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shmokes:
C'mon. You know what I mean about ace cards. Of course there will always be good games being released for every system. But how many Super Marios do we get on on each console? Usually one. How many Zeldas? Usually one. How many Halos? Exactly one since Microsoft lost Bungie.

--- Quote from: pointdablame on December 29, 2007, 03:13:14 pm ---
The bottom line is Nintendo and MS already have killer app software for their systems, and PS3 is only now seeing one or two games that you could even think of lumping into that category.

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Are you sure the bottom line is what you think it is? Metacritic lists 39 PS3 games with a score of 8.0 or above. The Wii sports a whopping 12 (Wii has 4 games with 9.0 or above while PS3 has only 3).

You've got Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Ratchet & Clank Future, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Virtua Fighter 5, Unreal Tournament III, Call of Duty 4, Rock Band, Elder Scrolls Oblivion, Folklore, Guitar Hero III, MotorStorm, etc. A few of those are multiplatform, but most are exclusives. At any rate, exclusive or not, PS3's lineup is not as weak as you are portraying it. They've got big guns coming, but their 2007 lineup ain't bad. Depending how you look at it, it's likely stronger than Wii's (it clearly doesn't touch the 360's library yet).

So, while Nintendo and MS will continue to release games right alongside Sony, I repeat, they have played most their Ace cards and Sony's still got most their best in development. Add to that the continued strength of the Playstation brand and you have some pretty strong indicators that Sony's future is pretty bright. Their sales have already skyrocketed with the drop to $399. I assume they'll drop another $100-$150 by 2008 holiday season. They also have much stronger support from Japanese developers than Microsoft.

Nintendo, I think, played just about everything right except their hardware. It's too weak. They can't stay on top with it, IMO. It also doesn't help that the motion sensors are pretty shoddy. If they'd released at $299 (the cost of a core Xbox 360 at launch) and had graphic capabilities close to 360 I think they'd have an overall winner, but that ain't the case. Actually, I'm speaking too strongly. I think that's likely not the case, but their early lead is going to be pretty big so I suppose it might end up being insurmountable. I doubt it, but maybe.

In any case, if Sony doesn't end up in the number one spot (albeit with a MUCH smaller lead than the previous two generations) they will at least beat Microsoft and they will still have won in terms of being the gamer's system rather than the casual gamer's system.

tommy:
What Zelda game has come out for the Wii that was made especially for the Wii, shmokes?

None. No Ace in the hole yet.

somunny:
I've also been thinking about picking up a PS3 (mostly for Drake's Fortune), but the 60GB model is the only one I'm interested in due to it being the most backward compatible.

shmokes:
No . . . we'll likely get a Zelda made just for the Wii. Not any time soon, but presumably (and for god's sake, hopefully) we'll get it. And it'll be freaking awesome. We'll also get Animal Crossing, which will no doubt be phenomenal. Who knows what else? Maybe a Kid Icarus (doubtful); maybe something brand new. Certainly a Mariokart, which will at least be good fun, if not spectacular. But what will the third parties give us? Quick and dirty PS2 ports? New games released on both the Wii and PS2, i.e., built around a standard gamepad? With the exception of Trauma Center (a port) and Zack and Wiki, and maybe Raving Rabids, third parties have given us practically nothing but ---smurfing--- trash. Junk. Not-even-worth-a-rental - junk. Nintendo can't develop every game for the system, Tommy. They can only make a few. Don't get me wrong; they are damned prolific, but we get a few titles a year out of them. Period. And not all of them are great. Some are just Mario Party 8 or whatever number we're on now.

It takes more than Nintendo to make a killer software library. There's no better developer to have in your corner than Nintendo, but they can't do it alone.

tommy:
We still need a great Resident Evil game, and I've heard a long, long time ago that we will see a Punch Out game of some sort, but who knows.

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