Titanio said:
Again, I'm not discounting Revolution. I think Rev can be a very strong second, at least (!), in Japan, and perhaps even worldwide. But I think in a best case scenario, Nintendo would only have a couple of months on Sony if Sony were to launch in Sept.
If the Revolution is a runaway success like the DS is in Japan, well those few months will make all the difference. The DS was what, a week or two ahead of the PSP?
Titanio said:
As for the "BS" Sony would have to come up with, no BS required. It's delayed till Sept, it'll be ready then, here's a launch date and price, start preordering. It need be no more complex than that.
It certainly doesn't help the company's perception of honesty. Really, it would just show that the entire PS3 unveiling was...misleading.
Games that don't tap the console cannot be as "polished and refined as those over at the 360 booth.", to put it in your words? That was the argument I was responding to, not whether the games would tap the system or not. Of course they won't be maxxing out the system, but there's good reason to be hopeful that they'll look very good.
Fact of the matter is, it will be 1st gen PS3 games going up against 2nd gen Xbox 360 games. There is not going to be the rather large difference Sony has been boasting, it likely may not fall in their favor. By polished and refined, I meant that the games at E3 will be showing off what the 360 can do, I'm not saying they won't look very good, I have my doubts, but I'm not stating that.
No they won't, I'd say most are already convinced.
Probably because we've seen very little, if any real, honest to goodness PS3 games in real-time. When people see the games not meeting the CG Sony has been feeding us, I'm pretty sure there will be quite a few that will question waiting for the PS3. Even I am thinking about getting a 360.
In terms of current public perception, that may be questionable given how carefully Sony has managed what people can and can't see sofar. Of course, all will be revealed eventually, warts and all, but the wider perception is and IMO will remain that PS3 is the more powerful system, and that will encourage the consideration that as time wears on, PS3 games may start pulling ahead, visually and otherwise, to a greater degree. People don't just invest in systems for what's there right now, but also what they expect over time. It is of course, not just about "pretty games".
Which is exactly why Microsoft is not the one who needs diapers. Sony is the one who needs to maintain that perception. As it stands now, developers are calling it a toss up between the two, and that perception of the PS3 being the more powerful console may end up losing strength if at E3, there are games on the 360 that are outclassing real games on the PS3. Microsoft is not Sega, and I seriously hope that the public is not stupid enough to believe Sony once again. Sony has got to show people that their console is worth waiting, who knows how long for. And I don't believe that is going to be easy. Their only real selling point now is Blu-Ray. Apart from that, their console matches up pretty evenly with the Xbox 360.
I don't think Sony has ever launched a system without a competitor system being out there with more games. That'll change over time.
Again, Microsoft is not Sega. Developers are not abandoning the Xbox 360, rather, it is getting quite a lot of support, far more than Sega could have dreamed of. And that is going to continue throughout it's lifetime, which I'm pretty sure is not going to end prematurely.
Although word out of Bungie recently is that they're next game is coming along well, so I think we may be passed the stage where they'd just show a teaser. I hope so anyway, it'd be nice if Halo3 were playable as a surprise at E3 (maybe too much to hope for..).