'm not too fussed about whether the PS3 does well or the wii or the 360. But looking at the greater picture and applying commonsense, the 360 will face some problems. Other then graphics, the 360 offers no next generation capabilities.

The wii has its next gen offerings in the form of its revolutionary controller, the PS3 offers blue ray and motion sensing (whihc probably will improve over time), what does the 360 offer for next gen gamers? more add ons at a later date? will 360 owners have to constantly upgrade so their console can be up to date?

I remember when gears of war was released, the developer made a comment on how it had to push the 360 to its limits to make the title. This was within the 1st yr of the consoles release. On the 1st year, the console was made to push its boundaries. For me, that is a haunting thought knowing this is the best the console can do.

But as long as great games are made I ain't too fussed. All you PS3, 360 and wii fanboys can continue arguing, its not you who is making the money, its the companies who own the brands. 

what? the PS3 is far more powerful than PS2 and PS1 compared to the other consoles (PS2 vs cube and xbox and PS3 vs 360 and wii)

 I did.

So what are your examples of development costs mitigated by cross-developement with PC that led to successfull small developers success on the 360 ?

Looks to me like your whole post is just opinion based and you don't have anything to back the fact that you do not put the 360 in the same bucket as the PS3.

http://www.i4u.com/article5975.html

Theres one.  They are all over the place, feel free to Google them.  Thats the first one I found looking down a list.

Its funny.  MikeB offered no evidence to support his claims, which were extremely unreasonable and outlandish, and yet they go unquestioned from you.  Do you really think its appropriate for you to be accusing me of bias?

@Fei-hung: Do you really believe the 360 will use Blu-ray for games?