Is this true

[BluMonster]

ps3 has a great line-up of exclusive games coming out this year, and that alone should start closing the gap of hardware sales. and this winning format war should really boost ps3 sales even further. i have no doubt that ps3 will ultimately end up winning the console war in the long run.

[Thegide]

Originally Posted by BluMonster

ps3 has a great line-up of exclusive games coming out this year, and that alone should start closing the gap of hardware sales. and this winning format war should really boost ps3 sales even further. i have no doubt that ps3 will ultimately end up winning the console war in the long run.

Sure. The amount of publicity from PS3 being the dominant blu-ray player on the market right now is incredible. By this alone Sony will reach a huge market that previously wasn't into video games, not to mention it's the machine of choice for movie buffs that also like games since its a 2-in-1 deal.

I don't see how the end of HD DVD could do anything but harm to the xbox. MS will have successfully captured the biggest market share in video games since the PS1, but I think it will be short lived. It wont take long for video games to move beyond DVD9.

[overdrive00]

The PS3 will eventually catch up. They killed themselves with their weak launch. Sky high price + no games + low supply = bad launch. The 360 was already into it's full swing of 3rd gen games and that did not help Sony's cause. 360 had a terrible launch but no real competition when they did it.

Plus their game lineup in 2007 was pretty pathetic (I can think of 3 "must buys"). All the big releases got pushed back for 2008. This will be a good year for games on the PS3, it is just a matter of whether the gaming community cares.

BTW, most of the people I know that own a PS3 bought it to play blurays and then games when they start coming out. Could that be said for you PS3 bluray guys??

I do not see how the end of HDDVD will hurt the 360, at least until the PS3 hits $299.

[docjan_uk]

This year is going to be good for the following reasons:

Lower price.

MGS4
KZ2
Haze
LBP
GT5

and I don't know if these are slated for late this year or next but Resistance 2 and FFXIII

Blu-ray winning the format war paying dividends the other way and starting to increase sales of and boosting reasons to get a PS3 as opposed to PS3 sales boosting blu-ray adoption earlier in the war.

Large base of PS2 owners seeing the above and likely starting to buy into the PS3 along with people new to the console or gaming.

[Swede]

Well, what isn't mentioned is the fact that WORLDWIDE the PS3 is currently outselling Xbox360 for the last month...

I wouldn't exactly call that 'sacrificing' the ps3 for winning the high-def format war

[jorg]

just to note ps3 hasent realy beecome competitive untill its 399 price point the ps3 2008 line up kicks the shit out of any the 360 or wii have close too

also if u compar the ps3 compar it to the ps2 (the ebst selling console of all time) and u see the ps3 is doing around the same lol and plz remeber america isent the whole world it is only a little larger then europe/japan/austrial

[mootinator]

Originally Posted by Swede

Well, what isn't mentioned is the fact that WORLDWIDE the PS3 is currently outselling Xbox360 for the last month...

I wouldn't exactly call that 'sacrificing' the ps3 for winning the high-def format war

Reminds me of a commercial:
Group of dumbasses: "Xbox360 sales are higher than the PS3 in North America. You've lost the console war." (They all leave)

Savvy investor: "My sales figures indicate the PS3 is leading sales in the whole world.... That's a pretty BIG share of market isn't it?"

[funkybudda]

Originally Posted by docjan_uk

This year is going to be good for the following reasons:

Lower price.

MGS4
KZ2
Haze
LBP
GT5

and I don't know if these are slated for late this year or next but Resistance 2 and FFXIII

Blu-ray winning the format war paying dividends the other way and starting to increase sales of and boosting reasons to get a PS3 as opposed to PS3 sales boosting blu-ray adoption earlier in the war.

Large base of PS2 owners seeing the above and likely starting to buy into the PS3 along with people new to the console or gaming.

Resistance 2 is coming this year too, I think.

[PS34EVER]

Hardware Sales since their Launch:



Also, look at the big picture.

When the Xbox 360 was launched, it had ZERO competition. The Playstation 3 had to deal with the already "standard" and "best" console on the market in the 360 and the wildly successful Wii.

Pricing of systems at launch:

Xbox 360:
Core Model: $299.99
Standard Model: $399.99

Playstation 3:
20 Gig: $499.99
60 Gig: $599.99

All of that against it, and it is selling BETTER than the 360. I think it's hilarious when people say that it is selling poor. I always show them this chart.

Oh, yeah. And it's failure rate isn't 33% either and doesn't sound like a freight train when trying to operate.