Takahashi: Sony wooing third party devs, Microsoft to dominate holiday season

Dean Takahashi from The Mercury News claims that “Sony pleaded with third-party developers not to abandon its struggling platform,” and believes the change in attitude “is a marked difference compared to the arrogance of past years.” Takahashi’s speculations after the release of NPD‘s sales charts for September favor the Microsoft Xbox 360, as he expresses doubts if the Sony PlayStation 3 can offer something good this holiday season.

Takahashi believes the Xbox 360 will lead with big titles like Mass Effect and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, noting that even multiplatform games will sell more units on Microsoft’s console than those on the Sony PS3. Nintendo is putting up a fight with Super Mario Galaxy, but Ninty would’ve posed a bigger threat if Super Smash Bros. Brawl wasn’t delayed. Sony, on the other hand, is limping with Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction without other potential big sellers.

Even the release of Sony’s 40GB PS3 selling for US$ 399 is not enough to convince Takahashi that the former leader in the gaming industry can move out of third place this generation. “The Wii is doing surprisingly well given the hype around Halo 3,” he added.

Dean Takahashi from The Mercury News claims that “Sony pleaded with third-party developers not to abandon its struggling platform,” and believes the change in attitude “is a marked difference compared to the arrogance of past years.” Takahashi’s speculations after the release of NPD‘s sales charts for September favor the Microsoft Xbox 360, as he expresses doubts if the Sony PlayStation 3 can offer something good this holiday season.

Takahashi believes the Xbox 360 will lead with big titles like Mass Effect and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, noting that even multiplatform games will sell more units on Microsoft’s console than those on the Sony PS3. Nintendo is putting up a fight with Super Mario Galaxy, but Ninty would’ve posed a bigger threat if Super Smash Bros. Brawl wasn’t delayed. Sony, on the other hand, is limping with Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction without other potential big sellers.

Even the release of Sony’s 40GB PS3 selling for US$ 399 is not enough to convince Takahashi that the former leader in the gaming industry can move out of third place this generation. “The Wii is doing surprisingly well given the hype around Halo 3,” he added.