Gamedaily: Is Sony's PS3 forever going to be stuck in third place, or can the console eventually catch the 360? We speak to leading analysts to see what Sony's strategy should be.
Remember how 2008 started? Sony and some pundits proclaimed that 2008 would be the "year of the PS3." With GTA IV, Metal Gear Solid 4, LittleBigPlanet, the launch of PlayStation Home, addition of Trophies and a new video marketplace, one could argue that the PS3 should have fared better. And while total PS3 sales in the U.S. were up 40 percent in 2008, the fact of the matter is that 2008 was anything but "the year of the PS3." Indeed, it was the year of the Wii, and to a much lesser extent, the year of the Xbox 360.
Sony has been losing market share and it desperately needs to convert the majority of those 50 million PS2 owners into PS3 adopters. It won't be easy, and clearly the biggest obstacle at the moment is the PS3's price, but analysts believe Sony definitely still has a chance to catch or even exceed Microsoft in the console race.
GameDaily BIZ picked the brains of five leading game industry analysts to get their respective takes on how Sony can "rescue" the PS3 before the hole grows any deeper.
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BLG writes, "Some of the most popular games have had a rough start, with some of them being downright unplayable.
Despite that, developers have managed to turn it around for them and make their game worth playing. Here are some games that had a rough start but were pretty great."
Sea of Thieves... I'm not disagreeing that the game has improved in terms of content. But I feel that the most significant change between now and its release is actually the public perception. Nowadays, most people are aware that the game is a multiplayer PvP-focused experience first and foremost, and not "Black Flag made by Rare". Consequently, people dismissing the whole experience because the single-player aspect is lacking or the story is plain are much less common.
Several years ago, i submitted an idea to Rare that would change up the mechanics of battling opponents in the game. whereby if you died in battle, you turned into a skeleton warrior and had to fight your way back to the land of the living. It was an interesting twist on respawning and would allow the player to experience both sides of a battle.
I keep hoping to see something like that get added to the game.
It's sad that this quick retort is more often than not true... The industry's acceptance of release and patch has gone too far.
Days gone! By the end of the game I couldn't drop it down! I went around so many hours killing zombies! It was addictive by the end.
I don't know, I got it abit late, and struggled for a few days, and then all of a sudden it just got good!!
these journalists i swear smfh.
LISTEN! UP!: FOR THE LAST TIME!!!!
IF THE PS3 DROPPED IN LATE '05 AT $399 (same time as xbox 360 in other words), IT WOULD HAVE SURMOUNTED THE 360
tattoo that on ur damn arms if u have too cuz we're sick of explaining it
It's not the matter of can it catch.
What really matters is when. =P We know it will catch up.
Another one of these? Where's the good stuff?
You know, last year, I would have said 2009.
I wasn't someone who was like "PS3 WILL DESTROY THE 360 IN SALES FOR 2008", I was being realistic, but Sony seem more concerned now with making a profit than coming first and are trying to sell the console through games, which is fair enough. I'm sure if Sony wanted to come first (and that was all they cared about), they'd drop the PS3 to $99 and be done with it.
I don't hold shares in Sony, but if they continue to pump out the games, I have no reason to worry about their sales or their desire to make profit. When they put their number of consoles sold above the games they're releasing, then I'll be concerned.
2008 was a good year for the PS3, 2009 will be a good year for the PS3 and anyone who uses "install base" as a reason to discount this games, isn't a gamer.
are making me feel really old. I get tired of telling people the common sense answer. Blu-ray for instance i didn't really care about which held how much it just mattered that there was Disney and Many others supporting blu-ray it was an obvious choice.
Will sony catch up? yes and here is why, sony will win every territory in the long run except the USA they will end up even in the USA. So sony will win this will take at least 2 to 4 years though.
Sony will pass msoft in numbers only for msoft to launch thier next console and claim victory over last gen even though it isnt over.