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theprof00 on 25 July 2011
RolStoppable said:
dsage01 said:
Great list. But PS3 published way more than 360. But 360 excluisves had plenty of hype the PS3 didn't

Not true. In fact, I would argue the opposite. PS3 exclusives had more hype, because I don't remember the 360 getting its own chalkboard.

don't need a whole chalkboard to list three games and their sequels

edit: actually, after reconsidering exactly how many sequels, maybe you do.



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Jay520 on 25 July 2011
RolStoppable said:

I think the fact that the result is so close in and of itself can already be considered a win for the 360, because Sony is deemed to have a vastly superior first party.


Only by some Sony fans. Many of them refer to diversity and quantity (and quality for some) as opposed to sales when they say stuff like that. Most reasonable people agree that, as far sales, MS & Sony are more-or-less equal. Most of them probably lean toward MS having the bigger sales.

Besides, the people that do believe the bolded are usually only refering to the past 2/3 years as opposed to the entire generation. 



Black_Scurge on 25 July 2011
RolStoppable said:
enrageorange said:

these lists are ridiculous because they are always bent so the console of the threadstarter's choice wins. 

Here's how I can spin it to make the 360 the winning console.

I think the fact that the result is so close in and of itself can already be considered a win for the 360, because Sony is deemed to have a vastly superior first party.

That makes no sense, "lets deem the loser the winner because they sucked at something else more" and MS advertises alot more then Sony, so you are really just giving them bonus points for spending more money on advertising



Black_Scurge on 25 July 2011
RolStoppable said:
Black_Scurge said:
RolStoppable said:

I think the fact that the result is so close in and of itself can already be considered a win for the 360, because Sony is deemed to have a vastly superior first party.

That makes no sense, "lets deem the loser the winner because they sucked at something else more" and MS advertises alot more then Sony, so you are really just giving them bonus points for spending more money on advertising

It makes sense, because it's a matter of expectations. Likewise, even if the 360 finishes this gen behind the PS3 in terms of hardware sales, it can still be considered a success for Microsoft, because the PS3 was predicted to win by a landslide.

expectations are meaningless though 



Black_Scurge on 25 July 2011
RolStoppable said:
Black_Scurge said:
RolStoppable said:

It makes sense, because it's a matter of expectations. Likewise, even if the 360 finishes this gen behind the PS3 in terms of hardware sales, it can still be considered a success for Microsoft, because the PS3 was predicted to win by a landslide.

expectations are meaningless though 

No, they aren't. Expectations matter a lot, especially when it comes to businesses. Share prices of companies raise and fall based on expectations that are either met or not.

the expectations don't matter though only the outcomes 



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Seece on 25 July 2011
Black_Scurge said:
RolStoppable said:
enrageorange said:

these lists are ridiculous because they are always bent so the console of the threadstarter's choice wins. 

Here's how I can spin it to make the 360 the winning console.

I think the fact that the result is so close in and of itself can already be considered a win for the 360, because Sony is deemed to have a vastly superior first party.

That makes no sense, "lets deem the loser the winner because they sucked at something else more" and MS advertises alot more then Sony, so you are really just giving them bonus points for spending more money on advertising

You really are trying to make the glove fit arnt you? lol

MS has sold more 1st party SW this generation as your charts have pointed out, you can disclude a years worth of games all you like, it doesn't change the fact they would still be counted in a logical comparison ...



 

Mad55 on 25 July 2011

the first year of 360 game sales should count lol. Still it will never truly be fair i mean even this list doesnt account for the fact that the 360 had a bigger install base the entire time.



Black_Scurge on 25 July 2011
Seece said:
Black_Scurge said:
RolStoppable said:
enrageorange said:

these lists are ridiculous because they are always bent so the console of the threadstarter's choice wins. 

Here's how I can spin it to make the 360 the winning console.

I think the fact that the result is so close in and of itself can already be considered a win for the 360, because Sony is deemed to have a vastly superior first party.

That makes no sense, "lets deem the loser the winner because they sucked at something else more" and MS advertises alot more then Sony, so you are really just giving them bonus points for spending more money on advertising

You really are trying to make the glove fit arnt you? lol

MS has sold more 1st party SW this generation as your charts have pointed out, you can disclude a years worth of games all you like, it doesn't change the fact they would still be counted in a logical comparison ...

You seem to be the one trying to make the golve fit, this isn't about the gen, and a comparsion like that wouldn't be fair until the gen is over, this is about how much Sony and MS 1st and 2nd party games releashed in the same time frame sold, you can say this gen all you want but the fact is Sony sells more software then MS does 



Black_Scurge on 25 July 2011
Mad55 said:
the first year of 360 game sales should count lol. Still it will never truly be fair i mean even this list doesnt account for the fact that the 360 had a bigger install base the entire time.

The question I was trying to answer was who sells more of their software MS or Sony and the answer is Sony, adding a year to MS that Sony didn't have but was still selling software but not counting that software because it wasn't on ps3 just seems silly 



maximrace on 25 July 2011

The only thing what I see is a sony fanboy fighting to prove his right, what he doesn't has.