Thanks to unique game controller, low price and massive installed base, Nintendo Wii will see more new game titles released in Q4 than Microsoft Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation 3 combined. The situation reflects massive sales of Wii across the world and means that game developers have changed their development priorities.
Analyst firm Screen Digest predicts that 86 titles are scheduled for release on the Wii in Q4 2007, compared with 47 for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and just 38 for Sony PlayStation 3. Moreover, about 20 games for Nintendo Wii will be exclusive for the platform, whereas only 8 and 5 will be exclusive for Microsoft Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation 3, respectively.
“While Wii and Xbox 360 are likely to look back on 2007 with some satisfaction, the same cannot be said for Sony PlayStation 3. Given the platform’s release schedule this Christmas, it is not a surprise that Sony is focusing on lowering the cost of entry to PS3 platform to maintain parity with its rivals this Christmas,” said Ed Barton, Screen Digest games analyst.
Still, Mr. Barton finds that the new generation game consoles will be massively adopted by gamers going forward, meaning that sales of consoles like Sony PlayStation 2 will slowdown dramatically shortly from now.
“Given present publishing activity levels and hardware sales rates, we expect 256-bit gaming [the latest, seventh, generation of game consoles is sometimes referred to as 256-bit game consoles – X-bit labs] to have moved out of transition and squarely into the mass adoption phase by year end,” said the analyst.
Armed with the most exclusives as well as the release of Super Mario Galaxy, Screen Digest believes that Wii is likely to lead the new-generation game console market in the final quarter of 2007.
The Xbox 360 platform will be driven by an increasingly well established U.S. user base enjoying a combination of strong multiplatform releases and a persistent Halo 3.
Given the competition, Sony’s release schedule lacks the firepower to command consumer attention during this crucial trading quarter and it is difficult to see how the catalogue will drive hardware sales in such a competitive environment, believes Screen Digest, who did not rise its estimates for the PlayStation 3 sales following Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.’s announcement of low-cost PS3 40GB claiming that the impact of affordable PS3 had been “already built into forecasts”.
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Even if I could afford a PS3 I would spend that money on a 360 elite or the Halo edition. I might even get the HD-DVD ad on just for Transformers. Sure you need blu ray for HD Spider Man, but I'd rather wait till blu ray drives drop in price to $200 than spending all that money on a PS3 I'd rarely play games on.
PS3 is a success at pushing blu ray, but without the games or an affordable price it fails as a gaming machine.
[Posted by: Megamanx00 | Date: 10/10/07 01:18:23 PM]
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...I wonder where all those hardcore Sony Playstation Fanbois are?
I know Hiding and cowering in shame or cursing whatever deity they worship for the dissapointing performance of their brand of Videogame.
[Posted by: hmmmmm | Date: 10/10/07 05:17:43 PM]
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the ps3 would be a powerhouse if they would JUST stop making games for every damn system as well. the Exclusive games for the ps3 that weren't watered down so they can be ported to the ps2 and wii and 360 will be godsends. But they won't do that for another year or two because it saves them money and makes money too. The exclusive ps3 games though. they will be the true "Next-Gen"Games. everything until then is just posers trying to suck up your $$$$.
[Posted by: No-way | Date: 10/10/07 06:06:39 PM]
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It costs game developers more money to optimize code for the PS3 due too complexity and lower quality development tools than what is available for the Wii and PS3. I seriously think Sony needs to develop better PS3 tools and GIVE them to developers ASAP. You also have to consider that currently most optimizations they could make to a PS3 title could not be applied to a 360, PC or Wii port, and with the relatively small PS3 install base they will probably not recover the costs for that extra development time they spend. Now if you look at the 360 the tools that Microsoft has made available make it easy to develop code for both the 360 AND the PC at the SAME TIME. With the 360s bigger install base and better tools you can make better looking games in the same amount of time, sell more of them, and sell them again on the PC.
[Posted by: Megamanx00 | Date: 10/12/07 10:53:17 AM]
"The exclusive ps3 games though. they will be the true "Next-Gen"Games"
What is your Definition of "Next Gen" buddy.
It was Sony's overconfidence and overfocus on "NEXT GEN" that got them in this mess in the first place.
Both the Consumer and the Software producers were UNABLE to CATCH UP with Sony's NEXT GEN Rave.
And now are paying the price for it.
There is no such thing as NEXT GEN in the Computer World. If something looks Next Gen on the Drawing board means it could be current when it get's released.
Sony's Mistake was to market a Toy with Military type Technology and that's what's killing them now ( The same as the N64 with SGI Workstation class hardware that at that time costs about 15,000 USD a piece ( The Octane Computers ) and it almost costs Nintedo to go belly-up ).
Don't Blame the Software developers for not Delivering your Oh-So-Precious exclusive Software.
BLAME Sony for Failing both their Fans and the Software Developer for bringing a hardware system to the Market that was one Generation too far in the Future.
[Posted by: huh | Date: 10/13/07 09:08:42 AM]
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Is there any link for accessing the Xbox,wii,ps3 console.
[Posted by: Girish | Date: 10/15/07 05:38:31 AM]
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