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IMO, 360 is doing the worst out of all 3 consoles right now.  The Slim effect has completely disintegrated, the once-vaunted Kinect has fallen to ~50k WW and less than Wii Fit Plus, and the upcoming exclusive schedule is very threadbare (except Gears of Wars 3 and the Star Wars Kinect game).  Unlike the Wii, the 360 has been getting a lot of great 3rd party games to keep the momentum going (Dead Space 2, Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Homefront, Crysis 2).  The 360 also has a great entry price of $200 unlike the PS3. 

360 really needs a price-cut to keep hardware moving.  Kinect is not panning out to be the 2nd lifespan of the 360 that MS had hoped.  They threw hundreds of millions in marketing to get a huge initial burst in sales, but they can't afford to keep up that kind of marketing.  Even software sales look to be pretty down for 360.  People are beginning to lose interest in this generation at this price.



 

Most anticipated games of 2011:

Uncharted 3,Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Rocksmith

Modern Warfare 3, Super Mario 3D

 

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ph4nt said:

3DS needs some software, fast.

It's coming, but not until after E3. We'll get a nice slew of games during the holidays, which will be good. Next year should be a whole lot better.



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radiantshadow92 said:
Nsanity said:
ThePS3News said:

Yea i know but still i wonder when people here in america are finally going to realize that as of right now the PS3 is overall the better console to invest in.

Its sad that MOST american gamers only play shooters and sports games. Most 360 only owners dont even know that games like Heavy rain, Littlebigplanet and Infamous exist.

The top Software sales for the 360 are usually always shooters(other than the kinect adventures game that is bundled).

I'm just saying the 360 communtuty should stop being close minded and start having a more diverse gaming communtity.

You do know best selling game on PS3 is a FPS right?

You do know that the 360's top ten is all shooters right? Oh, except or that kinect game lulz, so go to 11 and its still a shooter. ps3 has 7 and thats if we are counting GTA and MGS4 which i am. I don't care what anyone says, shooter are extremly popular on both systems. But on the ps3 has way more diversed games that either of the other consoles.  

The XBox 360 has diverse games as well. Still has more RPGS then the PS3 which is a bit strange. The XBox 360 has everything. Puzzle, Sports, RTS, (J/W)RPG, FPS, Platform, Fighting 2D & 3D, Driving (lots), Action/Adv, Sims, Casual, Card/Board, Classic and Old School. The system is just as diverse as the PS3.



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3DS is not doing as well as I expected. A 70% drop this week, really? What happened to 4 million by the end of March? 3DS sales will boom again when Zelda and Kid Icarus come out, but still. I bet by the end of the month DS and 3DS sales will be similar.

Also I'm really disappointed that no more massive DS titles are comming out. It's life felt too short, but at least it ended with a good Pokemon.

Crysis sales are pretty strong after 3 weeks, and same goes for Halo.

Still no GT5 to be seen in sight, wow it's really selling half the volume of GT4 weekly now...

Looking forward to seeing Michael Jackson sales next week. I wonder if and by how much will the 360 version outsell the PS3 version, and will this be the next hit Kinect title and compete with Wii sales, or will it just be forgotten like Brain and Body Connection.



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XanderZane said:
radiantshadow92 said:
Nsanity said:
ThePS3News said:

Yea i know but still i wonder when people here in america are finally going to realize that as of right now the PS3 is overall the better console to invest in.

Its sad that MOST american gamers only play shooters and sports games. Most 360 only owners dont even know that games like Heavy rain, Littlebigplanet and Infamous exist.

The top Software sales for the 360 are usually always shooters(other than the kinect adventures game that is bundled).

I'm just saying the 360 communtuty should stop being close minded and start having a more diverse gaming communtity.

You do know best selling game on PS3 is a FPS right?

You do know that the 360's top ten is all shooters right? Oh, except or that kinect game lulz, so go to 11 and its still a shooter. ps3 has 7 and thats if we are counting GTA and MGS4 which i am. I don't care what anyone says, shooter are extremly popular on both systems. But on the ps3 has way more diversed games that either of the other consoles.  

The XBox 360 has diverse games as well. Still has more RPGS then the PS3 which is a bit strange. The XBox 360 has everything. Puzzle, Sports, RTS, (J/W)RPG, FPS, Platform, Fighting 2D & 3D, Driving (lots), Action/Adv, Sims, Casual, Card/Board, Classic and Old School. The system is just as diverse as the PS3.


More RPGS? Debatable. 

Does it have a heavy rain?

A god of war?

An inFAMOUS?

Hell, it doesn't even have an MGS4.

I could go on, but lists wars are meh

It does have multiplats, but thats what they are, multiplats. It does have a diverse library, more diverse than the ps3? No.



Michael-5 said:

3DS is not doing as well as I expected. A 70% drop this week, really? What happened to 4 million by the end of March? 3DS sales will boom again when Zelda and Kid Icarus come out, but still. I bet by the end of the month DS and 3DS sales will be similar.


4m were shipped units. And it's selling as well as DS was after 3 weeks, so I can't see a problem. As you say, software will drive sales higer, but right now it's doing well.



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Acevil said:
Mummelmann said:
Acevil said:

I find it funny, that people are trying to spin this stuff into a victory, all three consoles are doing horrible. 


They're not doing horrible imo, more like average. This gen is really starting to show it's age though! Won't be long now.


Well horrible was a poor choice of words, I guess, but I am talking about how people are claiming victory, more so. When the point of difference, is really bad. 

I don't know.  I'd have to agrue the only one actually doing "horrible" is the 360.  I mean it did have the largest launch for a console perripheral of all time last holiday and its new Slim model, but now it is selling below the PS3 and on par with the Wii.  A console Nintendo hasn't really done much this year to persuade people they want to buy it.  Honestly, I think Nintendo is about to leave this gen behind and is getting ready for the next one, now.  Also this time last year, the PS3 was still coming off the price cut/Slim effect, plus big games like FF13 and GoW3. 

in the end, though, this will mark every console as being on the market for at least 5 years.  You can't expect YOY growth every week/month.  I don't think either of the big 3 are looking for that, either.  They are more happy that they are all selling at a profit and interest in their consoles hasn't dropped to nothing, even in the slowest periods of the year.



kowenicki said:
ethomaz said:

osamanobama said:

 what do you reckon the shipped figures will be?

 

its seems as though they should have sold through the December shipments by now

My first prediction was 6,970k (http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=125037).

But GT5 better than I expected (beside the last three weeks) so I'm convinced Sony shipped a little more... 7.1 or 7.2 million.

Actually you originally expected 7m shipped by end Dec...

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=3850103

Ohhhhh yeah... I forgot that prediction... was before December sales and GT5 sales surprise me a lot.

I wish all my predictions were wrong this way... so the games would sell more of what I hope and I will be happy with that.



*Sound Of Rain said:

PS3 sales being #1 is a great thing. Coming from me that may seem odd since I am always cheering Wii on but...PS3 deserves it now. Both Wii and 360 are getting NO exclusives at all while PS3 is seeing new releases all the time. If PS3 wasn't #1 it would be a shame. 

Kinect sales are not doing nearly as good as I thought they would but I may have just had high expectaions but 360 sales are slowing faster than I thought for sure. 

Wii...yes, it has hit its lowest week ever with only 115K this week. With that said, its not as bad as a lot of you on here are making it out to be IMO. When Wii gets a Price Cut and some more games such as Wii Play Motion Wii sales will go back up. Honestly, I don't expect it to go above and beyond like it used to but it should still do well. If PS3 gets a Price Cut it should stay #1 though.

3DS is doing perfectly fine IMO as it has no real Nintendo pusher yet but sales should go above and beyond by Holiday 2011 IMO. 3DS deserves every sale as its really a great Handheld and as soon as it gets more games I am sure it will explode like the DS/Wii used to.

DS...falling quicker than I expected but to be honest, I can see why. DS is Nintendo's worst Handheld ever IMO so I don't really understand the sales of it but I am happy 3DS already is great with a limited lineup.

I agree with you about PS3 100%. For 360, sales will jump in Fall. 360 might have less games then PS3, but Gears 3 and Forza 4 will generate more hype and sales then all of PS3's exclusives from that time period.


As for Wii, it may be getting a price cut real soon, it's already $170 at Best Buy. So this should boost Wii sales to about PS3 level leaving 360 behind and come fall Wii and 360 should both pick up above PS3. Year end, I still think Wii will come first, but it will be closer this year then any other year in the past.

As for 3DS, when the software comes, sales will jump. It's just annoying Nintendo promised 4 million 3DS's sold by the end of Q1 and I think at best they will get that at the end of May.

I thought DS was a oretty good console. Not as good for the hardcore as the GBA was, but there is a lot more casual software for the DS. I mean I play more Picross then any other handheld game. GB and GBA served the hardcore better with better Pokemon games, better Zeldas, more mainstream Metroid titles, and more new IP's like Advance Wars, Fire Emblem and Golden Sun. However DS had a proper Mario Kart, a couple good Super Mario games, a proper Mario Party, 2 new Pokemons plus a remake, a proper Animal Crossing and a lot of polished $20 titles such as Brain Age and Picross.



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