Put in it's simplest form it's the one year head start MS had. Now I'm sure this has been discussed before but I still constantly see comments geared to put down the PS3 based on sales alone so I thought I'd reiterate.
The months following the launch of the Xbox 360 MS began digging in with shady marketing (see http://n4g.com/news/31285/m... ) However for all their arrogance and childish posturing there's one simple fact that they seem to want to ignore:
Take away ANY one of the Xbox's years of sales and the PS3 would be well ahead.
To be honest it should be the way that sales are compared, it's incredibly unfair to judge them side by side as most of the media seem to do.
Lately the Xbox has seen a great increase in sales but let's face it there's two massive and probably short term sales spikes at play here... Slim re-design and another Halo game.
Come November there is an incredible amount of pressure on Kinect to sell consoles. Should it fail then the PS3 is CERTAIN to take the sales crown well before the launch of next gen devices. The review embargo on Kinect is a massive sign that this will be the case and with a laundry list of upcoming triple A exclusive titles on the PS3, I'm hoping we can finally put the misunderstanding of PS3 sales figures behind us all.
Play games NOT marketing/sales.
WTMG's Kyle Nicol: "Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is one of the best games I’ve played in the past few years. A game that calls back to the glory days of Xbox 360 gaming, being nothing more than just an absolute blast to play. Even if it is a little light on content, its core gameplay loop was addicting enough to keep me busy for many hours, never making me ever hope to reach its very end. This is straight-up a must-play and an easy Game of the Year contender. Praise the Omnissiah!"
WTMG's Oliver Shellding: "The presentation, the pixel art, the purposely sparse soundtrack and the compelling tale makes this a game that’s a step above the pulp nature of Bahnsen Knights, but certainly not the caliber of any Phoenix Wright adjacent games. You will be able to enjoy No Case Should Remain Unsolved and move on in a satisfied state of mind. You will not turn this into your new weekend obsession. But, like returning to The Devil in the White City, sometimes you’ll come back to see this tale through once more. After all, the details keep you locked in, and, at the end of the day, it’s always nice to see justice being served."
WTMG's Leo Faria: "Sadly, F-Zero: GP Legend did not become the commercial hit Nintendo was expecting, at least in the West. The game came and went, just like its anime counterpart. It was the last hoorah for the franchise in the States, if you don’t count F-Zero 99, that is. It wasn’t a bad game per se, but it felt like a setback after the excellent Maximum Velocity or F-Zero GX. As a result, it probably did not sell that well, Nintendo saw it as a sign that Westerners weren’t into F-Zero, and we’ve been living in this hellish drought of antigrav races featuring bird-named racers ever since. Twenty years later, it clearly doesn’t hold up very well, with a lot of people barely remembering its existence, unlike F-Zero GX."
everyone thinks that the xbox is much better than the ps3, and the ps3 has advantages - but everyone forgets that a console sells best on launch, and a whole year ahead is kind of a suckish way to compare things - it's simply too unfair! Forget a year - I'll bet the PS3 could overtake the xbox easily if the handicap was gone, and catch up in less than six months!!!
Dude... really?
Are you for real?
You preach "Play games NOT marketing/sales", but then speculate about how
"PS3 is CERTAIN to take the sales crown well before the launch of next gen devices"
Are you crying about how it's not fair that ps3 sales are compared to 360 sales?
Is it deleterious to your ego?
Can't sleep at night?
is it.. not fair?
Jesus dude..
wtf is wrong with you?
Nintendo and the Wii didn't seem to care much about the 1 year head start. They managed to surpass the 360 in overall sales.
Why is the 1 year MS head start affecting Sony but not Nintendo? I will tell you. Because consumers purchase what they feel is best worth their money. Consumers don't usually buy what they don't want. The 1 year 360 head start should not be looked at as a negative on MS, but as a negative on Sony for waiting so long to launch their system. If you start the race late, then expect to be in last. Nintendo didn't have an issue with MS's 1 year head start and they outsold MS and Sony almost combined.
All the Sony supporters will try and say anything to justify why the PS3 is in 3rd place. But what it all comes down to is simply there is not enough demand for the PS3 as there is the Nintendo Wii or 360. People vote with their wallets what they feel best suits their wants and needs.
Sony is in 3rd place like it or not. Next time Sony....release your console the same time as your competitors do. If you want to start the race in last, then expect to finish in last.
You're basically at the level of 'delusional' if you think you're allowed to discount 1 extra year of 360 sales. Who's to say if 360 started the same year as Wii/PS3 if it still kept a killer app like Gears of War?
Not to mention the 360 had one year with no competition.
But I'll let the fanboys think what they want.