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Forums - Sales Discussion - GTA IV the beginning of the end of the XBOX 360?

Victory for the PS3. The evil XBox 360 has been defeated. World peace is guaranteed. PS3 with 26k hardware victory over the 360 in NA for the week, woohoo. Expect PS3 to win hardware this week by 100k when the other two region sales figures are in. As for the Wii let us not speak of that.



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DMeisterJ said:
@ Viper

You don't get the point.

This was supposed to be a huge feather in the hat of 360. Getting PS3's game, and the Exclusive Episodic Content, and it didn't push ahead of the PS3, hardware-wise. Is this the last game that could have pushed them ahead of the PS3 hardware-wise? Or is it a slow death from here on out?

@ etecoon

Yah.

it took 2 million sales of a game away thats bad???? if it were a PS3 exclusive they would have sold 500,000 PS3 at launch!

Also the 360 is selling better this year then last year and the PS3 is finaly hitting its stride with software if both line ups remain strong software wise and the 360 has a nice price drop it has a good chance of remaing strong with games like gears 2 but the PS3 needs a killer app exclusive MGS4 will that be halo esque in sales??? PS3 needs resistence 2 and killzone2 to be outstanding. and if Ms comes in 3rd to PS3 and sells 35 million units and PS3 does 50 thats closed the ga between the PS2 and xbox and increased thier market share.

the true fact is the 360 is a software beast and the wii will be hard pressed to beat it I would be willing to bet the 360 will win attach rate hands down this generation. which is what its all about!

I would also bet the PS3 will win blu ray attatch rate this gen over off brand bluray players.

and the wii will win in shovel ware hands down.



@insomniac

My original statement - If the PS3 had outsold the 360, Sony would of made an announcement... the article linked or Sony Press statement doesn't say they outsold the 360, just that it got a boost. Not only that but wouldn't you think that Sony would of mentioned that it sold TWICE the usual amount of consoles in one week??

@Spartan

NPD releases info on ALL console data to ALL who will pay... I or any of us here can call NPD tomorrow, send them a big fat check, and get the sales data on all three consoles. They don't withhold info against competitors



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The 360 had a year's head start on the PS3, put up a good fight but has lost. GTA IV could well be the beginning of the end for XBox 360, it lost to PS3 in NA for the GTA IV launch week, a very bad sign. 360 will finish a distant third behind the Wii and PS3.

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gebx said:
@insomniac

My original statement - If the PS3 had outsold the 360, Sony would of made an announcement... the article linked or Sony Press statement doesn't say they outsold the 360, just that it got a boost. Not only that but wouldn't you think that Sony would of mentioned that it sold TWICE the usual amount of consoles in one week??


 My comment was pointing out the fact that Spartan never said that Sony claimed to have outsold the 360. He only said that Sony got a boost in hardware.

"Actually Sony America(SCEA)did announce that the sales in NA have spiked and Gamestop manager Confirmed it"

So, yes, the article did just say that it just got a boost. 

I'd imagine that Sony will wait for NPD numbers, as others have said, because VGChartz still isn't universally accepted for sales. 



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justforeggs my name is Graham not Grah not grayham, that's great that the attach rate is higher frankly I couldn't care less I don't own either PS3 or 360 as of yet. Not to mention if I did own either console I don't see how having a higher attach rate is so pleasing, I guess penis size just doesn't cut it anymore...it's about who has the bigger attach rate now. Nextgen porn sites will be called attachratesgonewild.com, or tinyteenshugeattachrates.com. It also doesn't change the fact that your first post could've been written by a 12 year old boy, however if you are actually younger than 12 than congratulations you are above the average intelligence for your age.




-=Dew the disco dancing fo da Unco Graham=-

OKAY, I HAVE TO WRITE THIS IN BOLD, SINCE CLEARLY, SOME PEOPLE IN THIS THREAD HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP DURING READING COMPREHENSION CLASS.

THIS THREAD IS ABOUT HARDWARE, NOT SOFTWARE.  ABOUT HOW 360 ISN'T AHEAD OF PS3 HARDWARE, ON (ARGUABLY) THE BIGGEST RELEASE OF THE YEAR, THE RELEASE THAT THEY'VE SECURED EXCLUSIVE EPISODIC CONTENT ON, AND ON THEIR CHEAPER CONSOLE.  

THE QUESTION POSED IS, IS THERE ANY OTHER GAME THAT WILL CHANGE THE DIRECTION THAT NA IS GOING (PS3 > 360) OR IS THIS THE BEGINNING OF THE END?  

THANKS TO THOSE WHO POSTED, AND DIDN'T FALL ASLEEP IN READING COMPREHENSION CLASS.



DMeisterJ said:
@ DOAT

Nope, don't want it to RRoD

OT:

Yes, I think a price cut is necessary. Soon... Like yesterday.

MS needed a price cut six months ago. I think it's pretty obvious they're just hunkering down and trying to turn a profit from this point forward, third place be damned.




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Rock_on_2008 said:
PS3 is the continuation of the PS2 dominance. Sony dominationzzzz beginzzz.
If you're not going to bother contributing anything to the thread, please put a piece of tape over the portion of your monitor that reads "Quote" and "Reply". Thick tape. The kind that doesn't come off easily. 


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gebx said:
@Spartan

NPD releases info on ALL console data to ALL who will pay... I or any of us here can call NPD tomorrow, send them a big fat check, and get the sales data on all three consoles. They don't withhold info against competitors

 Actually no you can't.  I've already talked to NPD and they don't sell their data to the media.   I tried again later trying to buy simply as an inidividual consumer....they won't sell to that either.   Basically you need to be a licensed retailer or product manufacturer.   And prices start at $20k.



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