360: the new RPG console. - Page 2

May 7, 2008, 11:29 PM

I don't want to see the PS3 do poorly (after all, I own one), but I do gain a certain amount of satisfaction from watching it sit around in last place in terms of unit sales.

All I heard prior to its release was how superior it was to the competition in almost every way--how amaaaaazing it was. I read pompous quotes from Sony representatives who basically said their success in the next generation of consoles would be unmatched. So I sorta enjoy watching the Wii and Xbox 360 lead the way for the time being.

It's the same sort of satisfaction I get when I watch the New York Yankees lose baseball games.

But yeah...great RPGs for the Xbox 360.

May 7, 2008, 11:33 PM

Of course. I don't want my investment in a PS3 to be a waste of money, either, and so far, it's turned out not to be. The only real problems are how expensive individual games (for both PS3 and X360) are, and the games drought at the moment.

May 7, 2008, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Colonel Volgin

Also, I think blind Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft fantards are all the same flavour, just with different brands.

Well of course, they're all tards. The one glaring difference is that the Nintenfags and Xbox fanboys have more things to back up their fandom.

Now as for that Blue Ray thing you mentioned before, I agree. The PS3 is likely to become a popular choice for a Blue Ray player, much like the PS2 was for DVDs. However, it might take a while to get rolling because there's still alot of people out there who simply won't benefit from high-def (i.e. they can't afford a $2000 TV and $30-$40 Blue Ray DVDs) or just don't care.

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Originally Posted by Mister Poop

All I heard prior to its release was how superior it was to the competition in almost every way--how amaaaaazing it was. I read pompous quotes from Sony representatives who basically said their success in the next generation of consoles would be unmatched.

The tech is definitely superior, but they haven't marketed it very well. They kept bullshitting consumers by saying the motion sensor idea was original, that they couldn't put in Dual Shock without screwing with the motion sensor, they discontinued the 60 gig, 80 gig is temporarily discontinued, and even on the 60 gig there were compatibility issues. Honestly...if Sony wasn't treating their buyers like dirt and had different people running things, they'd probably be in lead.

May 7, 2008, 11:58 PM

Really, I don't think their customer service appears to be so much of an issue. It's that they've taken a risky strategy, made an initially very expensive product, and that the PS3 is still behind in terms of good games. So far, very few good exclusives have been released for the PS3, and games are still so expensive that you'd be wise to pick out only the distinguished cream of the crop, and not certain less known, unproven newcomers.
That'll change, but it makes me hungry for more.

Backloggery · May 8, 2008, 3:19 AM

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Originally Posted by ARC-77

That's riiiight, the 360. Now if you guys wanna see a nifty chart comparing sales of all three current-gen consoles, go here. Not surprisingly, the Wii is in the lead, with the PS3 at last place. Well, I'm done with this post now. I hope this has educated you all of the current standings of the RPG genre, console sales and shot down any resident Sony fanboys.

tl;dr version: 360 has better RPG's currently, PS3 has trouble keeping exclusives, PS3 is last place in console sales, sucks to be a Sony fanboy.

While most of what you've aid is true to an extent it's sorta unfair to put down the PS3s sales next to a console that was both out for a larger amount of time and without serious competition. On the site you've linked to go to Chartz then Hardware from Launch and you'll see the below.

This shows that while the Wii has outsold the 360 on a ratio of just over 2:1 or so the PS3 and 360 are pretty much neck and neck and is now pulling ahead of it, that's of course the data of how much they sold in their lifetimes which is why the 360s is longer.

The PS3 has been outselling the 360 on a regular basis all year if you wish to look at the below link.

http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons...9446&end=39572

Of course at this rate the PS3 will outnumber the 360 in 3 years or some shit but the PS3 has doing better than the 360 and that's without as many (if any) big exclusives as the 360 has given us. There's no way of telling how it'll go but Sony aren't out of it yet especially since they are doing better in Japan and possibly Europe now and they have their true killer titles to come out.

But it still stands atm that the 360 is the best console to get when looking at the current game collection that they have.

May 8, 2008, 3:30 AM

Jesus, lookit the little Wii go xD

So the PS3 and 360 are pretty much neck and neck now? Well I'll be damned. It probably has something to do with Ken Kutaragi stepping down as CEO.

Ya know, I wonder just how much of the PS3's sales (or lack thereof) have been affected solely by the slowdown in America's economy, and how it would have done if conditions were better. Probably better, I'd imagine...although the horrible launch still would have soured things for alot of people.

May 8, 2008, 5:11 AM

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Originally Posted by ARC-77

Also, I'm not an Xbox fanboy either. I never even owned the original Xbox, and I don't have a 360. I just hate Sony fanboys and take much joy in seeing the 360 and Wii kick the shit out of it.

Yarly! Sony bragged about the PS3, how next-gen it was and the Blu-Ray and shit, and the Wii is beating them in sales. Hmm, does this remind anyone of Apollo Creed? Anyone?...>_>...Well, I believe in the next year or two the PS3 might surpass XBox sales...maybe even Wii sales

May 8, 2008, 8:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Gaix

Yarly! Sony bragged about the PS3, how next-gen it was and the Blu-Ray and shit, and the Wii is beating them in sales. Hmm, does this remind anyone of Apollo Creed? Anyone?...>_>...Well, I believe in the next year or two the PS3 might surpass XBox sales...maybe even Wii sales

Exactly. That's why it's so satisfying to see them failing. They were so confident they were the greatest thing ever and failed to take into account that ZOMG gamers are sometimes poor and don't want to spend $600 on a console and $60 on crappy launch titles. Eventually I'm sure they'll break even with the others...but it'll take some doing. I would guess the biggest challenge they'd have is finding a reasonable price to sell it at that people are willing to pay, since they still need profit and so do game makers. But they'd better fix that compatibility issue too, thats bound to affect sales.

May 8, 2008, 9:03 PM

From my experience, they've done many updates to the PS3, and the emulation issue has largely disappeared, but not completely.

I bought my PS3 last August. Thought £425 was slightly expensive, but it was a deal well done. I might have saved £125 if I'd bought one later, but some sucker's gotta pay the higher price. If everyone just "waited", the PS3 would be dead by now.
You can now get a 40 GB version for £300. Can't say fairer than that for a next gen games console, multimedia hub, and Blu-Ray player in one. The price'll probably go down even more by autumn, though.