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considering the variables, is ps3 more successful than 360?

Numbers are Numbers, 360 is doing better. 134 19.12%
 
Considering the variables... 512 73.04%
 
These Variables shouldn'... 26 3.71%
 
Other, please specify! 29 4.14%
 
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bonkers555 on 25 March 2013
COKTOE said:
@Imaginedvl. I'm not lying about the 9 360's. But he does have 2 active consoles at a time. Thanks for calling me a liar though. I'll remember it.


I'm sorry, but I also believe you are a liar. No one is sooooo stupid to re-buy 9 (nine) Xbox 360 without using the free warranty to get it fixed for free. If he would of done that he would save over $2,000 on rebuying the same console over and over again. If this was true then he too stupid and its no ones fault but his own. But again I believe you are a liar.



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teigaga on 25 March 2013

Even if you remove japan from the equation, PS3 outsells the xbox on a weekly basis. Only in NA+UK does the 360 sell more.

Sony will end up in the lead by in terms of sales, but there is zero chance of them catching up in terms of profit.



UnitSmiley on 25 March 2013

This debate will be molded to meet the needs of whichever console the person discussing it wishes to see on top.

Personally? I'd say the PS3 is performing better despite the year delay and more expensive price tag.



MichaelH on 25 March 2013

The question, leaving aside the supplementary Element regarding variables, asked was whether the PS3 is selling better than the 360. Demonstrably, worldwide, it is and has been so doing for years.

Cumulatively, the 360 appears still to have a marginal lead but that lead is being reduced by approximately 40k every week.

Arguments about territories are a smoke screen. The American product sells better in America, the Japanese one sells better in Japan. Big deal. Worldwide is what matters.

Profitability is a whole different ball game and all the evidence suggests the 360 has been more profitable.



cmeese47 on 25 March 2013

360 IS DOING BETTER made a quicker profit has been profitable longer and XBOX live has made a ton of money. Plus the system stole Metal Gear Solid, Devil May Cry, Tekken, and Final Fantasy exclusivity from Sony.

PS3 IS THE BETTER SYSTEM. Best console exclusives, more varied game experience, built in blu-ray player, free access to online multiplayer, netflix, hulu and more service. PS+ as a service destroys XBOX Live in terms of value.

Microsoft benefits more from the 360 while gamers benefit from the PS3.

Either system offers value and enjoyment to those who seek it.



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tres on 25 March 2013
Tachikoma said:
tres said:
Pokeslob said:

here's some variable that popped into my head when reviewing lifetime sales of 360 and ps3.

1. the 360 has a lead of less than 2mil according to the chart on the homepage.

2. 360 had an entire year to sell systems without the ps3 rivalary

3. when someone's 360 broke, and they went ahead and bought a new one without trying to repair the first one, that counts as a new sale.

that last point there, as someone who works in the gaming industry, I do notice a lot of people doing that, instead of trying to fix it they just go ahead an buy a new one.

with those variables in mind, would you say that the ps3 is actually more successful than 360, or not?

explain why, I'm interested :)


whon whon whon well must we sing the same ol yada yada that based on non-sense?  did you count my couple ylod ps3s that padded sonys numbers? i got variables too

the world hates microsoft

japan support their own  -- where would xbox be if they sold just 10 percent of ps numbers in xenophobia?  20k vs 500 this week

xbox has been kinda sluggish game wish for 3 years

even with all that here we are still worrying about which of these 2 or doing better


Psst, where does the xbox sell best?


psst so you compare 60% to 99%  fuzy math



tres on 25 March 2013
teigaga said:

Even if you remove japan from the equation, PS3 outsells the xbox on a weekly basis. Only in NA+UK does the 360 sell more.

Sony will end up in the lead by in terms of sales, but there is zero chance of them catching up in terms of profit.


ps3 is in more markets am i correct?  plus face it sony as brand is more popular than ms.  the world hate ms lol..  90% of the world hate america.  im sure xbox numbers arent that great in the middle east.



dukerx2 on 25 March 2013
TimCliveroller said:
dukerx2 said:
Yes the PS3 is selling better and lifetime it will easy out sell the 360. The reason i say that is, MS is already abandoning the 360(games wise) and im sure when the next xbox comes out they will do the same thing they did with the original when 360 came out. Meanwhile Sony will continue to support PS3 for at least the next couple years.


" Meanwhile Sony will continue to support PS3 for at least the next couple years."

How do you kow this? (they just introduced the PS4... are you expecting tons of new games for PS3?; pray to EA for some new sports games.)

Forgot to edit this: real support ends in a few months. Expect a few cross-gen titles and that should be it.

How do I know this? Sony has supported PSone long past PS2 release, supported PS2 in the same way. New PSP games are still being made(in Japan). Shit you can still buy a new PS2. Tons of games, no but there will new PS3 games past a 'few months' from
 now. GOW2, one of the best PS2 games, came out a year after the release of the PS3.



Tachikoma on 25 March 2013
tres said:
Tachikoma said:
tres said:
Pokeslob said:

here's some variable that popped into my head when reviewing lifetime sales of 360 and ps3.

1. the 360 has a lead of less than 2mil according to the chart on the homepage.

2. 360 had an entire year to sell systems without the ps3 rivalary

3. when someone's 360 broke, and they went ahead and bought a new one without trying to repair the first one, that counts as a new sale.

that last point there, as someone who works in the gaming industry, I do notice a lot of people doing that, instead of trying to fix it they just go ahead an buy a new one.

with those variables in mind, would you say that the ps3 is actually more successful than 360, or not?

explain why, I'm interested :)


whon whon whon well must we sing the same ol yada yada that based on non-sense?  did you count my couple ylod ps3s that padded sonys numbers? i got variables too

the world hates microsoft

japan support their own  -- where would xbox be if they sold just 10 percent of ps numbers in xenophobia?  20k vs 500 this week

xbox has been kinda sluggish game wish for 3 years

even with all that here we are still worrying about which of these 2 or doing better


Psst, where does the xbox sell best?


psst so you compare 60% to 99%  fuzy math


You fail to see the point, the consoles sell best in areas that specific consoles appeal to their respective markets.

America generally prefers FPS, COD and similar,

Japan prefers dating sims, anime, rpg and similar,

360 has very few games aimed at japanese gamers, and is mostly aimed at the western home market

ps3 has a much broader range and caters to both which is why the xbox doesnt decimate the ps3 in america like the ps3 decimates the xbox 360 in japan.

You insuinated that it was down purely to "japanese liking japanese system", when it's more about the games and how theyre suited to respective markets.



platformmaster918 on 25 March 2013
bertlsenix said:

PS3 of course

Sony got betrayed by everyone cause of the greed from the developers.At least most got what they deserved for it and struggle to compete in the market.
The early versions of the 360 had more than 80% failure rate and most people replaced their console cause not everyone got a working 360 back or it broke shortly after that.
A lot of consoles got banned yearly to the CoD/Halo Releases so people rebought consoles.
I don't know a single person who doesn't at least own 2 360s - I myself have 3 cause of Region lock and 1 broke down 3-4 times cause Microsoft did send crap back to me and didn't repair it properly.
And i only played on that console for 2 years regularly before i had enough of that.

Take away 20-30 Million sold units and you are at the real number of sold 360s.The sad fact is how people really got fooled by the "Free repair service" and think Microsoft is the good guy...They did send out knowingly their consoles would break and did know they used cheap parts.
The PS4 will show how much more dominant Sony can be cause they do everything right this time..Beginning from the architecture over to the 3rd Party/Game Support,pricing and Online structure.

Important question
Did Microsoft break the dominance of Sony?
I think NO - Sony broke their own necks with the pricing and architecture and no one will deny that.Doesn't matter which console you support.
Without Sony screwing up Microsoft wouldn't had the chance to get that deep into the industry.Developers like it is right now had access to both consoles long before they got released and realised they don't have the money and time to develop for the PS3.And they probably knew already about the high price.
Of course they did choose the 360 aka the console that is easy to learn and develop for and is cheap in price compared to the enemy.Even Japanese Developers had to choose the 360 cause they couldn't afford a PS3 Game like the Tales of Studios said about Tales of Vesperia.

The bigger achievement here cause Microsoft didn't do it alone(95% Sony screwing up and 5% money throwing from Micro) is how good the PS3 and Sony is still doing after all that problems.
They outsell the 360 for 6 years in a row worldwide even without changing their own style that much.They still support every genre and all parts of their community.
I pretty much believe in all the talk and praise about the PS4 - They have both consoles and know what they are talking about.Its the definitive choice for gamers and developers as it looks like.They made their homework.

while you exagerrate on many points I will agree that Sony is set for a huge comeback when you look at this logically.  They did pretty much EVERYTHING wrong with PS3 (price, date, architecture, losing 3rd party, no system sellers until 08, inferior online until about 08, terrible ads, move, etc.) and they'll still end up around 90-110m.  They may even end up first this gen with all these errors.  Yet these problems look to be, or are already confirmed to be, either drastically reduced or gone entirely this time around.  Sony can only go up logically by not commiting such fatal errors.




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