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Onimusha12 on 12 July 2008

The real question is now, how many years will it take the PS3 to reach the 360's over all sales?

Even then Xbox's heavy hitters seem to sell alot more than Sony's, compare Gears of War to Metal Gear Solid 4 for example. Too Human will probably be a flop. Fable 2 will do MGS4 numbers. Gears of War 2 will a similar rush to Halo 3. We're already seeing the gap fluctuating between the two consoles in weekly sales.

While neither console shows any promise of certainty in their continued trends, its a bit presumptuous to claim the 360 is doomed now given how little a difference big hitting games have made for the PS3 thus far. This can go either way for the Hd consoles and it will be interesting to watch.



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Q_A_X on 13 July 2008

The 360 looks like a 90's computer.

The PS3 looks futuristic and sexy.

Also, the PS3 has better games, much better value, etc...



MGS4!

Reasonable on 13 July 2008
LongLiveTheBeatles said:
TheBigFatJ said:
DTG said:
TheBigFatJ said:
obieslut said:
better upcoming games. more for your money the expensive looking sexy black slick design

 

yes, it looks like a George Foreman Grill, which everyone wants.

You were joking, right? The PS3 has a very ugly design. It looks like 1982.

I think the PS3 is outselling the 360 this year primarily due to Microsoft missteps and the weakness of games on the 360 so far this year.

The Ps3 is extremely slick and shiney. Slick and shiney is hot right now.

 

 

Yes, it has a piano black finish.  But it's huge and ugly and really fat.  Technology is supposed to be small and sexy, but huge, fat and ugly like the PS3 is.  The problem is that Sony engineering couldn't make it small and sexy.  They weren't capable of it. That's literally the truth why it is huge and ugly -- no one in their right mind would have said, "hey, we can make this thing small and sexy but let's make it huge and ugly."

It's more unattractive than the 360.

 

Hey! Don't call my girlfriend fat! At least she's not a slut unlike your 360...asshole.

 

Remind me to never insult your girlfriend...

It's pretty funny someone complaining about PS3 tech vs 360 given 360 had a major design flaw and they left the damn power external as the largest, ugliest, hottest powerbrick I've ever seen!

Heck even the cute little Wii couldn't manage to tuck its power inside and has a little power brick as well.

Just having no powerbrick (never mind the overall build quality) sure makes the PS3 for me the best item of electronics of the three.

 



Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...

Skeeuk on 13 July 2008

its because playstation 3 is the ultimate in gaming acceleration!



...not much time to post anymore, used to be awesome on here really good fond memories from VGchartz...

PSN: Skeeuk - XBL: SkeeUK - PC: Skeeuk

really miss the VGCHARTZ of 2008 - 2013...

ils411 on 14 July 2008
Onimusha12 said:
The real question is now, how many years will it take the PS3 to reach the 360's over all sales?

Even then Xbox's heavy hitters seem to sell alot more than Sony's, compare Gears of War to Metal Gear Solid 4 for example. Too Human will probably be a flop. Fable 2 will do MGS4 numbers. Gears of War 2 will a similar rush to Halo 3. We're already seeing the gap fluctuating between the two consoles in weekly sales.

While neither console shows any promise of certainty in their continued trends, its a bit presumptuous to claim the 360 is doomed now given how little a difference big hitting games have made for the PS3 thus far. This can go either way for the Hd consoles and it will be interesting to watch.

Gears of War

11/07/06 release date - out 19 months

sales to date (as per vgchartz)- 5.25m

 

Metal Gear Solid 4

6/12/08 release date - out 1 month

sales to date (as per vgchartz) - 2.06m

 

yup, gears of war sold 3.19m more units than mgs4, never mind that it was released in 2006...never mind that i has been out 18 months longer than mgs4..yup, as long as the bottom line is that it has currently outsold mgs4...yup....good work on that call.

 

 



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Legend11 on 14 July 2008

Sony sold more because they were willing to take massive losses on the PS3 in order to gain marketshare.



HappySqurriel on 14 July 2008
ils411 said:

Gears of War

11/07/06 release date - out 19 months

sales to date (as per vgchartz)- 5.25m

 

Metal Gear Solid 4

6/12/08 release date - out 1 month

sales to date (as per vgchartz) - 2.06m

 

yup, gears of war sold 3.19m more units than mgs4, never mind that it was released in 2006...never mind that i has been out 18 months longer than mgs4..yup, as long as the bottom line is that it has currently outsold mgs4...yup....good work on that call.

 

 

His comparison was bad (because it is really not comparing two things which are alike) but if you look at timeframe Gears of War sold 2 Million units in North America in 2006 ...

 



Leetgeek on 14 July 2008
reptile168 said:
2 words: Japan+Europe

 

Here is the horrid truth for those of you who think that 360 has outsold PS3 in America this year:

http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=&reg1=------&cons2=PS3&reg2=America&cons3=X360&reg3=America&start=39453&end=39628

It's close but the PS3 is still on top. In other words: PS3 is outselling 360 everywhere.

 



Apollo on 30 July 2008
DMeisterJ said:
selnor said:
It's easy to see why. The Ps3 has had some heavy hitters first half of the year. 2nd half of the year will belong to M$. 360 has saved it's heavy hitters for August to Feb.

Not to turn this into a games argument, but I'd hardly call Too Human/ Fable 2/ and Gears 2 the heaviest of hitters. I mean, they'll all do well, well, Fable 2 and Gears 2 will do well, but they're nothing like GTA IV or something that big. That is a heavy hitter.

Also, the PS3 will have Killzone2, Resistance 2, and LBP in that time period too. All those are big games.

 

whats the difference? even when the PS3 hardware sales were high, the software sales were still far lacking at half of what the 360 and Wii were doing!.

the PS3 was born in 3rd place, and its never going to find a way out of there by itself. Sony kept dropping the prices, but you only end up with more and more frustrated gamers with a great piece of hardware lacking triple A software!



colonelstubbs on 30 July 2008
Apollo said:
DMeisterJ said:
selnor said:
It's easy to see why. The Ps3 has had some heavy hitters first half of the year. 2nd half of the year will belong to M$. 360 has saved it's heavy hitters for August to Feb.

Not to turn this into a games argument, but I'd hardly call Too Human/ Fable 2/ and Gears 2 the heaviest of hitters. I mean, they'll all do well, well, Fable 2 and Gears 2 will do well, but they're nothing like GTA IV or something that big. That is a heavy hitter.

Also, the PS3 will have Killzone2, Resistance 2, and LBP in that time period too. All those are big games.

 

whats the difference? even when the PS3 hardware sales were high, the software sales were still far lacking at half of what the 360 and Wii were doing!.

the PS3 was born in 3rd place, and its never going to find a way out of there by itself. Sony kept dropping the prices, but you only end up with more and more frustrated gamers with a great piece of hardware lacking triple A software!

 

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