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Jordahn on 17 April 2009
nightsurge said:
Jordahn said:
numonex said:

X360 has only had 3 big exclusive* games (Halo 3, Gears of War 2 and Fable 2) in three and a half years. PS3 has had 15 big exclusive* titles that have not reduced the sales gap on X360.

*Exclusive to that system only and not on PC.

PS3 only has Gran Turismo 5 left as being a game that could change things a little but it will not be enough. God of War 3  will sell well but it is no system seller. Even a PS3 price cut in late 2009 could not turn around a 10 million+ sales deficit.

Third party support>> First party support.

360 has much better third party support than PS3. X360 gets more DLC than PS3 for multi-platform games. Multi-platform games sell much better on X360 than PS3 due to X360 larger install base in the western world. Last generation PS2 had all those extra third party exclusive titles that gave it the unbeatable edge over its competitor XBox and GameCube. Now the third party developers are putting  games on other platforms: XBox 360 and Wii due to the change in market shares from last generation. Strong third party support gives X360 edge over PS3.

 

Wait a minute. Late time I checked, the PS3 was also getting exclusives titles, exclusive DLC, and better versions of third party offerings.  It's a gave and take that invalidates the highlighed statement.

Really?  The last thing that sticks out in my mind was RA3 Ultimate Edition or whatever it was called.  Other than that I can't think of any exclusive DLC from a third party or better version or actual exclusive titles from 3rd parties.  I don't really pay attention to that stuff, though

 

Bioshock PS3 had exclusive DLC while Eternal Sonata turned out to have more features that the 360 version as examples.  Tales of Vesperia seems to be getting to the same treatment as well.



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nightsurge on 17 April 2009
GameAnalyser said:
nightsurge said:
@Game Anaylser

What 3rd party exclusivity did they drop deliberately? They have had more 3rd party support with very few 3rd party exclusives this whole generation.

They dropped it because they saw how the 3rd party games were almost always selling much better on the 360 and that the only games that sold well on PS3 were first party titles.

 

 

How do u account for sales of Street fighter iv, Resident Evil 5, NFs undercover released in last 4-5 months after stating that highlighted portion...killzone 2 and MGs4 did their job well..we are to expect more exclusives like those

RE5 is historically a Sony console franchise.  RE5 on the 360 is set to pass the sales of the PS3 version within the next 2 months.  That's sad for Sony.

Street Fighter IV is one game that I really don't see as something all important.  Need for Speed Undercover sales are about equal.  Soooo.. of the last 4 months, 1 game sold more, 1 tied, and one game sold more but will have that switch within the next few months thanks to long legs in America for RE5.

Now how bad would it look if I gathered all the games that sold lots more on 360?



Staude on 17 April 2009
nightsurge said:
^Please see post above yours.

 

the best selling 360 sku is the arcade one :p



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Jordahn on 17 April 2009
nightsurge said:
GameAnalyser said:
nightsurge said:
@Game Anaylser

What 3rd party exclusivity did they drop deliberately? They have had more 3rd party support with very few 3rd party exclusives this whole generation.

They dropped it because they saw how the 3rd party games were almost always selling much better on the 360 and that the only games that sold well on PS3 were first party titles.

 

 

How do u account for sales of Street fighter iv, Resident Evil 5, NFs undercover released in last 4-5 months after stating that highlighted portion...killzone 2 and MGs4 did their job well..we are to expect more exclusives like those

RE5 is historically a Sony console franchise.  RE5 on the 360 is set to pass the sales of the PS3 version within the next 2 months.  That's sad for Sony.

Street Fighter IV is one game that I really don't see as something all important.  Need for Speed Undercover sales are about equal.  Soooo.. of the last 4 months, 1 game sold more, 1 tied, and one game sold more but will have that switch within the next few months thanks to long legs in America for RE5.

Now how bad would it look if I gathered all the games that sold lots more on 360?

Now you're just making excuses like a SONY fanboy while also using personal opinion and bias to support such a non-gaming fanboy point of view.  And so what if RE5 sells more on the 360?  You'd thing that since the 360 has a larger userbase than the PS3 while RE has also been on Nintendo hardware.  Only fanboys care how "bad" a console looks by its software sales.  3rd parties have been doing very well on both the 360 and the PS3.  This is good for console makers, good for developers, and good for gamers.  Bad for fanboys such as you who just want to slam the PS3 with no good reason.



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nightsurge on 17 April 2009
Jordahn said:
nightsurge said:
GameAnalyser said:
nightsurge said:
@Game Anaylser

What 3rd party exclusivity did they drop deliberately? They have had more 3rd party support with very few 3rd party exclusives this whole generation.

They dropped it because they saw how the 3rd party games were almost always selling much better on the 360 and that the only games that sold well on PS3 were first party titles.

 

 

How do u account for sales of Street fighter iv, Resident Evil 5, NFs undercover released in last 4-5 months after stating that highlighted portion...killzone 2 and MGs4 did their job well..we are to expect more exclusives like those

RE5 is historically a Sony console franchise.  RE5 on the 360 is set to pass the sales of the PS3 version within the next 2 months.  That's sad for Sony.

Street Fighter IV is one game that I really don't see as something all important.  Need for Speed Undercover sales are about equal.  Soooo.. of the last 4 months, 1 game sold more, 1 tied, and one game sold more but will have that switch within the next few months thanks to long legs in America for RE5.

Now how bad would it look if I gathered all the games that sold lots more on 360?

Now you're just making excuses like a SONY fanboy while also using personal opinion and bias to support such a non-gaming fanboy point of view.  And so what if RE5 sells more on the 360?  You'd thing that since the 360 has a larger userbase than the PS3 while RE has also been on Nintendo hardware.  Only fanboys care how "bad" a console looks by its software sales.  3rd parties have been doing very well on both the 360 and the PS3.  This is good for console makers, good for developers, and good for gamers.  Bad for fanboys such as you who just want to slam the PS3 with no good reason.

Not making excuses.  Stating facts.  I did not add any personal opinion in there besides the fact that I don't see SF4 as important (which I don't because I've never liked fighting games).  Sure I add in some flavor with the last sentence, but that is what drives this site.

I'm not being fanboy.  I don't state downright 100% ridiculous claims or jump on all PS3 threads to bash them.

 



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nightsurge on 17 April 2009
CGI-Quality said:
nightsurge said:
GameAnalyser said:
nightsurge said:
@Game Anaylser

What 3rd party exclusivity did they drop deliberately? They have had more 3rd party support with very few 3rd party exclusives this whole generation.

They dropped it because they saw how the 3rd party games were almost always selling much better on the 360 and that the only games that sold well on PS3 were first party titles.

 

 

How do u account for sales of Street fighter iv, Resident Evil 5, NFs undercover released in last 4-5 months after stating that highlighted portion...killzone 2 and MGs4 did their job well..we are to expect more exclusives like those

RE5 is historically a Sony console franchise.  RE5 on the 360 is set to pass the sales of the PS3 version within the next 2 months.  That's sad for Sony.

Street Fighter IV is one game that I really don't see as something all important.  Need for Speed Undercover sales are about equal.  Soooo.. of the last 4 months, 1 game sold more, 1 tied, and one game sold more but will have that switch within the next few months thanks to long legs in America for RE5.

Now how bad would it look if I gathered all the games that sold lots more on 360?

But you DID say 5 games bro...

-SFIV

-RE5

-Prince of Persia

-NFS Undercover (TIED) opened better on PS3...

-Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection

All of these faired better on PS3. Although this is really moot, you said find 5 

Despite this, I see bits of your point though...

 

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piratikkio on 17 April 2009

you are too much optimistic about xbox360.



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Jordahn on 17 April 2009
nightsurge said:
Jordahn said:
nightsurge said:
GameAnalyser said:
nightsurge said:
@Game Anaylser

What 3rd party exclusivity did they drop deliberately? They have had more 3rd party support with very few 3rd party exclusives this whole generation.

They dropped it because they saw how the 3rd party games were almost always selling much better on the 360 and that the only games that sold well on PS3 were first party titles.

 

 

How do u account for sales of Street fighter iv, Resident Evil 5, NFs undercover released in last 4-5 months after stating that highlighted portion...killzone 2 and MGs4 did their job well..we are to expect more exclusives like those

RE5 is historically a Sony console franchise.  RE5 on the 360 is set to pass the sales of the PS3 version within the next 2 months.  That's sad for Sony.

Street Fighter IV is one game that I really don't see as something all important.  Need for Speed Undercover sales are about equal.  Soooo.. of the last 4 months, 1 game sold more, 1 tied, and one game sold more but will have that switch within the next few months thanks to long legs in America for RE5.

Now how bad would it look if I gathered all the games that sold lots more on 360?

Now you're just making excuses like a SONY fanboy while also using personal opinion and bias to support such a non-gaming fanboy point of view.  And so what if RE5 sells more on the 360?  You'd thing that since the 360 has a larger userbase than the PS3 while RE has also been on Nintendo hardware.  Only fanboys care how "bad" a console looks by its software sales.  3rd parties have been doing very well on both the 360 and the PS3.  This is good for console makers, good for developers, and good for gamers.  Bad for fanboys such as you who just want to slam the PS3 with no good reason.

Not making excuses.  Stating facts.  I did not add any personal opinion in there besides the fact that I don't see SF4 as important (which I don't because I've never liked fighting games).  Sure I add in some flavor with the last sentence, but that is what drives this site.

I'm not being fanboy.  I don't state downright 100% ridiculous claims or jump on all PS3 threads to bash them.

 

So is this a fact...

"That's sad for Sony."

...and...

"Now how bad would it look if I gathered..."

These are NOT facts.  These are fanboy impressions.

Here is a fact.  PS3 hardware sales are roughly 75% of 360 sales.  A reasonable impression from that fact that if 3rd party multiplatform sales on the PS3 is roughly average of 75% of 360 3rd party multiplatform sales, then things would seem to be logical and in line with its userbase.  And as long as the platform are being supported (which they are) and the software developers are profitting (which I hope), this also serves the users of both platformers.  It's SAD that you fail to acknowledge and express this as most informed gamers would.

:)



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ocnkng on 17 April 2009
CMoney said:
FACT - Consumers DO NOT CARE if a console came out a year earlier - they just want the games and game quality!!!!

Do you think people refused to buy a ps2 because it came out a year before xbox?

History is your friend, it will spare you embarassment in the future.

 

Hmm so you are keeping yourself busy by playing some of the AA games of Xbox from 2006? Good for you my friend.

BTW the other day I went to sell some of my old Xbox 360 games in the store and they paid me $2 for Crackdown coz its almost 'worthless' coz its too old.

 



 

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nightsurge on 17 April 2009
Jordahn said:
nightsurge said:
Jordahn said:
nightsurge said:
GameAnalyser said:
nightsurge said:
@Game Anaylser

What 3rd party exclusivity did they drop deliberately? They have had more 3rd party support with very few 3rd party exclusives this whole generation.

They dropped it because they saw how the 3rd party games were almost always selling much better on the 360 and that the only games that sold well on PS3 were first party titles.

 

 

How do u account for sales of Street fighter iv, Resident Evil 5, NFs undercover released in last 4-5 months after stating that highlighted portion...killzone 2 and MGs4 did their job well..we are to expect more exclusives like those

RE5 is historically a Sony console franchise.  RE5 on the 360 is set to pass the sales of the PS3 version within the next 2 months.  That's sad for Sony.

Street Fighter IV is one game that I really don't see as something all important.  Need for Speed Undercover sales are about equal.  Soooo.. of the last 4 months, 1 game sold more, 1 tied, and one game sold more but will have that switch within the next few months thanks to long legs in America for RE5.

Now how bad would it look if I gathered all the games that sold lots more on 360?

Now you're just making excuses like a SONY fanboy while also using personal opinion and bias to support such a non-gaming fanboy point of view.  And so what if RE5 sells more on the 360?  You'd thing that since the 360 has a larger userbase than the PS3 while RE has also been on Nintendo hardware.  Only fanboys care how "bad" a console looks by its software sales.  3rd parties have been doing very well on both the 360 and the PS3.  This is good for console makers, good for developers, and good for gamers.  Bad for fanboys such as you who just want to slam the PS3 with no good reason.

Not making excuses.  Stating facts.  I did not add any personal opinion in there besides the fact that I don't see SF4 as important (which I don't because I've never liked fighting games).  Sure I add in some flavor with the last sentence, but that is what drives this site.

I'm not being fanboy.  I don't state downright 100% ridiculous claims or jump on all PS3 threads to bash them.

 

So is this a fact...

"That's sad for Sony."

Yes.

...and...

"Now how bad would it look if I gathered..."

See bolded above

These are NOT facts.  These are fanboy impressions.

Here is a fact.  PS3 hardware sales are roughly 75% of 360 sales.  A reasonable impression from that fact that if 3rd party multiplatform sales on the PS3 is roughly average of 75% of 360 3rd party multiplatform sales, then things would seem to be logical and in line with its userbase.  And as long as the platform are being supported (which they are) and the software developers are profitting (which I hope), this also serves the users of both platformers.  It's SAD that you fail to acknowledge and express this as most informed gamers would.

No one was ever debating this fact, though.  I was only commenting on the topics at hand.

:)

Obviously if it's profitable for the developer, they aren't going to stop developing for both systems, and obviously that benefits us all.  I was merely stating that your profits or chances of profit are better on the 360 if by chance you are a third party and want to develop for just one console.