The PS3 seems to be turning the tables so far in 2008. Recent NPD reveals that the PS3 is outselling the Xbox 360 and tied with the Wii. Not too surprising, considering the decline and eventual crash of HD DVD. Microsoft still hasn't fully solved the hardware problems the Xbox 360 has been facing, and the Wii is still lacking in appealing software (except for a couple titles). So, that just leaves the PS3 racking up favor among consumers with its growing features and services, as well as hot new titles coming up. 2008 is definitely looking bright for Sony and the PS3.
Fast-forward to one year later, 2008- Sales have been climbing for the PlayStation 3 for quite a while, and January 2008 marks the first month where the system outsells the Xbox 360 and essentially ties the Wii in North America. Availability for the 2007 holiday season was excellent - the Wii was still hard to find, for some reason - and perhaps surprisingly, the PS3 has proven itself to be an immensely reliable system. At the same time, the hardware reliability catastrophe centering on the Xbox 360 exploded last summer, and the latest reports show this problem hasn't disappeared. The Wii continues to lack compelling software (with one or two exceptions), and PS3 owners were able to play the likes of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Unreal Tournament III, Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, Warhawk, Folklore and Heavenly Sword. Granted, the Xbox 360 did have the perennial Game of the Year contenders in 2007, with Bioshock, Halo 3 and Mass Effect, but the 2008 lineup for each console is shaping up to be very, very different.
The PS3 is looking at potentially unbelievable exclusives like Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Gran Turismo 5, Killzone 2, Haze, Final Fantasy XIII and more, and developers everywhere are beginning to come around to the PS3's complex architecture. Analysts and industry experts are starting to release heavily revised predictions and projections, most of which say the PS3 will definitely catch up to both the 360 and Wii at some point. The price of the system has dropped by $200 (even though the 40GB model is definitely gimped in comparison to the original 60GB version), and another model with a massive hard drive is apparently right around the corner. On top of it all, Blu-Ray has evidently secured a complete victory in the format war, which immediately places the PS3 in an enviable position. The only console that can currently play high-definition movies? Yep, that's a strong selling point. Vile rumors revolving around ticked-off developers simply refusing to develop for the PS3 have disappeared, and overall, the aforementioned doom and gloom from last year has been replaced by several dozen roses.
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