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brendude13 on 25 January 2012
Andrespetmonkey said:
It's weird seeing 360 outsell PS3 like that. Pretty much everyone I know that plays games has a PS3, and maybe only half have a 360.

It's the same for me, It's teh Northerners I tell thee.

Go North of London and you will barely find anyone who has a PS3, it's almost as if the country is divided.



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Seece on 25 January 2012

I remember in school the nerdy group (at least 15 of them) had gamecubes (not insinuating that was the target group! lol) just that it was a distant 3rd to PS2.



 

Troll_Whisperer on 25 January 2012
brendude13 said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
It's weird seeing 360 outsell PS3 like that. Pretty much everyone I know that plays games has a PS3, and maybe only half have a 360.

It's the same for me, It's teh Northerners I tell thee.

Go North of London and you will barely find anyone who has a PS3, it's almost as if the country is divided.

Is that so? I live in London and I have also noticed that most people I know own a PS3. Your theory could explain that, but of course it could be just a coincidence.



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ethomaz on 25 January 2012

German and France software UP.

German: 19. Gran Turismo 5 (PS3) - 4,937
France: 28. Gran Turismo 5 (PS3) - 2,234
UK: 38. Gran Turismo 5 (PS3) - 2,903

Three countries and OVER 10k in sales.



JazzyJeez on 25 January 2012
Troll_Whisperer said:
brendude13 said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
It's weird seeing 360 outsell PS3 like that. Pretty much everyone I know that plays games has a PS3, and maybe only half have a 360.

It's the same for me, It's teh Northerners I tell thee.

Go North of London and you will barely find anyone who has a PS3, it's almost as if the country is divided.

Is that so? I live in London and I have also noticed that most people I know own a PS3. Your theory could explain that, but of course it could be just a coincidence.

No its not a coincidence, don't you know up north it costs us half a dozen ferrets for a ps3.



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Argh_College on 25 January 2012
Seece said:
I remember in school the nerdy group (at least 15 of them) had gamecubes (not insinuating that was the target group! lol) just that it was a distant 3rd to PS2.

Allways thought the nerds were and are the Xbox Core fanbase... Like me haha



Reasonable on 26 January 2012
happydolphin said:
Reasonable said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
Reasonable said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
WebMasterFlex said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
It's weird seeing 360 outsell PS3 like that. Pretty much everyone I know that plays games has a PS3, and maybe only half have a 360.


If you live in UK or USA it's more "360" than "PS3". PS3 is for the rest of the world.

I know, my point was that I live in the UK and I experience the total opposite, it's weird.


Somebody's got to be in the minority - it just never seems like it.  Also both the PS3 and 360 tend to group people around the online, so while as a group it might seem everyone is on PS3 or 360 the larger perspective can easily be different.

I have a PS3 and 360 and two sons, one son's peer group are 360 centric and the other PS3 centric for example.  Each thinks their group has tbe better games funnily enough.  In fact they are almost a microsm of the HD console wars.

The weird thing is that it's not just my group of friends, it's pretty much my whole school :P

Haha, that must be a pain in the arse. You should just take away their consoles and get them Wiis xD

Well as Seece says your in the (still large) 40% group.  Most people at your school being one way or the other would make sense.  My sons go to different schools too and one school most boys tend to have a 360, the other a PS3.  TBH next gen what's going to make it interesting is to see if pre-formed groups carry over or not - i.e. will a group of friends on Live stay on Live and commit to another Xbox or would then move - and the same of course for PSN/PS3 users.

This is very interesting. And both schools are in the same area I'm assuming.

The power of community and word of mouth regarding the adoption of a console is staggering, there is no other explanation I can think of!

Schools are acutally in slightly different areas - one is more academic and one more arts/media, which suits the diffirent skills of my kids.  Clearly though immediate peer group preference and - to an extent - demographics are a big part of what's going on.  For example you'll find in London that, depending on area, game stores will give you a very different view of the market.  I've shopped in some where the PS3 section is massive next to 360 and there are lots of BR films as well.  In others PS3 is barely there and it's all 360 and DVDs.



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radishhead on 26 January 2012

Where I live it's 360 all the way



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happydolphin on 26 January 2012
Reasonable said:
happydolphin said:
Reasonable said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
Reasonable said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
WebMasterFlex said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
It's weird seeing 360 outsell PS3 like that. Pretty much everyone I know that plays games has a PS3, and maybe only half have a 360.


If you live in UK or USA it's more "360" than "PS3". PS3 is for the rest of the world.

I know, my point was that I live in the UK and I experience the total opposite, it's weird.


Somebody's got to be in the minority - it just never seems like it.  Also both the PS3 and 360 tend to group people around the online, so while as a group it might seem everyone is on PS3 or 360 the larger perspective can easily be different.

I have a PS3 and 360 and two sons, one son's peer group are 360 centric and the other PS3 centric for example.  Each thinks their group has tbe better games funnily enough.  In fact they are almost a microsm of the HD console wars.

The weird thing is that it's not just my group of friends, it's pretty much my whole school :P

Haha, that must be a pain in the arse. You should just take away their consoles and get them Wiis xD

Well as Seece says your in the (still large) 40% group.  Most people at your school being one way or the other would make sense.  My sons go to different schools too and one school most boys tend to have a 360, the other a PS3.  TBH next gen what's going to make it interesting is to see if pre-formed groups carry over or not - i.e. will a group of friends on Live stay on Live and commit to another Xbox or would then move - and the same of course for PSN/PS3 users.

This is very interesting. And both schools are in the same area I'm assuming.

The power of community and word of mouth regarding the adoption of a console is staggering, there is no other explanation I can think of!

Schools are acutally in slightly different areas - one is more academic and one more arts/media, which suits the diffirent skills of my kids.  Clearly though immediate peer group preference and - to an extent - demographics are a big part of what's going on.  For example you'll find in London that, depending on area, game stores will give you a very different view of the market.  I've shopped in some where the PS3 section is massive next to 360 and there are lots of BR films as well.  In others PS3 is barely there and it's all 360 and DVDs.

I find this very insightful. Just out of curiosity, which group (academic or arts/media) chose which platform for your boys' cases?



Reasonable on 26 January 2012
happydolphin said:
Reasonable said:
happydolphin said:
Reasonable said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
Reasonable said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
WebMasterFlex said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
It's weird seeing 360 outsell PS3 like that. Pretty much everyone I know that plays games has a PS3, and maybe only half have a 360.


If you live in UK or USA it's more "360" than "PS3". PS3 is for the rest of the world.

I know, my point was that I live in the UK and I experience the total opposite, it's weird.


Somebody's got to be in the minority - it just never seems like it.  Also both the PS3 and 360 tend to group people around the online, so while as a group it might seem everyone is on PS3 or 360 the larger perspective can easily be different.

I have a PS3 and 360 and two sons, one son's peer group are 360 centric and the other PS3 centric for example.  Each thinks their group has tbe better games funnily enough.  In fact they are almost a microsm of the HD console wars.

The weird thing is that it's not just my group of friends, it's pretty much my whole school :P

Haha, that must be a pain in the arse. You should just take away their consoles and get them Wiis xD

Well as Seece says your in the (still large) 40% group.  Most people at your school being one way or the other would make sense.  My sons go to different schools too and one school most boys tend to have a 360, the other a PS3.  TBH next gen what's going to make it interesting is to see if pre-formed groups carry over or not - i.e. will a group of friends on Live stay on Live and commit to another Xbox or would then move - and the same of course for PSN/PS3 users.

This is very interesting. And both schools are in the same area I'm assuming.

The power of community and word of mouth regarding the adoption of a console is staggering, there is no other explanation I can think of!

Schools are acutally in slightly different areas - one is more academic and one more arts/media, which suits the diffirent skills of my kids.  Clearly though immediate peer group preference and - to an extent - demographics are a big part of what's going on.  For example you'll find in London that, depending on area, game stores will give you a very different view of the market.  I've shopped in some where the PS3 section is massive next to 360 and there are lots of BR films as well.  In others PS3 is barely there and it's all 360 and DVDs.

I find this very insightful. Just out of curiosity, which group (academic or arts/media) chose which platform for your boys' cases?

The academics are all secret online warriors on the 360 while the artists seem to favour the PS3 (LittleBigPlanet being a huge favourite).  TBH I'd be curious to see the results if MS and Sony tried out really targeted marketing on their consoles/games.  For example with the UGC capabilities of a lot of PS3 exclusives like LBP and inFamous 2 I could see a Sony campaign heavily pushing a concept of creation and realizing your own ability to design.



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