| TheGame 2006-08-20, 7:34 pm |
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PBDepot wrote:
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> 360 is still a Halo and Xbox Live machine,
Wow, sounds like the typical fanboy. 360 has Oblivion, GRAW, Dead
Rising, FNR3, etc. 360 will have Gears of War, Mass Effect, Forza 2,
Saint's Row, Splinter Cell Doublt Agent, Smackdown vs Raw, Lost Planet,
etc.
PS3 will have little to any big name exclusives until late 2007. As a
matter of fact, the majority of PS3 games will be 360 ports: EA Sports,
2K Sports, EA Games, Ubisoft, Midway, etc.
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> Nintendo is still falling behind the pack while trying new ideas,
Hunh? I think that applies more to sony. Sony stole Wii's controller
idea, 360's Live, middle button to turn on/off console, achievements,
etc.
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Both of which are getting old and stale. Solid Snake is an old azz
tired man now. Sam Fisher would beat his XXX....;-) Besides those games
won't be ready until late next year. And during that time, it will all
be about GTA4 (multiplatform) and Halo 3.
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> That doesn't matter. Never has, never will. If the product is good,
> people will buy. If not, then they won't.
PS3 benefitted with their head start over XB and to a lesser extent GC.
That won't be the case now. By the end of the year, 360 will have a 10
million to 1.5 million shipment lead over PS3. There will continue to
be PS3 shortages next year while there will be a $100 price drop on
360, which will further spur sales. This will result with more 360
support from 3rd parties. Wii and PS3 will have about the same
shipments as well and will be a huge hit in japan.
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> This is true. But PS3 isn't marketing itself that way this time around.
> Either is the 360. "Our little baby's all growns up. 'Cause you're
> growns up and you're growns up and you're growns up".
The problem is ppl are not falling for the PS3 hype this time around.
Everyone, even OPM and PSM editors and writers are bashing PS3's price.
PS3 will be far too expensive for casual gamers for many years. Most
gamers do not want to spend over $700 (PS3 premium + game + tax) for
gaming. While the hard core will buy it, that is a niche market.
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> This maybe the only truely scary thing about this console generation.
> If you thought multi-platform was running rampant last gen, then you
> ain't seen nothing yet. In fact the only real difference between a 360
> and a PS3 might be PS3's extra features, since both consoles will have
> around 95% of the same games.
Multiplatform makes sense. Game development is going to reach over $10
million dollars , which would take about 400K sales to break even. Thus
its far easier to do that going multiplatform than being exclusive.
This will be even more true as 360 gets to 10 million mark. The
difference maker for next-gen will be mostly from 1st party
development. Once can argue that M$'s first party is just as good (if
not better) than sony's, except for platform games.
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