I think with the the guaranteed triple-threat of MGS4, Killzone 2, and GTA IV early-mid next year, you'll see sales sky-rocket.

Factor in new IP's such as inFamous that could surprise, as well as price-cutting (I speculate we'll see a $300 PS3 by the end of '08), and we can see further sales momentum.

Lastly, add in a certain Gran Turismo 5 and maybe even a FFXIII at the end of the year, and I can definitely see PS3 surpassing the 360 world-wide.

ssj12 said: gebx said: leo-j said: WiteoutKing said: The PS3 won't pull past 360 until 2009 at the absolute earliest. The momentum just isn't there. Why would any idiot waste 500 dollars on a ps3? The momentum is there. LOL! Do you even look at the stats on this page or just go around posting BS?? Week ending Aug 5th in Japan - PS3 number went down 40% Week ending Aug 4th in Japan - PS3 number went down 11% I really hope this isn't the momentum you're talking about because at this rate all PS3's will be returned to retailers by Spring 08. god its to easy to diss your fanboy ass comment. you realize the boost was from the price drop, what happens when the good games start coming at the end of the month? A really big boost in sales. The sales boost was the thunder before the storm. And it might just be destructive. Currently line-up vs line-up the PS3 and Wii have the strongest going into this holiday. Without GTA4 the 360 looks rather crappy this holiday.   @leo - resistance is a trillagy. There is a Resistance 2 coming in 2008.  @Kain - go play Resistance please then say that. If resistance came out at the sametime the original Halo did Halo would have been the one with the 9.1 and Resistance with the 9.8.

You may be the only person I have ever seen who really believes the PS3 has a better 2007 holiday line up than Microsoft. Including Sony.

Quickdraw McGraw said: I think with the the guaranteed triple-threat of MGS4, Killzone 2, and GTA IV early-mid next year, you'll see sales sky-rocket. Factor in new IP's such as inFamous that could surprise, as well as price-cutting (I speculate we'll see a $300 PS3 by the end of '08). Lastly, add in a certain Gran Turismo 5 and maybe even a FFXIII at the end of the year, and I can definitely see PS3 surpassing the 360 world-wide.

Yes def if ps3 drops to 300 while xbox at say 150 200 absolutly no doubt

but the problem is them dropping the price that low and if they did it that low wii would have to be almost free and xbox 100 to compete

At the moment sony is loseing (was loseing) 300 dollars a ps3 (cause of blue ray) so unless they can really find a way to make it cheap i dont see it happening though definatly a decent price. At the moment even microsoft (or was) is loseing money on its console (20 bucks or so)

Sony should catch up to Microsoft by the end of 2008, for three reasons:

(1) HDTV has finally become affordable, which helps Sony enormously - Blu-Ray and HDMI become de facto standards, and the whole Sony media strategy suddenly makes perfect sense. Microsoft has no counter to this.

(2) The price of the PS3 is going to drop another $100 next year, either in the spring or, more likely, summer. Remember inflation: $399 in 2008 equals about $299 in 2000 dollars, the magic price-point where the mass market opens up.

(3) Yes, the 360 will drop in price, too, but this won't help. Even if Microsoft fixed their hardware problems tomorrow, they sold at least 10 million problematic consoles. Even if only 5% of those consoles die, that's half a million extremely angry consumers - and hell hath no fury like an infuriated gamer.

wangfoo said: ssj12 said: gebx said: leo-j said: WiteoutKing said: The PS3 won't pull past 360 until 2009 at the absolute earliest. The momentum just isn't there. Why would any idiot waste 500 dollars on a ps3? The momentum is there. LOL! Do you even look at the stats on this page or just go around posting BS?? Week ending Aug 5th in Japan - PS3 number went down 40% Week ending Aug 4th in Japan - PS3 number went down 11% I really hope this isn't the momentum you're talking about because at this rate all PS3's will be returned to retailers by Spring 08. god its to easy to diss your fanboy ass comment. you realize the boost was from the price drop, what happens when the good games start coming at the end of the month? A really big boost in sales. The sales boost was the thunder before the storm. And it might just be destructive. Currently line-up vs line-up the PS3 and Wii have the strongest going into this holiday. Without GTA4 the 360 looks rather crappy this holiday.   @leo - resistance is a trillagy. There is a Resistance 2 coming in 2008. @Kain - go play Resistance please then say that. If resistance came out at the sametime the original Halo did Halo would have been the one with the 9.1 and Resistance with the 9.8. You may be the only person I have ever seen who really believes the PS3 has a better 2007 holiday line up than Microsoft. Including Sony.

 actually the guys on IGN also think the line-up looks better then Microsoft because Sony has more games of more genres coming out not just the majority being shooters.

SlorgNet said: Sony should catch up to Microsoft by the end of 2008, for three reasons: (1) HDTV has finally become affordable, which helps Sony enormously - Blu-Ray and HDMI become de facto standards, and the whole Sony media strategy suddenly makes perfect sense. Microsoft has no counter to this. (2) The price of the PS3 is going to drop another $100 next year, either in the spring or, more likely, summer. Remember inflation: $399 in 2008 equals about $299 in 2000 dollars, the magic price-point where the mass market opens up. (3) Yes, the 360 will drop in price, too, but this won't help. Even if Microsoft fixed their hardware problems tomorrow, they sold at least 10 million problematic consoles. Even if only 5% of those consoles die, that's half a million extremely angry consumers - and hell hath no fury like an infuriated gamer.

Hmm my friend wasnt really angry when he had to send his in, he got a free month of xbox live with it.

Yes again if ps3 can drop to 400 it does have a very good chance but you have to remember if sony is loseing alot of money for each ps3 sold so it will happen as soon as production costs go down so that has to happen. If that were to happen you can see that the wii and xbox would also drop to counter but i still see ps3 dominating but not till 2009 (over 360 of course not wii)

1) ...unless something significant has changed, 360 has just as much HD support as the PS3...

2) The 360 is likely to be seeing price cuts as well, competition will continue.

3) "The PS3's price cut will save the system! The 360's price cut will do nothing." Do you read what you're typing before you post?

ssj12 said: wangfoo said: ssj12 said: gebx said: leo-j said: WiteoutKing said: The PS3 won't pull past 360 until 2009 at the absolute earliest. The momentum just isn't there. Why would any idiot waste 500 dollars on a ps3? The momentum is there. LOL! Do you even look at the stats on this page or just go around posting BS?? Week ending Aug 5th in Japan - PS3 number went down 40% Week ending Aug 4th in Japan - PS3 number went down 11% I really hope this isn't the momentum you're talking about because at this rate all PS3's will be returned to retailers by Spring 08. god its to easy to diss your fanboy ass comment. you realize the boost was from the price drop, what happens when the good games start coming at the end of the month? A really big boost in sales. The sales boost was the thunder before the storm. And it might just be destructive. Currently line-up vs line-up the PS3 and Wii have the strongest going into this holiday. Without GTA4 the 360 looks rather crappy this holiday.   @leo - resistance is a trillagy. There is a Resistance 2 coming in 2008. @Kain - go play Resistance please then say that. If resistance came out at the sametime the original Halo did Halo would have been the one with the 9.1 and Resistance with the 9.8. You may be the only person I have ever seen who really believes the PS3 has a better 2007 holiday line up than Microsoft. Including Sony.  actually the guys on IGN also think the line-up looks better then Microsoft because Sony has more games of more genres coming out not just the majority being shooters.

Majority being shooters huh show me the ps3 rpg coming out this holiday......speechless what i thought. Now while a good portion of the games coming out are shooters they are not just normal shooters your talking about a rpg shooter (mass effect) your regular shooter (halo 3) and a game that i dont know how to discribe but awsome (bioshock) and you have 3 fantastic rpgs coming out for xbox exclusive now i know ps3 does have some decent games but lets be honost.

 

ssj12 said: wangfoo said: actually the guys on IGN also think the line-up looks better then Microsoft because Sony has more games of more genres coming out not just the majority being shooters.

I didn't realize 3 out of 19 titles announced for the holiday season (though now 18 since GTA is delayed) being shooters meant a majority.

dacobra786 said: feel free to add cause i like to know what i missed :)

Apparently, you missed some English and/or composition classes.  But if U R 2 kewl to use proper spelling and grammar, at least use the Enter key once in a while to put some white space into a long post.

That said, I can understand why you may not be aware of what's coming out for the Xbox 360 in 2008 because Microsoft's E3 announcements concentrated on this holiday season.  These are some of the games I am aware of:

    Alan Wake

    Fable 2

    Splinter Cell: Conviction

    Halo Wars

    Too Human