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Skeeuk on 17 May 2008
ZenfoldorVGI said:
Skeeuk said:
Rock_on_2008 said:
MGS 4 release in June 12 will see even more software sales and increased console sales of PS3.

MGS 4 will be one of the greatest days in gaming, sales will surge literally.

with an impressive array of titles this year, i can actually see PS3 ahead of 360 after xmas 2008.

exclusives are now being lost to ps3 eg. tales of vesparia and bioshock

looks like that metacritic chart is going to go in PS3`s favour very soon.


And also, that's a huge load of fanboy jargon that you expect us to buy, there. You think it could stand up to my scrutiny? Just asking before I delve.


hi zenfoldor

well its not something i expect everyone to buy in or anything, just a few points thats all. ye lol mabey it is a bit over the top but its just something i truly belive will happen over time.

i only gave 5 points, il roughly outline them

  1. MGS4 will be a stunning game and will surely sell lots and sell lots of consoles.
  2. PS3 has an impressive array of titles out this year
  3. regarding PS3 being ahead of 360 after xmas 2008? well mabey a possibility who knows, if it was my money id say mid 2009
  4. exlusives on 360 coming to PS3? well thats obvliously going to happen apart from things like gears, mistwalker games and other obvious choices.
  5. regarding metacritic scores in favour of PS3. i will say yes over time, metacritic scores will favour PS3

so theres nothing jargonish about that is it.



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coolestguyever on 17 May 2008

yo thats friggin tight!

thats great to see!! May will be down quite a bit, with Haze being the only big seller...but June will be right back up with MGS4!!!



FishyJoe on 17 May 2008

410% over what? March sales? What was released in March?

So that means less than 500k software units sold in March? 



colonelstubbs on 18 May 2008

Go Sony!



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Aprisaiden on 18 May 2008

@FishyJoe - its based on April 07 sales.

and remember its US only, its actually preety good numbers for PS3 -- for a console with under 5 million units in North America to sell 2 million pieces of software in one month is great -- even better if you add Canada and Mexico in ( assuming 10% rule... thats 2.2million pieces of software) ...



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johnsobas on 18 May 2008

how much of that % increase was because of GTA? I imagine most of it was GTA.



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Mummelmann on 18 May 2008
FishyJoe said:

410% over what? March sales? What was released in March?

So that means less than 500k software units sold in March?


Year over year increase. The biggest in history apparently, just goes to show how incredibly bad the PS3 was doing last year seeing as the numbers still are far from impressive to date.