The 360 has just as many exclusives this year and last such as forza3,L4D2, crackdown2, alan wake,conviction, metro2033. put it this way ive bought far more 360 exclusives than the ps3's GOW3 and uncharted2 and no the vast,vast majority of ps3 owners dont own a gaming pc good enough to play metro/conviction/l4D2
SONY came into this generation with a massive overwhelming lead of a 100 million . compare this with the lackluste 3rd place ps3 figures and its clear sony and the playstation brand as a whole has fallen hard. Their doing better since the slim/price cut but only equaling (worldwide) or slightly outselling msoft. they have absolutely no chance of catching msoft or nintendo this generation , its too little to late as the ps3 sales figures now, should have been what they were from DAY 1. If youd...
I think this news if true will crush any hopes of sony catching msoft this gen , especially combined with the more casual friendly NATAL. thios price is insane value for a 360 which still has the best online and the superior multiplats in the vast majority of titles.
the ps3 main problem and the playstation brand as a whole is image not price and may be too little too late.image is effecting sales with the publics perception of the ps3 being negative,sony have allready lost a lot of market share to the 360 and wii.a price cut may boost figures short term but sony will have to market the playstation brand and make it desirable once more.personally i think its great value,but high profile software is key this gen as the wii shows
i highly doubt msoft are anticipating ODST to be anything but a massive hit.obviously it will not have halo3 figures but considering its short dev time/budget reusing halo3 engine etc it will be a spectacular sucess as are the vast majority of 360 exclusives.i bet halo/odst will sell up to 2million in its 1st month,if you compare this to killzone2 which had a 50 mil budget took 5 years to make you see why odst will be regarded as a sucess.halo wars sold over 1mil and it was a RTS for gods sak...
we are talking about sales here.my comments are not reflective of game quality.
anyone who thinks SONY havent seriously fallen from grace this gen is deluded.they came into the generation with a 120million install base and the makers of the 2 most sucessful machines of all time.this week in their homeland they(ps3) were almost outsold by both MSOFT and the last gen ps2.for the CEO of the worlds biggest publisher activision to threaten in the press to drop sonys next gen console would have been unthinkable only a few years ago yet this has happened.if the sales drop does...
gears of war 2 sold 2.5million in a WEEKEND with a far far smaller user base.considering the massive budget/dev time GOW3 will have to sell these figures in its 1st month to be considered a sucess commercially.looking at past "hyped"ps3 exclusive sales(lbp anyone) it will only be a moderate sucess at best.
these sales figures although a great game are not really impressive considering the ps2 userbase.anyway if gow3 sells similar numbers it will be regarded a failure commercialy.considering its been in development many years/cost 10"s of millions to make it will have to sell a million in its 1st few days on release.you only have to compare KILLZONE2/LBP figures for reason to doubt it being a sales sucess, also its a niche/hardcore game like mgs4,which wont bring in any new fans.imo i expe...
splinter is better than mgs4 which is an aquired taste imo.the lack of true interactive gameplay in mgs4 is what makes it a worse game imo combined with the self indulgent cut scenes.without the hype/loyal fanbase it would have flopped on its own merits.
the VAST majority of the non hardcore game buying public do NOT know what RROD is as they dont read game sites like us lot.so i think its effect on sales has been minimum.
the release of a slim only 2 and a half years in shows what dire straits the ps3 is in and combined with the yoy drops things dont look good.do people really believe that everyone is holding out for the ps3 to drop in price by £50/70 i very much doubt it.the ps3 real problem is its crap start with negative media coverage due to multi plats being superior on 360,installs/ public image etc..the ps2 was at a similar price last gen but nothing stopped it crushing the xbox/GC
RUBBISH you also have to take into account SONY have been the market leaders for 15 years and have a massive advantage from ps2 120 million sales.this dwarfs MSOFTS year head start and slight price advantage.the ps3 is doing terrible in the worlds biggest market,period.
this is only usa granted, but seeing as its over 40% of the worlds market its by far the most important nation with regards sales.anyway the ps3 outsells 360 in JAPAN about 15,000/20,000 a month compare this to MS outselling SONY 90,000 every month in the us and you can see why they will never recapture their position as market leaders.a price cut/slim will NOT save sony as suggested by some, as once you add the "real" price of a 360 together(wireless/live) there is not much differe...
didnt crytec recently do an interview saying they had maxed out the ps3 with the cryengine3.anyway neither the 360 or ps3 is ats its full potential as there is allways a way to make game code more efficient etc.personally i think the 360 has enough power to match the ps3 all the way but MSOFT dont need too spend years of dev time to get really good results so they dont use the 360 to its full potential because its so easy to code for.you only have to look at the forza1/2 gears 1/2 the new 2 h...
the games you listed such as resistance1/2 motorstorm are very average games and none of the games you mentioned have sold well(except mgs4)compare this to halo/gears etc with millions in a weekend and you clearly see whos delivered the best and most popular games this gen.MICROSOFT
the ps3 games killzone2uncharted1/2 are MARGINALLY better than anything GRAPHICALLY on 360 BUT these are a few games one of which took 5years to develope.compare this to the HUNDREDS of superior 360 multiplats and the odd better looking ps3 exclusive losess its advantage for sony.
AGREED i think it is sonys machine that is holding multiplatform developers back as they cant push the 360 because they dont want to make ps3 look too bad.this is proven with 360 still having the notably superior games even when ps3 has been lead dev(look at ghostbusters as a perfect example)not every dev can have sonys 50million/4 year dev times to get the most out of the ps3 oddball arcitecture.
if that is true it proves the 360 is outselling the ps3 even though its more expensive and price is not a factor in 360 superior sales compared to ps3.i thought sony fans say the ps3 isnt selling well because of high price.it seems they wont it both ways now.
What many posters are forgetting , with the year head start for msoft etc..and how the ps3 is "only" 5 million behind the 360 WW , is we are talking about the best selling console in HISTORY sucessor, the ps2.
Microsft had a year head start but sony had a 120 MILLION user base for their playstation brand coming into this gen.
THAT WE ARE ARGUING ABOUT HOW CLOSE SONY ARE TO CATCHING THE XBOX360 AFTER 4/5 YEARS OF THE NEXT GEN , SHOWS WHAT A DISASTER THE PS3 HAS...