"Rob Browning" <pluvius3@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 21 Mar 2007 10:58:04 -0700, "AirRaid" <AirRaid1500@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>if Final Fantasy XIII goes multi-platform that's probably the final
>>nail in PS3's coffin.
>
> If it does (very doubtful), then it will come out on the 360 at least
> a year later. That won't have nearly the effect on the PS3 that you
> think that it will, especially since the Japanese would only think of
> getting a 360 if FF13 were truly exclusive for it.
>
>>even if Metal Gear Solid 4 and Tekken stay PS3-exclusive (i think they
>>will) those two games aren't enough to hold PS3 afloat.
>
> I assume you missed fan reaction to LittleBigPlanet? Never mind that
> you're forgetting well-established first-party franchises like Gran
> Turismo, Jak and Daxter, and God of War. Sony is much better on the
> first-party front than MS is; people just don't realize it because
> Sony doesn't strongly advertise the relationship for most of its
> franchises, while MS hypes up the only big first-party console series
> it has to the moon.
>
>>PS3 has lost, among others, the following exclusives
>>
>>Resident Evil 5
>>Grand Theft Auto IV
>
> These were never going to be exclusive. I don't know where you got
> the idea that they were, unless you believe everything you read on
> gaming blogs.
>
> BTW, the rumors for RE5 were that it was going to be exclusive for the
> 360, not for the PS3.
>
>>Virtua Fighter 5
>
> Not only is this not a very big franchise, but the PS3 does get it
> exclusively for about six months, which is as expected since Virtua
> Fighter was definitely not going to be exclusive to the PS3 for a
> great deal of time.
>
>>Devil May Cry 4
>
> This is a blow mainly because the two versions are coming out
> simultaneously, but I'm not sure that most DMC fans will migrate to
> the 360 simply because it happens to be coming out on that console as
> well, especially since it will be a long time before it's released. It
> really depends on whether or not the 360 will have more exclusive
> games that would appeal to a DMC fan than the PS3 will. The 360 has a
> much better lineup than it did a year ago, but the PS3 will also have
> a much better lineup a year from now.
>
>>Ace Combat 6
>
> Probably the only one that will hurt Sony in the long run, as this has
> apparently become a 360 exclusive. But then, the more popular
> Resident Evil was a Gamecube exclusive for a few years, which didn't
> seem to hurt the PS2 much.
>
>>Dragon Quest IX (PS3 isn't getting it at all, it's DS-exclusive!)
>
> The PS3 is not competing with the DS, so DQ9 is irrelevant. Sony only
> loses the small amount of people who (a) like DQ but not FF and (b)
> don't find anything else on the PS3 to their taste.
>
>>Sony is going to have to offer Square-Enix a ****TON of money to keep
>>FFXIII exclusive to PS3.
>
> Give a lot of money to Square... you mean just like they've been doing
> for years? Sony has no problem with shelling out the cash to keep the
> king in their castle.
>
> I know it's hard for guys like you to believe that there could be two
> strong consoles in one generation because the only previous time it
> ever happened was about 15 years ago, but it's going to happen again,
> count on it.
>
> Rob
i think the point people are trying to make is, with each month that goes by
there is less and less of a reason to own a PS3, and that's a fact
considering news like ace combat and dmc keeps surfacing consistantly.
personally, i believe mgs4 will eventually go to the 360 as well, along with
ff