Though the Xbox 360 traditionally enjoys the greater share of multiplatform title sales, the PS3 has emerged as the clear platform of choice for Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer.

The PS3 version of PES 2010, which was released last Friday, accounted for 66 per cent of the game’s overall sales, with Xbox 360 claiming less than half that (32 per cent).

The PC version claimed just two per cent of the week one sales.

This is at least in part due to the release of Xbox 360 exclusive Forza Motorsport 3 this week, which claimed second spot in the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 and is the best selling Xbox 360 title of the week.

However, despite storming to the top of the UK charts, PES 2010 actually fared far worse at retail than its predecessor, PES 2009, selling 39 per cent fewer copies in its first weekend.

Source

PS3 up in EU next week or this week, which is it?

It was released on the 23rd in Europe if I'm not mistaken

Europe and Japan where the PS3 and football are far more popular. This isn't really that much of a suprise.

This happens a lot where I live (south america). The people that buys PES every year learned to play the game on PS2, they don't know that the game is available for the 360, and they don't know that FIFA is now better. So they bought a PS3 to play PES (yes ONLY PES!!!), and they buy every year version (like Madden in USA).

Some people are learning that FIFA is now better and are giving it a try (that's why the sales for PES are declining), but they buy it for the PS3. So soccer games, better sales in the PS3 for a long time.

Anything Europe and Japan = PS3 software > 360 for multiplats...other than FPS games.

Why must we post every time a PS3 title outsells 360 one? Batman had 30 threads about it, fifa did and now this...

While it isn't surprising (since it happened last year), this is the UK where the 360 has a substantial hardware advantage.

I think that's fairly common every where. Fifa versus PES generates almost as much fanboyism as the consoles themselves. I have friends who refuse to play Fifa no matter how much better it has been received critically.

It could be mental programming. PS2 was a beast in sales...so people are used to playing sports games on it.

Despite the fact that Xbox1 sports games had usually better frame rate and graphics than PS2 versions... Or it could be piracy.

We all know 360 sells software, but I guess its got its own groups it is dominant in. I'm surprised about soccer and anything sports as anything multiplayer should be 360's strength.

Not always in the UK.