Comments on: Sony: The 1st Year Doesn’t Matter & GTA IV Won’t Win the War http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/06/22/sony-the-1st-year-doesnt-matter-gta-iv-wont-win-the-war/ PS3 News and Views Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:05:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Matt http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/06/22/sony-the-1st-year-doesnt-matter-gta-iv-wont-win-the-war/#comment-9544 Thu, 22 Jun 2006 21:14:42 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/06/22/sony-the-1st-year-doesnt-matter-gta-iv-wont-win-the-war/#comment-9544 Their is no doubt in my mind that 20-30 million PS2s were sold because of GTA last gen. I personally know 5 people who picked PS2 over Xbox because of it. GTA had so much buzz that old gamers wanted to give it a try. The 2 hottest game series (last gen) are now on 360. This definately helps MS out. These are the games that sell the second wave of systems. I personally think Sonys bigger problem is their price. I am almost expecting that the Core 360 will be removed and the Premium 360 will be cut by $100 ($299). MS will then release the 60-100 gig version and sell that at $399. I really think that MS wants to win and will sacrifice some profit now to reap them long term. I personally am put off by the price and will own the other 2 systems by the end of the year. $599 is a ton of money to play games (I really don't care that it plays Blu-Ray movies, I am buying a stand alone player) The early edge in the console war will be strongly based on price. 3rd party support will be less exclusive this gen and it should be. Hopefully more great games will come from MS, Sony, Nintendo to make owning all 3 systems worth it. Their is no doubt in my mind that 20-30 million PS2s were sold because of GTA last gen. I personally know 5 people who picked PS2 over Xbox because of it. GTA had so much buzz that old gamers wanted to give it a try.

The 2 hottest game series (last gen) are now on 360. This definately helps MS out. These are the games that sell the second wave of systems.

I personally think Sonys bigger problem is their price. I am almost expecting that the Core 360 will be removed and the Premium 360 will be cut by $100 ($299). MS will then release the 60-100 gig version and sell that at $399. I really think that MS wants to win and will sacrifice some profit now to reap them long term. I personally am put off by the price and will own the other 2 systems by the end of the year. $599 is a ton of money to play games (I really don’t care that it plays Blu-Ray movies, I am buying a stand alone player)

The early edge in the console war will be strongly based on price. 3rd party support will be less exclusive this gen and it should be. Hopefully more great games will come from MS, Sony, Nintendo to make owning all 3 systems worth it.

]]> by: Henning http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/06/22/sony-the-1st-year-doesnt-matter-gta-iv-wont-win-the-war/#comment-9517 Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:36:31 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/06/22/sony-the-1st-year-doesnt-matter-gta-iv-wont-win-the-war/#comment-9517 I've never played GTA and frankly given the content, it's not my style. So I don't care one way or another if GTA is on the PS3 or not. Even though the series is getting a bit long in the tooth, I still think Microsoft scored a coup by getting GTA4 onto the 360. I don't think it'll hurt the PS3, but it would have helped the PS3 for it to be exclusive. You know what I mean? On the other hand, this talk of new content is what interests me. I'm looking forward to games like Heavenly Sword, Assassin's Creed, and Motorstorm. I’ve never played GTA and frankly given the content, it’s not my style. So I don’t care one way or another if GTA is on the PS3 or not.

Even though the series is getting a bit long in the tooth, I still think Microsoft scored a coup by getting GTA4 onto the 360. I don’t think it’ll hurt the PS3, but it would have helped the PS3 for it to be exclusive. You know what I mean?

On the other hand, this talk of new content is what interests me. I’m looking forward to games like Heavenly Sword, Assassin’s Creed, and Motorstorm.

]]> by: Segitz http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/06/22/sony-the-1st-year-doesnt-matter-gta-iv-wont-win-the-war/#comment-9476 Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:01:12 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/06/22/sony-the-1st-year-doesnt-matter-gta-iv-wont-win-the-war/#comment-9476 Yeah, I think, there'll be a NEW franchise, which will kickstart the PS3 into sales heaven! I mean, it is the 4th 3D GTA (homeconsole)... It will be good, but the theme is starting to age! Either they pull off something ridiculesly good or they will have reached their sales summit with SA... Yeah, I think, there’ll be a NEW franchise, which will kickstart the PS3 into sales heaven!

I mean, it is the 4th 3D GTA (homeconsole)… It will be good, but the theme is starting to age! Either they pull off something ridiculesly good or they will have reached their sales summit with SA…

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