Is Sony Afraid of Microsoft? Or Vice Versa?

"We are getting to the point in this console generation in which both companies seem to be going in the wrong direction. Microsoft's Xbox 360 is $200 cheaper than Sony's PlayStation 3 and it still manages to come within 100k in hardware sales in Microsoft's homeland; America. Even though Sony seems to be holding its ground even at a higher price point, their software sales for their exclusive games are nowhere near what they should be. Looking at Killzone 2, its marketing, attention, and a plethora of good reviews, its sales were still somewhat disappointing."

-TheGamerAccess.com

[n4f]

will it make me buy games?

[- Ghost of Sparta -]

Well, seeing how the PS3's lineup is unmatched and full of all the latest AAA games, Microsoft should be very afraid especially now that they're losing all of their exclusives while Sony continues to build up on successful new IP's. 2009 has just begun and already Sony published two AAA games with Heavy Rain, Uncharted 2, InFamous, M.A.G and others still to come while Microsoft has, so far, none. Just B quality stuff.

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360 fans brag about being in 2nd place but how is that really any different from being in third when in the games department, Sony's in 1st ever since the PS1 days. I bought a PS3 to play games and so far, Sony has delivered the best exclusives this generation. Everything on 360 went multi-platform. In sales, the Wii is still slaughtering them both and things will only get worse for Sony and Microsoft now that the Wii is attracting more and more hardcore gamers with titles like Madworld and The Conduit.

Microsoft pretty much stole every 3rd party exclusive from Sony but what are they gonna do now? Notice how now that they have nothing left to steal, they're running out of games while Sony's 1st party lineup is just unbelievable.

Is Sony afraid of Microsoft? No. Microsoft is afraid of Sony, hence the 3rd party support stealing. The Wii, however, is the most feared. I know this and I don't even own one.

[John Hendry Eden]

YES, Sony is afraid of Microsoft. They also steal sh!t from everybody (see "Trophies").

But Microsoft shouldn't care in the least, since Sony is doomed, and they will probably close down their door because of the recession (PS3 isn't profitable like 360 or Wii).

[Elven6]

Ghost, I'm not disagreeing or anything but has anyone seen anything from MAG besides that CG E3 trailer?

And like I said below, if your making money why even be afraid? It's business, everything else is a added bonus.

[PoSTedUP]

money= power. microsoft is the one with all the money. if they got DESPERATE then i think they can do alot of damage to sonys structure as a gaming giant. microsoft could make say, cod: mwf2 go exclusive and that would do a lot of damage to sony ( they would obviously have to throw a lot of money at activision, but i think just enough money would convince them) and thats just an example, i doubt it would be that game but take for instance a smaller but popular game such as deadspace2. thats a plus for MS and a minus for sony.

microsoft can do whatever they want to because they have the money (unless its under patent).

but ms should be worried also because sony has alot more first party devs and in house devs than microsoft. sony is bringing out full fledged disc based games to the PSN. sony said that this year would be their most aggressive year in their marketing history. cmon, if sony does that then MS should be shaking in their pants because if you guys remember how aggressive those crash bandicoot commercials were, they yall might have an idea on what sony is actually capable of (including that they didnt really market too much this gen so they should have alot of money saved up to go all out)

microsoft is the angry heartless millionaire and sony is a ticking time bomb.

[Danja]

This article was rather weak it said nothing to back up it's title , Sony isn't scared of M$ in the fact that they came into this gen expecting to lose market share and alot of money

M$ came way early to beat out Sony to try and get an edge which they did but they are not scared of Sony anymore they have built a strong user base but im sure they are still intimidated by Sony and the Playstation brand because if Sony should ever drop the price of the PS3 it's game on and M$ will to come up with something else , they can't keep dropping the prices as ppl assume because at the end of the day they are also running a business and they can only keep losing so much money till the bigger heads step in...and say thats enough ....

ne who what do I know..im just a gamer..ehh not a corporate exec...lol

[XxZxX]

WTF is this??!!!
LET me clarify how business works.
ANY business You are supposed to be afraid and aware of your competitors.
SO YES SONY is afraid of Microsoft and Microsoft is Afraid of Sony.
Nintendo is afraid of Sony and Sony is afraid of Nintendo.
Microsoft is afraid of Nintendo and Nintendo is afraid of Microsoft.

What kind of bullcrap you guys come out with? those corporate executives might try to shrug thing offs but you know need inside everybody is afraid of everybody especially when everybody want the majority of the pies.

[INehalemEXI]

whats with journalist's not reporting and asking us questions, lazy bastads.

No need to get paranoid. Im sure people at both company's that make millions annually are not as paranoid as some fanboy's and journalist's would think.

I lose more sleep playing the games , they put out then they do over worrying about the competition. That said....

If sony was worried they would cut the price of the PS3. Or put some classics on PSN. I know they are not as worried as some would like to believe.

When MS saw RRoD in the media they where worried enough to spend billions for an extended warranty. (as a 3 time 360 owner, I know that box worries me from time to time. Had 2 that ate discs.) Then again those with such amounts of money to burn can't be to worried...

Sony and MS R&D employee's took one look at the wii mote /facepalmed and said were Bleeped. and at ninty HQ....they bumped some... http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[IcarusOne]

it's hard to care about exclusives. I only care which version of a multiplat is better - which is typically 360.

I feel like exclusives are at the heart of fanboyism. I think most of us just want good games. And if they happen to be multiplat, so much the better.

Now I'm gonna get my Flower on and try to forget about all this tension.

[YungXclusive2K9]

They are still the console champions and 360s 28 million as of last official word compared to 21 million that the ps3 sold is nothing when you factor in the ps2s out there and the psps.

If sony feared microsoft they would buy games like microsoft does, instead they are practically announcing or have a rumored new 3rd party exclusive or stolen exclusive everyday with no hurt out their pockets that we know of.

Sony is supreme

This doesn't mean i don't like xbox

[YungXclusive2K9]

Sonys 09 - 10 line up is enough for 4 years, this is rediculous the things we have coming, I hate to even see 360 fanboys without a ps3 because they are seriously gonna miss out on half the biggest games of the next 2 years. The only arguement anybody should have about the ps3 is the price and thats all.

Omg i feel like someone is lieing to me when they show all these amazing games on the ps3 only. Infamous Uncharted, They just dropped this Diamond on us called Killzone 2, MLB 09 The show God of War 3 Ratchet & Clank 2 Heavy Rain War Devil Just to name a few,

I seriously feel sorry for all the people who can't play those games because they can't afford a ps3

09 games will rape my recession hit pockets

[cmrbe]

Which company rushed out their console 1 year in advance because they fear the competition?.

[Godmars290]

"but has anyone seen anything from MAG besides that CG E3 trailer?"

People said the same thing about Motorstorm, KZ2 and Alan Wake.

Aside from AW, which is years in limbo and not just a few months, just saying.

[soxfan2005]

@1.1

As much as you would like to believe that Sony has a monopoly on highly rated exclusives, a closer look at Meatcritic will show that PS3 has 4 exclusives rated 90 or higher, while 360 has 5, not to mention 360 also has several XBLA exclusives rated in the 90's. Games released prior to 2009 don't just disappear because new ones come along - remember, to a new buyer - which is what MS and Sony are seeking - ALL games are new to them. And, while Sony's 2009 lineup looks impressive on paper, that is NO guarantee of ratings or commercial success.

[RemmM]

This will just lead to flamewars

[SiLeNt KNighT]

two question marks in this headline this time. let me break it down...

one ? = bs article. mainly for amusement purposes

two ?'s = author is an idiot, no need to read

follow this rule and you may retain some iq points while reading some of these articles.

[phosphor112]

LOOK AT THIS REVIEW!! LMAO!!

Man I read almost every single one of those comments (on all the games) and this one takes the cake for Killzone 2. I just want to punch this guy in his jugular.

John P gave it a 1:
OMG!! What a worthless mediocre game. There are so many flaws with this game that I wonder what is with the high ratings. 1) The characters are so shallow. Garza's interpretation of Macbeth was ok, however it didn't make me stand and applause. Shame.. 2) The game lacks a genuine well written story. As with every other fps, I was expecting the twist and plot of a movie like "the usual suspects" blending into the game rather than just the "walk and shoot" formula. Disappointing.. 3) Unbelievable. The game has the nerve to pause on me for a split second when it loads new areas. Last time it happened I lost my trigger happy mood to continue. 4) Frame drops. I noticed a significant amount of frame dropping by a whole(!) 2,97fps at some points. Nope. This is not the fps of our dreams. The one where we can stop shooting at a certain point, get some rest and play pool mini-games with our comrades. Lacks originality indeed.

[commodore64]

@1.11

" Question
Which company rushed out their console 1 year in advance because they fear the competition?. "

you mean when sony released their ps2 one year ahead of the xbox1?

That's what you are talking about, yeah?

oh wait.

[cayal]

Sony fearing Microsoft is laughable. It's like Shaq fearing Mugsy Bogues.

@ above - Sony's "rushed" console lead to the greatest console ever made (sales wise).

Microsofts rushed console has lead to one of the worst hardware blunders in electronics history and they still can't even "win" the battle.

[cmrbe]

Nice try. Sony always schedule to release the PS2 in 1999-2000. Just like Sega MS rushed the x360 like the dreamcast out because they were afraid of big bad Sony. Sony didn't care either way. Even waiting until a whole year before launching the PS2 and PS3 after competition.

I don't think sony even knew about MS xbox at the dawn of last gen console cycle. If if they knew i doubted they even care.

MS knew just like Sega that they can't afford to launch head to head with Sony because of the PS2 and PS1 domination of the gaming market.

Nice try but try even harder.

[commodore64]

nice damage control, crmbe.

So yeah, it WAS the ps2 that had a one year lead.

Thankyou.

[Nineball2112]

LOL! So, commodore... your contention is that Sony, who already had success with the PS and lots of success with other electronic equipment... was worried about a game system that a software company was going to mfg. So worried in fact, that they purposely launched the PS2 early. Riiiight.

I'm not debating the quality of either system here either.

No logical person would think that Sony put out the PS2 "early" to combat the Xbox. That's some creative spin there, I gotta hand it to you.

[cmrbe]

Damage control? lol.

Its people like you that give x360 fans a bad rep. No one in their right mind would believe that Sony after selling 100 million PS1 and absolutely dominated with the PS1 launched the PS2 one year early because they feared a no name brand xbox lmao!!.

Its obvious you are a young one because if you were old enough to read back in 1999. Commentators were saying Sony made a big mistake in launching the PS2 late!!. Some even gave the console war to Sega lol!.

In 2001. MS being late to the party decided then to launch the xbox. It had no effect at all on Sony releasing the PS2 in 1999-2000.

Kid, you are not fooling anyone around here. Actually you are only making yourself look like a fool.

[commodore64]

well, crmbe

I do believe you made a fool out of yourself a long time ago.
So yeah... i guess you win that one.

Thanks again.

Your retrospective spin doesn't alter the fact that the ps2 released (over) a year earlier than the xbox1.

Now that the shoe is on the other foot, you guys cry foul?
Come on.

You can do better.
(you know it's true)

:)

[360 man]

bit of both

[360 man]

i would say this

if killzone 2 was an xbox 360 exclusive

microsoft would have marketed the hell out of it

and it would have sold 2-3 million week 1

EAZY!!

[Nick212004]

If Killzone 2 was released on the Xbox 360, Microsoft would have marketed the crap out of the game and would have possibly sold as well as Halo 3.

[PoSTedUP]

yea probably because Microsoft got that paper to market the hell outta things.

sony needs to shape up man, they said that his year would be the most aggressive in their marketing history, hopefully they are mans of their word...

[Aclay]

"If Killzone 2 was released on the Xbox 360, Microsoft would have marketed the crap out of the game and would have possibly sold as well as Halo 3."

Nah, I disagree. If Gears of War and Gears of War 2 hasn't come very close to outselling Halo 3, I don't think that Killzone 2 would have either if it was released on the 360, regardless of Microsoft advertising.

And 360man, first week sales are nice and all, but I'm more interested in how a game does in the long run. I don't think that Metal Gear Solid 4 even sold 2-3 million copies within the first week of it's release, yet by the end of 2008, it had went on to sell well over 4 million copies and the last I heard, it was closing in on 5 million.

Killzone 2's PS3 NPD numbers may or may not be anything to brag about, but by the end of this year, I can definantly see it selling 4 million.

[TheMART]

MGS4

Isn't strange to sell pretty allright in the end. The price dropped about 4 months after its release already. It just got platinum (5 March) and its on sale now for 28 Euro overhere.

Gears 1 sold 3 mln. in 10 weeks, Gears 2 sold the same in 4 weeks.

Now I don't see KZ2 do that as the sequel to KZ1.

[HDDVD_for_the_win]

Sales sales sales, the last game left for Xbox retards.

Game on, seriously... You're too young to be analyst in a bank, plus they just got fired anyway.

[Danja]

MGS4 sold over a million in one week pretty good figures ...now closing in on 5 million sold ..just 2 million away from MGS2 which sold 7 million on the PS32 .

@Mart dude come on...ur acting like KZ1 was a huge hit yes it sold between 2-3 million that was 5 years ago

No one has seen official figures for KZ2 so how about we wait for Sony ..to announce them...

fact still remains the game is closing in on 2 million if it hasn't already passed that figure in less than a month...pretty good figures for a Sequel to a game that many ppl said sucked right ?>

[Xbots play games]

@ AclayPS3

MGS4 is pushing 4..but K2 will not be near 4 at the end of this year. In fact it will not catch MGS4. People hyped the game and now want to claim the Microsoft could have handled it better, but the underlying truth is K2 is Starship Troopers...Gears is Aliens..and Halo is Star Wars. Nope M$ is not scared at all.

[XLiveGamer]

"And 360man, first week sales are nice and all, but I'm more interested in how a game does in the long run"

d@_0b ?

????
Bull sh!t !!!

Damn fanboy!

@ Xbots play games

100% with you on that lol

[cmrbe]

if KZ2 was on the x360 it would kill the x360.

[commodore64]

if Killzone2 was on the 360 it would probably have better antialialising and better framerates.

[AngryTypingGuy]

It would've sold better, but it wouldn't reach Halo numbers. It probably wouldn't even reach Gears numbers. I don't think any exclusive will reach Halo numbers in the next couple of generations.

[DK_Kithuni_71]

Both should fear Nintendo. I do. If the crappy Wii is what the mass market wants I fear Sony and Microsoft will give it to them, which is sad. It would be a step back.

[Nick212004]

The Wii has already won this console generation. I feel the competition is between Sony and Microsoft.

[Bnet343]

Wii has won this generation? Wrong.

[Motion]

Its last gen tech that got a late release ;)

P.S. I'm not hating on the Wii

[Godmars290]

Aside from the fact that even Nintendo doesn't know what they did with the Wii. Which means they're going to have problems repeating or continuing it with a new or updated system.

[soxfan2005]

"Both should fear Nintendo. I do. If the crappy Wii is what the mass market wants I fear Sony and Microsoft will give it to them, which is sad. It would be a step back."

I'm not worried about that. The combined 50 million 360's and PS3's sold so far this generation prove that there is still a huge market for "real" games.

[sulack]

I think mircosoft is awair of sonys position in the console war and and trying to pull as much money as possible from where they are... They loose; they get a bunch of money, they win; they get a bunch more.

[sulack]

wow i get dissagrees... I think it is a verry good stratagy for mirosoft

[Aclay]

"Microsoft is also one of the wealthiest companies in the world, so they do have a lot of money to buy DLC and market their games and hardware like crazy."

I don't think Sony cares whether or not M$ continues to pay for DLC because they'll just keep bringing out Exclusive after Exclusive. Sony's specialty is 1st party and 2nd party Exclusives, Microsoft's specialty is 3rd party and DLC.

As we saw with GTA4, DLC doesn't move systems and GTA4 wasn't much of a system seller for the PS3 or 360 when it first came out. The money that M$ paid for GTA4 DLC could have been used to secure timed exclusivity for Bioshock 2 or could have been put towards 1 or 2 new exclusive IP's (something I think the 360 needs more of.)

Both Sony and Microsoft have their own potential strengths and weaknesses, but in the long run, I think there's more reasons M$ should be cautious of Sony because the PS3 was clearly built to stand the test of time this generation with all the features that it has and it's reliability, and the PS3 has already proved it can outsell the 360 at a higher price point.

[Nick212004]

The Lost and Damned did not move consoles, but it sold very well earning Microsoft a lot of $$$

[HDDVD_for_the_win]

Earning nothing Nick, they paid 50 million $ for that. They didn't recoup their losses, neither the Xbox 1 losses by the way.

[anubis12]

regardless of how and why......sony is the one in 3rd

[John Hendry Eden]

Delusional fanboys trying to convince themselves that PS3 is the best console in the market.

Guys are laughable.

[HDDVD_for_the_win]

My 360 is collecting dust, please MS launch one or two games, we're bored.

[Elven6]

HDDVD, stop acting like you own a 360 when it is pretty obvious you don't.

[WIIIS1]

I think ignorant Mr. HDDVD does not realize that whereas PS3 only had just about 1 exclusive thus far into the year, 360 has already had at least 4 exclusives...

[cayal]

Actually Flower and Killzone 2 and Yakuza 3 and MLB 09 make it four exclusives this year...at least.

[Elven6]

cayal: MLB 09 is not a PS3 exclusive, it is however a Sony exclusive since its on the PS3, PS2 and PSP IIRC.

[I love video games]

im scared of both of them

[Elven6]

Its gotten to a point where I can narrow things down to either HHG's site or this guys site.

Why should either be scared of anyone as long as they are making money? It is a business after all, everything that comes after is just a added bonus.

[celldomceen1]

how about neither of the two are scared of the other.

[ElementX]

Sony and MS shouldn't have to fear one another. They're both selling consoles and games and neither one is going to back down.

[soxfan2005]

Exactly - this is like saying "is Honda afraid of Toyota". Neither company is going to leave the industry.

[Unicron]

And another lame "article" that does nothing but feed the fanboy war.

[PLAYSTATIONGENRATION]

Yet I will not argue....just look who rushed a system to the market steal the other consoles exclusives(when you have to pay money its stealing)

[BaSeBaLlKiD721]

vice versa

[v1c1ous]

fear the onslaught of articles with question marks at the end?

[Unicron]

Who is winning the question mark war?

[Xbots play games]

Microsoft has nothing to be afraid of. Keep delivering like Xbox fans have been used to this generation and it won't matter what PS3 does. Even with a price drop and a Blue Ray player..When PS3 is finally pushing 30 mil worldwide..The Xbox 360 will be pushing 40 Mil worldwide.

The multi-platform software sales will ALWAYS be more than the PS3. No matter how politically correct the developers want to be when reporting to the public. Xbox live is going nowhere. The fans of Live are going nowhere. The achievement are going nowhere. And even though the headlines will lean toward PS3 when their price drops..the hardware sales lead is going nowhere when Xbox 360 drops their SKU price by the holidays.

@ Silly gamear...

So let me get this straight..you have 'Silly' in your screen name and your obviously biased and we are supposed to take YOU serious. Yup, opinions are great especially when their based on reality..like mine always are. See people tout the other consoles so-called supposed 'quality' exclusives all day long. But when the smoke clears, you see what the gamers actually purchase and enjoy. Which is why I can turn on Halo 3 right now and see over 300,000 actual gamers enjoying it's multi-player on Xbox live at any given moment. Now that is what I call a 'quality' exclusive. I beat Fear 2 and Halo Wars the other week. I'm splitting time between Resident Evil 5 and Star Ocean 4. With the occasional GTA4 play (because I want to finally beat it before I start 'Lost and the Damned'..I'm about to play Pearl Jam's Ten (top ten album of thsi generation) on the new DLC of Rock Band 2 with my friends who are playing it tonight. All in the anticipation of getting Guitar Hero: Metallica in a couple of weeks. This is a dilemna because my other friends keep annoying the hell out of me to play Halo Wars on live. OOPS..I digress..the point is if you aren't playing your Xbox because you saw a couple of cutscenes on the trailer of Uncharted 2 and 2010's God of War 3..then that's just 'Silly'..or in this case..maybe it isn't..opinions really are fun

[Silly gameAr]

If it wasn't for your screen name and obvious bias, I might take your comment seriously. Nice opinions though.

I enjoy the 360, but when they have quality tittles coming out like the PS3 lineup, Maybe I would play my 360 as much as I play my PS3

Opinions are fun, Aren't they??

[soxfan2005]

Having a great lineup on paper, and actually delivering in the real world are two different things. Just ask a New York Yankees fan.

[Silly gameAr]

I guess I am Silly because I have my consoles to play games,not get into a pissing contest over which console has the most, hence Gamer. Imagine that. But I'm sorry to come at you the way I did. It was uncalled for, but,this isn't 2006 anymore.

I Have every exclusive there is for both systems minus a few of the newer ones, and I just happen to enjoy the PS3 a little more. My opinion. The reason I got the 360 was for Gears of War. I don't regret that one bit. But when I try to find these awesome tittles I can't get on the PS3, the list kind of comes up short to me, you know I kind of get a "been there done that" feeling.

I see the quantity, but it kind of falls sort in the quality department. I'm not a big Halo fan, so that wasn't a factor for me getting a 360, I have GTA4 and RE5 for PS3, I can do with or without Lost and Damned but, Star Ocean 4 is a different story. I will get that one day.

Once again, all opinions. I'm not going to type a comment and give an opinion and act like it's fact. Give me a link or something so I can see these "facts" for myself.

"love the game for the game".

SG

[tmt345]

Neither, they wouldn't be afraid of each other unless gaming was their only point of business Sony and Microsoft both sell a wide variety of products. Though in the PS2 days the Playstation brand was a gigantic source of income for them its not anymore, but thats not to say they wouldn't like that market share/money back, I think these coming years were going to see an extremely aggressive side of Sony we haven't seen before in an attempt to regain ground. Microsoft has never successfully profited from the gaming business, they weren't successful with the original Xbox and they've lost billions because of the RROD and buying their way in and I don't think they have paid all those losses back yet and made much money, if any, from being in the gaming business, I think they will be more successful next generation if they don't make any mistakes. Anyhow, the Playstation brand has been hurt and is attempting a comeback, and the Xbox brand has never been very successful.

[cmrbe]

then the PS3 won't be priced twice as much as the x360.

If Sony is afraid of MS then Sony will fight tooth and nail with MS for 3rd parties exclusives.

Now take what i said and then reverse it.

It's quite obvious that MS is afraid of Sony.

[iEternal]

THIS IS BUSINESS. In business, there are always companies going head to head. They both need each other to compete against to create the illusion of choice in a 'free market', when in reality both companies are huge megacorps that do much more serious business outside of flippin' video games from behind the veil of appearance. They might appear to hate each other, but they don't. It works the same way with governments (which there is a real blurry line between governments and corporations this day in age). C'mon now... don't be so naive author.

[BIGBOSS08]

there shouldnt really be the question of "is sony afraid of microsoft". sony aint got $hit to prove. they have sold over 100 million units of both of their previous consoles and have delivered some of the best games we have ever seen over the years. they still and will probably hold the record of having the highest selling console ever for a long time, the ps2. people always moan about price and $hit but sony will give a price cut when they are good and ready!

oh yeah and who rushed out their console a year early just to get a nice head start.

[XLiveGamer]

I really don't give a fnck if you disagree but the reality is that a lot of people who bough a PS3 its not a gameholic. But the reality here is that real gamers (gameholic's) don't give a fnck if the console sell more or less than the other.

Who is on front? Wii right? Do you care?

[PS360dagreatest]

Where did he get Killzone 2 sales are somewhat disapointing does he know how much it has sold officially over the past 2 weeks

[ASSASSYN 36o]

People sure can explain what sony has. So explain why it isn't helping them? Keep bringing up the rear.

[Godmars290]

That its a different story elsewhere, what MS did in the first place to come in and hold second, should tell even someone like yourself who was the scared on going in.

[AllAroundGaMeR123]

The way i see it , it is who ever is making the most money !!!!

[MicroSony]

Fanboy are afraid of not having a great lineup of games (PS3 or 360)
Fanboy are afraid of the advantage of the other system (PS3 or 360)
Fanboy are afraid of the disadvantage of there system (PS3 or 360)
Fanboy are afraid for there system to end up last (PS3 or 360)

[NMC2007]

Yes!! They are both sh1tting their pants. *rollseyes*
-_-

[NikeDunker]

If an Xbox 360 had happy time with the PS3 and made an "Xbox PS360" what would ALL the fanboys do with all the freetime..

[PoSTedUP]

good question...lol

[Why dis]

I'd say the leader of two generations now getting beat by a new comer is more fearful.

[Neo604]

2 price cut in 3 months.

[Ps_alm3k]

Why the heck are they making a heck-alot of games?
This is why sony is the best this gen.
They will continue to make games to their graves just for their fans.
I love sony........ ftw!!!!!

[JTX123]

why would they 'fear' each other they're both makin' a load of scratch, and we're gettin' the best generation of consoles ever (except the wii obviously)

[PoSTedUP]

because they are both powerful and can hurt each other at any giving time i guess..

[Why dis]

Moron

PS3 has had so many SKU swaps and price drops so early its un-head of. The leader of two generations coming out of a generation of 120-150 millions PS owners(or consoles sold) must have Sony staff staying up at night.

[eagle21]

Has Microsoft ever WON a generation? NO
Will they ever? NO

Has Microsoft ever sold 100 million or even 50 million, let alone 140+ million? Heck NO.

Does Microsoft have numerous game studios? Heck NO.

Microsoft should be scared of KING Sony to me. :)

[KingKionic]

i wouldnt say sonys a king. but you have to give it too ms with there sucesss with only 2 consoles they have made great leaps

[eagle21]

Will Microsoft ever sell 100 million? NO

Has Microsoft ever WON a generation? Hell NO.
Will they ever? Hell NO.

Will they ever be a true GLOBAL BRAND, moving 140+ million in one shot? Hell NO.

KING Sony is feared. BOW DOWN :)

[WIIIS1]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHH!!

Spoken like a true Sony piece of...

[AngryTypingGuy]

Sony will be settling for the bronze medal this generation, unless we're not counting Nintendo, then they'll take the silver. I really don't think that Sony will catch up to MS this gen.

[PoSTedUP]

they might not, but its better to take third place and race again then to take 'out of business place' like sega did XD.

[FF7numbaone]

Sony's gaming divison is bigger than nintendos and microsoft gaming division. Ps2,Ps3, psp makes them top dog. Anyways their afraid because they haven't had serious competition in years.

[Whiteford88]

Is there really any point to this? In my opinion, neither are scared of neither... It's a competition, to get their consoles right up in the high ranks... To be honest the only company that would be scared is Microsoft.. They are in a bad position at the moment... Because their starting to lose exclusives, and the Credit Crysis is hitting them really really hard and Sony has multiple product ranges.. Such as Televisions, I mean the best LCDs out there (Most of them) Are infact sonys, Radios, sound systems (First 7:2 sound system), Consoles, Movie industry, Mobile Phones, Laptops (I've never heard of a desktop, correct me if im wrong, sorry) and some little computer hardware that I infact like to buy because sony has always helped me, my Viao broke 2 months out of warrenty and they replaced it because they said it was their fault that the fan carked it. They are a strong company and there is no way microsoft has the skill to take them down.

Microsoft on the other hand is also strong because it does supply more than half the computer Operating systems out there.. Plus computer hardware, Consoles, Mice, software ect. So in my eyes, like i said Sony is stronger when it comes to Income from different platforms of products, but microsoft is dominating in the markets its in, to say the least the only thing its stuggling in now is Gaming Consoles (Don't deny it fanboys, microsoft and Sony are stuggling) so the company is going pretty good.

I do standby my, some may think, biased opinion, that I will not buy a microsoft without Extended 5 year warrenty, their stuff is known to break.. I think that Sonys fanbase is smaller but know what they need and know who provides a better service, but microsoft have alot larger fanbase and must keep up with all the demands........

Oh well, what would i know, im just a 14 year old.. right?

[Etseix]

i bought the ps3 while back with ps2 backward . yes. i NEVER care if it was 500 dlls in that time, if u like something BUY IT why the hell money is an excuse???

360+ hours in Warhawk right now... best re-playable game i have played
SONY FTW!

[ShabzS]

both companies complement each other very well ... as both are going in opposite direction ... ps is bringing in NEW hard triple A exclusives to the table ... while microsoft is pushing the limit with the downloadable content of awesome games ... and you need to have this competition only THEN will they try something different... how you say? how about microsofts achievements?... seeing that ps3 came out with trophies... wat did this do made the replay value of all games get higher... nintento came out with mii's and 360 came with avatars.... they need other companies to push them to do better...without microsoft's push for online gaming.. it would not be as important as it is now... and without ps, graphics wont be pushed to the limit as it is now... if there is anything u want as a gamer its 2 brilliant companies doing there absolute best to come out with new sh*t for gamers to enjoy... people losing out to this experience are the single system supporters while multi system owners really reap the benefits... anywho i'm going to buy me a ps if the price drop rumors turns to be true ... playing gears 2 side by side with mgs 4 ... ahh thats a dream come true

[Firstkn1ghT]

You can clearly see that Microsoft has been pushing Sony around this gen. The ps3 has had way more price cuts than the 360. Microsoft is pretty much pushing Sony to bankruptcy by making them lower the price of the ps3 earlier than then wanted. The 360 is a financial success while the ps3 is a financial mess.

[Morgue]

DUMB

[HDgamer]

Like I said in a previous post, this website loves to write anti-ps3 articles lol.

[threepy]

Neither. I doubt Microsoft 'fears' Sony,, they just see them as a very good competitor. Microsoft has more money obviously, but Sony are big enough so they can't just be squeezed out.
On the other hand Sony won't be scared of Microsoft. They've won for 2 generations now and know what they're doing, especially now they appear to have got over their arrogane a little.

[electricgta]

LOL TBH THEY ARE SCARED (ms) i can prove this because what happened to halo wars release date? oh thats right, they moved it to a day before kz2 release BECAUSE THEY WERE SCARED! lol point proven tbh

[KingKionic]

actually it was up to the developer to do that. and also halo sold a million copies . you have to say thats pretty good.

[PoSTedUP]

well it could have been MS idea, but that doesn't show they are scared, that was just a strategy they were experimenting with.

[DFresh]

Neither of them are afraid of each other.
Both are here on their own agendas to make money.
Microsoft doesn't care about Sony and Sony doesn't care about Microsoft.

[AngryTypingGuy]

I think they both see each other as threats for the market, which is why it's apparent that they both work very hard. Nintendo sees neither as a threat, since they go the kids route. Nintendo also doesn't appear to work as hard to offer their customers as much as the other two.

I think Sony and MS both fear one thing way more than each other...the poor economy.

[PoSTedUP]

yea u rite

[pshizle]

they are still in last place

[PoSTedUP]

they know that, they still need to bring us the good regardless of which place they are in.

they DO need to start to market though (which they said they would this year.