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I AGREE 100 PERCENT, OTHER THAN HALO AND GEARS, THAT IS THE ONLY REASON I BOUGHT A 360, THEN GUESS WHAT, AFTER 2 WEEKS RED RING OF DEATH, I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT, SO I WAS ABLE TO RETURN IT SINCE IT WAS UNDER 30 DAYS, THEN ABOUT 11 WEEKS LATER AGAIN RED RING OF DEATH, SO I SENT THIS ONE TO MICROSOFT, ITS BEEN 3 MONTHS , SO FAR SO GOOD , SO IM ON MY 3RD SYSTEM, AND EVERYBODY ELSE I KNOW ARE ON #3-5, THAT IS WHY THERE SALES ARE BETTER, THEY HAVE STILL OVER 30 PERCENT FAIL RATE, UNREAL, ON THE OTHER HAND MY PS3 HAS BEEN PERFECT NOT ONE PROBLEM, YOU BUY ONE AND YOUR GOOD TO GO, SONY HAS LESS THEN 1 PERCENT FAIL RATE, EVERYBODY WANTS TO SAY XBOX HAS BETTER GRAPHICS, HECK NO, NOST OF THE 3RD PARTY GAMES FROM 07-09 WERE PORTS OVER TO PS3, SONY GAMES BLOW 360 OFF THE MAP GRAPHICLY, NO CONTEST, I HAVE BOTH SYSTEMS I LIKE MY 360 ITS JUST EVERY TIME I TURN IT ON I WONDER, IS IT GOING TO WORK, WITH MY PS3 I KNOW IT WILL, PLUS XBOX LIVE WAS BETTER IN THE BEGINNING, NOW PSN IS JUST AS GOOD, I ACTUALLY GET KICKED OFF GAMED MUCH MORE ON XBOX LIVE THEN PSN, AND ITS NOT MY INTERNET I HAVE COMCAST BLAST AT 12 MBPS, FAST. I THINK SONYS GAMES ARE MUCH BETTER, EXCEPT HALO AND GEARS THERE GOOD GAMES, AND 2009 SONY LINE UP WILL PUT 360 AWAY, TO ALL THE NON BELIEVERS, AND THOSE WHO THINK SONY IS FINISHED I LAUGH AND SAY KICK BACK RELAX AND WATCH THE SHOW, YOU WILL SEE HOW PS3 IS SUPERIOR IN SO MANY WAYS, PLUS YOU DONT HAVE TO PAY TO PLAY ONLINE ANOTHER MICROSOFT SLAP IN THE FACE



If you think about xbox I always thought about Halo. Halo is the game that put the Xbox in view of the gamers. Like Sonic was for the genesis.



 

YOU CAN SAY THE SAME ABOUT 360 FANBOYS , THEY ARE SO FULL OF CRAP, ITS NOT EVEN FUNNY, THE BOTTOM LINE IS EVERYBODY HAS AN OPINION, YOU LIKE WHAT YOU LIKE WHO CARES, . I THINK IF YOU ARE A TRUE GAMER YOU NEED BOTH SYSTEMS SO YOU CAN PLAY EVERYTHING. IF YOU PREFER ONE OVER THE OTHER, WHO CARES



Uh....thanks for....that, Ihill81. Very informative.



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PS3 has 2 platformers in its top 10 not 1.



kowenicki said:

So the sony fanboy arguement goes like this...

1.  Halo 3 only did so well due to the lack of quality 360 exclusives... Oh and they all only like FPS anyway..

2.  KZ2 didn't do spectacularly in sales due to the "diverse demographic" and mountains of quality exclusives

Unfortunately analysis makes that vaish in a sea of shit.

The most diverse popular exclusives?... 360 easily.  Top 10 exclusives for both as follows:

360 PS3
Game Genre Sales Game  Genre Sales
halo3 FPS 9.56 MGS4 TPS 3.92
Gears  TPS 5.88 RFOM FPS 3.59
Gears 2 TPS 4.84 Motorstorm Driving 3.48
Forza 2 Driving 3.98 GT5 Pro Driving 3.01
Fable 2 RPG 2.72 Uncharted TPS 2.33
Left4 Dead FPS 2.13 LBP Platform 2.19
Mass Effect RPG 2.04 Res 2  FPS 1.58
Saints Row SandBox 1.94 Ratchet Platform 1.47
PGR4 Driving 1.68 Killzone2 FPS 1.46
Dead rising Action 1.65 H Sword Action 1.36
TOTAL   36.42 TOTAL   24.39
FPS 2 FPS 3
TPS 2 TPS 2
Driving 2 Driving 2
RPG 2 RPG 0
Sandbox 1 Sandbox 0
Action 1 Action 1
Platform 0 Platform 1

 

Nice analysis.  You missed one in the PS3 summary table - it should be 2 platform, right?

I'd give up, though.  There are those who clearly don't want to look at facts here.

 

 



Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...

lhill81 said:

YOU CAN SAY THE SAME ABOUT 360 FANBOYS , THEY ARE SO FULL OF CRAP, ITS NOT EVEN FUNNY, THE BOTTOM LINE IS EVERYBODY HAS AN OPINION, YOU LIKE WHAT YOU LIKE WHO CARES, . I THINK IF YOU ARE A TRUE GAMER YOU NEED BOTH SYSTEMS SO YOU CAN PLAY EVERYTHING. IF YOU PREFER ONE OVER THE OTHER, WHO CARES

You need to use more caps if you want to be taken seriously.

 



That's the same thing I've been saying about Nintendo. They have their big series which are Mario, Zelda, Metroid, and a couple others and besides that there isn't a whole lot of AAA games to choose from.



lhill81 said:

I AGREE 100 PERCENT, OTHER THAN HALO AND GEARS, THAT IS THE ONLY REASON I BOUGHT A 360, THEN GUESS WHAT, AFTER 2 WEEKS RED RING OF DEATH, I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT, SO I WAS ABLE TO RETURN IT SINCE IT WAS UNDER 30 DAYS, THEN ABOUT 11 WEEKS LATER AGAIN RED RING OF DEATH, SO I SENT THIS ONE TO MICROSOFT, ITS BEEN 3 MONTHS , SO FAR SO GOOD , SO IM ON MY 3RD SYSTEM, AND EVERYBODY ELSE I KNOW ARE ON #3-5, THAT IS WHY THERE SALES ARE BETTER, THEY HAVE STILL OVER 30 PERCENT FAIL RATE, UNREAL, ON THE OTHER HAND MY PS3 HAS BEEN PERFECT NOT ONE PROBLEM, YOU BUY ONE AND YOUR GOOD TO GO, SONY HAS LESS THEN 1 PERCENT FAIL RATE, EVERYBODY WANTS TO SAY XBOX HAS BETTER GRAPHICS, HECK NO, NOST OF THE 3RD PARTY GAMES FROM 07-09 WERE PORTS OVER TO PS3, SONY GAMES BLOW 360 OFF THE MAP GRAPHICLY, NO CONTEST, I HAVE BOTH SYSTEMS I LIKE MY 360 ITS JUST EVERY TIME I TURN IT ON I WONDER, IS IT GOING TO WORK, WITH MY PS3 I KNOW IT WILL, PLUS XBOX LIVE WAS BETTER IN THE BEGINNING, NOW PSN IS JUST AS GOOD, I ACTUALLY GET KICKED OFF GAMED MUCH MORE ON XBOX LIVE THEN PSN, AND ITS NOT MY INTERNET I HAVE COMCAST BLAST AT 12 MBPS, FAST. I THINK SONYS GAMES ARE MUCH BETTER, EXCEPT HALO AND GEARS THERE GOOD GAMES, AND 2009 SONY LINE UP WILL PUT 360 AWAY, TO ALL THE NON BELIEVERS, AND THOSE WHO THINK SONY IS FINISHED I LAUGH AND SAY KICK BACK RELAX AND WATCH THE SHOW, YOU WILL SEE HOW PS3 IS SUPERIOR IN SO MANY WAYS, PLUS YOU DONT HAVE TO PAY TO PLAY ONLINE ANOTHER MICROSOFT SLAP IN THE FACE

THEN GUESS WHAT, AFTER 2 WEEKS RED RING OF DEATH

11 WEEKS LATER AGAIN RED RING OF DEATH

PS3 HAS BEEN PERFECT

SONY HAS LESS THEN 1 PERCENT FAIL RATE

SONY GAMES BLOW 360 OFF THE MAP GRAPHICLY

NOW PSN IS JUST AS GOOD

I ACTUALLY GET KICKED OFF GAMED MUCH MORE ON XBOX LIVE THEN PSN

I THINK SONYS GAMES ARE MUCH BETTER

THOSE WHO THINK SONY IS FINISHED I LAUGH AND SAY KICK BACK RELAX AND WATCH THE SHOW

PS3 IS SUPERIOR

MICROSOFT SLAP IN THE FACE

 

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