Being the Sony fanboy I am, I'm totally excited about this. While graphically the 360 does at many times just get a nudge over the PS3, the PS3 I feel has been severely underrated as a system and gotten a lot of undeserved ignorance from overall gamers, especially in North America. Here, the 360 is much more known to casual consumers the same way the Wii fit the casual player. when people think "video games" they usually think "Xbox." I dunno, maybe it just rolls off the tongue easier than saying "Playstation 3."
Really the Xbox has just 2 things going for it - Halo and GOW. Being FPS games, PS3 killer apps like Uncharted are more ignored because they seem more like adventure games where you have to actually think about stuff; as well as a game like Killzone where the FPS atmosphere isn't as immediately recognizable, even though KZ 2 and 3 are great games. The PS3 exclusives are where real hardcore gaming is, considering they provide a much greater challenge in terms of in game mechanics such as puzzles and strategies, as well as artistic merit. I think the spike in sales is probably due to people finally becoming a bit bored with just FPS run and gunning and wanting something a little more out of their games. Considering how way too easily people are impressed these days, it's no wonder any FPS can automatically seem like a masterpiece.
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