It wasn't so frightening when the Xbox 360 outsold the PS3 for a week back when Tales of Vesperia came out, but now that it's sold more than the Wii during the week ending Sept. 14 ... well, now we're stricken with panic. According to Enterbrain, the Xbox 360 sold 28,861 units during the week, while the Wii sold 27,057 (the PS3 managed 8,050).
Xbox 360 sales were more than likely spurred by the one-two punch of a Japanese price cut and the release of console-exclusive Infinite Undiscovery, which sold 86,708 units in its first week. MCV points out that the 360 has now sold 717,275 units in Japan -- the very foundations of our world would be shaken if it actually went on to sell a million units.
Reader Comments (92)
Posted: Sep 17th 2008 12:23PM GenGrievous said
The price cut alone probably didn't make alot of difference. Tales however did. The last few weeks the xbox 360 was sold out but now a new shipment arrived according to MS. We'll see if next week the xbox 360 will still be on top of the charts. I bet you ten bucks it won't.
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Posted: Sep 17th 2008 12:49PM Duke said
"The last few weeks the xbox 360 was sold out but now a new shipment arrived according to MS."
If (according to you) they beat the Wii in a week without any 360's available for sale, then don't be so quick to count them out next week when they have new shipments in.
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If (according to you) they beat the Wii in a week without any 360's available for sale, then don't be so quick to count them out next week when they have new shipments in.
Posted: Sep 17th 2008 2:25PM (Unverified) said
First Wall Street collapses, and now this... Can Jesus be far behind... and what console will he choose?
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Posted: Sep 17th 2008 2:30PM (Unverified) said
@Huey2k2
The price cut did very little, if nothing. The software did, however. Content is king, hardware is replaceable scrap and unimportant in the eyes of the average consumer.
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The price cut did very little, if nothing. The software did, however. Content is king, hardware is replaceable scrap and unimportant in the eyes of the average consumer.
Posted: Sep 17th 2008 4:50PM Huey2k2 said
"The price cut did very little, if nothing. The software did, however. Content is king, hardware is replaceable scrap and unimportant in the eyes of the average consumer."
That is absolute BS, you can't tell me that if the 360 was the same price now as it was at launch that they would have sold as many as they did last week.
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That is absolute BS, you can't tell me that if the 360 was the same price now as it was at launch that they would have sold as many as they did last week.
Posted: Sep 17th 2008 11:52AM (Unverified) said
Lol..."at it again"?
Umm no...at it again is me calling you sony fanboys the typical stuff I call you guys. Saying "insert curse word" sony.
And then going on and on about how horrible sony is.
That is "at it again"
For now I'll just simply congratulate MS and Nintendo and enjoy sony's loss.
That's all. Sorry if you were looking for more.
P.S. Judging by your posts you're the one who's at it again. You want to start a fight.
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Umm no...at it again is me calling you sony fanboys the typical stuff I call you guys. Saying "insert curse word" sony.
And then going on and on about how horrible sony is.
That is "at it again"
For now I'll just simply congratulate MS and Nintendo and enjoy sony's loss.
That's all. Sorry if you were looking for more.
P.S. Judging by your posts you're the one who's at it again. You want to start a fight.
Posted: Sep 17th 2008 12:33PM RKN said
"OK, I love my 360 and all. But this post barely has anything to do with Sony... Why start a needless flame war?"
Because its the PremierAssassin man, the guy who keeps coming back after being banned, has a hatred of Sony that burns deep within his soul! : )
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Because its the PremierAssassin man, the guy who keeps coming back after being banned, has a hatred of Sony that burns deep within his soul! : )
Posted: Sep 17th 2008 1:10PM (Unverified) said
I just don't get it, WHY do you want Sony to fail? Do you NOT realize that competition is a GOOD thing for the gamers? Competition breeds innovation, originality, quality, affordability. Without competition, look what MS has done in the past. Competition with Sony keeps MS AND Sony trying harder and harder to woo undecided gamers.
I don't like MS, but I DON'T want them to fail. With the 360 doing well it has forced Sony into doing more for us. Now that the PS3 is doing well too, MS is NOW forced to do more for us.
You are a fool and your hed is stuck so far up the ass of irrationality.
You seem like a somewhat intelligent person, but for whatever reason(s) you have a bigger hard on for anything anti-Sony that NO OTHER fanboy past or present has evar had.
I know I am a PS3 fanboy, no-one here will dispute that. Usually when I poke fun at the 360 I still say that COMPETITION is a GOOD thing for Sony and MS.
As for the Plumber? As many of you know I do NOT consider the WSM competition, I never have and never will so I DO want the WSM fad to die so that Nintendo can get serious again and give us REAL NEW hardware and not some repackaged bullchit with a gimmick that STILL does not do what it says it does.
What is really ironic is the Wiimotion plus attachment, the Sixaxis controller already HAS what the WM+ claims to do. The DS3 CAN detect very subtle movements in SIX different axis. The WSM controller cannot.
If your going to continue to be a jackass...at least interject some NEW material once in a while and sprinkle in some humor.
If not....then Fuck Ouffff, yeah
FAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUCCCCKKKKKKK
OOOOFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!
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I don't like MS, but I DON'T want them to fail. With the 360 doing well it has forced Sony into doing more for us. Now that the PS3 is doing well too, MS is NOW forced to do more for us.
You are a fool and your hed is stuck so far up the ass of irrationality.
You seem like a somewhat intelligent person, but for whatever reason(s) you have a bigger hard on for anything anti-Sony that NO OTHER fanboy past or present has evar had.
I know I am a PS3 fanboy, no-one here will dispute that. Usually when I poke fun at the 360 I still say that COMPETITION is a GOOD thing for Sony and MS.
As for the Plumber? As many of you know I do NOT consider the WSM competition, I never have and never will so I DO want the WSM fad to die so that Nintendo can get serious again and give us REAL NEW hardware and not some repackaged bullchit with a gimmick that STILL does not do what it says it does.
What is really ironic is the Wiimotion plus attachment, the Sixaxis controller already HAS what the WM+ claims to do. The DS3 CAN detect very subtle movements in SIX different axis. The WSM controller cannot.
If your going to continue to be a jackass...at least interject some NEW material once in a while and sprinkle in some humor.
If not....then Fuck Ouffff, yeah
FAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUCCCCKKKKKKK
OOOOFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!
Posted: Sep 17th 2008 1:37PM (Unverified) said
How did you see that judging by my posts?
And if my eyes tell me properly, you DID say "insert curse word here" Sony.
Moreover, what does Sony 'failing' do for you? Does it increase your checking account balance? Does it net you more pussy than it would have if Sony had succeeded? Does it secure you a seat in Heaven if that's what you so desire?
Lastly, why is YOUR profile private? Afraid of something? No need to make it public, though. Everybody knows your M.O.
And yea...you're at it again.
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And if my eyes tell me properly, you DID say "insert curse word here" Sony.
Moreover, what does Sony 'failing' do for you? Does it increase your checking account balance? Does it net you more pussy than it would have if Sony had succeeded? Does it secure you a seat in Heaven if that's what you so desire?
Lastly, why is YOUR profile private? Afraid of something? No need to make it public, though. Everybody knows your M.O.
And yea...you're at it again.
Posted: Sep 17th 2008 6:22PM (Unverified) said
alter ego- youre back defending ps3 for no reason. we are all gamers just typing comments... why do u feel the need to back up sony so much? do u work for sony corp.? or hold stock?
for some reason alter ego has to say something about any comment that says anything good about the ps3.
i havent seen many posts by alter ego that actually talk about the subject of the forum discussion.
infinite undiscovery is a japan made RPG game for the 360, of course it will help japan 360 sales.
but wow ps3 sold 72% fewer consoles according to the figures.
and we know the 360 is PROBABLY killing the ps3 in America on sales figures.
console gap lead is opening further and not closing now.
maybe sony is banking on LBP and resistance 2 to help sales of the console itself.
proponal- umm the price cut has helped with consoles sales and has hurt ps3 sales slightly.
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for some reason alter ego has to say something about any comment that says anything good about the ps3.
i havent seen many posts by alter ego that actually talk about the subject of the forum discussion.
infinite undiscovery is a japan made RPG game for the 360, of course it will help japan 360 sales.
but wow ps3 sold 72% fewer consoles according to the figures.
and we know the 360 is PROBABLY killing the ps3 in America on sales figures.
console gap lead is opening further and not closing now.
maybe sony is banking on LBP and resistance 2 to help sales of the console itself.
proponal- umm the price cut has helped with consoles sales and has hurt ps3 sales slightly.
Posted: Sep 17th 2008 11:50AM (Unverified) said
Wow, that is incredible even if its for one week.
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Posted: Sep 17th 2008 11:59AM FernandoRocker said
Famitsu just annoucned Tatsunoko Vs Capcom Wii exclusive. That will help a lot =p
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Posted: Sep 17th 2008 11:52AM Gun Barrier said
Awsome! Keep it upp! I want to play live with kids that i wont understand.
seriously, im not being sarcastic. I want to play against some asian gamers.
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seriously, im not being sarcastic. I want to play against some asian gamers.
Posted: Sep 17th 2008 1:31PM (Unverified) said
I wouldn't mind that either except that they're buy up the system for RPG's and you'll still never see them online.
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Posted: Sep 17th 2008 1:33PM Gun Barrier said
hopefully they see some friends with live to see how awsome it is. Maybe they will get into fable 2.
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Posted: Sep 17th 2008 2:41PM cuteSAVAGE said
Lost Planet / Lost Planet Colonies. If you want to play with Japanese kids, that's a great place to find them.
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Posted: Sep 17th 2008 12:00PM (Unverified) said
My bday is on the 15th so I'm gonna have to ask God to NOT end the world on the 14th. It just seems unfair...I wanna get drunk one more time.
And samfish why do you hate Saints Row? do you hate GTA as well just out of curiosity?
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And samfish why do you hate Saints Row? do you hate GTA as well just out of curiosity?
Posted: Sep 17th 2008 4:00PM Boffo the Sock said
I was under the impression that the LHC wasn't gonna start colliding Hardons until the 21st of October.
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Posted: Sep 17th 2008 11:55AM 007craft said
If microsoft comes out with a new JRPG every week (52 JRPGS a year), they would win in Japan. Hey 52 jrpgs a year aint that far-fetched. We already know japanese gamers like to buy crappy games like technu z or whatever its called and gundamn. So im sure 52 games wouldnt be totaly out of the question. They dont need to be good.
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Posted: Sep 17th 2008 7:51PM In A World said
Ahhh, and who is making all these JRPGs? Hey, maybe they can make quick-n-dirty ports from Genesis, SNES, Saturn, PS1, Dreamcast, and PS2 to reach that quota.
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Posted: Sep 17th 2008 12:01PM (Unverified) said
Well its not that the 360 did that great... it sold the same when Tales came out but the big thing is that the Wii took a big drop.
plus does anyone think the 360 wont be back to normal sub 5000 sales after next week?
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plus does anyone think the 360 wont be back to normal sub 5000 sales after next week?
Posted: Sep 17th 2008 12:27PM WackyCoffee said
I do believe the Wii sold around the same amount it sold last year around this week period:
Sales for week ending in September 15, 2007:
Wii - 28,231
Xbox 360 - 1,516
So based on those stats, I think it's safe to say that the 360 did GREAT this past week!
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Sales for week ending in September 15, 2007:
Wii - 28,231
Xbox 360 - 1,516
So based on those stats, I think it's safe to say that the 360 did GREAT this past week!
Posted: Sep 17th 2008 11:56AM FernandoRocker said
Well... better Microsoft than Sony. At least Microsoft deserved it, because the 360 is a great gaming machine.
The two best consoles on top... nice.
=p
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The two best consoles on top... nice.
=p
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