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kanariya on 10 July 2008

you forgot GT5



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TheRealMafoo on 10 July 2008

Well, if you mean the 360, it is catching up. If you mean the Wii... no.



ceaser92 on 10 July 2008

Sony is a powerhouse wait and see



PS360ForTheWin on 10 July 2008
ceaser92 said:

Socom, resistance 2, final fantasy 13, little big planet, god of war, tekken 6, killzone 2, motorstorm pacific rift, get away 3

 

i dont know how many of these will give the PS3 a sales boost, FF13 seems very hyped so i assume that it will help, as will the new IP little big planet, but the other games may not have such an impact on sales. I expect the PS3 to catch the 360 in Mid 2009, March is possible, i think by then they will be close, but i dont know about ahead, finallly, Gran Turismo 5 will boost sales in others IMO, you should have llisted it as well.



johnsobas on 10 July 2008

by the end of the march 09? FF13 is the only one that i think might give a decent boost but that probably won't come out by then.



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Kurakasa on 10 July 2008

I think those exclusives will make the ps3 top selling console.



Hawkeye on 10 July 2008

Every console has good exclusives in the pipeline, so no I don't think it will help, except FF13 will lure some people to PS3. Keep in mind 360 has Tales, Star Ocean, Infinite Undiscovery, Gears of War 2, Fable 2, Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts, Alan Wake, and Halo Wars. Brand name and free online and blu ray player may help propel Sony to 2nd place though.



Tbone on 10 July 2008

All those games will boost the ps3 sales quite much but it will not catch 360 by march think it will do later q4 2009



 

Pretendo on 10 July 2008

Not by March 2009. maybe later in 2009 with FF13 and possibly a price drop.



jacks81x on 10 July 2008
Ronster316 said:
Theres still a 5,700,000 gap in sales between 360 and ps3.... metal gear solid 4 has been and gone and not really made that much of an impact..... what have microsoft released this year? just ninja gaiden 2, a hack and slash game that was never expected to be a multi million seller..... so basically the 360 has not even released ONE big game this year and its still competitive with sony in terms of sales...... i'm sure games like resistance 2, motorstorm pacific rift, final fantasy 13 and LBP will help sony sales but what do you think that Left 4 Dead, Gears of war 2, Fable 2, Banjo 3 and too human are gonna do? hamper 360 sales? lol..... sorry to burst some peoples bubbles but theres no way that sony will catch microsoft in overall hardware sales at ANY stage of 2009 or 2010 and if they do eventually catch up by 2011 the next generation xbox console will be about to launch and microsoft will have achieved their goal of taking a huge chunk of sonys marketshare.... sony are in trouble.... you just don't know it yet.........

 

MS may not have released a killer app this year thus far, but they've released a whole slew of decent games (both exclusive and multiplatform) this year. It's not enough just to rely on killer apps to sell the system. You need killer apps plus good, well-rounded games as a complement to form a strong library of games. That's the formula of success and that's what Microsoft has done so far. Gamers are still enjoying killer apps like Halo 3, COD4, Mass Effect, etc from last year while reinforcing that selection with games like Ninja Gaiden II, Lose Odyssey, RBSV 2, GTAIV, DMC4, etc this year. While Sony has basically relied on MGS4 and nothing else. A strong library of games will beat one killer app anyday. So what's surpring is not that MS is still doing well in sales, because they should be, given how strong their library of games is, but in actuallity Sony fans should be thrilled that the PS3 is still surviving having only had ONE killer app in their 2 years of existence and a lackluster library of games in general.