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Bitmap Frogs on 11 August 2008
cgen said:
Bitmap Frogs said:

Also, there are TWO football games and both are released for the 360 - and so far the 360 has had the better version of said franchises (FIFA and PES).

Your whole post is just a huge misunderstanding of the situation: the truth here is that Sony been doing hardware marketing specially tailored to each european country for decades.

 

PES is still associated with the brand "playstation". I never saw PES publicity that even mentioned the X360 version of the game.

 

GTA is also popular and associated to the "playstation" brand. I know of people who wanted to buy a PS3 because they thought GTA was a PS3 exclusive. In the TV ad they showed the playstation 3 logo at the end while in other countries they showed the Xbox 360 logo and the console's price.

 

That's cool but it just supports my take on the situation: that the 360's issues in Europe are not due to game library but rather marketing related.





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cgen on 11 August 2008
libellule said:


PES Xbox360 = PES PS3

also FIFA Xbox360 = FIFA PS3

Just wait a little !                    PS3 bundle + PES 2009 = WIN !

 

Normal people don't care about where the game runs better... If they don't even know that another console other than PS3 exists it's obvious that they'll buy the PS3 version.

At least in my country we had xbox360+PES6 and xbox360+PES2008 bundle and people still see PES as a playstation exclusive.



Isto o que vale é que como se fala inglês, ninguém percebe um cú do que ando aqui a escrever e portanto não me podem acusar de andar a dizer asneiras. HAHA

libellule on 11 August 2008
cgen said:
libellule said:


PES Xbox360 = PES PS3

also FIFA Xbox360 = FIFA PS3

Just wait a little !                    PS3 bundle + PES 2009 = WIN !

 

Normal people don't care about where the game runs better... If they don't even know that another console other than PS3 exists it's obvious that they'll buy the PS3 version.

At least in my country we had xbox360+PES6 and xbox360+PES2008 bundle and people still see PES as a playstation exclusive.

 

 ==> ok, people who like PES also prefer the PS controller over the Xbox one ...

That is why they want to play on PS3 ...



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eliasg on 11 August 2008

libellule so true...

but FIFA fans prefer the 360 controller...



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cgen on 11 August 2008
libellule said:

 ==> ok, people who like PES also prefer the PS controller over the Xbox one ...

That is why they want to play on PS3 ...

 

The thing is... They don't even know that there is an xbox controller lol

 

I like PES and I prefer the xbox controller because of the analog stick position. Me and a lot of people I know who have tried the game on a 360 controller. But that's not the point here.



Isto o que vale é que como se fala inglês, ninguém percebe um cú do que ando aqui a escrever e portanto não me podem acusar de andar a dizer asneiras. HAHA

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Jo21 on 11 August 2008
eliasg said:
libellule so true...

but FIFA fans prefer the 360 controller...

 

LOLOLOL