Poll: Console Selling Game. Will one exist?

[TxMxRonin]

I guess, I bought an Xbox 360 and Ace Combat 6 about a year after its release when I found out it was truly going to be exclusive. Not really cause I so wanted to play it but because that was the only way I could play it.

But to answer the question, no. I don't believe a universal must have game will ever exist.

 

[Snotnarok]

OP this doesn't make any sense...who buys a console just for the sake of having a console? Of COURSE they're gonna buy it for the games!

I bought the 360 for Gears of War and Dead Rising
I bought my PS3 (because my PS2 died) for Ratchet and Clank and later on, God of War 3.
I didn't buy my Sega Genesis, my grandma did when I was a kid, and I wanted it for Sonic! :O

I guess I didn't make it clear enough. PS3 or Xbox.

Cuz, you know, I like to poke the fanboy bear in it's cage once and a while.

What about fanboys?

OP this doesn't make any sense...who buys a console just for the sake of having a console? Of COURSE they're gonna buy it for the games!

I bought the 360 for Gears of War and Dead Rising
I bought my PS3 (because my PS2 died) for Ratchet and Clank and later on, God of War 3.
I didn't buy my Sega Genesis, my grandma did when I was a kid, and I wanted it for Sonic! :O

I believe the intended question is asking whether or not you believe there will ever be a game good enough that it forces you to buy the console just for that ONE game.

Then that'd be Final Fantasy VII, that sold PSOnes like crazy, along with Mario 64 selling 64s.

This Generation it'd probably be Gears/Halo/Metal Gear 4/God of War.

 

[daemon37]

I bought a PS3 because of Metal Gear Solid 4.

 

[Therumancer]

To put it bluntly, yes. This is one of the reasons why you see hot new titles you frequently see bundle deals with a console and that game, or even themed/skinned consoles.

Final Fantasy games are a good example, but the same can be said about certain shooters and such. A lot of people seemingly got the Xbox just for Halo.

Is it a wise desician? No. But that really isn't the question.

 

[manaman]

No, I would not buy a console unless it was a novelty toy like the Wii.

Wii bashing. Original

Zelda Twilight Princess really sold the Wii for me. The Wii, PS2 (to replay old classics) and my computer are the only systems really seeing any of my playtime. And yeah the Wii has held my interest since I got it about 6 or 7 months after release.

I get the impression most people calling it a toy or a novelty are not only going to go out and get the motion controllers for their system of choice but never even gave the Wii a chance, and bash it cause it's the in thing to do.


Halo 3 was a seller for 360. Also the long line of PC ports available on the 360 would seem to be an attractive option for people who don't have the cash to lay down for a high end PC but still want to play those games.

 

[Phoenixlight]

People have being doing this for as long as I can remember. The only reason I bought an XBOX360 was because none of my friends have PS3's and I wanted to play online with them so now I just use my PS3 for the more single player games like uncharted 2, final fantasy XIII, bioshock 2 and assassins creed 2. Whereas I use the xbox for modern warfare 2, left 4 dead 2 and gears of war 2.

Edit: wow that's a lot of 2's o.0

 

[Small Waves]

Kingdom Hearts 3 would be a console-seller for me...

But every post-KH1 game sucks ass. If anything the new Katamari game and Disgaea 3 would get me to buy the PS3 if I had the money for it.

 

[oldmanwynter]

Kingdom Hearts 3 would be a console-seller for me...

But every post-KH1 game sucks ass. If anything the new Katamari game and Disgaea 3 would get me to buy the PS3 if I had the money for it.

KH2 wasn't that bad...

 

[ultrachicken]

Halo: Reach has the potential to sell a lot of 360s.
GoW3 will sell a lot of PS3s

 

[BlindMessiah94]

I don't see why not. If you not buying a console for its exclusive titles then why are you buying it?

To me it has to be more than "one" game. I bought XBOX over PS3 because of Mass Effect, and most of its XBLA titles.
If I can afford both one day maybe I will get a ps3 as well.

Besides there will never be one game that EVERYONE just agrees is the game to own and makes people buy a console.

Besides I'm assuming that game already exists, and it's Starcraft 2, and the console is a PC.

 

[Altorin]

Knights of the Old Republic caused me to buy an Xbox, and Mass Effect caused me to buy a 360.

What you're calling is a "Killer App", and it's REQUIRED for a console to be successful.

 

[Small Waves]

Kingdom Hearts 3 would be a console-seller for me...

But every post-KH1 game sucks ass. If anything the new Katamari game and Disgaea 3 would get me to buy the PS3 if I had the money for it.

KH2 wasn't that bad...

Yeah, it wasn't that bad.

Spoiler

It was much worse than bad.

 

[Nam Yensa]

I got a ps3 for metal gear solid 4, killzone 2, and ffxiii (ya know when it was gonna be an exclusive)

 

[MurderousToaster]

Halo, Metal Gear Solid, Killzone, Gears of War etc. all sold for their respective consoles.

It also worries me the amount of people coming into a very clearly console marked thread and telling us about how they dislike consoles.

 

[sumanoskae]

I hope to make one. Other then that, It's hard for me to say, I own all three, and I'm not hurting for money, so there's rarely a game I can't have. I don't know what I would do to get one

 

[OmegaCheese]

No, it's more the consoles capabilities rather than games for me. Although I still have a PS2 though....

 

[HolidayBrick]

Super Smash Bros Melee was enough to get me to buy a Gamecube.

 

[ObsessiveSketch]

God of War III makes me want a PS3 so bad, it's not even funny. Seriously, once that comes out, and I have the money? Gettin' one.

 

[Arionis]

MAYBE Super Smash Brothers Brawl,

and Halo REACH will possibly qualify, as it may prove to bring old TRIBES players into the fold.

Oh, and, Shadow of the Colossus.

 

[T3h Camp3r T3rr0r1st]

Crysis?

(PC is not a console I know but still...)