The proof is here at this webiste... look at games that really matter.. the ones that really sell.. those are the top 10 games each year on each console.. the top 10 games are the ones that sell.. Top ten 360 games OWN Top ten PS3... MAny of the top 10 games on each console and multiplatform.. LIKE COD... Ilike Fanboys like you say Halo is all 360 has.. but Halo sold as many copies  as COD on PS3 ( and COD was PS3's best seller !) ..The same  COD on 360  sold millions more then COD on PS3... Anyone looking at the top 10 cant deny the numbers dont lie

Software bundling does matter, for short term yes? Stop nitpicking? The difference between PS3 and 360 software sales is 3%! You stop nitpicking, or at least make a fair annual comparision. You know 360 software is > PS3 in Q3 and Q4, so stop making silly claims.

As for diversification, 360 has just as much or more then Sony. RPG's exclusives sell better on 360 too. 360 also has more racing games, party games, and generally more exclusives of every genre. Sales might be focused on Shooters, RPG's, Party games, and Racing games, but that's only because many of 360's shooters, racing games, RPG's and Party games sell over 5 million units, some well over. How many PS3 exclusives have cross that barrier? PS3's diversification lies in games which sell around 1 million units, and 360 has just as diverse of a selection at that sales point. You point thus makes no sense.

As for proving you wrong, you said PS3 software is greater then 360 software. It isn't, you were wrong and I showed you that. PS3 software may become greater in the future, but you said in the present PS3 software is greater, which is wrong. Yes PS3 is 1,500 more sales now, but Gears of War 3 alone will make up for the difference, nevermind the typically noticably higher sales 360 has in fall. 360 software will be greater in 2011, just like it has been every single year.

As for other trends, let's actually take a look. MW1 sold 50% better on 360 then PS3 correct? Well there was also 76% more 360's on the market then PS3's at the time (thanks to the head start 360 had). MW2 sold 35.8% better on 360 then PS3 correct? Well at the time there were only 15.4% more 360's then PS3s. Account for the difference in consoles and well MW2 sold 9% more units per console on 360 then MW1 did.

Ahh, now you see, the trends do not support you.

Other Trends, The sales difference for AC: Brotherhood is larger then AC2, despite the hardware difference being smaller. This would imply that software is increasing more on 360. This story also holds for Fallout, Battlefield, and others.

BS, Microsoft and Sony have quarterly press conferences where they tell the world total console sales worldwide. VGC total figures mimic those numbers. Unless you are claiming MS or Sony are falsifying their numbers, this is completly wrong.

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Software bundling does matter, for short term yes? Stop nitpicking? The difference between PS3 and 360 software sales is 3%! You stop nitpicking, or at least make a fair annual comparision. You know 360 software is > PS3 in Q3 and Q4, so stop making silly claims.

yes they are but the gap has been reducing and the lead MS has it not able to cover the gap PS3 sales are over the year.

u don't know what nitpicking means,do you?

As for diversification, 360 has just as much or more then Sony. RPG's exclusives sell better on 360 too. 360 also has more racing games, party games, and

yeah,the old genre's,the genre's list has firther diversified.which year are you living in,1995.

we have more detail genre's these days

generally more exclusives of every genre.

what?

Sales might be focused on Shooters, RPG's, Party games, and Racing games, but that's only because many of 360's shooters, racing games, RPG's and Party games sell over 5 million units, some well over. How many PS3 exclusives have cross that barrier?

when did i say anything about barrier?

stop trying to go off-topic

PS3's diversification lies in games which sell around 1 million units, and 360 has just as diverse of a selection at that sales point. You point thus makes no sense.

we are not talking about diversification of sales point but games

As for proving you wrong, you said PS3 software is greater then 360 software.

i was talking as of today not old sales

It isn't, you were wrong and I showed you that.

ooooh i'm scared

PS3 software may become greater in the future, but you said in the present PS3 software is greater, which is wrong. Yes PS3 is 1,500 more sales now, but Gears of War 3 alone will make up for the difference,

we will see where the total SW goes for the FY

nevermind the typically noticably higher sales 360 has in fall.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY TYPICALLY?

sales change over the generation and as by buisiness strategy

360 software will be greater in 2011, just like it has been every single year.

they might but the gap will be even lower leading into bigger sales for PS3 in 2012

As for other trends, let's actually take a look. MW1 sold 50% better on 360 then PS3 correct? Well there was also 76% more 360's on the market then PS3's at the time (thanks to the head start 360 had).MW2 sold 35.8% better on 360 then PS3 correct? Well at the time there were only 15.4% more 360's then PS3s. Account for the difference in consoles and well MW2 sold 9% more units per console on 360 then MW1 did.

sure but that difference was distributed among other PS3 titles as PS3 fans aren't that FPS focused.you can take that as a genre locating system thing

Ahh, now you see, the trends do not support you.

AH,NOW you see

Other Trends, The sales difference for AC: Brotherhood is larger then AC2, despite the hardware difference being smaller. This would imply that software is increasing more on 360. This story also holds for Fallout, Battlefield, and others.

we aren't discussing titles based sales.

was just pointing out that some gap have been made up in title to platform comparision

don't relate total to specific title sales directly,i too wasn't

Wow heres a guy in DENIAL..  PS2 was undertracked too huh? 

yes it was

VGC keeps on doing adjustments,many time where they don't find sales and the gap is too much they take the company sales info and adjust near tio it

be on this site for long and you will understand what i mean

I guess it was so undertracked which is why it was number 1...Where were all the MS AND Nintendo cry babies when PS2 was number 1? 

this site was nowhere near functional in the days of PS2 so don't even both there

No one was crying about undertracked consoles then....A major  POINT being this - sometimes consoles or software get undertracked, but its corrected in months.. not years...The 360 was undertracked for months in a few countries as well... Undertracking is not exclusive to a console ( such as the PS3 )

it is more,it is very hard to track in EMEAA territories where developing countries lie

JAPAN,western europe,australia,NA are the main locations where data is near the sales

UK,NA is where 360 has sold in the past and is still selling the best

your comments show that you are not atall updated with what happens with the site,very naive judgements

because  it happens in many countries which have less efficient logistical catalogueing... Undertracking is actually gettng more and more rare...

no it isn't

this isn't a thing that just keeps improving as years go by,you need people sending you data to a small site.it is hard.

i have been here since the days of the beginning of this site

but Sony loves to use it to make stockholders happy... SECONDLY..you want to play the whole under-tracked card..

no i don't and stop taking this dabate as a fan vs fan warr kind of thing,it isn't.

You're probably a payed Sony troll..

immature

u will learn alot over the years

and stop calling people troll that kinda word playing and debates don't go on here,u will get banned

Corportate trolling is getting more common... back to the point...360 has OVER 100 current  GAMES Like Halo Reach which are on XB LIVE for download ( not store bought )... those current games like NBA LIVE ( downloadables on XB LIVE )  are IN FACT NOT TRACKED here..

Looking here... those numbers are shown as ZERO..  Heres the example.. this link for Vgchartz Halo Reach

http://gamrreview.vgchartz.com/sales/35024/halo-reach/

yup same has PS3 but we cannot debate that as there is absolutely no data,so leave it.no point

we debate sales not what a company will do or not.

Half way down You'll see 'other versions'.. the game is on Xbox live and shows zero sales...

that is with many PS3 games too.we cannot debate it.

also many of the 360 games on LIVE from there inception were already very very old so they wouln't have done big.only few new titles could have.

we did big debate when it started and how sales would be not counted.doesn't matter

many people are downloading it instead of buying store copies because they dont go bad or get stolen..

that will keep on happening,no point in debating it

bad hardrive.. doesnt matter.. you replace the HD and download it as many times as you want/ need to as long as its you gamer tag.. you dont have to pay again.. i downloaded REACH because i had one copy stolen ..

you did most others didn't

Its a combinations of reasons, but I beleive your reason above is part of it..  The PS3 outsells the 360 in most of the EMEAA areas.. but not by a staggering amount.. sometimes its very close.. rarely is it a crazy number like you get in America.. Look back 10 yrs ago.. The PS2 sold what percentage in the USA?  If the PS3 was selling at that same percentage ..the PS3 would be number 1, not the WIi..  Im not sure if Sony can win the US back next gen.. the only reason PS3 is slowly catching 360 is mainly Japan's PS3 sales.. subtract  Japan who is fiercly loyal to their companies and PS3 would be dead last.. What I always see happening though is the 360 does well like 3 months a year and almost always nullifies any progress the PS3 did the other parts of the year.. nearly every year the PS3 was supposed to have caught up and nearly every year this happens - PS3 slightly outsells Xbox 360 ( enough, but not huge outselling either ).. then a few months 360 sells above PS3 and nearly makes it the way it was before PS3 caught up.. Im waiting to see how Gear 3 increases console sales and the holidays in which 360 usually does better.. Also.. when one drops the price - the other does not far after.. It wont be long till 360 gets a price cut.. Does anyone think MS will sit on its hands long beefore a price cut?  Well they wont wait long.. The PS3 sales are doing better this year , but  fans need to take  into account the 360 is having its best year( of two best selling years of its life )  so far.. so its sales aren't dropping off either.. and the Wii can't be beat or ever caught

well your arguement made it seem like PS3 fans aren't as diverse as they claim! wht are you gettting at? i don't see your point. 

who caress wht console is in third place dud thats a dead issue and the worst argument for your case which i still don't get. you have no idea wht the PS3 fanbase wants so i see your points as irrelevant as your quotes in this thread to me and Rol.

your forgeting one thing. people buy the games they want and its that simple. i know i don't want to see games on a console dedicated to 1 genre. i only hate 2 genres and thats sports and RTS games, and i only hate 1 PS3 exclusive and that white night chronicles.

MS does not no wht there fans want either or i would own more the 4 games for there console. both companies pay other people to tell them wht the markets want and neither of them get it 100% right, so your point there makes no sense either.

are you driving with blinders on cause all you have for proof is numbers and that means nothing. go out and do some real research.

Do some real research? Its about video games......i pity anyone who does any real research concerning serious opinions on pieces of plastic meant solely for entertainment.

I love how you said that sales means nothing to you. Funny since this is a forum dedicated to sales and the thread TITLE is talking about sales. Perhaps you should find a different forum or different thread if sales dont concern you 

The title is asking why Sony exclusives and software arent selling close to 360 and I pointed out the 90 million software gap. Id say thats question answered. 

Why is the gap so big? Could be anyones guess. My opinion is that PS3 gamers just dont care as much. You dont have to agree