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Chris Hu on 04 October 2012
Jay520 said:
JoeTheBro said:
I agree. Why buy Resistance 3 when you haven't even got around to finishing the second one? Maybe us PS3 gamers are just lazy and take too long to play games.


Also a valid point. PS3 games tend to have so much quality that people can reply them again and again without the need to buy sequels. At least not to the magnitude of Xbox 360 owners.

Not a valid point all 360 games have achievements that add to their replay value not all PS3 games have throphies.



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Jay520 on 04 October 2012
Chris Hu said:

Not a valid point all 360 games have achievements that add to their replay value not all PS3 games have throphies.


Quality > achievements



Chris Hu on 04 October 2012
Jay520 said:
Chris Hu said:

Not a valid point all 360 games have achievements that add to their replay value not all PS3 games have throphies.


Quality > achievements


achievements>throphies

Another reason 360 owners buy more games.



Jay520 on 04 October 2012
man-bear-pig said:

Other hypotheses we can deduce from that tie-ratio:
1.) X360 gamers are richer than PS3 gamers
2.) PS3 gamers have bigger penises than X360 gamers
3.) PS3 has a more casual userbase than the X360
4.) X360 gamers are more likely to die of Heart Disease than PS3 gamers


1.) The PS3 has always been more expensive that the X360. Your argument is invalid.
2.) This is likely true.
3.) Unsupported assertion
4.) Insufficient entertainment can lead to depression, which can lead to anxiety, which can lead to Heart Disease. This argument is valid.



badgenome on 04 October 2012

Nice try, Xbot, but we all know the real reason why.



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Jay520 on 04 October 2012
Chris Hu said:
Jay520 said:
Chris Hu said:

Not a valid point all 360 games have achievements that add to their replay value not all PS3 games have throphies.


Quality > achievements


achievements>throphies

Another reason 360 owners buy more games.

Okay I give up. If you think Xbox 360 owners buy more games because of achievements, then okay. I am fine with that.



Jay520 on 04 October 2012
badgenome said:

Nice try, Xbot, but we all know the real reason why.


Valid Point. That's definitely a contributing factor.



Ledreppe on 04 October 2012

Conclusion: The biggest gaming market is the U.S, and American's only buy their own stuff.



PlaystaionGamer on 04 October 2012

amazing



binary solo on 04 October 2012

PS3 gamers buy more used games, because their console is soo asspensive they can't afford new. Because the VGC tie ratio doesn't take account of the used game market the tie ratio is low.

PS3 owners are used to, and want "free" stuff, whereas Xbox 360 owners love to throw money at any coporation who puts content on their console, as well as throwing money at theior console (XBLG). So PSN+ subscribers basically never need to buy a retail game ever because they get all their gaming satisfaction through DL (full retail) games off PSN for "free". PSN sales of full retail games are also not recorded in the tie ratio, and because there are millions of PSN+ subscribers that's millions of full retail games being DL'd ever month that are not recorded as sales.

Hence the true tie ratio, taking ito account used games and PSN+ DL's may be fairly even.



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