Current mind share on B3D

[Inane_Dork]

PS3 is doubtful for me. I more or less only have time and money for one console, and MS seems to pick up more of the games I like. Or maybe I like them because MS has picked them up. I don't really know which way the causation works, but it did.

I do not trust Nintendo to provide an adequate amount of suitable games if I only buy it. Their tactic of keeping near everything behind curtains is a GREAT AND POWERFUL OZ move until proven otherwise.

I'll probably pick up a 360 when I know the machine is built well and it is available. So early 2006 is about the earliest time I expect. I still have lots of Xbox games to get through since I wait till they're around $20. So I'm in no huge rush.

 

[Edge]

> "that's prob near what the market share will be!"

No it won't, as this forum does not represent the Japanese market, were Microsoft's share will be less than 1 percent.

 

[Carl B]

Hey hey, no need to get contentious in this thread. Let people say whatever - it's all admitedly opinion-based here anyway, so no harm no foul.

 

[Pugger]

I have the 360 on pre-order and plan to get both the PS3 and Rev on there first price drop. I have since back in the days of BBC vs C64 tended to buy all the gaming platforms out, not because I ever classed myself as an uber gamer or any other such nonsense but because it taught me to be really selective with the games I bought. This gen I have bought 7 games for the PS2 eight for Xbox and four for the GC. I have been lucky enough to taste the atmosphere of ICO, the pure adreanline of Halo and Halo 2 and the near perfection of RE4. I also reckon owning all the consoles actually save you money in the longterm, I remember well buying lots of expensive dross on the PS1 (the only time I bought one console, I was buying a house that year) that in the end would have easily covered the cost of a Saturn and an N64. In fact a week or two after purchasing the DC I bought a Saturn for £30 along with a copy of Panzer Dragoon Saga, which cost more than the console, I didn't touch the DC for the 2 weeks Saga took me to complete. I can fully understand the the problems the cost of buying all 3 consoles but I would recommend it to all gamers, you will be suprised on how much of a difference it makes.

 

[ChryZ]

PS3 and Rev. So far 360 failed to spark my interest.

 

[drpepper]

that's prob near what the market share will be!

PS3 ~ 39%
360 ~ 36%
Rev ~ 25%

I doubt it. The sampling done on this web forum would not be representative of the game market. A lot of people here are experienced enough to know what each console offers in terms of games and technology. The same can not be said with the mass market so I believe the statistics would be very different. In other words, the decision making by most posters here would be different for the average joe.

I once remembered a friend of mine showing off Gran Turismo 3 to me saying that the AI was "advanced" due to the "Emotion Engine." Both claims of course being false. But I still had fun with the game.

And remember Dreamcast's motto: "It's thinking." Yah that's right, another friend of mine (a different one, and no, not all my friends are that dumb, just not in tune technology wise) believed that the console had some "artificial intelligence" embedded in it making the games more responsive and such. Funny thing was, he made that statement in front of class. Every laughed and mocked him for being a marketing sucker.

 

[dukmahsik]

I doubt it. The sampling done on this web forum would not be representative of the game market. A lot of people here are experienced enough to know what each console offers in terms of games and technology. The same can not be said with the mass market so I believe the statistics would be very different. In other words, the decision making by most posters here would be different for the average joe.

I once remembered a friend of mine showing off Gran Turismo 3 to me saying that the AI was "advanced" due to the "Emotion Engine." Both claims of course being false. But I still had fun with the game.

And remember Dreamcast's motto: "It's thinking." Yah that's right, another friend of mine (a different one, and no, not all my friends are that dumb, just not in tune technology wise) believed that the console had some "artificial intelligence" embedded in it making the games more responsive and such. Funny thing was, he made that statement in front of class. Every laughed and mocked him for being a marketing sucker.

I just said that what the market share will be and what people have polled in this forum similar to what I had in mind that's all. A scant 160+ votes will never reflect a real market.

 

[drpepper]

PS3 is doubtful for me. I more or less only have time and money for one console, and MS seems to pick up more of the games I like. Or maybe I like them because MS has picked them up. I don't really know which way the causation works, but it did.

LOL, what you have is a correlation, not causation.

 

[drpepper]

Wow, the single purchase 360 and PS3 are neck and neck. It's like watching a very slow horse race...

 

[bankrupt]

I voted x360. I had been a PC gamer until the xbox. I saw the xbox as having PC-ish games without the hassles of the PC. Now I just use my PC to play games like AoE and Civ.

I'm gunna need an upgrade soon to play all the next set of PC games and I'm not ready to fork out cash for a big upgrade yet, so I'll go with the x360 to play CoD2 and Oblivion.

 

[Alpha_Spartan]

God, if all three players had 33% marketshare, I bet it would usher in the golden age of gaming a la the early to mid 90's.

 

[seismologist]

PS3 is doing pretty good in this poll considering that Sony's marketting blitz hasn't even begun yet.

I wonder if the numbers will change once we start seeing what Japan has in store for the PS3.

 

[rabidrabbit]

B3D is more immune to marketing than the mainstream, it's the tech pre hype and that's driving the PS3 here

 

[mckmas8808]

B3D is more immune to marketing than the mainstream, it's the tech pre hype and that's driving the PS3 here

xenos is pretty high tech if you ask me.

 

[hey69]

that does remind of someone saying that the Dreamcast was
"like a milkyway between two meals "

oh well, probably buying 360 and keeping or ditching it after ps3 (depends what games etc...)

 

[TrungGap]

PS3 is doing pretty good in this poll considering that Sony's marketting blitz hasn't even begun yet.

I wonder if the numbers will change once we start seeing what Japan has in store for the PS3.

No doubt about it. Sony hasn't even started their marketing machine, yet and MS is already loosing. Even if Sony can't deliver KZ, it would still win (there's no reason to believe PS3 can't match x360), because of game franchise loyality. The only way Sony could lose is by pricing the PS3 $100+ above x360 (highly unlikely). No matter how much PS3 cost Sony to make, they will not price themselves out of the market. Pure and simple. Nothing is going to change for this x360/PS3 gen. Sony will continue to be #1, follow by either x360 and Rev.

Again, it's MS and N will battle it out for second. But who knows, maybe the N controller will make the Rev a stand out console. No body would ever thought DS would survive PSP on-slaught of technical power, but DS is not only doing well, but very well.

Me? I'm getting x360....I'm a huge Halo and Jade Empire fan. Funny, that I didn't quite like Halo 2 as much as Halo 1. It's nothing more than the fact you're switching between human and the alien character. For this reason, I'm not sure I would enjoy Kameo, either...

 

[AlphaWolf]

A cynic could say that the lack of ps3 marketting is helping their case, once they actually see the product they may be less enthused, this could go for rev also. I really don't think b3d is all that effected by marketing in any event, most readers here know what to expect from ps3 and xbox360.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

Of course these stats aren't in any way indicative of what the masses will buy into, but it is interesting none-the-less to see Revolution is here definitely the 'second console' as more people are wanting Revolution with another console, than wanting Revolution as their only console.

 

[dukmahsik]

impressed 360 is doing well

 

[TrungGap]

A cynic could say that the lack of ps3 marketting is helping their case, once they actually see the product they may be less enthused, this could go for rev also. I really don't think b3d is all that effected by marketing in any event, most readers here know what to expect from ps3 and xbox360.

Well, regardless the average (non-hardcore gamer) person would not realize PS3 could or could not deliver KZ. So when the PS3 is released it will undoubtly match everything that x360 can do, so the rest is easy for Sony's marketing machine.

One of my biggest complaint about Sony is that most of Sony's consumer grade devices are just junk. It's the Sony's high-end devices that's where the quality is at, but just because they carry the Sony label, it carries a premium price and people assume it has all the quality of the Sony's high-end devices.

Anyone remember when fierce battle between x86 vs PowerPC in the 90's? PowerPC was demostrated to be very powerful...it ran circles around x86. However, when used in PowerMac, it was a different story. Where am I going with this? Eh, I don't know.