Poll: Console Selling Game. Will one exist?

[sauerkraus]

Really the only kind of game that should sell a console is one with infinite replayability (read: multiplayer). I'm not sure about most people, but once I finish the single player I go right to the multiplayer and that's what makes a game memorable to me. After the missions are done and the dust is settled, I will forget the boss battle in stage two.. but the time I threw a knife across the map and stabbed someone in the eye... that will be forever imprinted in my memory.

 

[robb4rock6]

PS3:got it first(play most games on it)
GOWIII sold me on it

Xbox:halo kept me away
mass effect pulled me back

love one abuse the other like a red headed stepchild

 

[gbemery]

One word for you "Pong"...that is all.

 

[dingalingming]

The fact that Halo Reach is comming out drove me to buy an Xbox.

 

[EHKOS]

If I had the money I would go out and buy a ps3 right now just for GOW III

 

[Jadak]

I got my 360 for Gears of War, Mass Effect and Halo 3 in the future, got my PS3 for Killzone 2, which I kind of regret, but would have gotten it for Demon;s Souls as well.

Anyways, the question of "will there be any" doesn't apply, there has already been several. You not seeing them as such doesn't change that.

 

[Jezzascmezza]

Actually, I bought a 360 because of Crackdown...
Yeah...

 

[Keepitclean]

The original xbox was bought just for halo by at least two of my friends.

 

[Altorin]

Actually, I bought a 360 because of Crackdown...
Yeah...

that's a gutsy admission

 

[FROGGEman2]

Heaps of people bought PS3s for MGS4, same goes for Halo 3 (for the Xbox 360, retard).

 

[HotFezz8]

if it were truly awesome, but you forget the other person would come away with a perfectly servicable console as well...

 

[Nazulu]

I got the Wii for Brawl, never doing that again.

 

[Vern]

The one game that's making me think about getting a PS3 is God of War III. I went with the 360 at the time because most the games I wanted to play were multi console and it was cheaper. Thinking about it, I don't think I have a single game for 360 that isn't on PS3 or the PC. Not a fanboy, I go with price, but I think I'll wait to get a PS3 until I see more than one game I'd like to play.

Even with the Gamecube I bought it with Smash Brother's Melee, but I was also looking forward to Eternal Darkness, the new Zelda and Metroid games, and the Resident Evil remake. I can't see one single game making me fork out several hundred dollars.

Well, I got my PS2 for Contra: Shattered Soldier, Rygar, and Maximo. Then found quite a few other great games for it. So basically a minimum of three games that I'd like to play per console purchse.

 

[silasbufu]

I know there aren't many racing fans among you, but Gran Turismo did the trick for me .

 

[SMILEYkyle21]

yes but the space time continum would collapse in on itself due to the pure awesomeness of this game (which would probably contain chuck norris)

 

[Terramax]

I bought a Dreamcast after watching Soul Calibur for 20 minutes.

I bought an Xbox after playing Halo co-op with a friend (ended up being one of only 3 games on the system worth owning).

So the answer is 'yes' for me.

 

[srm79]

I know there aren't many racing fans among you, but Gran Turismo did the trick for me .

I bought my first PS1 (my first console too) for the original Formula One back in '96. I then bought a PS2 when it came out for the F1 series, Gran Turismo and MGS2 which were all PS2 exclusives.

When the PS2 died last year I replaced it with a PS3, partly because I guess whether or not I care to admit it I have become a Sony 'fanboy', but also because of GT5 & MGS4.

So yeah, not only WILL there be console-selling games, they have in fact been around for pretty much as long as there have been consoles!

 

[Thaius]

Remember Halo? That really good game that everyone thinks they're cool for hating now? Yeah, it pretty much single-handedly kept the Xbox alive long enough to get other good games on it. If not for Halo, Xbox most likely would not have survived. I'd call that a console-selling title.

 

[Yopaz]

I bought a 360 for Resident Evil 5 and Tales of Vesperia. One of them ended up exclusive... kinda, since the PS3 version's only for Japan.

 

[Gladion]

I think people don't quite get the real question. The scenario is the following: You already own one new console. Could there ever be a game on the other console that you would buy it for without even thinking about the other exclusives released on that particular console?

Well, I doubt it... if we're talking about full price here. 3-4 years later, used, maybe - but I can only talk for myself and buying a complete console and afterwards owning only one single game sounds outrageous.