The problem I see is that in the title line ups for the futures for both consoles so far. PS3 still has most of the console only developers developing exclusive titles for them, and not for the competitors. Either MS is not trying to convert these developers hard enough, or Sony has locked them in already.
People have already pointed this out, but titles make so much of a difference. The problem with Xbox 360 right now is that the only strong title it has for itself is Halo 3. Sure some of the other titles look pretty, but who the hell knows if the actual game play is any good. Then they also have a good amount of titles that will probably be on the PC to, which wont turn people into dumping $300 when they can play it on their pc. Now add on top of that the Xbox 360 might add a HD-DVD down the line, and developers will either have to develop for it or not use the capibilites at all. This in turn will probably result in 3 main groups:
1. People who will be waiting and seeing how the whole HD-DVD pans out.
2. People who don't just want to buy the Xbox 360 for 1 or 2 titles.
3. People who want the latest hardware will undoubtly buy it similiar to dreamcast.
The only hope that Xbox 360 has is by convert a lot of the good main console developers to them. Like Square, Namco, Capcom, and Konami to develop Xbox 360 only titles. Or they develop a lot of good titles themselves.
Maybe its just me but looking at the Xbox 360 future releases that are coming out it doesn't look to great for them right now. Most of them looks as though they will come out on the PC, and theres just not enough intresting titles there for now. But who knows maybe there might be some suprising new developers that might help push Xbox 360 to the top.
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The problem I see is that in the title line ups for the futures for both consoles so far. PS3 still has most of the console only developers developing exclusive titles for them, and not for the competitors. Either MS is not trying to convert these developers hard enough, or Sony has locked them in already.
People have already pointed this out, but titles make so much of a difference. The problem with Xbox 360 right now is that the only strong title it has for itself is Halo 3. Sure some of the other titles look pretty, but who the hell knows if the actual game play is any good. Then they also have a good amount of titles that will probably be on the PC to, which wont turn people into dumping $300 when they can play it on their pc. Now add on top of that the Xbox 360 might add a HD-DVD down the line, and developers will either have to develop for it or not use the capibilites at all. This in turn will probably result in 3 main groups:
1. People who will be waiting and seeing how the whole HD-DVD pans out.
2. People who don't just want to buy the Xbox 360 for 1 or 2 titles.
3. People who want the latest hardware will undoubtly buy it similiar to dreamcast.
The only hope that Xbox 360 has is by convert a lot of the good main console developers to them. Like Square, Namco, Capcom, and Konami to develop Xbox 360 only titles. Or they develop a lot of good titles themselves.
Maybe its just me but looking at the Xbox 360 future releases that are coming out it doesn't look to great for them right now. Most of them looks as though they will come out on the PC, and theres just not enough intresting titles there for now. But who knows maybe there might be some suprising new developers that might help push Xbox 360 to the top.