xbot article4 sure.
heaps of ps3 games have done well. look at motorstorm & mgs4 both impressive sales. ps3 will sell 10million easy this yr just u watch!!!!

I have to say..........and keep in mind that I have no intention of ever purchasing a PS3..........I think that the PS3 already has at least 2 "must have" exclusives in Little Big Planet and Metal Gear Solid 4. In other words, I think this guy's theory is all wrong.

But I wouldn't count on God of War 3 for 2009. I don't think it's going to happen. And I wouldn't count on Killzone 2 to sell hardware. I don't think that's going to happen either. Same for Heavy Rain. The next title that could possibly gain a little ground for the system is probably Gran Turismo 5.

I think the point been made is these games should have been up and running no longer than 12 months into consoles life.

Like gears and halo 3 say.
Like them or hate them they are associated as must have 360 games.
Resistance was a PS3 launch title yet R2 only got so so reviews and didnt sell great.
I mean for the first year PS3 was getting a lot of ports of games that had been out ages on 360.
And bad ports at that I cite FEAR as a good example.
That should not have been allowed happen imo.
I think people now look more closely at PS3 games coming out because of all this.
I mean a lot of people who have played R2 say to me it is quite good.

That is my take on the article anyway when he says must have title he means there should have been a couple early on that said I am here and this is just going to get better.
Imagine the difference if MGS4 had come out 12 months after launch followed by GT5 man it would have spoke volumes.

Lol wow that is so stupid. MGS4, LBP are definately must haves, then next year there is quite a few more.

The air is rife with arrogant, and asinine comments from console fanatics. First here is some news for you analysts are paid to analyze, and if they were not successful at what they did. They would not have a job. In the real world failure to succeed results in one losing their job. To discount someones prediction by asserting that they are an idiot is not a valid argument. You must prove why the prediction is bogus, and in what eye the numbers are erring with something a bit more then a hunch or feeling.

This analyst has probably made a decent prediction for the United States. Due to economic woes the consoles price has effectively increased. While the possibility of a price reduction has radically decreased. Further more the console at its current price must soon begin to reach a saturation point. That being consumers who want the hardware, and are willing to pay that price. However that is not an infinite sea to draw a laminar flow from. So sales should begin to sag.

Why would the analyst think this? Well it held true for the 360. Microsoft held firm to its high prices for a very long time, and the sales began to sag at what would be the upcoming year for the PS3. Basically Microsoft was beginning to exhaust demand at a given price point. This should happen to the PS3 this year without a price reduction. It is really simple math if you have ten million persons domestically that can afford to pay the price and have a desire. Then you take six million away one year. You cannot match the previous years success. The mine is beginning to be played out.

Then the analyst took into account a factor that is the wild card or free radical in the equation. A singular piece of software granted that it is compelling enough can and will generate a dramatic increase in sales. A fantastic game breaks price barriers. It generates a much stronger need which can overcome reluctance. Sure he knows nothing of gaming he is just accidentally taking into account an X factor. Which by the way most fanatics on this site absolutely love to do. Banking on a single game saving the day.

I have to say this I think the analyst is correct. I personally do not see a must have title in the lineup that is going to overcome pricing, and further more past must have titles have been spent. They have gotten who they were going to get as it were. For those that did not pick up the console when those games were released those games are not must have. They are merely mildly interested games.

I honestly do not see KZ2 of GT5 performing as some expect. The first title is in a genre that the 360 owns. There is no debating this the 360 has Halo 3, Gears 1&2, and the console definitive version of the Orange Box. Now for GT5 are racers actually must have console moving titles. The answer is no Forza the fairest comparison has not moved three million units in America, and Motorstorm has not even moved two million. That being a launch title by the way. The only racer with massive success is Mariokart. Which has almost moved six million units, but in design its almost in a different genre.

All of this while Microsoft is releasing a title that for all intent and purposes will be a major hardware mover in Halo ODST. Which is sure to carve a hole in this years high definition market. Given the predecessor has moved six and a half million units in North America.

theres no way it will only sell 4 million this year... and as for must own game, Little Big Planet is a one of a kind and KZ2 comming out l8a this month, definatley must haves