Of course, given the recent Xbox 360 price cut in Europe and the fact that Sony has no plans to lower the price of the Playstation 3 anytime soon, Microsoft's lead may just continue to widen.
[Via openXbox360]
Of course, given the recent Xbox 360 price cut in Europe and the fact that Sony has no plans to lower the price of the Playstation 3 anytime soon, Microsoft's lead may just continue to widen.
[Via openXbox360]
Reader Comments (34)
Posted: Dec 16th 2008 4:47PM Birth Canal said
@Richard: Are the 1 million units the number of systems sold or is it the number of systems sold to retailers?
Sony, I believe, only counts systems bought by consumers and was just wondering. Thanks.
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Sony, I believe, only counts systems bought by consumers and was just wondering. Thanks.
Posted: Dec 16th 2008 6:50PM Telprydain said
@mgsrocks1
There is no 'real' way to track units sold to customers. And good luck selling more to 'real' customers if you have shipped less out to stores. Anytime you read 'sold to customer' numbers, someont is making numbers up.
Regaurdless, both PS3 and 360 sales are counted in the same way in this peice, and 360 is 1mil ahead.
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There is no 'real' way to track units sold to customers. And good luck selling more to 'real' customers if you have shipped less out to stores. Anytime you read 'sold to customer' numbers, someont is making numbers up.
Regaurdless, both PS3 and 360 sales are counted in the same way in this peice, and 360 is 1mil ahead.
Posted: Dec 16th 2008 4:50PM AkiraTenshi said
All news like this does is give fuel to the fanboys.
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Posted: Dec 16th 2008 5:53PM (Unverified) said
Didn't the North American sales convince you of that?
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Posted: Dec 17th 2008 2:48PM Vanillacide said
Yes, considering that USA is the third largest market for games, whereas Europe is second largest -- Asia is the largest for those who can't work it out.
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Posted: Dec 16th 2008 7:49PM (Unverified) said
I know you're a hardcore gamer, and I know you own both consoles Fenix, so I'm putting the question to you:
If you could only afford one of the systems, Xbox 360, or Playstation 3, which would you choose?
You seem to know your stuff, and I've been seriously deliberating just selling my PS3 and picking up a Pro 360 so I can game online with my college buddies (none of whom own a PS3). I love gaming, but I can't really justify owning more than one of these systems at a time (both because I don't make much, and I still have to get good grades).
Thanks!
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If you could only afford one of the systems, Xbox 360, or Playstation 3, which would you choose?
You seem to know your stuff, and I've been seriously deliberating just selling my PS3 and picking up a Pro 360 so I can game online with my college buddies (none of whom own a PS3). I love gaming, but I can't really justify owning more than one of these systems at a time (both because I don't make much, and I still have to get good grades).
Thanks!
Posted: Dec 16th 2008 8:03PM (Unverified) said
Turkey.. choose the console that all your friends have and has the majority of games that you want.
I chose the 360 because of those 2 reasons.. Also, if I could only choose one right now, it would still probably be the 360 due to the NXE..
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I chose the 360 because of those 2 reasons.. Also, if I could only choose one right now, it would still probably be the 360 due to the NXE..
Posted: Dec 16th 2008 8:17PM (Unverified) said
From what I've tooled around with, the NXE is fantastic. The only thing that has kind of made me wary of the 360, is that I just don't know what big games are coming up in 2009. I've been following Sony's camp more, so do you know any exclusives coming in 2009 (honest question, not trolling)?
There are plenty of current and older 360 exclusives I'd get, but I have no clue what's on the horizon for the system.
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There are plenty of current and older 360 exclusives I'd get, but I have no clue what's on the horizon for the system.
Posted: Dec 16th 2008 11:17PM (Unverified) said
-Ninja Blade
-GTA EXCLUSIVE CONTENT
-Mass Effect 2
-Alan Wake
-Halo 3: ODST
-Star Ocean 4
-Mobile Ops: The One Year War
-Magna Carta 2
-CRY ON
-Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction
-Project Offset
-Legio
-Halo Wars
-Hellio
-Fallout 3 DLC
-Huxley
-Forza Motorsport 3
-Theseis
-Halo: Chronicles
-The Crossing
-Prey 2
-Divine Divinity II
-Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
-Warhound
-Salvation
-Age of Pirates: Captain Blood
-Voodoo Nights
-Ninety-Nine Nights II
-Project Progressive
-Race Pro
-APB
-Dead Island
-Demons of Mercy
-1XR
-Dogtag
-Dungeon Hero
-Shadow Harvest
-The Shadow of Aten
-Salvation
-Super Star
-Totems
-Underwater Wars
-Versus Tactical Action
-White Gold: War in Paradise
-Divinity 2 – Ego Draconis
-Venetica
-Grand Raid Offroad
-Deathsmiles
-Omikron 2
-Empire
-Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi EXTRA
-Kingdom Under Fire II
We still have to wait for titles that haven't been announced.
My picks:
-Ninja Blade
-GTA EXCLUSIVE CONTENT
-Mass Effect 2
-Alan Wake
-Halo 3: ODST
-Star Ocean 4
-Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction
-Project Offset
-Fallout 3 DLC
-Huxley
-Forza Motorsport 3
-Omikron 2
-Kingdom Under Fire II
-Theseis
-Halo: Chronicles
-The Crossing
-Prey 2
-Warhound
-Ninety-Nine Nights II
-APB
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-GTA EXCLUSIVE CONTENT
-Mass Effect 2
-Alan Wake
-Halo 3: ODST
-Star Ocean 4
-Mobile Ops: The One Year War
-Magna Carta 2
-CRY ON
-Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction
-Project Offset
-Legio
-Halo Wars
-Hellio
-Fallout 3 DLC
-Huxley
-Forza Motorsport 3
-Theseis
-Halo: Chronicles
-The Crossing
-Prey 2
-Divine Divinity II
-Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
-Warhound
-Salvation
-Age of Pirates: Captain Blood
-Voodoo Nights
-Ninety-Nine Nights II
-Project Progressive
-Race Pro
-APB
-Dead Island
-Demons of Mercy
-1XR
-Dogtag
-Dungeon Hero
-Shadow Harvest
-The Shadow of Aten
-Salvation
-Super Star
-Totems
-Underwater Wars
-Versus Tactical Action
-White Gold: War in Paradise
-Divinity 2 – Ego Draconis
-Venetica
-Grand Raid Offroad
-Deathsmiles
-Omikron 2
-Empire
-Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi EXTRA
-Kingdom Under Fire II
We still have to wait for titles that haven't been announced.
My picks:
-Ninja Blade
-GTA EXCLUSIVE CONTENT
-Mass Effect 2
-Alan Wake
-Halo 3: ODST
-Star Ocean 4
-Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction
-Project Offset
-Fallout 3 DLC
-Huxley
-Forza Motorsport 3
-Omikron 2
-Kingdom Under Fire II
-Theseis
-Halo: Chronicles
-The Crossing
-Prey 2
-Warhound
-Ninety-Nine Nights II
-APB
Posted: Dec 17th 2008 11:55AM (Unverified) said
Turkey
If I could only have 1 it would be 360 HANDS DOWN! Dude, seriously if you don't care too much about bluray sell your PS3, quick! I've had both for a while now and I still do 95% of my gaming on 360. Its just better all around. My email is xfenixknightx@yahoo.com if you have any questions. Here are my reasons. If I list any multiplats games its because they have been proven to be better on 360, online/features/graphically etc. Again, these are just MY reasons and my opinions.
-Xbox LIVE
-NXE
-Controller
-DLC exclusives, GTAIV, Fallout 3
-8-player private/party chat
-No mandatory installs
-Netflix
-Custom music while playing
-New map packs and betas are always on 360 first example (COD4, COD:WaW, Battlefield, SSFIITHDR, etc)
-Xbox Originals (Halo, Black, GTA: SA, Fable, Ninja Gaiden Black, Psychonaughts, Indigo Prophecy, Jade Empire, etc)
-Gears
-Gears 2
-Left 4 Dead
-Ninja Gaiden 2
-Halo 3
-Halo Wars
-Mass Effect
-Fallout 3
-Fable 2
-PGR 3 and 4
-Forza 2
-BanjoK: NaB
-Crackdown
-COD4
-Viva Pinata
-Viva Pinata 2
-SSFIITHDR
-GTAIV
-Madden is always better on 360
-Rockband 2 was on 360 first, timed exclusive
-The Orange Box
-Dead or Alive
-Virtua Fighter 5 *w/online
-Tales of Vesperia
-Eternal Sonata
-Lost Odyssey
-Last Remnant
-Infinite Undiscovery
-Blue Dragon
-Dead or Alive
-Command and Conquer RA
-Tetris Evo
-Unreal Tourney III
-Halo ODST
-Alan Wake
-GTAIV: The Lost and the Damned
-Fallout 3 Expansion
-Mass Effect 2
-Ninja Blade
-New Age of Conan MMO
-Star Ocean The last Hope
-Splinter Cell Conviction
-Forza 3
-Riddick
-Gears of War 3 *rumored 2010
-COD6 Beta will for sure be 360 only
-All Points Bulletin
-Bioshock 2 *most likely timed exclusive
-You still get FF13
-You still get Tekken 6
-Cliff B's 360 only rumored Survival Horror game
-XBLA
-GeoWars
-GeoWars2
-BRAID
-Ikaruga
-N+
-TMNT Arcade
-Alien Homonid
-DOOM
-Castle Crashers
-Pac Man Championship
-Fable Pub Games
-Switchball
-Galaga Legions
-UNO
-Omega 5
-Aegis Wing
-DoubleDragon HD
-StreetFighter II (Original)
-Banjo Kazooie
-Banjo Tooie
-Most Shmups
-Most RPG's
-Most JRPG's
-Most Shooters
-Most RTS's
*This is just off the top of my head lol
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If I could only have 1 it would be 360 HANDS DOWN! Dude, seriously if you don't care too much about bluray sell your PS3, quick! I've had both for a while now and I still do 95% of my gaming on 360. Its just better all around. My email is xfenixknightx@yahoo.com if you have any questions. Here are my reasons. If I list any multiplats games its because they have been proven to be better on 360, online/features/graphically etc. Again, these are just MY reasons and my opinions.
-Xbox LIVE
-NXE
-Controller
-DLC exclusives, GTAIV, Fallout 3
-8-player private/party chat
-No mandatory installs
-Netflix
-Custom music while playing
-New map packs and betas are always on 360 first example (COD4, COD:WaW, Battlefield, SSFIITHDR, etc)
-Xbox Originals (Halo, Black, GTA: SA, Fable, Ninja Gaiden Black, Psychonaughts, Indigo Prophecy, Jade Empire, etc)
-Gears
-Gears 2
-Left 4 Dead
-Ninja Gaiden 2
-Halo 3
-Halo Wars
-Mass Effect
-Fallout 3
-Fable 2
-PGR 3 and 4
-Forza 2
-BanjoK: NaB
-Crackdown
-COD4
-Viva Pinata
-Viva Pinata 2
-SSFIITHDR
-GTAIV
-Madden is always better on 360
-Rockband 2 was on 360 first, timed exclusive
-The Orange Box
-Dead or Alive
-Virtua Fighter 5 *w/online
-Tales of Vesperia
-Eternal Sonata
-Lost Odyssey
-Last Remnant
-Infinite Undiscovery
-Blue Dragon
-Dead or Alive
-Command and Conquer RA
-Tetris Evo
-Unreal Tourney III
-Halo ODST
-Alan Wake
-GTAIV: The Lost and the Damned
-Fallout 3 Expansion
-Mass Effect 2
-Ninja Blade
-New Age of Conan MMO
-Star Ocean The last Hope
-Splinter Cell Conviction
-Forza 3
-Riddick
-Gears of War 3 *rumored 2010
-COD6 Beta will for sure be 360 only
-All Points Bulletin
-Bioshock 2 *most likely timed exclusive
-You still get FF13
-You still get Tekken 6
-Cliff B's 360 only rumored Survival Horror game
-XBLA
-GeoWars
-GeoWars2
-BRAID
-Ikaruga
-N+
-TMNT Arcade
-Alien Homonid
-DOOM
-Castle Crashers
-Pac Man Championship
-Fable Pub Games
-Switchball
-Galaga Legions
-UNO
-Omega 5
-Aegis Wing
-DoubleDragon HD
-StreetFighter II (Original)
-Banjo Kazooie
-Banjo Tooie
-Most Shmups
-Most RPG's
-Most JRPG's
-Most Shooters
-Most RTS's
*This is just off the top of my head lol
Posted: Dec 16th 2008 5:25PM (Unverified) said
should be more........
Not only do you have a bigger library but your $100 cheaper.
YOU SUXs.
PS3
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Not only do you have a bigger library but your $100 cheaper.
YOU SUXs.
PS3
Posted: Dec 16th 2008 6:25PM (Unverified) said
Yes, it does make sense that having more games and being less expensive makes the 360 worse than the PS3. At least, it does in the...
FANBOY ZONE!
*minor chord*
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FANBOY ZONE!
*minor chord*
Posted: Dec 16th 2008 5:43PM MyAbsolution said
Both Microsoft and Sony and have been saying they each are ahead of the competition in Europe.
Looks like Microsoft was correct.
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Looks like Microsoft was correct.
Posted: Dec 17th 2008 9:38AM (Unverified) said
Hang on. So sony claims they are ahead in the entire PAL territory and MS claim they are ahead in 5 out of 50 european countries? Any company can skew sales and facts to make them sound better, but only tell part of the story... this story is making out the 360 is doing better than it is.
Fact is with a year head start, 360 shouldn't be playing catch up.
People forget they should really be looking at multi-plat software sales for a true indication of how well each console is doing for GAMING. Many many people buy the ps3 for a blu ray player, as it is supposed to be one of the best. This is why in gaming the 360 is leading by a distance (see COD w@w sales).
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Fact is with a year head start, 360 shouldn't be playing catch up.
People forget they should really be looking at multi-plat software sales for a true indication of how well each console is doing for GAMING. Many many people buy the ps3 for a blu ray player, as it is supposed to be one of the best. This is why in gaming the 360 is leading by a distance (see COD w@w sales).
Posted: Dec 16th 2008 5:46PM (Unverified) said
Hard to understand why people buy the ps3. I think its a waste of money. Its become a blue ray player that also plays some sorts of games.
If you hade a vote asking if people buy it for blue ray or games then the blue ray side would win with huge numbers.i wont buy a blue ray player EVER! will turn to piracy for HD movies because i dont want to give Sony ANY OF MY MONEY! And one more thing.. MGS4 best graphics award at VGA??? Yeah some one got paid bigg cash.Maybe next time they should try a game before giving it a price.
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If you hade a vote asking if people buy it for blue ray or games then the blue ray side would win with huge numbers.i wont buy a blue ray player EVER! will turn to piracy for HD movies because i dont want to give Sony ANY OF MY MONEY! And one more thing.. MGS4 best graphics award at VGA??? Yeah some one got paid bigg cash.Maybe next time they should try a game before giving it a price.
Posted: Dec 16th 2008 6:06PM (Unverified) said
Well, MGS4 got the best graphics because of the CGI stuff. Which is like a good portion of the game. It is a vague award anyway. They do not specify if it is best for gameplay graphics or for videos. I'm not surprised that MGS4 got it this year. Just wait until Final Fantasy comes out and they will get it next year
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Posted: Dec 16th 2008 6:08PM (Unverified) said
Sony has just lost their way. They had it perfect with ps2. Maybe they felt inferior because the xbox was more powerful, even though it didn't matter.
They just need to admit they've made the successor to the dreamcast, and not the ps2, and move on. It seems like they were more concerned with getting blu ray off the ground than making a game console. The ps3 is so difficult to work on that it takes too long to develope games for. Take Final Fantasy, we used to get a new one every holiday, the last one came out in what, 2005 or 6? And that was for ps2.
I love playstation. Ever since I got my first one with Resident Evil: Directors Cut and FFVII. I wish Sony would just move on already. It's time to scrap ps3. If they were sega, they would've had to get out of the console business by now.
I wonder if this will cause someone to lash out and cry.
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They just need to admit they've made the successor to the dreamcast, and not the ps2, and move on. It seems like they were more concerned with getting blu ray off the ground than making a game console. The ps3 is so difficult to work on that it takes too long to develope games for. Take Final Fantasy, we used to get a new one every holiday, the last one came out in what, 2005 or 6? And that was for ps2.
I love playstation. Ever since I got my first one with Resident Evil: Directors Cut and FFVII. I wish Sony would just move on already. It's time to scrap ps3. If they were sega, they would've had to get out of the console business by now.
I wonder if this will cause someone to lash out and cry.
Posted: Dec 16th 2008 8:18PM (Unverified) said
As a PS3-only owner I agree with you. I'm seriously considering selling my PS3 for a pro 360 and a slim PS2. The NXE and the networking functions are so more integrated and so far beyond anything that Sony has yet to do its almost sad.
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Posted: Dec 17th 2008 11:14AM (Unverified) said
yh MS might be ahead but half the people who own a 360 turn to sony at sum point after realising the mistake of buying a 360. gettin like 3 red rings all ther best games scratched 360 is cheaper because you have to spend so much money buying you fav game agen and agenor gettin it fixed or even buying a new 360 all together i used to be a 360 fanboy by woz that a mistake sony is more realiable onli thing worth buying a xbox for is gears of war 1 number to sucks onli thing good about number 2 is you can have bots so u can play with your mates
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Posted: Dec 17th 2008 2:55PM (Unverified) said
@ Ex xbox360 fan...
It really makes my head hurt when stupid trolls come over to our board...and dont even try to pretend like they have somewhat of an education. Spelling and punctuation are key sony fanboys. Its bad enough you own a ps3, try to not make yourselves look worse.
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It really makes my head hurt when stupid trolls come over to our board...and dont even try to pretend like they have somewhat of an education. Spelling and punctuation are key sony fanboys. Its bad enough you own a ps3, try to not make yourselves look worse.
Posted: Dec 17th 2008 6:44PM (Unverified) said
nerd this isnt a spelling bee ok ill type how i want xbox sucks i did like it untill they start selling broken 360s to everyone that scratch your games and break all the time and im glad i turned to 360 cuz the onlie is just as good as 360 i see no difference the game s are way better were as 360 are all just mindless shooters atleast ps3 has originality and i wud rathre play with ppl my own age instead of a bunch of 10 year olds thinking ther gangster your all fools for buying a 360 one day you will realise it i can think on any good games worth buying on 360 i still have a 360 and all i want for it is gears of war 1 best game ever to come out thats the onli thing xbox can say nothink els ebecaue the NXE suckss soo bad i prefer the old way i wud play my 360 more but dnt want it scratching my games alll the time and spending mroe money on them. almost everyone i kno has left xbox for ps3 ill enojy my reliable ps3 while you enjoy your fucked up gears 2 and red ring bye
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Posted: Dec 17th 2008 6:46PM (Unverified) said
and at the top i didnt mean im glad i turned to xbox 360. sorry didnt mean to swear like that. i meant im glad i turned to ps3
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