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Dark_Lord_2008 said:
Console sales are clear proof of determining the most successful system of the generation. Despite a year head start the XBox 360 has failed this generation in terms of console sales. PS3 has outsold the XBox 360 consistently since its launch in 2006 and the PS3s success is well deserved.

Faild? The 360 gained marketshare and has sold more software.



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pezus said:

Indeed. It's a double-edged sword.


Exactly.

The PS3 will pass WW 360 in three weeks. That's my predition



I don't wanna say which console is better. Yes, PS3 has its exclusives, its free online, Plus and so and so on, but the only reason why it's taking the lead is Japan.



WebMasterFlex said:

I live in France, everybody buys PS3 for games. Nobody cares about the bluray thing. And that's because of the bluray that the PS3 was expensive. So the guy who say "but but but because of the blu-ray", because of the bluray the machine was too expensive at first. If PS3 was less expensive it would be higher...

You realize that PS3 is the same price as an X-Box 360 right now right? If it had no blu-ray, a lot of PS3 exclusive games (like MGS4) would not have stayed exclusive because then they would have designed the game for a smaller storage medium, thus making it possible to play on 360.

Plus, I don't think the price of PS3 would be any different with or without blu-ray. It's only cutting into Sony's profits.

You can't ignore the fact that many early PS3's were bought as cheap blu-ray players. If they were bought solely for games, then PS3's tie ratio (software sold per hardware sold) would be just as high as 360's, but it's not. In fact PS3's tie ratio is lower then XB's, PS2's, 360's, GCN's, and PS1's, and only just above Wii's (Which laregly sold to a more casual crowd).



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Slimebeast said:

A Pyrrhic victory.

To achieve this victory Sony were forced to drop the console price much faster than MS did, they had to pump out first party exclusives and they had to keep their online service free of charge, even launching a service that showers its customers with free games, while MS confidently kept hoarding money with Xbox Live.


Agreed. They dropped the price faster and it was the most expensive console taking the biggest loss. PS2 didn't launch with a loss so xbox made them change the way they run their business. They tripped up and lost a lot of marketshare to the 360 and still haven't caught up this late into the gen when 2 of the 3 successors have been at least announced the WiiU has been out for a little while and the 720 announcement is just days away. It is a victory but a victory that should/could have happened years ago.



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UltimateUnknown said:
Amazing feat by PS3 given it launched a year after the 360. An entire year's gap.

Glad to see good games and consumer support won it at the end, not gimmicks and shady business practices.


Playstation Move tried, it just failed. If it had succeeded the view on Kinect would be a lot different. The Wii is also seen as a gimmick and it has clearly won this generation.



Nsanity said:
Dark_Lord_2008 said:
Console sales are clear proof of determining the most successful system of the generation. Despite a year head start the XBox 360 has failed this generation in terms of console sales. PS3 has outsold the XBox 360 consistently since its launch in 2006 and the PS3s success is well deserved.

Faild? The 360 gained marketshare and has sold more software.


Excuses lol....Embrace it.



I still can't believe it's finally happening (almost)...
I feel a little nostalgic, I remember when I was 15 years old and I predicted that the PS3 would surpass the Xbox 360 in 2012
And I still remember how much I hated Xbox 360 fanboys saying the PS3 was dead back in 2007...



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chris0409 said:
I don't wanna say which console is better. Yes, PS3 has its exclusives, its free online, Plus and so and so on, but the only reason why it's taking the lead is Japan.


cough europe cough cough