Why do people type "ne one"?

IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE!

there are 6 characters in "anyone", and 6 characters in "ne one," so I don't understand why "internet linguists" aka "AIM/Myspace/whatever speakers" seem to think "ne one" is an abbreviation. In fact it probably takes you longer to type by hitting the space bar and all. Not to mention it looks stupid...it doesn't take any more effort to just type the real words...especially in this case.

IF CHEWBACCA IS A WOOKIE, YOU MUST ACQUIT!

Sorry, just a pet peeve of mine.

lol Ben. Ok OK i get the point i wont put "Ne One" again. except now Ne one.. ohh that felt good :) this almost feels like peer pressure

 Easy to use controls (dual analog sticks are a bugger for non gamers) and simple, fun games like Wii Sports. 

Those are the only two things that they needed to bring in older people, as long as consoles stick with the old dual analog based controllers I just dont think they can bring older gamers in. I dont think Sony or MS were really aiming for this market anyway.

Basically, your more likely to find my Grandma playing Wii Sports than any PS3 or X360 title, whether thats a good or a bad thing is up to you.

I'm sorry, Chewbacca is your pet peeve?

That does not MAKE SENSE!

I quite agree Ben, from now on it must be 'ne1' as that is a mere three characters as opposed to six.

I can't figure if your post is full of sarcasm or just ignorance...
The only FF PS2 games Crystal Chronicles outsold were that Dirge of Cerebus one and FFXI and neither one hardly counts since one wasn't even an RPG and the other was a subscription MMO. San Andres sold more than Vice City and any game released since is a handheld game, so again not really comparable.
I would have thought your entire post was sarcastic except that the rest of it isn't far from the truth.

It looks like PS3 won't even be able to beat Xbox 360 even this month... PS3 looks to be the biggest console failure since the Atari 5200.

It most certainly did not. FF: CC sold all of 1.36 million copies whereas FFX, FFX-2, and FFVII sold 7.95 million 5.21 million, and 4.94 million, respectively.

Anyway, the 360 and PS3 will have mostly the same third-party titles. Even with slow sales and various other mishaps, the only significant exlcusive that the PS3 has actually lost is Ace Combat 6. The others have simply gone multi-platform. The 360's sales aren't strong enough to warrant established franchises from the PS2 being developed exclusively for it. It sells decently in N. America, but it actually does worse than the PS3 in Europe and Japan, and that's without a price cut.

As far as Bioshock being a system-seller, I bloody well doubt it no matter what the reviews say. It'll probably sell 1-1.5 million copies, nearly all of which will be in N. America and to people who already have 360's. The sales of the 360 actually decreased when Lost Planet, GRAW2, and Forza 2 were released, so I don't see why this game is going to cause 360's to fly off the shelves. As a matter of fact, I'd say it ends up being another Lost Planet. Good reviews, a lot of hype, sells a million copies, but not a hardware mover at all.

Try counting, vg numbers for the last week.

........Japan, USA, others
PS3 23000, 41500, 29900 = 94400
360  2700, 52500, 35000 = 90200

 And PS3 is still in a software drought, its good games comng late Aug early Sept and the price cut was only for North America.

@ceres: Can't you tell from the thread title, that things like "Logic" and "Reeeeason" aren't welcome in here. :P

At teh Kiddies arguement: GTA is a game that is most appealing to teens and early 20's gamers, the nature of the game though makes it popular among the young'uns (same number of characters as "young ones") too. It's rated M, but that doesn't mean mature. It reminds me of the old NES v. Genesis commercials with the "Nintendon't" and "Super Power".

At the topic:I am going to try to do this with out any opinions...

World wide last week
Wii to PS3 = 2.5:1
X360 to PS3 = 1:1.2 (or 0.8:1 the other way)
Other 2 consoles to PS3 = 3.51:1
Other 2 Consoles to Wii = 0.7:1 (or 1.44:1 the other way)
Other 2 Consoles to 360 = 4.3:1

5 big exclusive (or timed exclusive) releases for each console for the rest of the year:
PS3: Heavenly Sword, Haze, Warhawk, UT3, Kane and Lynch
Wii: SMG, SSBB, MP3, Zack & Wiki, No More Heroes
X360: Halo3, Bioshock, Mass Effect, Eternal Sonata, Two Worlds

Done unbiased part.

My opinion is PS3 has the best 08 line up so far. GT5, FFXIII(cough... 09), MGS4. Can't beat those solid franchises, unless they are beaten of course ;) (Gears of War and Bioshock suddenly came to mind).

It goes with out saying though (which I am going to say) sales of hardware has almost nothing to do with the number of quality games on a console. Marketing, Positioning, Buzz.