I recently posted about the Gamecube controller and there was some talk about the console itself. This video came out shortly afterwards and goes over a lot of what was discussed in that thread.
Gotta love this statement from a Nintendo of America person fretting about the Cube's colour before release:
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I guess they were right since they were talking about American gamers in the year 2001
This was also an incredible stroke of luck on Sony's part. I remember convincing my mom to buy a PS2 because she wanted to upgrade to a DVD player, and the PS2 was cheaper than the average dedicated DVD player at the time and had all the same features.
Sony tried to replicate this success with the PS3, but it didn't work. People had just finished repurchasing all of their favorite movies and weren't about to buy them a third time in such a short span.
Many people I know still got a PS3 for blurays
I'm sure a lot of people did, but I know a lot of people who've never owned a Blu-Ray player so I kinda get the impression that it didn't catch on the way DVDs did.
It didn't, I'm just saying that people still got the PS3 for its Bluray capability (though obviously only after it got cheaper)
Yeah streaming kind of killed Blu Rays for the mainstream
Price plays a huge factor as well. The PS3, while a great console, was more expensive then the 360 or Wii.
Also I get the feeling that 360 being an American console helped its sales in the west
, but I might just be being cynical and tin foil hatty.
The 360 came out earlier, was cheaper, and Xbox Live was ahead of PSN for a while
It was also first on the scene
You're right about MS getting homefield advantage in America, the PS3 outsold the 360, but 360 was the clear winner in the States iirc. Also, even when Sony was outselling MS 2 to 1 in the PS4 era I think it was essentially a tie in the states.
The PS3 outsold the Xbox 360 in the end, thanks to some late generation quality exclusives, free online multiplayer (lol) and brand reputation from the PS2.
The 360 was better early on when developers didn't know how to use the cell processor in the PS3, it was too expensive and Sony PSN got hacked.
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PS4 outsold the PS3, it's the best selling PS console after only the PS2.
Interesting- I haven't paid attention to the console scene since when the 360 was my main gaming machine.
Wasn't the PS4 the clear winner of last gen though?
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Can't go wrong with a good 'mater. Slice 'em up. Make 'em into ketchup. Eat the little ones whole. Yim yum.
As usual with the PC master race fools, it was all lies. The PS4 is the best selling PlayStation since the PS2. 117 million ones sold. Sold more than even the Nintendo Wii.
Modern triple A PC gaming is niche amongst the mainstream because it's too expensive. A PS5 is 500 US dollars, usually bundled in with a controller and a game. There is no way to build a new gaming PC, with a decent keyboard and mouse or controller, at that price point. The GPU probably costs more than the entire PS5 bundle. The PS5 has already sold 40 million units for a reason, and games have only started to fully switch over to the new generation.
Yeah, it was, by a large margin. The PS4 is Sony's second most successful console after the PS2.