2008 is PS3's year; I propose 2009 is the 360's year.

I've come up with a theory of my own here. I call it the Alternating Years Theory. It basically states that each console, at least in this generation, will have alternating years of success. At least, in terms of games. Gears of War made 2007 a great 360 year (even though it came out in 2006), Halo 3 made 2007 a 360 year, Mass Effect as well.

2008 is DESTINED to be the year of the PS3 with its major franchises coming in like GoW3 (assuming) and MGS4. But in 2009, the system won't have those titles.

Instead, Xbox 360 should have Mass Effect 2, GeoW2, etc. 2009 will be the year to have an Xbox 360.

And then 2010 will be another PS3 year. And then it goes on.

What I'm saying here, is that you should have both consoles to exact the most out of games. Now, I can't predict how sales will turn out or anything, don't get me wrong. Right now, the System Wars are so tied that there is no true majority-developer preference and the game numbers should even out before the end of the War, assuming one doesn't suddenly blast off ahead of the other. I don't think we have another PS2 on our hands, we have a Wii, which will sell regardless of the PS3 or 360.

To improve or update my theories, I need some thoughts!

theres probably a new bioshock in the works aswell as another forza (maybe 08 release though), but apparently the 360 has no good games left anyway.marklarmer

Bioshock 2 will be multiplat going to PS3, 360, and PC. Why? 2K games.

[QUOTE="marklarmer"]theres probably a new bioshock in the works aswell as another forza (maybe 08 release though), but apparently the 360 has no good games left anyway.dkhw

Bioshock 2 will be multiplat going to PS3, 360, and PC. Why? 2K games.

your assumption kinda kills the idea, research more on the speculated dates for the PS3 TitlesTacho101

Any theory is an assumption, my friend. No date is official as well as alternating years could be alternating years-and-a-half or even two years, seeing as the 360 had about a year-and-half-lead (until Wii showed up).

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[QUOTE="marklarmer"]theres probably a new bioshock in the works aswell as another forza (maybe 08 release though), but apparently the 360 has no good games left anyway.jg4xchamp

Bioshock 2 will be multiplat going to PS3, 360, and PC. Why? 2K games.

Well, that's because Bioshock was already in dev. for 360 and PC while it wasn't for PS3, and everyone knows it's harder on PS3 to dev. However, if you look at the track record of 2k games, you can see that they LIKE Sony and PS brand. Example, Oblivion going to PS3. Fallout 3 going to PS3. It wouldn't suprise me if Bioshock was ported late like Oblivion was.

PS3 in 2009 has God of war 2, Final fantasy 13 and versus 13, and LA noire. I don't think thats 360's without some confirmed big titles 8) Rhys555

PS3 has confirmed titled for 2009 becuz they were 2008 titles that got pushed back.

I don't like the way you push the wii off to the side. It's going to be another year of the wii for the world but some ppl here are happier talking about second place in the war.

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[QUOTE="marklarmer"]theres probably a new bioshock in the works aswell as another forza (maybe 08 release though), but apparently the 360 has no good games left anyway.dkhw

Bioshock 2 will be multiplat going to PS3, 360, and PC. Why? 2K games.

Well, that's because Bioshock was already in dev. for 360 and PC while it wasn't for PS3, and everyone knows it's harder on PS3 to dev. However, if you look at the track record of 2k games, you can see that they LIKE Sony and PS brand. Example, Oblivion going to PS3. Fallout 3 going to PS3. It wouldn't suprise me if Bioshock was ported late like Oblivion was.

Heh 2009 we will see the Xbox 720. It will be the forth year the 360 has been released and like the fourth year the original Xbox was released we saw the new Xbox console, Microsoft may follow the same pattern.

How about no year belongs to one console and instead we can enjoy them all equally? That and 2009 has no real firm releases. Not to mention both consoles have a warehouse load of titles being developed in secret that could swing the favour either way.

I don't like the way you push the wii off to the side. It's going to be another year of the wii for the world but some ppl here are happier talking about second place in the war.

Ontain

I think you missed the part where I said the Wii will sell regardless! The Wii is going to have great Nintendo titles regardless of what happens! I apologize if you got any anti-Wii drift there, I'm trying to be neutral here.

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I don't like the way you push the wii off to the side. It's going to be another year of the wii for the world but some ppl here are happier talking about second place in the war.

darthzew

I think you missed the part where I said the Wii will sell regardless! The Wii is going to have great Nintendo titles regardless of what happens! I apologize if you got any anti-Wii drift there, I'm trying to be neutral here.

I know that you said the wii will sell regardless. if anything I'd say that makes it the year of the wii than the year of the ps3 or 360. until either one can top the wii in that respect i don't see how it will be their year.

[QUOTE="darthzew"][QUOTE="Ontain"]

I don't like the way you push the wii off to the side. It's going to be another year of the wii for the world but some ppl here are happier talking about second place in the war.

Ontain

I think you missed the part where I said the Wii will sell regardless! The Wii is going to have great Nintendo titles regardless of what happens! I apologize if you got any anti-Wii drift there, I'm trying to be neutral here.

I know that you said the wii will sell regardless. if anything I'd say that makes it the year of the wii than the year of the ps3 or 360. until either one can top the wii in that respect i don't see how it will be their year.

this gen is different than last, the ps3 and 360 are super close to each other im many respects.... the wii is a different bag of fruit

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I know that you said the wii will sell regardless. if anything I'd say that makes it the year of the wii than the year of the ps3 or 360. until either one can top the wii in that respect i don't see how it will be their year.

hip-hop-cola2

this gen is different than last, the ps3 and 360 are super close to each other im many respects.... the wii is a different bag of fruit

they all play video games. they are all video game consoles. this just seems like an excuse to not have to consider the wii as part of this gen's console war. the DS and PSP are just as different from each other yet they are in the same handheld war.

I've come up with a theory of my own here. I call it the Alternating Years Theory. It basically states that each console, at least in this generation, will have alternating years of success. At least, in terms of games. Gears of War made 2007 a great 360 year (even though it came out in 2006), Halo 3 made 2007 a 360 year, Mass Effect as well.

2008 is DESTINED to be the year of the PS3 with its major franchises coming in like GoW3 (assuming) and MGS4. But in 2009, the system won't have those titles.

Instead, Xbox 360 should have Mass Effect 2, GeoW2, etc. 2009 will be the year to have an Xbox 360.

And then 2010 will be another PS3 year. And then it goes on.

What I'm saying here, is that you should have both consoles to exact the most out of games. Now, I can't predict how sales will turn out or anything, don't get me wrong. Right now, the System Wars are so tied that there is no true majority-developer preference and the game numbers should even out before the end of the War, assuming one doesn't suddenly blast off ahead of the other. I don't think we have another PS2 on our hands, we have a Wii, which will sell regardless of the PS3 or 360.

To improve or update my theories, I need some thoughts!

darthzew

God of War 3 wont release til 2009 Final Fantasy VS will come out in 2009... Epic was making an exclusive for PS3 (not sure if it's still happening because of rumors with MS buying them) but if it releases it wont come out til 09....

PS3 in 2009 has God of war 2, Final fantasy 13 and versus 13, and LA noire. I don't think thats 360's without some confirmed big titles 8) Rhys555

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[QUOTE="marklarmer"]theres probably a new bioshock in the works aswell as another forza (maybe 08 release though), but apparently the 360 has no good games left anyway.jg4xchamp

Bioshock 2 will be multiplat going to PS3, 360, and PC. Why? 2K games.

Massive PC fanbase for Bioshock, same language as 360 games used for programming, they'll make money.

im not willing to say 2008 is anybody's year yet......if there's one thing ive learned about gaming over the years is to expect the unexpected the mere fact people are proclaiming it to be sonys year is exactly whats making me think something else will happen. Many points in gaming history have proved the proclaimers wrong like......PSP beating the DS........ps3 beating everything.....wii seen as a joke and not selling.......sorry i just dont trust the fanboys judgment on things like this they have been proved wrong more often than notchrisoff_1

In what week did the PSP beat the DS? Cause when I go to Wal Mart, DS are always sold out. Plenty of PSP's though.

So if ps3 or 360 or wii or w.e wins the years to come. What do you have to gain from it? It's not like you guys will go outside and start celebrating o.0

regardless all consoles will have decent games.

God of War 3.

FFXIII/Versus.

after this year it will stay the ps3 year all the time. history will just repeat itself. god of war 3, kingdom hearts 3(maybe), ffversus13, TWISTED METAL PS3, and other games that could surprise us.

I've come up with a theory of my own here. I call it the Alternating Years Theory. It basically states that each console, at least in this generation, will have alternating years of success. At least, in terms of games. Gears of War made 2007 a great 360 year (even though it came out in 2006), Halo 3 made 2007 a 360 year, Mass Effect as well.

2008 is DESTINED to be the year of the PS3 with its major franchises coming in like GoW3 (assuming) and MGS4. But in 2009, the system won't have those titles.

Instead, Xbox 360 should have Mass Effect 2, GeoW2, etc. 2009 will be the year to have an Xbox 360.

And then 2010 will be another PS3 year. And then it goes on.

What I'm saying here, is that you should have both consoles to exact the most out of games. Now, I can't predict how sales will turn out or anything, don't get me wrong. Right now, the System Wars are so tied that there is no true majority-developer preference and the game numbers should even out before the end of the War, assuming one doesn't suddenly blast off ahead of the other. I don't think we have another PS2 on our hands, we have a Wii, which will sell regardless of the PS3 or 360.

To improve or update my theories, I need some thoughts!

darthzew

PS3 in 2009 has God of war 2, Final fantasy 13 and versus 13, and LA noire. I don't think thats 360's without some confirmed big titles 8) Rhys555

What about the new Twisted Mteal Game and Possibly Team Ico games if they dont come out this year

Who cares if Bioshock 2 is on 360, it will look like crap next to the PC version.slickchris7777

true, with the 9800 coming out ... true

Who cares if Bioshock 2 is on 360, it will look like crap next to the PC version.slickchris7777

like comparing 360-ps3 multiplats right?

2009 is PS3's year...

FF13, KZ2, GT5, GOW3, iNFAMOUS, Heavy Rain, Motorstorm 2, Team Ico, Socom 4?!, Jaffe's game...

How is 2008 PS3's year anyway? FF13 was delayed, and besides MGS4 I don't see a whole lot of killer titles.Vandalvideo

2008 is the year of multiplats. But, MGS4 is the biggest exclusive game on the consoles...and there is LBP and Socom. And some other stuff.

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"]How is 2008 PS3's year anyway? FF13 was delayed, and besides MGS4 I don't see a whole lot of killer titles.Kahuna_1

2008 is the year of multiplats. But, MGS4 is the biggest exclusive game on the consoles...and there is LBP and Socom. And some other stuff.

2009 is PS3's year...

FF13, KZ2, GT5, GOW3, iNFAMOUS, Heavy Rain, Motorstorm 2, Team Ico, Socom 4?!, Jaffe's game...

Kahuna_1

How can you have a "theory" when you only have one year (maybe two) of hard evidence? It looks more like guesswork to me.

We know next to nothing about the games planned for 2009...

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[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"]How is 2008 PS3's year anyway? FF13 was delayed, and besides MGS4 I don't see a whole lot of killer titles.Vandalvideo

2008 is the year of multiplats. But, MGS4 is the biggest exclusive game on the consoles...and there is LBP and Socom. And some other stuff.

Well if it catches on it will sell like crazy.

nah, 2007 was it's year.

And with FFXIII, GOW3, Twisted Metal PS3, LA Noire, SOCOM 4 etc. Ps3 will be no slouch. in 2009.