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Nsanity on 12 January 2013
Normando said:
sales2099 said:
360 also out shipped in 2010 and 2011 I believe.

But through it all, 360 managed to remain 2nd for 7 years. PS3 is scratching and clawing to become a shadow of its brands former glory.

Bottom line, you guys are lowering the bar for yourselves.

I'm sorry, but MS doesn't release shipping numbers if I'm correct. Just making guesses are we?

What? Every company has to release shipping numbers.



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ice on 12 January 2013

Kay, 360 is still more popular in the biggest game market :)



GameAnalyser on 12 January 2013
kain_kusanagi said:
pezus said:
It's 2008 actually, not 2009. PS3 whooped 360 in 2009 because of the slim


Define "whooped". I'm looking at two consoles with nearly the same totals yet ging into this gen SOny completely dominated the previous two generations. The Wii and the 360 knocked the King of his hill. The PS3 has made a great partial comeback, but the Playstation brand is not THE gaming icon it used to be. MS has secured it's place and the next generation will be even more competitive.

If we were talking about football teams I don't think anyone would be celebrates a win between two wild card teams that didn't make it to the Superbowl.

Not the gaming icon as PS2, but still a strong brand worldwide. Prove me wrong. SNES domination declined to N64 and Gamecube's level for Nintendo only to be reinvited to the same spot with Wii glory. But the Wii U worries me. But it's too early to make any predictions. PS3 is still selling better than 360 on a worldwide level. Prove me wrong. So believing 360 has sealed or stole the second place this gen and it's time to move on by turning a blind eye doesn't change anything for the playstation brand yet, but maybe for the XBOX brand which needs a successor quite soon. But I'm yet to see how MS will continue to add support to 360, but once '720' is launched, I feel MS will stop developing titles, let alone arcade ones for it, sooner than expected to get the better chunk of the business drive.

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GameAnalyser on 12 January 2013
iceland said:
Kay, 360 is still more popular in the biggest game market :)


Europe and Japan combined says hello



GameAnalyser on 12 January 2013
foodfather said:

Software is where sales matter. Halo 4 outsold every single PS3 exclusive this year...

RESPECT.



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ice on 12 January 2013
GameAnalyser said:
foodfather said:

Software is where sales matter. Halo 4 outsold every single PS3 exclusive this year...

RESPECT.


Yeah, the ps3 exclusives had a rough year. 2013 should be a lot better.



slowmo on 12 January 2013

Take out Japan then check your figures again. One region produces a massive skew when the global sales are so close. The reason is simple. There is demand for the PS3 there but not the 360.



Carl on 12 January 2013
slowmo said:
Take out Japan then check your figures again. One region produces a massive skew when the global sales are so close. The reason is simple. There is demand for the PS3 there but not the 360.

Does it matter? The job is to have games that appeal to as many audiences as possible. Not just one or two.

The gap in Japan is ~7.3m
The gap in USA is ~15m

The gap in America is double the gap in Japan. Lets take America out of the picture. See how things look then. After all the real massive "skew" comes from USA.



                            

slowmo on 12 January 2013
Carl2291 said:
slowmo said:
Take out Japan then check your figures again. One region produces a massive skew when the global sales are so close. The reason is simple. There is demand for the PS3 there but not the 360.

Does it matter? The job is to have games that appeal to as many audiences as possible. Not just one or two.

The gap in Japan is ~7.3m
The gap in USA is ~15m

The gap in America is double the gap in Japan. Lets take America out of the picture. See how things look then. After all the real massive "skew" comes from USA.


Rubbish, of course the gap in america is bigger as its a lot bigger market.  Market share is the only way to compare them and it backs up my statement that Japan is horribly skewed.



Carl on 12 January 2013
slowmo said:
Carl2291 said:
slowmo said:
Take out Japan then check your figures again. One region produces a massive skew when the global sales are so close. The reason is simple. There is demand for the PS3 there but not the 360.

Does it matter? The job is to have games that appeal to as many audiences as possible. Not just one or two.

The gap in Japan is ~7.3m
The gap in USA is ~15m

The gap in America is double the gap in Japan. Lets take America out of the picture. See how things look then. After all the real massive "skew" comes from USA.


Rubbish, of course the gap in america is bigger as its a lot bigger market.  Market share is the only way to compare them and it backs up my statement that Japan is horribly skewed.

Marketshares? Okay. Lets compare marketshares.

The 360 holds 37.5% of the American marketshare.
The PS3 holds 38.5% of the Japanese market.

They are fairly equal, marketshare-wise, in the respective markets. The PS3 has performed in Japan, just as well as the 360 performed in America. What youre arguing though, is we remove all the hard work from Sony, just because Microsoft are incapable of getting the Japanese to like the 360.

How about you stop crying about it and accept it for what it is? The second biggest videogame market.