Sony Losing More Exclusives to the 360

FrankJH · 28 Dec 2006 at 18:48

Joebob said:
Any company who has been loyal to Sony is bound to reconsider their strategy as, due to the PS3's delayed launch and manufacturing problems, the 360 has 10,000,000 willing customers just waiting to part with their cash whilst the PS3 has only just broke the half mil barrier. It makes good business sense to release on as many formats as possible to maximise profits.

I can't see why this is such a big deal?

Not at £50 a pop they dont

That also implies that every single X360 is still in use and has games bought for it which is certainly not gaurenteed.

I personally am all for software only being available on one format - after all the market is big enough for two equally successful units , so why not have one format traditionally good at some types of game and another format good at something else , its lasted this long....15 or 20 years ...like this why not longer?

MikGriff · 28 Dec 2006 at 18:52

Just Final Fantasy and I'll be happy.

wannabedamned · 28 Dec 2006 at 19:10

I dont mind which system games come out on to be honest, Both consoles are superb. Final Fantasy will obviously be a sony release, and halo an Xbox. Oh well.

Raikiri · 28 Dec 2006 at 19:24

FrankJH said:
I personally am all for software only being available on one format - after all the market is big enough for two equally successful units , so why not have one format traditionally good at some types of game and another format good at something else , its lasted this long....15 or 20 years ...like this why not longer?

Because that sucks for the customer? I don't want to have to pay for two consoles, 2 lots of controllers etc. so why should I have to?

As both consoles are pretty much the same if we're being honest I don't see why one should be any better than the other at any type of game (talking 360/ps3 here rather than the Wii).

Mr Latte · 28 Dec 2006 at 19:39

I had a thread two weeks ago that tried to be serious and brought to light the problems Sony faced this time around because of the state the market currently is with new competition and not only that but all the factors including no essiential games upon release and its price.

Just over 1 million systems sold, thats only half of what Sony announced it would do, and its not with shortages, reports are that the shelves are sitting with PS3 instock.

Its not selling like the PS2 folks ...
Good news that the UK launch probably wont then get delayed again.

You need KILLER exclusives particulary when youve got a system that costs more.

This is why my opnion was so strong in the past thread, sorry but Sony have some real problems. The wii is an attractive system, its excitingly different and the X360 is as hardcore as a gamer needs with a good catalougeb LOADS of Exclusives and a nice price point. The PS3 well its.........

PS3 Uk launch, i assume the shipment will be small so it will again be seen to of SOLD OUT. Sony are great at using the media to their advantage

To of had all this extra time in developing the system (1 year after the X360) and quite frankly to have come to Launch with the current available titles is unexcusable and its going to bite them in the ass

slambo69 · 28 Dec 2006 at 20:11

Both Microsoft and Nintendo didnt 'leave Europe behind' hence the reason the european internet community is feeling somewhat angered at Sony, I'm sure many other people as well as myself believed that Microsoft had started off something great with their launch but I guess not. Europe is the second biggest games market in the world so praise and kudos goes to Ninty and MS.

Mr Latte · 29 Dec 2006 at 21:31

Werewolf said:
I think there is some truth in it going by the comments of some americans on another board who work in retail, they have had (in some cases) stacks of PS3's on the shop floor which people have ignored to enquire about Wii's and 360's (one guy was saying how they had a stack of them in front of the games desk at his store all day without any real interest in them).

It is no doubt selling well in many areas, but it's not selling out (and certainly not as fast as Sony would like).
I'm not sure if it's the 20gb or 60gb that isn't selling that fast though.

Dont worry PS3 lovers hate me even though im as ****** as they are but the difference is i can admit when one of my favourite brands severly messes up and makes such a disaster out of a machine they have hyped for 2 years.

idots guide for launching a console is currently in the works...