2007 Predictions: PlayStation 3 to claim #2 by year's end?

by Nick Doerr { Jan 29th 2007 at 3:45PM }

This also comes from IGN. Seems they've got all the good interviews and features to start the week out with! They took the time to give us their predictions for 2007 regarding Sony's console. We'll toss their predictions up, make our own, then turn the microphone to you guys.

Duke Nukem Forever ships at last, being the 10th anniversary of its inception
PSP's fate determined in 2007 -- new design, new features, lowered price, etc
PlayStation 3's promotional sales blitz takes on new heights
Sony goes for tilt + rumble controller, redesigns PS-Store to look more like XBL
The PS2 gets cheaper and multi-colored
Sony purchases many game studios to beef up its first and second party game developers
(personal favorite/hopeful) Many classic titles get revived, new entries revealed... cited were a new Chrono Trigger game (would we want a third title or a remake of the original?), new Lufia game (oh, please, that would be great... no more of the subpar GameBoy titles, please)... and others that would rock, like Blaster Master and Streets of Rage.
By December 31, 2007, Sony will slightly overtake Microsoft in worldwide sales.
Killzone gameplay will come as close as possible to match the debated E3 2005 trailer.
Metal Gear Solid 4 will get pushed to 2008... no surprise if that happens, really.

We predict the following: Sony will survive. That's it. The negative media attacks are starting to subside, new games are on the horizon and a worldwide launch will be realized by the end of March. From there, it's a guessing game. We'd like to agree with the classic game revival theory, too. Well, that's all we're going to stretch out and predict. What are your thoughts?

Tags: Playstation 3, Playstation3, PS3, Sony

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

gilbert @ Jan 29th 2007 3:56PM

i can see everything happening but the Duke Nukem game coming out.

Chacron @ Jan 29th 2007 4:26PM

"By December 31, 2007, Sony will slightly overtake Microsoft in worldwide sales."

You are joking me - the 360's lineup completly trumps what the PS3 has coming up this year in every shape and form.

Plus a little something I like to call the Halo 3 factor - say what you like, but the holiday Halo 2 was released the xbox 1 greatly outsold the PS2 (then it degraded from there, but thats besides the point)

And why are we assuming that the wii will be in first place?

Jon @ Jan 29th 2007 4:51PM

You must not have read this news:
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/01/29/bloomberg-sony-profit-may-drop-50-on-poor-ps3-sales/

Sounds more like a dream than predictions.

Pat @ Jan 29th 2007 4:56PM

Hey Fanboy people-- What's up with the no "PS3 game releases for the week of" this week?!?? There's actually games coming out! :)

Taylor @ Feb 4th 2007 6:42PM

I don't see PS3 pulling ahead of 360 or Wii this year. The Wii has already been predicted as the winner for 2007, and the 360 has too strong of a library to be losing sales to the PS3.

dirtyone @ Jan 29th 2007 5:18PM

By December 31, 2007, Sony will slightly overtake Microsoft in worldwide sales

um halo 3 ships this year. sony might very well win the endgame, but you would need to be taking some powerfull Hallucinogens
to think it's going to be this year and right now they can't move ps 3 off of store shelves

Killzone gameplay will come as close as possible to match the debated E3 2005 trailer.

wow just wow. good luck on that

t @ Jan 30th 2007 8:31AM

FOOLS! Sony will be all but beaten by year's end and Nintendo will be lord over all! HAR HAR! Wii60 to the death!!

aDRIEN @ Jan 29th 2007 5:59PM

we shall survive.

Naaiif @ Jan 29th 2007 5:55PM

Please no not a Chrono Trigger remake, that game was good enough as it was, a 2d classic. I'd much prefer a FFVII remake as it was 3d in it's infancy, think of what they could do with the environments now.

*Imagines City of the Ancients in full 1080p goodness.

Chrono Trigger was a beautiful 2d game, going from that to 3d just wouldn't be right. I would like a new Chrono game though.

Oh and ps3 overtakes 360 by the end of the year? BS man, ps3 will do well this year and i reckon it will catch up with 360, be in within a million sold of each other - but then Halo 3 will come out and sell a million more 360's.

2007 - Catch up year
2008 - Will be where the ps3 takes the lead

luckylion @ Jan 29th 2007 6:04PM

@4

If you're going to comment at least read the article. They predict greater WORLDWIDE sales. The XBOX brand is weak everywhere but North America, and so are FPSs (like Halo). With the European Launch of 1 million units, by the end of March PS3 sales will be a little under half of the total 360 sales. I agree that their prediction is far from assured but its not that unlikely.

bs6268d @ Feb 1st 2007 5:25PM

ps3 will rule they just new games and maybe a price cut or just something to justify its worth 600$

alienclay @ Jan 29th 2007 7:26PM

duke nukem? only on 360 and only if decide to give up, take developer prune juice and crap that turd out incomplete.

sales blitz to new hights? after watching too many dust/furball commercials for far too long on psp i'm not sure if they know good marketing when they see it. most people i talk too simply find ps3 commercials too confusing.

runble + tilt. sony uses some of it's profit from bravias to bite the bullet pay immersion and get new better than rumble forcefeedback. maybe gyros or something. (after using force feedback joysticks on my pc i find rumble cheap and stupid personally)devs pissed that they wern't informed ahead of time. early adopter gamers pissed because they have to buy 2 new $50 controllers.

look i like streets of rage and all but i do't think a lot of people have your taste in gamming (at least conducive to the image ps3 is trying to push)

sony over microsoft in 07. yes. halo will sell systems, yes, but one game does not a system make winner.(2 if you count gears) and halo didn't bring xbox over ps2 last gen either. it may be reason to buy a second system though.
final fantasy, metal gear, killzone as well as strong catalog titles like motorstorm, resistance, heavenly sword and others will keep the ps3 comming out above the comp at q1 08 at the latest. as long as sony dosent drop the ball when it comes to marketing. a lot of the commercials and advantages 360 had on ps3 fade away into obsolesence next holiday season.

the rest are no brainers.

and to dirtyone about moving systems off of store shelves,... looks like M$ is haveing a little issue moving systems as fast as they would like as well.
http://arcade.joystiq.com/2007/01/26/video-game-stocks-down-after-reduced-xbox-360-targets/

alienclay @ Jan 29th 2007 7:27PM

my grammer is terrible,... oh well, anoyther mine distroyed buy the publick edukashun sistum.

SKI @ Jan 29th 2007 8:29PM

I can't see Sony becoming #1 next year, not because I don't like Sony, but because I don't think they can produce 10 million+ by year's end (actually, it will be more because the 360 will continue selling).

And Sony won't pay for rumble, not now. Sony doesn't like Immersion and will not pay.

matjet @ Jan 29th 2007 8:51PM

1. maybe
2. perhaps
3. yes
4. nope
5. probably
6. perhaps
7. probably(already happened to a degree)
8. perhaps (unlikely)
9. maybe (depends on whether it is revealed)
10. yes

scale:
likely
~
yes
probably
maybe
perhaps
nope
~
unlikely

Tiberius Jones @ Jan 29th 2007 9:04PM

As Mark Twain would probably say right about now, "The rumors of Sony's demise have been greatly exaggerated."

Marketing wise, Microsoft has done everthing right so far in this generation, and Sony has done everything wrong so far. But if you think Sony is going anywhere, you are sadly mistaken.

As someone who owns both an Xbox360 and a PS3, I appreciate both. The 360 has a great library of games, and the PS3 is a very nice piece of hardware (not that the 360 is any slouch). In time, the games will come for the PS3.

I think the novelty of the Wii will wear off in time, leaving these these two behemoths to duke it out for market supremacy. By 2010, these two will be neck and neck with the WIi lagging in third but still profitable.

All I know is, 2007 and 2008 are going to be great years for gamers all around the world.

Mark @ Jan 29th 2007 9:08PM

I tend to think IGN's predictions about PS3 taking over the 360 this year are pretty accurate. Realistically, when you look at the PS3 line-up versus the 360, which games would you honestly rather play. MGS4, Final Fantasy XIII, Lair, Heavenly Sword, and the awesome Motorstorm compared to Halo 3, and uh...Halo 3. Nintendo may stay on top this year, but for how long after that. Don't get me wrong I think the Wii is pretty sweet...for my 5 and 7 year old nephews. Sure the control is cool and the games are kind of fun but that fun wears off pretty quick, especially for serious gamers. And what's on the horizon? There's nothing in the future Wii line-up that drains you're nuts like the thought of GOD OF WAR 3. I mean ANOTHER Mario game? Please.

Joe @ Jan 29th 2007 10:05PM

If Sony could buy Factor 5 and Level 5 I think that would be sweet. So I hope they do buy new companies.

Ben @ Jan 29th 2007 10:25PM

Xbox 360-Halo 3, Mass Effect, Bioshock, Too Human, Dark Sector, Half-Life 2. Assassin's Creed

PS3-MGS4, Killzone, Final Fantasy XIII, Heavenly Sword, Lair, Assassin's Creed

Wii-Pokemon Battle Revolution, Metroid Prime Hunters, Super Mario Galaxy, Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Right now, I think 360 has better games for 07. I will be doubtful of MGS4 in 07 until it is announced. Assassins's Creed obviously cancels out because its on both systems. So basically I'm looking at Halo3, BioShock, Mass Effect, and Half-Life 2 as front runners for 360. You have MGS4, Heavenly Sword, Killzone, Final Fantasy XIII, and Lair for PS3. I think 360's games are hands down better than the PS3's. You can also fall back on Gears of War on the 360, while you can fall back on Resistance for the PS3. I'd go with Gears on that one. Basically, I dont think that PS3 will overtake 360 this year, but I think it could start gaining momentum in 07, and by the time 2008 rolls around it will have garned enough support to gain some exclusive titles over the Xbox 360. Because lets face it-Xbox Live trumps the PS3 online, they're about the same graphically wise. So unless PS3 gets some exclusives-its going down the toilet.

Ben @ Jan 29th 2007 10:28PM

Also I think all 4 Wii games are gonna be sweet and I plan on picking them all up.

Also note-I am not a 360 fanboy. Until very recently I was a Sony fanboy and despised Microsoft and the Xbox. Sony has driven me away however, with its high price and lack of games. So yea.

One more note-I cant wait for God of War 3. I will admit, MGS3 and GoW3 will probably make me buy a PS3. Just for those 2.

bmac @ Jan 29th 2007 10:46PM

I think worldwide sony will be ahead by 2007, and by 2008 will be ahead in the US. Once the games that we know are on the horizon come out we'll see more people picking up the ps3, and once developers start pushing the hardware we'll see what it's capable of. It's already ahead in Japan, will probably take europe and australia fairly quickly, and the US is just a matter of time.
Not everyone thinks fps games are the pinnacle of gaming, and the ps3 will offer that.

Frankie @ Jan 29th 2007 11:05PM

@17

Keyword: hardcore.

Casuals are the ones gobbling up the wii and they outnumber the hardcores at least 5 to 1. It doesnt even matter if there are AAA "traditional games" or not. Cooking Mama: Cook Off, Wii Sports, Wii Fitness, Brain Age, Nintenpets and the like would be more than enough to crush all but the most popular and resilient franchises out there.

aki @ Jan 30th 2007 12:43AM

the negative media is subsiding because making fun of Sony is too easy and is getting boring. It's so bad they are not even worth making fun of hardly anymore. Sadly, ps3 is just kinda fading into obscurity.

The story "sony messed up" used to sell papers. Now people see that headline and just think... so what, what else is new?

samik @ Jan 30th 2007 1:06AM

"Now people see that headline and just think... so what, what else is new"
I think there are real reasons the Sony-bashing is subsiding, firstly, MS goons think phrases like "riiidge racer" are funny - nobody on the street cares at all, and even on pro-360 sites like this, its getting boring now. Secondly, people would have been shocked by the price - but now thats sunk in. Thirdly and most importantly - Sony have shown promptness in delivering on critical flaws such as backward compatibility, and the PS3 has proven much superior build quality than the 360, so nobody is upset about the machine itself.

miguelon918 @ Jan 30th 2007 1:15AM

I think that nintendo will win this year i guess and the ps3 will come second, the xbox360 maybe it has an strong lineup but face it is just halo and gow and thats it and besides the sales of the 360 worlwide just sucks.
The ps3 will survive and maybe in 2008 will become stronger.

Figboy @ Jan 30th 2007 4:12PM

X Box fanboys, please, HALO IS NOT THE BE ALL, END ALL OF GAMING.

jesus christ. you guys act as if that one thing is the most phenomenal thing ever crafted by man.

Halo is good, yes, but not everybody likes first person shooters. just like how everyone doesn't like Japanese RPGs, or Western RPGs, or quirky, odd games, or dating sims. what Microsoft needs is variety. that is something they still don't have, though i admit that they're working on it.

let's see what the big MS is hitting us with this year (all exclusive):

1.) Halo 3
2.) Mass Effect
3.) Crackdown
4.) Fable 2
5.) Blue Dragon
6.) Lost Odyssey

ok. what's Sony got cooking for us this year (all exclusive)?

1.) White Knight Story
2.) Heavenly Sword
3.) Killzone
4.) Ninja Gaiden Sigma
5.) Metal Gear Solid 4
6.) MotorStorm
7.) Final Fantasy XIII
8.) Lair
9.) Monster Kingdom
10.) Eye of Judgement
11.) Devil May Cry 4
12.) Virtua Fighter 5
13.) Tekken 6
14.) Hot Shots Golf 5
15.) Mercenaries 2
16.) LA Noire
17.) Warhawk

yeah, that 360 launch lineup just *KILLS* the PS3 lineup this year. /sarcasm

Halo is a good game, I'm sure Halo 3 will kick ass also, but it's just not for everybody, and the PS3 has more killer titles.

the titles i've listed above, for both systems, are the titles that specifically interest me that are coming out this year. while i highly enjoy Crackdown, and Mass Effect makes me drool, the lineup for the PS3 is just better. at least for me. maybe for you, Halo 3 is enough. but for me, it's not. if i had to choose, i'd get a PS3 over a 360. luckily for me, i love gaming, and i'm getting them both.

we all know the games are coming, so i don't see why people have to constantly harp on each platform's lineup. they both have some killer games, whether you want to admit it or not.

Chacron @ Jan 30th 2007 2:51AM

"I think that nintendo will win this year i guess and the ps3 will come second, the xbox360 maybe it has an strong lineup but face it is just halo and gow and thats it and besides the sales of the 360 worlwide just sucks.
The ps3 will survive and maybe in 2008 will become stronger."

The 360 has way more compelling games coming out this year than the PS3:
Halo 3
Mass Effect
Forza 2
Shadowrun
Too Human
Crackdown
Alan Wake
GTA IV (exclusive content)
GRAW II (delayed on PS3)
Virtua Fighter 5(delayed, but we still have it)
Asassins Creed
Bioshock

and... non confirmed:
Ninja Gaiden 2
Fable 2 ect.... (plus tekken 6)

What does the PS3 have? I mean really? FFXIII is in 08, and so is MGS4, heavenly sword and lair are simply about the graphics, gameplay looks atrocious and the same is appicable with motorstorm. the PS3 is dying

Mogul218 @ Jan 30th 2007 2:58AM

I come here from time to time just to see what you guys are saying and I just can't believe the arrogance that I'm hearing from all of you! It's no wonder you're fans of Sony considering how arrogant they have been the past couple of years leading up to this launch!

You guys are basically saying that this generation will be a repeat of the last one, just because....it's the Sony Playstation 3. Keep sticking your heads in the sand, and one day you'll realize how fast this generation will have passed you by.

There is still time to wake up. Sony didn't sell 100 million PS2's by charging $600 for each one. How can you expect the feat to be repeated when they're asking nearly 3 times as much? Maybe you all come from fortunate backgrounds and money ain't a thing, but the average Joe that forked over his hard earned money on the PS2 is definitely giving a second and third thought to the alternatives. The Wii sales right now speak volumes. The 360 has a 10 million unit installed base headstart with an absolute killer lineup this coming year. This while Sony is having a circlejerk about how wonderful their Cell and Blu-ray drive is an how their futureproof. Well the proof is in the pudding.

I would rather buy all the 360 games this year and enjoy the console for what it was made for, than fork over $600 and wait another year for quality to start showing up, which is what I hear a lot of you guys saying. "In a year everything will be even" is what I hear in almost every comment. Well guess what? In a year things won't be even because the 360 and the Wii will both outsell the PS3 because of simple economics. Plus the headstart the 3rd party developers have on the 360 means that all games from this generation forward will be based on it's architecture, again just simple economics.

So the question you all have to ask yourselves is are you going to go down with the sinking ship or are you going to save yourselves?

matjet @ Jan 30th 2007 4:00AM

mogul218, maybe you should take your head out of the quicksand.
it is a lie of microsoft that "The 360 has a 10 million unit installed base headstart".
microsoft has barely sold 8 million xbox's.

you really are quite, totally and absolutely, an incorrect idiot.

samik @ Jan 30th 2007 4:02AM

Mogul 218, eaither you are bad at math, a liar or an European (where the PS3 is expensive..becuase they offer only the 60GB version). In the US the PS3 is 500. "Sony didn't sell 100 million PS2's by charging $600 for each one. "
Right...they sold most of them when they cut the price to 199. But they launched at 299 - USD499 is not "nearly 3 times as much". And the 360 is Almost as expensive at 399.
"I just can't believe the arrogance that I'm hearing from all of you"
try reading this: http://playstation.joystiq.com/2007/01/29/peter-moore-pours-gasoline-on-the-blazing-flame-war/#comments

onimusha @ Jan 30th 2007 7:22AM

i thought half life 2 was coming to ps3 with like 3 bonus games?? you know portal and team fortress or something

Noshino @ Jan 30th 2007 10:17AM

"31. FOOLS! Sony will be all but beaten by year's end and Nintendo will be lord over all! HAR HAR! Wii60 to the death!!"

*throws him back to the quicksand*

TheSh0wstopper @ Jan 30th 2007 10:14AM

I own both (and love both) and personally think the PS3 will take the lead in 2008. I love my PS3 but come on 2007? Thats too quick. And as for the games argument, think about it as a war. Microsoft has a lot of missiles but Sony has a few nukes. Bioshock, Too Human and the likes will make nice splashes. But MGS4, FFXIII (probably the most popular franchise in gaming), Devil May Cry 4 now those games make BOOMS!!! Go to non "hardcore gamers" and mention microsofts upcoming line-up they will be like "huh?" then mention Sony's they will be like "YEAH!". And am I the only one that thinks Gears of War got old? Yes pretty graphics, but the story mode is short, linear, and once you beat it why go back? And the multiplayer mode is fun for a minute but after a while you realize its just a bunch of people running around with shotguns and chainsaws on small (graphically beautiful) maps. And most 360 games are like chinese food, Great when you first start eating it but after 10 minutes you forget all about it and crap it out. A lot of these games are Overhyped and overrated. As for hardware PS3 TRUMPS 360!!!. But thats what happens when you have New tachnology vs last gen tech. No WiFi, No Bluetooth, no built in High Definition DVD/ Blu-ray player, NO HDMI PORT, No 6.1 or 7.1 support. And please do not argue with me on this unless you have BOTH!!! Because if you have both you will know what I mean. 360 sounds like there is an engine in there when it is running, the PS3 is soo quite you cant tell if it is on or off. I'm not even gonna go into the whole Blu-Ray thing. But to be fair 360 PWNS PS3 when it comes to online. AND WHERE THE HELL IS THE TEKKEN DOWNLOAD!!!

Mogul218 @ Jan 30th 2007 10:10AM

Why do you Sony fanboys always do your pitch with your lower priced option vs the Xbox's higher priced option? No one wants the entry level of either one which is why 92% of the PS3's sold are 60 gb and they even nixed the 20 gb for Europe. So guess what, it's $600 isn't it?

Also to the dude who listed every obscure PS3 game he could think of vs the 360 games he was 'interested' in, half of those games will not even sell any consoles. The only ones buying most of those are people who already have the console and hard up for content. And you listed Mercenaries 2, Devil May Cry, & Virtua Fighter 5 as exclusives when we both know that they're coming to the 360. So stop lying to yourselves and keep dreaming fanboys.

By the way, 10.4 million 360's have been sold vs everything Sony says has only been shipped. Check the storeshelves, they ain't selling.

DownHill @ Jan 30th 2007 11:27AM

Sorry but NO! Sony isn't going anywhere except to the Dump!! I'm sorry but the PS3 Blows, Nothing Special...

Start over sony, You already LOST!!!

Abyssion @ Jan 30th 2007 12:01PM

Seriously ….. are you Sony Fanboys being realistic?? Many of those games listed will not break a million and someone said something about another Mario game?? mario may be old but he sells

EasyMogul218 @ Jan 30th 2007 12:22PM

@Mogul218

I'm glad you come over to visit us from time to time. I appreciate the fact that your system is so boring you find the time to visit the PS3 site. Or wait, its because we are arrogant? Perhaps, but isn't that what a Fanboy site is all about? I just find it funny that you are so obviously threatened by the existence of the PS3 and its Fanboys that you need to ease your penis envy by constructing a weak argument against the PS3 on this site. I am sorry you and many other xbox fans have the little dog complex, but please, don't waste my time and everyone else's by trying to make your console sound like so much more than it actually is.

@ Thesh0wStopper

I agree with you, and I will also own both systems. I just wish the 360 would include a larger hard drive and HDMI out, so maybe if I wait long enough I will get rewarded. Thank you Sony for including those from the start. Until then, I can't wait until March.

Brian @ Jan 30th 2007 4:52PM

It always amuses me when people cite technical superiority as the reason why a console will win a console race - history is full of examples that prove that to be faulty logic. The Sega Master System was technically more powerful than the NES. The 3DO was more powerful than the Genesis and SNES (and cost $700, by the way). The XBOX and Gamecube were more powerful than the PS2. Yet in not one of those examples did that machines technical superiority equate to that system winning it's generation's "race". Yes, the PS3 is the most powerful system on the market. Congratulations. The XBOX 360 is a not so distant 2nd, and the Wii is a WAY distant 3rd in terms of tech specs. Wanna make a bet on which system will come out ahead?

The XBOX 360 offers what the PS3 does: same stale game play as previous 2 generations with whiz bang graphics and a more attractive price point, a more attractive library of games thanks to it’s head start, and the finest online console experience available. The Wii offers last gen graphics with new, fresh, inventive game play and will sell to the same group of people that the DS sold to – anyone who wants easy, intuitive controls and fresh new game play. The PS3, I’m afraid, has NOTHING to offer that these 2 systems don’t do better. It’s dead in the water, I’m afraid. Sorry if you dropped $600, or worse yet, got punked on ebay and paid thousands for it. Guess you’re a sucker. Sorry.

NATO_Duke @ Jan 30th 2007 3:22PM

I don't get why people say "I will own both systems" or "I will eventually get them both" when talking about the machines and how the are. Folks, you don't know what you are talking about. You just sound like fanboys reaching for an argument without facts.

I own both machines in the real sense - not in the imaginary future. Here is the basic problem, besides having or not having bluetooth and bluray and all of the tech aspects - the PS3 sits there doing nothing because there are no great games right now. Thats the reason I wouldn't buy one again. Its useless for a gaming machine to me at this moment.

The one guy above posted a list of PS3 games that would be so much better than the 360's, but you included non-exclusive games. Honestly, if the choice is between the same game on both systems, I am getting the one that allows XBox live to play online. Its just a better system.

The PS3 is a great machine, but Sony has made it hard as hell for us to feel that greatness on the day-to-day. It needs some titles to draw people in, and the constant delays are not helping anyone. If the high development costs, the loss of exclusives, and the constant game delays keep going this way, people will buy other machines to entertain themselves.

At this time the Wii and the 360 just offer a better experience, not becasue of the machines build- but because there is something to do with the machines when you plug them in.

NATO_Duke @ Jan 30th 2007 3:55PM

Directed to me: Holy Typos Batman! lmao

mbd @ Jan 30th 2007 7:05PM

Guys, seriously. I mean, are you forgetting that the god damn thing costs $500, oh wait, they're trying to phase out that model, so it's $600. EVEN MORE IN EUROPE? Everyone is sitting around here, talking like this isn't an issue, like it's an even playing field and all people really care about are games. Playstation might have matched Xbox sales by the end of this year if it was the same price, but last time I checked, MS is making money on each unit and they can go lower. Sony is losing a boatload and they can't.

Ben @ Jan 30th 2007 7:24PM

All flaming aside, does anyone else hope that either Microsoft or Sony loses so bad this generation that one of them does not make a console next generation? It would be so much easier. You would have 2 different types of gaming: the Wii would be great for games that arent inclined as much graphics wise. Then you could have either the Xbox720 or the PS4 pumping out killer games with amazing graphics. Too bad that probably wont happen. And if it does, the console will probably sell for $800. Wishful thinking u guess.

DLB10000 @ Jan 30th 2007 9:39PM

What are you talking about? First off Mass Effect and Halo are the only two games on your list not coming out on the PS3. Halo was kool...Halo 2 sucked ass! Mass Effect does look kool. But, it will announce for the PS3 too. Bioshock, Too Human, Dark Sector, Half-Life 2. Assassin's Creed already have :)
No way the PS3 overtakes the 360 this year though. They could come close tying them though. And on closing Killzone, Final Fantasy XIII, Heavenly Sword, Lair are all still just PS3 titles.

Darko @ Jan 30th 2007 10:43PM

Just to clearify that I am not a fanboy for anyone, I have owned: Genesis, Saturn, N64, Dreamcast, PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, Xbox 360, and a wii.... in that order. oh and many many PCs
I dont own a PS3, mainly because ive played resistance and well it blows.... but anyway
-PS3 currently has nothing worth writing home about
-PS3 Will eventually have some good games
-I will eventually buy a PS3
-But not until 2008 at the earliest
-M$ has a killer line up for this year and sony is pretty much going to crap their pants
-Sony will continue to lose a ton of exclusives and M$ will remain dominant

End Game:
Wii + 360 will be neck and neck while PS3 will be kinda like Dreamcast in this battle (not hardware wise but software wise)

This year its (Exclusives only):
Xbox PS3
Crackdown Motor Storm
Halo 3 War Hawk
BioShock Heavenly Sword
Mass Effect Ratchet & Clank
HL2 MGS4 (which will end up on 360)
Forza Killzone??? probably not
PGR
Too Human
ShadowRun
Fable 2
ETC.

Somehow I find it pretty much impossible that Sony will surpass M$ this year and doubtful they will ever pass them in the long run. And dont count on Sony's free service to compete with XBL.... if it could it wouldnt be free. Sorry sony Maybe next time. Oh and the Legend of Zelda for wii trumps all!

Blue ray will probably win the format war, despite their anti porn stance...

End of Rant.

vizunary @ Jan 31st 2007 3:17AM

Who was the idiot that posted the xbox overtook ps2 with halo1 or 2... PS2 STILL outsells xbox you dumb@ss and the 360 for that matter, but don't worry it is a 6 YEAR OLD machine that will probably soon get a rest from being the most played console on the planet, but not too soon ;)
And please actually read the article, this is worldwide not just in the US where you just don't know any better...

TheSh0wstopper @ Jan 31st 2007 9:51AM

hey yo darko,

your missing a few things

This year its (Exclusives only):
Xbox PS3
Crackdown Motor Storm
Halo 3 War Hawk
BioShock Heavenly Sword
Mass Effect Ratchet & Clank
HL2 MGS4 (which will end up on 360)
Forza Killzone??? probably not
PGR Lair
Too Human White Knight Story
ShadowRun Devil May Cry
Fable 2 FFXIII
Mercenaries 2
Tekken 6

hmm that looks a lot different now doesnt it. And I wasnt even trying...

Noshino @ Jan 31st 2007 3:03PM

darko pretty much proved the point, the 360 is just a fps consolo (with a few decent driving simulators)

Darko @ Jan 31st 2007 3:02PM

OK,
Mercenaries 2, Tekken 6, and Devil may Cry are or may not be exclusive do some research. Sorry bud but all three of those are coming to the 360, or have a very high probability of going there. Especially DMC. And i highly doubt FFXIII will come out this year. I could go on and on but id rather not beat a dead horse.

Noshino @ Jan 31st 2007 3:06PM

I doubt that tekken 6 will go to the 360....with the whole Sony - Namco-Bandai partnership, I don't think they will...

"do some research." :)

Tech Geek @ Jan 31st 2007 7:53PM

I doubt 360 will be overtaken by PS3 especially with the release of Halo 3, Forza 2, bioshock, duke nukem, GTA IV, half life 2, virtua fighter 5, dead or alive 5, assains creed, devil may cry 4 (possibly) and dont forget the 3 jrpgs : Blue Dragon, cry on, and lost odyssey.

now i seriously cant wait till i get my 360.

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