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Sony's PS3 Strategy Brilliant or Insane?
1up's Jeremy Parish has a piece wondering out loud about the sanity of Sony's PS3 strategy. From the article: "The veil of mystery surrounding the PS3 is downright maddening, and a little worrying. Consider that by March 2000, the company had already set the PlayStation 2's October 26th release date in stone. Yet here in March 2006, Sony has only been willing to commit to a 'spring 2006' launch for its latest console. Less than ten days from winter's end and gamers are left scraping together scraps of conflicting information trickling from the company's various divisions to try and get a sense of the bigger picture." We may find out which side of the coin they're on tomorrow; The current rumour is there will be some sort of big announcement about Sony's next-gen console on the 15th.
You're just not paying attention. Xbox 360 already has a substancial game library
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
Elder Scrolls Oblivion
Far Cry Predator
Gears of War
Prey
Five killer titles that rival Halo in anticipation and quality
Not to mention Fight Night Round 3, PGR, and Kameo. There's quite a few brilliant games that you cant find on any other console platform.
I think the 360 is significantly better than any other console 3 months after launch. Once they start producing the consoles in mass there could easily be a big shift in the market.
Check out the article. Its not unheard of for dominant competitors in the console industry to fall. I think Sony's comparisons to nintendo in the mid-90's holds a lot of truth.