Why Sony is Taking the Lead in Software Quality and Quantity

It has been a long and winding road for Sony as the Playstation brand now surpasses its 15th birthday. For the most part, they have only seen ups during this time, with a slight downturn during the previous two years, which appears to be coming to end with the recent price cut, overabundance of unchallenged software titles, and greatly improved online experience. How did Sony turn it around? Obviously getting the price down is one of the key reasons, but another aspect I think that many will overlook (because the game industry is very short sighted) is Sony's preventative, future-proof methods software strategy. Sony has created an unbelievable network of interrelated and high quality first and second party developers that consistently produce exclusively for them. This is something that sets Sony apart from Microsoft and Nintendo, which in a software perspective are complete opposites in two very distinct ways. I believe this will help explain the holiday season's lack of exclusive titles for the PS3's competitors.

[zoks310]

Make great unmatched games and people will come in droves. Cant wait to see what they do with motion controller gaming, if they put half the effort into motion controller games that they put it U2, KZ2, and many more then the PS3 will be the place to go for motion gaming for hardcore gamers.

[Anon1974]

Certainly Sony has no shortage of quality when it comes to their exclusives, but even with the multiplats we've seen developers out there start to shape up. Instead of the quick and dirty PS3 ports to make a couple of quick bucks back in 2007, we've now seen reviewers weigh in in 2009 and through their review scores show us that the majority of multiplats score better on the PS3 as well.

There are still a few developers who churn out those "quick and dirty" ports that they obviously didn't spend any time on transitioning over to the PS3 properly, but with the PS3's library so choke full of quality titles, I feel those developers will quickly discover that PS3 owners simply have more choice now compared to 2007, and will find that these half assed porting attempts just won't be as profitable as they were in the past.

[saint_john_paul_ii]

the news was fake, the news came from a fake website.

EDIT: the source of the news wasnt in PSXextreme, but some website pretending to be R* newsfeed.

[-Alpha]

To catch up to 360's software quantity as A-AAA games are still more numerous on the 360 since it came out a year earlier and got a list of good AA games.

Sony has first party software quality nailed down though.

Good relationships + talented teams + Great franchises + Money= Quality.

It's amazing how important good relationships is and how Sony gives its team freedom of choice (according to a blog from Jaffe)

[Godmars290]

You say that and yet there hasn't been a highly recognized graphic quality title on the 360. Some titles have actually been downgraded since being announced like Alan Wake or not shown to full extent like most Halo titles.

Meanwhile Sony was questioned on Motorstorm and KZ2. Delivered on one.

MS has done well delivering an online player's network. Have had since Xbox1 to create it.

[Bigpappy]

Lackluster sales of exclusives show that they are not the selling point for the system. Games like COD2, Batman, Madden and AC2 sold on the system better that the exclusives. The price is the biggest aspect of the improved sales. It gets some of those who owned the PS2 to move back to the brand even if they already owned another console. What exclusives like KZ2 and UC2 do is take the sting out of the fact that the multi-plat's usually look better on 360. They can also thank M$ for shooting themselves in the foot with the "RROD" hardware failures that were so widely publicized early in the life of 360. Had 360 not have this defect so early, the Wii would not be leading in the US, Canada, and maybe the UK. As it is the Wii only has a few million ahead of 360 in N. America according to NPD.

[Rumor]

@this article

uncharted 2..... nuff said

[zeeshan]

With PS3 you are most likely guaranteed that you will get to play multiplatform and more important exclusive AAA titles in different genre. For instance,

Action/Adventure - UNCHARTED 1/2 and Metal Gear Solid,
Racing - GRAN TURISMO 5,
JRPG - FFXIII Vs (I doubt it'll be an exclusive though)
Platform - R&C series
FPS - Mag/KZ2/Resistence
Drama/Thriller - Heavy Rain and some unique titles like The Last Guardian

and the list keeps going on. We know and I guess Sony knows that games like Heavy Rain, The Last Guardian won't ever sell that well, yet they still keep pushing the envelop, they give us more variety. I remember that about a year ago, I thought that PS3 is also turning into an FPS fest console (Resistence, Resistence 2, Killzone, MAG) but when they announced more titles, it became obvious how wrong I was and also how right I was when I bought a PS3 knowing that I will get quality, quantity with variety out of gaming.

[-Alpha]

Graphics quality title?

There was nothing mentioned about graphics. That's a component in a game, but we are talking about overall, in which case sine its conception, the 360 has more overall A-AAA titles.

The 360 this year was wasted, which allowed Sony to catch up with their first party titles.

Sony is on a roll now as most of their studios can consistently release games to keep the PS3 active. And then of course there are the multiplats.

@Jack

Maybe, but I was talking about quantity, not the quality of rated titles.

[-Alpha]

We are not talking about the whole 360 library, we are talking about the quality A-AAA games, so I agree with you that quality> quantity but it is irrelevant in this case.

The title says that Sony took the lead, which is inaccurate. That's all I'm saying-- when you consider the whole lifespan of both consoles, the 360 has been around longer and has more highly rated games overall.

You keep telling me how great Sony's games are but your assuming I disagree with you. I'm telling you that statistically there are still more games on the 360 that fair between A-AAA.

Look, I'll even source this for you:

http://www.metacritic.com/g...
http://www.metacritic.com/g...

301 360 titles compared to 206 PS3 titles that fair 75% and over.

I can pull out gamerankings too, however its clear that there when it comes to quantity the 360 is still leading.

There is nothing more qualitative than UC2, though I do consider Halo 3 a qualitative package considering what comes with the game.

@darthv72

Yeah, I was listening to a podcast with David Jaffe and he was talking about how Sony would give your studio money and you literally had the free will to create whatever the hell you wanted and Sony would support you.

It's funny how stuff like this actually has worth in the business.

I think that's why we've seen more risks with Sony than with MS-- Sony simply feeds money to their studios and they have the freedom and care-free choices of doing something without having to worry about financial problems. That's why games like Heavy Rain and LittleBigPlanet exist.

[darthv72]

I can remember when it was nintendo pulling all the strings. Any company that signed a licensing agreement were locked out of making any game for a competing system. The agreements werent about certain games being made for the competition but about any game. period.

I also remember when nintendo got sued by all the different developers to change their agreements. This started the early days of multiplatform games back on the nes/genesis.

The difference between the monopolistic ways of nintendo then and sony now is sony actually treats their exclusive devs with respect. I do find it funny how they have become more like what EA used to be. EA would buy up any and all devs they felt was worth something based on their content. Orion, Bullfrog just to name a couple of good independent devs who got swallowed up by EA.

Sony does things a little different. As an independent dev, if you show interest in making for the ps3, they show interest in you. They wont just buy you outright...not yet any way. I like how sony treat their 1st and 2nd party teams, some of the close 3rd ones too (insomniac). In return for $$ invested in game development they get first dibs on any new projects. That seems pretty standard now.

MS doesnt seem to want the burden of managing teams like that which could explain their stance on buying content instead of teams to make content. MS to me seems like a strict micromanage type of boss where as sony is more laid back. If you produce results, you get more out of it for yourself. MS...if you produce results, they take credit for it and demand more. At least..when they had teams under their wings.

Nintendo...they just say: screw it...we have our fan favorites and people will always buy those. Let the other devs figure it out for themselves.

[sikbeta]

"Lackluster sales of exclusives show that they are not the selling point for the system. Games like COD2, Batman, Madden and AC2 sold on the system better that the exclusives"

So what?

The games are good cuz sell like crazy, so wii-fit and wii sport are THE BEST GAMES EVER MADE

If it not sell a sh*tload of copies in 1 day is not an +AAA game
/s

QUALITY > everything

"What exclusives like KZ2 and UC2 do is take the sting out of the fact that the multi-plat's usually look better on 360"

NO! Exclusives SHOW how Graphically Amazing a game can be if Devs put some effort and Deal with the Architecture instead of make a [email protected] port

[-Alpha]

I'm arguing that the PS3 still has less quality titles than the 360 which is undeniable. I think it's fairly obvious Sony-owned software trumps Microsoft-owned software in terms of quality and quantity.

Anyways, I see your point-- I misinterpreted to mean "PS3" has the lead. Sorry about that.

[Christopher]

Sony is proving themselves, but this means absolutely nothing if they don't shove what they've down the throats of the the public through marketing. XBox 360 has the lead in software sales because they deliver fun products and market it well enough.

So, who's really winning out when people don't care about how much effort you put into making a quality game or how many quality games you put out? Sony is spending more money and getting less from it.

Trust me, I love Sony and my PS3, but no matter how much we sit here and tout what Sony does, in the end it doesn't matter to the overall public.

[Saaking]

It is a fact that if you don't own a PS3 you WILL miss out on some of the most innovative, generation defining games such as LBP, UC2, MGS4, KZ2 etc. If you don't own a 360 you don't really miss anything big, other than more Halo and that's it. The 360's highest rated game is at 94 I believe, while the PS3 has like 3 exclusives that are rated higher. Not to mention the huge lineup of TRUE exclusives next year. PS3 is full of win and like the PS2 before it it's THE console for gamers.

And PS3 games sell fine in the US. Don't forget the ONE YEAR HEADSTART and the fact that the 360 OUTNUMBERS the PS3 2:1. The 360 will obviously sell at least twice as many games as the PS3 wouldn't it? It's expected.

For example: MW2 in NA(VGchartz numbers):
PS3: 2.71 million
360: 5.32

That IS pretty much a 2:1 ratio isn't it? So it's expected since the 360 leads in NA by 2:1. Get it?

[Godmars290]

Does it make any difference to you that in your metacritic argument that thee are few if any 360 exclusive titles? Can you even name 10 popular titles that are 360 exclusive?

MS on its own, by the way the company does things, has not delivered quality. No matter how many times you wave the "games sell better on 360" it wont change the fact that most of those games aren't MS games.

[Microsoft Xbox 360]

You are counting the year of games the 360 came out when the PS3 didn't even have much games yet. Of course there were a handful of A-AAA games on the 360 back then, videogame standards were low back then.

[-Alpha]

I know that there a few that are on PC, but it makes little difference considering the fact that there is a +100 difference.

When I was arguing with Jack I misinterpreted the title and assumed it meant PS3, overall, was taking the lead in software quality and quantity. Jack was arguing about exclusives. I wasn't.

"MS on its own, by the way the company does things, has not delivered quality. No matter how many times you wave the "games sell better on 360" it wont change the fact that most of those games aren't MS games."

Well "Sony" hasn't delivered quality then either, their studios have. Sony simply injects them with money and its the studios that actually deliver the quality. And I wasn't saying anything on games selling better on 360, so I see no reason why you would bring that irrelevant statement up.

@Microsoft

That's a poor excuse-- standards don't change, but as time goes on the bar is set higher. That's not unexpected, nor does it change the fact that games still redeem quality. If anything, graphics get outdated, but nothing to the point where a game loses quality due to it being unplayable. Now, of course games are always outdone but how does that help your argument? Because now, if your going to penalize games for being old, then you also have to penalize the PS3 games that are also as old, meaning we still end up with the same difference.

[DMason]

While I do agree that Sony's quality is second to none, I believe their software sales are not as good as they should be. With the amount of quality exclusives recently (and the lack thereof on the 360) I'm surprised they dont have a higher attach rate.

[Christopher]

Contrary to blind eyes, there are a lot of games that have sold at least 1 million more on the 360. It is very uncommon that a game on the 360 doesn't sell at least 25% more than on the PS3.

GTA4 - 1.4 million more
MW2 - 3.8 million more
MW - 3 million more
CoDWaW - 2.25 million more
Assassin's Creed - 1.1 million more
GH3 - 2.4 million more

As far as exclusives, while Sony does have some strong numbers, they normally come over a very long period of time and still don't match up to the 360's

MGS4 - 4.5m ........ Halo 3 - 10.6m
RFoM - 3.6m ........ GoW - 6.0m
MoSt - 3.5m ........ GoW2 - 5.4m
GT5P - 3.4m ........ ODST - 4.1m
LBP -- 2.9m ........ Forza 2 - 4.1m

I'm not saying that 360 games are better, but what I am saying is that sales have shown that people are less inclined to look for quality games that Sony is putting out and more into the very well marketed games that Microsoft is putting out. This goes for third-party titles as well.

Nor am I saying that one should not support Sony. All I am saying is that this tactic has so far proven to be a poor business decision considering their considerable losses in comparison to Microsoft.

[Sevir04]

They dont need to reach out the 3rd parties to help diversify their platform. ^^

[Godmars290]

Most 3rd party devs are working on clones of MW2, which is itself a poor example software quality.

Good marketing yes. Software quality no.

[NYC_Gamer]

Sony has great first&second party support..

[Godmars290]

And that's why MS tries to buy/steal anything and everything that was on the PS2.

[rawd]

knock knock, who's there.. PS3 overtakes 360 in Europe
OHHHHHH

[table]

Microsoft needs to start making some games, it's more advantageous to the gamers that way. It makes more sense to game with sony/nintendo when they are the ones supporting the gamer. The 360 does have quality titles, but microsoft throw money around for exclusivity as opposed to actually making a game. Not what I like to see.

[Godmars290]

The PS1, the differences between FFVII and FFVIII says as much. Putting a DVD drive in the PS2 or the BR in the PS3 and saying, "Hey, lets do more than just play games!"

That's something that Nintendo hardly ever did since the NES. MS has yet to learn the lesson as they concentrate on getting something out. Fixing it later if need be, which it usually has to be.

[ColossiSlayer]

the value of quality 1st & 2nd party studious. Look at:
Naughty Dog
Guerilla Games
Media Molecule
Insomniac
Incognito
Polyphony Digital
Team Ico
Zipper Interactive
Quantic Dream
Sony Santa Monica
S.O.E
Every one of those studios have shown to be great devs churning out some great PS3 exclusives from Warhawk(2007) to Uncharted 2(2009) and beyond like Heavy Rain, GOW3 & DC Universe. Sony really has no comparison in terms of the level of variety & quality of its Exclusive titles. There are a couple bad seeds (Lair & Haze), but overall PS3 has the best and most varied exclusive lineup. From Buzz Quiz World to MAG there is something for everyone. I hope Sony continues this trend and bring more quality studios into the fold to share knowledge and code ala Naughty Dog, Insomniac & GG.
Hell with 2010. I wanna see what 2011 Exclusive line is gonna look like.
Play B3yond my friends...

[DTClown]

Sorry to burst your "jump on the bandwagon" bubble. While LAIR wasn't a AAA title, I would still consider it a solid A title.

[Oner]

@ ColossiSlayer ~ That is without a doubt a perfectly clear cut example of a truthful, factually correct, proper, informational comment. I agree 100%, even about Lair & Haze ~ although they did bring something to the table (or at least tried to push the envelope) in their own respects.

[PS360PCROCKS]

I thought Lair was terrible

[Figboy]

it was 3rd party, from Ubisoft and Free Radical.

Sony had nothing to do with the development of Haze.

Lair wasn't a bad game either, it just suffered from a lack of refined controls. by the time i beat the game, however, i was a Dragon flying master.

in truth, outside of Lair, and maybe Genji (which only suffered from a poorly implemented camera, because the actual game play was fun), most of the real 1st and 2nd party PS3 titles have been quality.

Resistance 1 and 2
Gran Turismo 5: Prologue
Warhawk
Folklore
Heavenly Sword
Uncharted 1 and 2
Killzone 2
inFAMOUS
SOCOM: Confrontation
Little Big Planet
MLB The Show
Ratchet and Clank Future: ToD
Ratchet and Clank Future: ACIT
Demon's Souls

etc. those games are genuinely good, a lot of them the best in their respective genres.

people seem to dismiss the fact that games like GoW3, The Last Guardian, and the ones i listed above are produced by some of the best developers in the industry. these are small, startup companies still green behind the gills. these are some the most respected developers in the industry. they are known for making quality games.

Insomniac, Naughty Dog, Sony Santa Monica, those are the big dogs.

it'd be like trying to pretend that Bioware, Bungie, and Valve don't deliver a quality gaming experience with each game.

the PS3's software has been downplayed since Day 1, despite coming from such reputed developers. it's BS, truth told.

Sony has roughly 20 first and second party studios making games for the PS3. each of those studios seasoned and experienced from having brought us some of the best games of the past 15 years. with the PS3, they finally have a large enough canvas to craft the games they dream of in their heads (ie, see how far Naughty Dog has come from Crash Bandicoot, to Jak and Daxter, and now Uncharted, or Santa Monica Studios from Twisted Metal, to War of the Monsters, to God of War 1 and 2, and now 3).

Sony realized last generation the importance of having a strong 1st and 2nd party lineup. Nintendo taught them that. they spent last generation building up their stable of 1st and 2nd party developers so that they don't have to rely on 3rd party devs so much, like they did with the PS1 generation (companies like Konami, Capcom, and Square-Enix, back then, Squaresoft, carried the Playstation 1 and helped make it a success). they saw that Nintendo succeed with strong, iconic 1st party IPs like Mario, Zelda, and Metroid, and Sony then set out with the PS2 to craft similar iconic characters.

from that we got Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, Sly Cooper, Buzz, Kratos, Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, SOCOM, Gran Turismo, etc.

each tailored to a specific type of gamer, and each with their own fanbases, often separate from one another, but no less loyal to the franchises they support.

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

SONY = Quality and Quantity

Micro$oft = Nothing and Nothing

;-D

[chidori666]

nice one ken+ bubbles

[Godmars290]

No, MS = Quantity and expediency. If quality has to be sacrificed to get product out the door before the competition, then so be it.

[Mr Bot]

u do know that the admins of this site are the ones who is taking your and others bubbles and not the bots right?

[Mo0eY]

@Mr. Bot

CONSPIRACIES! Honestly though, I use to be sitting pretty at 9 bubbles. The bots were tired of getting owned so much that they started creating multiple accounts and started going after the big Sony supporters (Saaking, me, Ken, etc.)

It doesn't change the fact that bots still suck M$'s chubby chode. :)

[Anorexorcist]

They do have something: A bottomless check book.

[Gen0ne]

Because Nintendo stopped doing it. Someone had to start taking this sh!t seriously again. Good on Sony.

[ForROME]

Couldnt have said it better, man has nintendo fallen from the champ it once was.

SONY taught the industry how to re shape for the future, with media

PS CD
PS2 DVD
PS3 Blu RAY

Blu Ray may be the last phy format and will be around for a long time.

However Xbox shaped the industry by showing the online world of consoles and has done very well

Like SONY taking a lot of nin software sales, MS took a lot of SONYs, it seems each company needs a lesson from time to time to remind them they arent as big as they think, I have a feeling PS4 is going to put the lesson to Xbox.

SONY learned, Marketing, Price, and Online world and returned to the roots of PS1 and I think they got it back now.

[Gen0ne]

Gears brought me into the online world. Credit where credit is due, MS definitely got that right.

[Godmars290]

MS "says" they've shaped the industry, have put attention on XBL and online gaming, but they hardy have anything to show for it. no matter how much they say they've taken the PS2's position, they just don't have the numbers. Got outpaced by the Wii and are losing ground to the PS3 after having over a year lead.

[mrv321]

'However Xbox shaped the industry by showing the online world of consoles and has done very well '

By what... having achievements? Which is simply cross game accomplishments found long before XBL
Or is it the frankly horrible community?

XBL hasn't reimagined online BUT I will say it's put all these ideas found in other places and combined them into a good service worth the £30 I don't know, I am on PSN mostly so NO for me but for other people it's a definitive yes. The PC community changed online more than anything it's a shame that it doesn't get the respect it clearly deserves.

All said EVERYONE still needs to learn stuff regarding online.

Microsoft needs to add dedicated servers
Sony needs it to be more built in
Nintendo has to ditch the friend codes
PC needs a single system like Steam.... instead of all this windows live etc.

And to think with onLIVE no matter what a company does onlive will probably be two steps ahead.

[keysy420]

i always knew that sony had like 20 studios and that 360 cant compete with that. with 30 million sold it doesnt make a difference anymore and now that blu-ray is catching on, its crazy. it will be really crazy when they get 120 frames per second out of the machine like they said it would do.

[A LIVING LEGEND]

*Grabs controller and plays*
Damn you Demon's Souls....hehehe =)

[Agheil]

^^^^ is this a serious question come on its sony

[PS360PCROCKS]

I always wanted a PS3 but I waited for a price drop, I went and bought one the day it happened. I wanted it for GOWIII

[JonnyBigBoss]

I'm having to choose out of about a dozen hot titles in the first 3 months of 2010 alone.

[doG_beLIEfs]

Makes many excellent points and has facts to back them up. I remember reading an interview with a Sony executive during the PS2's heyday and he said that they were going to concentrate more on 1st and 2nd party studios because 3rd party with rising development costs will have a hard time staying on 1 system and be able to make a profit. So Sony started buying up any studio that they thought had the talent that they were looking for.

And now all of this effort is starting to pay off. Some of and IMO most of the best developers are owned or supported by Sony. No matter what MS does they cannot buy off these studios to make games for them and IMO that is a HUGE disadvantage that will only get bigger as time roles on and a new generation comes.

Sony as with most Japanese companies think years into the future when making decisions while most American companies only look ahead 1 quarter at a time or at most a year or 2.

MS buys "temporary" exclusive status which in the long run is meaningless while Sony buys up studios that will make games only for them. Which is the better long term solution?

My money is on Sony. Almost half of Sony's 1st or 2nd party studios have not released a game for the PS3, some of them have not even officially announced a game yet. 2010 will see the unveiling of many of these games that these studios have been working on for years in secrecy while MS will still have to rely on paying for "temporary" exclusives.

Again ladies and gentlemen...the tortoise and the hare, if memory serves the tortoise wins right?

[rezenu]

Sony's first party games are the best, hands down. The quality they put into games is astounding.

[cyclindk]

It's teh cells dat does it, teh CELLLLLLLLLSSSSZZZZ!!!

Really it's just Sony pushing its "A" team development studios to put out products with higher production values than the competitors even at cost of a smaller bottom line.

Imagine if Micro pressured their devs to implement the same quality, as I think we'll all see in Alan Wake and Splinter cell, into the rest of their games..

-

Side note, does anyone else want to see a futuristic Assassin's Creed with enormous sky scrapers, flying cars, indoor as well as outdoor traversal, body replaced with synthetic components ala Ghost in the Shell to allow for more intense acrobatics and climbing as well as hijack feature, i.e. no horses, but you can snatch badass flying vehicles to get around? I do...

[Vincent VII]

SONY

[massapeal]

games Quality will get better down the line on both 360 and the ps3 it take time and money pulse new engines are come out for the 360/ps3 it tale time.... and i give the 360 2-3 years life for the next xbox will come out...

[mrv321]

You want to see the difference between Sony and other game publishers get out your game collection on the bottom right you'll see this gold/yellow kite with Sony on it. Find all the games with this on and put them into a pile... now put all the games without it into another pile. And tell me which pile lacks the most polish.

I sorted out my games and FOUND ALL 100% of Sony games I own are BRILLIANT from my first(Resistance and Motorstorm) to my newest (Uncharted 2) and everything inbetween. Many are deserve as you can get with fewer sequels than I expected... and the majority of those sequels are from this generation new IP's such as Uncharted, Resistance, Motorstorm.

[ps360owner09]

The reason I believe that is because their studios are able to put out multiple quality titles in any genre fps, action adventure, platformer, rpg, racing, sports etc. The only thing that concerns me is ps3 owners are not doing their part to support the exclusive titles published by sony. If you look at the best selling ps3 game it doesn't come from sony it's gta 4, if you look at the best selling fps its not killzone 2 or resistance it's modern warfare 2 I want to know why most people with a ps3 seem to be content buying multiplatform titles before they buy the exclusive titles that usually have higher reviews in the same genre? I know a lot of people on this site don't like talking about sales but it is important because it determines how fast a sequel is created or if a sequel is ever created. Say what you want about nintendo and microsoft but at least they make sure that their first party titles are the top sellers in their respective genres.

[RedDragan]

But Sony are not doing enough to tell the PS3 owners these games exist.

Most console owners of PS3 are mature, and do not scour the net like we do. It means the only games they get exposure to are the multiplats which are heavily marketted on TV.

If Sony advertised their games like 360, then they would sell much better.

[ps360owner09]

Since they released the slim they have did an excellent job of advertising in my opinion. I can remember seeing plenty of commercials for uncharted 2 and even a few for ratchet and clank. I've seen more sony commercials than microsoft commercials recently. Hopefully this will influence people to go out and look at sonys first party titles more in the future since they really do have some solid titles under their belt. And I wouldn't say mature ps3 owners don't scour the net I know plenty of 28-35 year olds who buy hardcore titles. I think it may be that sony has more casual fans than microsoft does when it comes to owners of the system. The people that I know who own both ps3 and a wii seem to only buy casual titles while the people I know who own both a ps3 and a 360 seem to buy hardcore titles.

[djtek184]

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[Sackdude]

That was funny :)))

[Shaka2K6]

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[we won]

I don't think they're taking the lead, Sony was lucky there was a down period for MSFT.

[OmarJA-N4G]

LOL!

[Britney Spears]

then explain 2008 with ps3 winning again. 360 has pc ports and only shooters.

[MaximusPrime]

you really honestly believe that Sony is lucky?

lol

Sony has been in a console gaming business for a long time. longer than Microsoft. Sony knows what they are doing.

[Mo0eY]

Sony is the old Nintendo. Nintendo is the old Sega. Microsoft? The Ngage.

[supremacy]

in my opinion, the only reason why these exclusives don't sell as much as third party games is usually because they are multiplatform.

and like gears selling well so does gt5 demo and mgs4, but it actually comes down to 2 things which ms is real good at by the way. 1 hype and 2 heavy marketing. look at mw2 for example.

give that same treatment to a game like killzone 2 which necessarily didn't get that or uncharted 2? and you will see the difference.

also sony's exclusives are often plague with fanboys and clones. infamous, god of war, motorstorm vs pure, gt vs forza?

and the list just goes on, and the sad part is that these 3rd party companies wait for Sony to say okay this game comes out on this time frame and boom you got not only hiphopgamer spitting flames but also legit media outlets as well.

and one thing most people overlook all the time is that Sony's base is split in 3 platforms. psp ps2 and ps3. so again there really isn't a main solo focus at this point in time. once the ps2 goes away you'll see ps3 sales and its software go up.

although sony's got a large plenty studios, i feel like they might need atleast one more studio. maybe take 2rockstar? lol or sammysega would just do it for me.

imagine gta and getaway under the same roof exclusively? what?

[massapeal]

Quality wright so what about RE5 that Quality Mass Effect1-2 that Quality or how about GTA4 THAT Quality or MW2 that Quality and those are on both 360/ps3 except Mass Effect1-2 but it just take time to make Quality games on both systems......

[maniacf40]

there's nothing there that comes close.

[jack_burt0n]

not only have they got the best hardware they took over from nintendo on the first party stakes all they need is a AAA rpg imo