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Damnyouall on 24 October 2009
OctaBech said:

But the threads I found do not have much content, nor do they tell me what I'm interested to hear about(peoples expectations to what it will change EDIT: what they want from Natal).

Regarding Natal:

Damnyouall said:

Even Nintendo's much hyped waggle-stick turned out to be fun for only about 5 minutes because in reality it makes games rather unplayable, and this is even worse. I certainly don't want to jump around like a monkey or keep my arms outstretched for hours while playing my games, which sounds more like a form of punishment than relaxing entertainment. And guess what, there are millions of gamers like me who don't want this, either.

PS. I like games with precise controls.

On topic: Lookie there, last week PS3 outsold 360 almost 2 to 1.



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Bladeforce on 26 October 2009

PS3 beating the 360 now is a given all the bleating by 360 owners wont disguise the fact that even if Micrsoft release bundle upon bundle and a price cut down to $50 it wont get better than last place



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Serious_frusting on 26 October 2009

well hello captain obvious



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mario64 on 26 October 2009

Yeah. Like I told you long ago.



Citan on 27 October 2009
halil23 said:
Citan said:
Considering all the xbox give-aways after red ring of death failures, PS3 has allready beat btox.

Bingo!! Only delusional will disagree!

Read further in the thread to understand kiddo.



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welshbloke on 27 October 2009
stewroids said:
hsrob said:

Even if we were to accep last week's numbers as representative of a new baseline, with the PS3 selling ~60 000 more units per week than the Xbox 360, it's going to take nearly two and a half years for the PS3 to catch the 360.

And we have to assume that in that time Microsoft is going to sit there twiddling it's thumbs, idly watching it's market share disappear.

nojustno

I hate it when people bring up that statistic...the PS3 would take 2.5 years to catch up if and only if there weren't a thing called holidays! When you take that into account, plus the boosts that software gives, that 2.5 years can be reduced by a lot!

Or can it, your reasoning is also flawed as you fail to account for the competition during these periods. In all honestly it is unlikely even taking holidays into account that it would catch up any sooner. The reality is it would probably take longer.



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1337 Gamer on 27 October 2009

Wow there is SO much epic fail in this thread by people on all sides!



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welshbloke on 27 October 2009
halil23 said:
Citan said:
Considering all the xbox give-aways after red ring of death failures, PS3 has allready beat btox.

Bingo!! Only delusional will disagree!

I resisted Citan and his obvious fud but when others join in it gets harder.

A Replacement will not affect sales they get a replacement 1 sale remains 1 sale this is especially the case with the 360 due to the extended warranty offered. Obviously on occasions some choose to buy another console it might be quieter for example or maybe just so cheap they buy 2.

One could argue that due to the PS3 having only a 1 year warranty that when it fails with one of its common faults it is just as likely to trigger a second sale as it is to line the pockets of Sony's customer service department.

 



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Bladeforce on 27 October 2009

At the sales as of last week the PS3 is out selling the 360 by (rounded down) 100,000 a week so with 7 million between them that would be 70 weeks at normal selling rate. Now with a christmas and black friday before the end of the year I can see the PS3 outselling the 360 by 200,000 for those 2 weeks. My prediction is by Summer next year the PS3 will be level with the Xborks



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"Hey, Steve, just because you broke into Xerox's house before I did and took the TV doesn't mean I can't go in later and take the stereo." - Bill Gates (Microsoft Corporation)

Bill Gates had Mac prototypes to work from, and he was known to be obsessed with trying to make Windows as good as SAND (Steve's Amazing New Device), as a Microsoft exec named it. It was the Mac that Microsoft took for its blueprint on how to make a GUI.

 

""Windows [n.] - A thirty-two bit extension and GUI shell to a sixteen bit patch to an eight bit operating system originally coded for a four bit microprocessor and sold by a two-bit company that can't stand one bit of competition.""

CAL4M1TY on 27 October 2009
1337 Gamer said:
Wow there is SO much epic fail in this thread by people on all sides!

Agreed.

The only thing we can say for certain is that there has been quite a few times in which the momentum swung sony's way and the 360 was pronounced dead.

Granted, the momentum swing is quite large this time around, but you would be foolish to assume that just because momentum had swung that it would guarantee victory (similarly to when the 360 had momentum).

Basically, Microsoft aren't stupid (and neither is Nintendo by the way). They won't take such a massive switch lightly, and this is the best opportunity for them to solidify their place in the console gaming world, by sticking with the 360 (and not releasing a new console yet) and going toe-to-toe with the PS3.


I'm sure when momentum swings again, Sony will have an answer for it aswell.