A platform needs just one thing to dominate....

Exclusive Sports titles.....Imagine if Madden was PS3 exclusive....Even if Sony sold the PS3s at $700 pricepoint the 360 wouldnt even had a chance.....add FIFA/PES to that and nothing can resist that....Sports games sales just own everything except WoW....So no need for mushing millions into FPS (Killzone2) just dish out enough cash to have a well established sports title as an exclusive and BAM! youve got the market share.

Yup. I always though Sony should make an exclusive soccer game at least. I'd buy it :P

A platform just needs a low price to dominate.Nonstop-Madness

Sega tried that once.

Sega tried that once.

Mr_Nordquist

Yup. I always though Sony should make an exclusive soccer game at least. I'd buy it :P

Eddie-Vedder

[QUOTE="Mr_Nordquist"]

Sega tried that once.

True_Gamer_

Yah, so Sega created their own dev team for sports games that put out higher quality games than EA.

Now, if what you're saying is that one company just needs to own every sports game franchise, and no other console gets them then I'd agree it could work, but I doubt MS, or Sony would just shrug it off if the other company had a monopoly on all the sports games.

[QUOTE="Eddie-Vedder"]

Yup. I always though Sony should make an exclusive soccer game at least. I'd buy it :P

Salt_The_Fries

[QUOTE="Eddie-Vedder"]

Yup. I always though Sony should make an exclusive soccer game at least. I'd buy it :P

Salt_The_Fries

[QUOTE="Salt_The_Fries"][QUOTE="Eddie-Vedder"]

Yup. I always though Sony should make an exclusive soccer game at least. I'd buy it :P

Eddie-Vedder

Yup. I always though Sony should make an exclusive soccer game at least. I'd buy it :P

A platform just needs a low price to dominate.Nonstop-Madness

[QUOTE="Nonstop-Madness"]A platform just needs a low price to dominate.surrealnumber5

Multiplat is where the money is.

[QUOTE="True_Gamer_"][QUOTE="Mr_Nordquist"] EA didnt like DreamCast....Mr_Nordquist

Yah, so Sega created their own dev team for sports games that put out higher quality games than EA.

Now, if what you're saying is that one company just needs to own every sports game franchise, and no other console gets them then I'd agree it could work, but I doubt MS, or Sony would just shrug it off if the other company had a monopoly on all the sports games.

MLB '09 the show sold pretty well last month, so you may be on to something there, but Madden will never be exclusive, they sell a kagillion copies on every platform so there is no needPOJO_MOFO

Exclusive Sports titles.....Imagine if Madden was PS3 exclusive....Even if Sony sold the PS3s at $700 pricepoint the 360 wouldnt even had a chance.....add FIFA/PES to that and nothing can resist that....Sports games sales just own everything except WoW....So no need for mushing millions into FPS (Killzone2) just dish out enough cash to have a well established sports title as an exclusive and BAM! youve got the market share.

True_Gamer_

Perhaps if a console had precured exclusivity from a major developer like EA for sports titles when the gen first started - then it would make a difference. Talking about this now is stupid. If a company decided to go exclusive now for example, they'd alienate a vast majority of console owners and in turn their market... which means less money.

Most companies, particularly large, wealthy ones, don't enjoy committing financial suicide.

What a platform needs is dependent on the generation. Last gen it was the games. Before that, technology (many will disagree here). Now, its community. The reason Microsoft is doing so well, along with nintendo is everyone has one. Microsoft connects the hardcore and even casual friends. This gen revolves around community. Since Microsoft got that head start it created a fanbase that has kept momentum going. That's my 2 centsgamefan274

MS would get their own sports franchises to compete with them, by hook or by crook.Cherokee_Jack

Perhaps if a console had precured exclusivity from a major developer like EA for sports titles when the gen first started - then it would make a difference. Talking about this now is stupid. If a company decided to go exclusive now for example, they'd alienate a vast majority of console owners and in turn their market... which means less money.

Most companies, particularly large, wealthy ones, don't enjoy committing financial suicide.

raynimrod

Exclusive Sports titles.....Imagine if Madden was PS3 exclusive....Even if Sony sold the PS3s at $700 pricepoint the 360 wouldnt even had a chance.....add FIFA/PES to that and nothing can resist that....Sports games sales just own everything except WoW....So no need for mushing millions into FPS (Killzone2) just dish out enough cash to have a well established sports title as an exclusive and BAM! youve got the market share.

True_Gamer_

[QUOTE="raynimrod"]

Perhaps if a console had precured exclusivity from a major developer like EA for sports titles when the gen first started - then it would make a difference. Talking about this now is stupid. If a company decided to go exclusive now for example, they'd alienate a vast majority of console owners and in turn their market... which means less money.

Most companies, particularly large, wealthy ones, don't enjoy committing financial suicide.

True_Gamer_