In news that will really matter to people whose choice of console is determined by how many other people also choose it, Sony’s VP of publisher relations has admitted that the Xbox 360 has a “massive lead” in hardware sales in America, but the PS3 sells more games.
“So if you look at the index ratio and see that where they might have this massive lead on the hardware side, the people that are buying software, when the software growth is happening, it’s happening on the PS3,” Rob Dyer told IndustryGamers.
“If you have a choice between buying a PS3 version and an Xbox version of Mortal Kombat, which one are you buying? You’re buying the PS3 version because you can play as Kratos. Although Microsoft has a 1.6 to 1 index ratio against us [on hardware], we outsold them on Mortal Kombat nearly at a 1 to 1. So that is due in large part to the exclusive content that you’re getting on disc. You’ll see that happening on almost every case where we’ve had a game that they’ve supported with on disc content or with exclusive DLC.”
Sony’s luck on the hardware front might be changing, though. At least, that’s what industry analyst and crystal ball gazer Michael Pachter thinks.
“If Microsoft [doesn’t cut the price of the Xbox 360 this holiday season], I think PS3 will outsell Xbox 360,” he told IndustryGamers in a recent interview. “However, my friends at Microsoft are extremely proud, and they absolutely refuse to tolerate the possibility that the PS3 will outsell the Xbox 360. I think they have the ads printed for the Xbox 360 price cut, and will drop them on us the instant they see PS3 sales greater than 360 sales.”
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