Toshiba quits, Blu-Ray wins the war

True, but this would work with other PS3 factors. The system has gotten more and more affordable. It now houses the official next-gen player. And 2008 is a big year for the PS3 exclusives as the heavy-hitters finally hit the shelves (Final Fantasy and Metal Gear). 2008 may be the year for the PS3 to get back on track.

I think the novelty act of the Wii has seen it's peak. And the 360 already debut it's most anticipated title (Halo 3). Fact is, there really isn't anything amazing on the horizon for either console, unless you count Super Smash Bros Brawl. The PS3, on the other hand, is now seeing the rest of the entertainment media finally start to catch up to it's technology. With in two years, you will NEED an HDTV. And as Wii and 360 become obsoleet, the PS3 will start to out-take them.

Old news. And I give you credit for waiting this long before resorting to your old tactics, but next time, you could at least spell obsolete correctly.

In 1 1/2 years ps3 will be the number 1 console in the world. Write that down.

Within two years, you won't need an HDTV. You will need a digital cable box or one of those analog to digital converters. And as the 360 actually becomes obsolete (and I have a feeling we still haven't seen the full potential, gameplay or graphics-wise, of the 360 yet) the next Xbox will be on the horizon.

With the announcement from Toshiba that HD-DVD is done, that leaves the door fully open for Microsoft to announce the Blu-Ray add-on player. And while there won't be any 360 games on Blu-Ray, it definitely wouldn't shock me to see the next Xbox have Blu-Ray in it.

Also, don't discount the popularity of Gears of War. While Gears 2 hasn't been announced, it is expected to be tomorrow during GDC, and it may not be on the horizon (if it gets announced) but it will make Microsoft and Epic a lot of coin.

And with all due respect, Aresnal, I find it highly unlikely that people are waiting to buy a PS3 until MGS4 comes out. You know, I can quite easily be wrong, but I think with GTA 4 coming out in 2 months, I think that's what most HD Console hold-outs have been waiting on. And if Microsoft markets their exclusive content properly, the majority of them will be coming to Xbox 360. I think Sony and most Sony fans discount the importance of GTA's exclusivity (timed or otherwise) was to the Playstation 2, and it may end up biting Sony in the ass.

Listen, I love MGS. I've been a fan of Snake since I played Metal Gear on the NES, but MGS4 just isn't going to be the console seller that PS3 fanboys cry and wine about it being. MGS is going to have to sell 7 million PS3 units. Halo 3 has already outsold either MGS or MGS2 and it's only been out since September. Why? Because that's the core demo. Those are the games that sell on the system. The PS3 doesn't have that core demo that the 360 can rely on. The Even if it sells as good and fast as Halo three, that still wouldn't be enough to have it top total consoles sold by Nintendo, and it would only tie Microsoft. MGS4 is going to be in their top 3 sold games, that's for sure, but it's not Sony's savior. If nothing else, we are expecting GT4, FFXIII(and all of it's tie ins), and MGS4 to sell 10 million units. Which just doesn't happen in this day and age. Those 8 million that bought Halo 3? Most of them already owned a 360.

In the US, the 360 will reign. The Japan market is so drastically different from ours and rarely effects our own.

Oddly enough, LG has decided to continue to support HD-DVD:

www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/news.phtml/12929/13953/lg-back-hddvd-disc-players.phtml

haha...owned.

Where's that one guy who was saying how much farther this war had to go? This was just like...days ago. I honestly don't see how anyone in their right mind thought that Blu Ray would lose this battle.

That made me happy. Happy Pizza keeps locking and deleting my threads for no good reason. I finally had to shed some light on the situation.



True, but with some big companies initially getting behind HD DVD... there was confusion. Still, Blu-Ray does make more sense for next gen.

If Sony wants to pull ahead, they are going to have to develop a game. As it stands now, they only have 3. Gran Turismo, MGS4, and Final Fantasy. Sony has lost Dragon Quest, which is such a massively popular title in it's home country.

Nintendo is a crazy force in Japan, when they do things right, they can do no wrong. Fact of the matter is, especially in Japan, the war will be won by Nintendo, especially since the DS a monster and Japan is in LOVE with the Wii more than we could only imagine. Something big needs to change, and releasing a Final Fantasy may not be enough by this point to overtake Nintendo. World wide sales over Microsoft? Absolutely. Sony SHOULD be doing better than they are, ESPECIALLY here, but they aren't. By it's first year, the PS2 was a monster. Something fell apart. People just aren't jumping on it's band wagon and that's a fact.