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Preorders chart is US only, where the 360 has a 12 million lead, and it has higher attach rates (ie 360 owners buy more games on average).

Many will (have already) said that it is because the PS3 has a more diverse userbase. This is true to a certain degree, but I think the first point is the more significant one.



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Level1Death said:
RolStoppable said:
Mainly because Sony's lineup is built on diversity while Microsoft chooses to brainwash people with their marketing.

This.

haha, look fact is this.. kids.. not adults who were kids back in PS2 days still playing,but kids today would rather play FPS like COD AND Halo.. these games are the best sellers ON BOTH CONSOLES..

Marketing has nothing to do with this.. if fancy marketing was the case, when i still had my PS3.. i would've beleived Sony's marketing that rumble was old tech and thats why they didnt have it in their PS3 controller anymore - instead of the REAL TRUTH - at the time Sony was in a lawsuit with the company that owns vibration controller technology - and losing - so they settled with the company and finally came back out with rumble on PS3 after like almost a year of PS3 being out



Lyrikalstylez said:
Maybe ps3 users mainly use it as a blu-ray player? Who Knows
I strictly use my ps3 for the sony exclusives, So Im doing my part guys!!




RolStoppable said:
Mainly because Sony's lineup is built on diversity while Microsoft chooses to brainwash people with their marketing.


That sir is Sony fan made propaganda. 

Numbers dont lie. Global software difference between 360 and PS3 is at about 90 million approx. And im sure that didnt come from the year 360 was out before ps3 released.

This "diversity" is only because Sony has NO IDEA what their demographic wants and is taking shots in the dark. MS on the other hand knows their core audience and what they want....so thats what they deliever. 

Propaganda debunked :)



Xbox: Best hardware, Game Pass best value, best BC, more 1st party genres and multiplayer titles. 

 

snakenobi said:
SaviorX said:
snakenobi said:
they are,its just that diversity distribute over alot of games

PS3 software actually trumps both Wii and 360 software sales these days in total


????? Since when ??????

And I agree with what was stated earlier that MS does a megaton of marketing in comparison. In terms of ad money spent it is MS>>>>>Sony>>>Ninty

Worldwide 2011 Software Totals

 

wii loses as it has bundled games on its value bundle

Console  
Wii 60,608,895      
PS3 55,142,496 (-    
X360 53,565,434      
DS 42,042,239      
PSP 17,137,182      
PC 8,751,011  
3DS 6,075,834  
PS2 4,778,740  

And the PS3 did not have game bundles as well? Uncharted 2? God of War 3? Winning Eleven? Black Ops? Move titles?



Leatherhat on July 6th, 2012 3pm. Vita sales:"3 mil for COD 2 mil for AC. Maybe more. "  thehusbo on July 6th, 2012 5pm. Vita sales:"5 mil for COD 2.2 mil for AC."

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sales2099 said:
RolStoppable said:
Mainly because Sony's lineup is built on diversity while Microsoft chooses to brainwash people with their marketing.


That sir is Sony fan made propaganda. 

Numbers dont lie. Global software difference between 360 and PS3 is at about 90 million approx. And im sure that didnt come from the year 360 was out before ps3 released.

This "diversity" is only because Sony has NO IDEA what their demographic wants and is taking shots in the dark. MS on the other hand knows their core audience and what they want....so thats what they deliever. 

Propaganda debunked :)there was non to begin with

srry sir but your wrong. my library is mostly full of PS3 exclusives. the last 3 yrs the PS3's library has been the leader in game buy's in my house with Wii a far second and the 360 totaling only 4 games.

the multiplatform list is small even with back catalog games. very exclusive ip for the PS3 comes first as technicaly its the only console i own. lucky for me the other 2 consoles are in the house so i see a game i want on it. i get it.

i can name them if ya like.

i am the demagraphic and like pokemon i want them all. 100% of PS3 Sony ip and exclusives



MARCUSDJACKSON said:
sales2099 said:
RolStoppable said:
Mainly because Sony's lineup is built on diversity while Microsoft chooses to brainwash people with their marketing.


That sir is Sony fan made propaganda. 

Numbers dont lie. Global software difference between 360 and PS3 is at about 90 million approx. And im sure that didnt come from the year 360 was out before ps3 released.

This "diversity" is only because Sony has NO IDEA what their demographic wants and is taking shots in the dark. MS on the other hand knows their core audience and what they want....so thats what they deliever. 

Propaganda debunked :)there was non to begin with

srry sir but your wrong. my library is mostly full of PS3 exclusives. the last 3 yrs the PS3's library has been the leader in game buy's in my house with Wii a far second and the 360 totaling only 4 games.

the multiplatform list is small even with back catalog games. very exclusive ip for the PS3 comes first as technicaly its the only console i own. lucky for me the other 2 consoles are in the house so i see a game i want on it. i get it.


You talk like your opinion is the majority held one.....cause it isnt.

If it was then PS3 wouldnt be 3rd place and behind in software sales by 90 million. 



Xbox: Best hardware, Game Pass best value, best BC, more 1st party genres and multiplayer titles. 

 

The better games will likely sell more. So, it's naturally safe to assume Xbox 360 games are usually better than PS3 games.

I give you 2 seconds before someone rage-disagree with me :)



SaviorX said:
snakenobi said:
SaviorX said:
snakenobi said:
they are,its just that diversity distribute over alot of games

PS3 software actually trumps both Wii and 360 software sales these days in total


????? Since when ??????

And I agree with what was stated earlier that MS does a megaton of marketing in comparison. In terms of ad money spent it is MS>>>>>Sony>>>Ninty

Worldwide 2011 Software Totals

 

wii loses as it has bundled games on its value bundle

Console  
Wii 60,608,895      
PS3 55,142,496 (-    
X360 53,565,434      
DS 42,042,239      
PSP 17,137,182      
PC 8,751,011  
3DS 6,075,834  
PS2 4,778,740  

And the PS3 did not have game bundles as well? Uncharted 2? God of War 3? Winning Eleven? Black Ops? Move titles?

Game bundles happen with every console,they come at a higher price of a once in a while offer

which happen with Wii also

 

its just that their introduction offer for the Wii itself comes a game

these days its still fine as Wii sells low,earlier Ninty used to sell 160million copies of software and out of that 20million itself used to be wii sports



Pretty simple actually. Its a couple of different reasons.

1. This is the NA charts and the 360 dominates that region. I'm sure EMEAA is far more balanced
2. The sheer quantity of game this year is insane. I mean just this year so far we've had in terms of big games on the PS3 LittleBigPlanet 2, Killzone 3, Infamous 2, Mortal Kombat, Crysis 2, Portal 2, Dead Space 2, L.A.Noire, Homefront, Dragon Age 2, Brink, Marvel vs. Capcom, and tons of other quality smaller games and over the next couple months we've got Skyrim, Resistance, Uncharted, Ratchet and Clank, Assassins Creed, MW3, Battlefield 3, Batman Arkam City, Rage, Deus Ex and a tons of other. The fact is the AVERAGE gamer only purchases a few games a year and with this sheer amount of quantity and quality over 12 months gamers really are haveing to pick and choose which games they want and pass on some games they would normally get. Stuff like Resistance which doesn't have a huge following is being drowned out by all the other larger franchises. Same thing was going to happen with Twisted Metal which is why its delayed till next year.