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Farrell: PS3, 360 to enjoy strong success this cycle

Posted on March 6th, 2008 at 11:49 EDT

THQ President Brain Farrell has stated that he expects the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 to turn in a solid performance in the on-going console battle, suggesting that both machines have “lot of firepower left in their arsenal,” despite the early success of Nintendo’s Wii.

“The way we're thinking about this cycle from a high level is, the Wii at that lower price-point had a lot of momentum early in the cycle,” said Farrell, speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference.

“But as Sony and Microsoft come down the price curve those two should accelerate, and there's a lot of firepower left in their arsenal.”

Farrell also commented that he expects both machines to enjoy strong sales in the current hardware cycle.

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posted 11:54am EST - March 6th, 2008
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psn id: gingo.... i would agree and i know this sounds fanboyish but i believe ps3 has a little more firepower than 360 because of the superior lineup of games becasue apart from ninja gaiden 2 i cant think what other big title 360 has

posted 11:59am EST - March 6th, 2008
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Xbox is slowly dying and most of the wii games suck!!!!!

posted 12:05pm EST - March 6th, 2008
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me either Gingo

posted 12:22pm EST - March 6th, 2008
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well Gears of War 2 coming out thats an other one but other than that idk

posted 12:22pm EST - March 6th, 2008
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Um...Gingo...Ninja Gaiden 2...Too Human (first of a trilogy), Gears of War 2 (november), Fable 2, Mass Effect 2...to name but a few...

Don't get me wrong, i love my playstation but the 360 has no shortage of AAA titles on the way...add to that the number of games that are coming out in the next few months where the 360 was the lead platform means they're gonna be going for a while...having said that, a lot of devs are putting the PS3 as lead platform so the next round of games will be more Playstation oriented.

All in all, i think this is pretty dead on.  If M$ stop humping out all the FPS and TPS games they can and concentrate of on some other genres we might see some major competition...looks like it's a good time to own both consoles...

posted 12:22pm EST - March 6th, 2008
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PS3, yes

360....not so much

posted 12:31pm EST - March 6th, 2008
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A real Nostradomus that guy is.
posted 12:51pm EST - March 6th, 2008
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I agree with gingo here aswell. 2008 will be good for the ps3. wid store updates bringing more games, demos classic games. also  line up of games for the ps3 like WipeOut HD, MGS 4, Motor Strom 2, RFOM 2, The Getaway 3, The Agency and don't forget about Home which looks amazing. PS3 RULES

posted 1:07pm EST - March 6th, 2008
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the guy sounds like he's on crack to me.

posted 1:08pm EST - March 6th, 2008
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I have to agree, I think both the 360 and PS3 will do great this season. My only problem with the 360 is the fact that they rushed it to market leading to many issues (Loud fan, ring of death!!!), the biggest in my opinion, the lack of an HD DVD drive. Now first I laugh at them because I am a Blu Ray Adopter and if they had put in an HD DVD drive, I am almost sure HD DVD would have won. The thing that pisses me off the most however, is that this lack of High Capacity Storage, is causing all 3rd party game developers to code for the 360, because that can not port all games from the PS3 they are just too big, Heavenly sword for example had an 11GB audio file for crying out loud, it would take 4 DVD's to get it on the XBOX, now the same thing with Metal Gear. How good could the 3rd party titles really be if they had included it????? I guess we will see in a year or two when the PS3 Exclusives roll in!

posted 1:16pm EST - March 6th, 2008
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i read the title wrong, i thought it read farewell ps3, 360 to enjoy strong success this cycle. sorry, he's not on crack, maybe a little valium..

posted 1:24pm EST - March 6th, 2008
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I will get gears 2 on pc when it comes out  bigger and better like i did before.

posted 1:43pm EST - March 6th, 2008
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I think that this year will be a lot bigger for the Playstation 3. I feel that Xbox 360 sales wont really jump substantially again until Gears of War 2 comes out. But, when it comes to the PS3, there's Metal Gear Solid 4 in the middle of the year, at it will make PS3 sales skyrocket... I bet even some 360 fanboys will be picking up the new 80GB MGS4 bundle because it's only coming to the PS3. Also, there's Sony big guns at the end of the year: Resistance 2, Killzone 2, GT5, and Final Fantasy XIII that will make sales skyrocket as well. As long as those titles don't get pushed back, this year will be legendary for the PS3. The only thing that has me worried is that Resistance 2, Killzone 2, GT5, and FFXIII might get pushed until 09' and that just can't happen because the PS3 needs blockbuster games and it needs them ASAP.

All the Xbox 360 has this year is Gears of War 2 and Halo Wars. I don't even consider Ninja Gaiden 2 a big threat at all because God of War 3 is going to blow that game away. As long as Sony can keep it's games scheduled to be released in 2008 without getting pushed, this year will be Sony's year. Microsoft had it's year in 2007 with Halo 3, Bioshock, and Mass Effect, and now it's Sony's time to dominate.

posted 2:03pm EST - March 6th, 2008
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to the all the exlusives games or X360 only Gears of War 2.... i think is good... PS3 is way better this year MGS4/MG0 the two FF...Killzone 2... and a lot more.. you guys now the list..
posted 2:06pm EST - March 6th, 2008
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@Aclayps3......you couldnt be more right

posted 2:26pm EST - March 6th, 2008
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I think both consoles have good games.  But I think the PS3 has a much better library coming to it.  Absolutely they need to make sure those blockbuster titles come out as scheduled.  If they get pushed, not only will it be disapointing to most of us, it will also hurt sales I'm sure.  I do belive that this is sonys year.

posted 2:51pm EST - March 6th, 2008
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wrong again i think the cardboard box 360 dont have any fire power left n has hit the limit of what it can do while the ps3 is only just getting started,im just really sick of ps3 games not being has good has they can be cause they gotta make it fit on the cardboard box aswell.

posted 2:53pm EST - March 6th, 2008
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only no brainer people like fps games, every fps games out there are the same. all you see is the gun's hanging on the screen

posted 3:02pm EST - March 6th, 2008
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360 has indeed got less firepower than the PS3. Blu-ray, more exclusives, better exclusives and besides that the best exclusives from 360 (Mass Effect, Gears) are both coming the PC.

posted 4:43pm EST - March 6th, 2008
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xbox 360 has nothing for 2008.

 

and PS3 is destroying it not just in sales but also the best looking games ever like Uncharted and UT3.

posted 8:54pm EST - March 6th, 2008
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Does this guy live next to Mr. Rodgers or what? Oh how lovely, all contenders in this round of consoles will do well............

posted 11:07pm EST - March 6th, 2008
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lol, most of you ppl are so pathetic, everything is a 360 bash!..how bout this, i think the exclusives are way better on the 360! and im a PS3 owner, so what do you think of that...hahahahahaha. If you all think the 360 has nothing this year, you must be living in your own world.

posted 11:25pm EST - March 6th, 2008
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Go Rant, it's your Birthday... Go Rant... Ha! LOL

posted 11:29pm EST - March 6th, 2008
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^^ In terms of big hits exclusive, yes id agree with you..

posted 12:25am EST - March 7th, 2008
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go rant dream on dream on

posted 5:06am EST - March 7th, 2008
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Geow2, NG2, Fable2, Too Human and some more i cant remember now, even if you lot dont like these you atleast know these will sell in the millions.

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