FIFA '10 On PS3 Outselling Xbox 360 Version In The UK

Shaun McIlroy of OLC writes:

Here in the United Kingdom a paradigm shift is occurring. For the first time in years a FIFA title is selling better on the PlayStation 3 than it is on Xbox 360.

Both UK online retail outlets Play.com and Amazon UK have the PlayStation 3 release ahead of the Xbox 360 version in their best sellers list which begs us to ask the following question. Has the PS3 Slim turned the tide here in the UK in favour of Sony Computer Entertainment?

[LTC]

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[shaunmcilroy]

which one?

[Time Lord]

My reply to that article

http://i43.tinypic.com/2nhj...

[thegood33]

Bombshell!

Fifa 10 PS3 outselling 360 in people between the ages of 37 and 38 who's names begin with the letters Z or X.

We'll keep you posted as more news develops...

[gaffyh]

Football (Soccer) > Everything in UK, seriously. I know people who only bought a PS2 to play Pro Evolution Soccer, and that's the ONLY game they played. These types of games are better systems sellers sometimes than exclusive titles.

They just need to be marketed properly.

[KingME]

Why is this important. We're now starting to get reports on ongong software sells. What is this a baseball game being reported live from ESPN?

[nbsmatambo]

Time Lord that is bad@ss

[The Meerkat]

I live in the UK and I met my third PS3 owner last week.
I asked him if he was excited about getting Uncharted 2 and MW2, he said NO all he is getting this year is Fifa 10!

Out of all my 360 owning friends only 1 said he will be getting Fifa 10.

[topgeareasy]

some people people prefer sports games to shooters

[Time Lord]

I got mate who bought PS3 for FIFA 09 and only bought GT5:P since. now his buying his 3rd PS3 game FIFA 10 :).

[silvacrest]

i wonder how many 360 owners bought there console only for gears and halo....in comparison to what you just said

[ShabzS]

definitely bought mine for gears

[mastiffchild]

I got my most recent 360 mainly to play Gears2 myself as it looked i creasingly unlikely to come out on PC myself. Loads of people I know with bboth consoles got a 360 for Halo or Gears while the reasons for a PS3 were more varied.

Thing is IDK whether sales of games like Fifa, PES or Madden tell us all that much. There's certainly a whole bungh of less serious gamers who just love their sports games and might also buy a CODF a year as well to play against their mates but in my experience these gamers generally get games for the console most of their mates play on so I do not know what to take from Fifa apparently selling better on the PS3 this time in the UK.

Maybe a lot of these less avid gamers on the 360 have already bought this paycheques game with ODST? There hasn't been a big PS3 exclusive this month either(maybe post U2 there will be more Fifa sold on 360?)as NGS2 doesn't appeal to your couple of games a year people who often buy sports titles as a thing of habit.

Whatever, it isn't so cut and dried as this article makes out but is stil interesting when you consider how much bigger the installed 360 base is in the UK compared to the PS3-perhaps there's fewer active 360s than we imagined sue to MS stating shipped rather than sold numbers or even vecause of RROD exchanges distorting the figures a bit-who knows really but we'll have too wait to see if PS3 keeps selling more Fifa copies or not.

My guess is the 360 version will, at least, catch up a good bit-every gamer(esp those who bought their consoles for Halo)on 360 will have bought ODST which will have made a dent in the number of people able to get another game just now, imo.

[RedPawn]

LIKE NO WAY OHH MY GOD Becky!

[belal]

fifa and pes is all about the same thing ... LOL

you go from your side to the opnents side and try to score, its not even funto play unless you play with friends.

[Fishy Fingers]

You could say that about any sport, or even genre. Generally, if your a footy fan, and play games, then football games are going to appeal to you. Like racing games, or basketball etc

Plus, they are different, they may seem like only subtle differences, but they all add up.

'shooters, all you do is try and shoot someone over and over' See what I'm saying?

[silvacrest]

i totally agree fishy and i was gonna say something similar

[cwir]

That's the most stupid comment I've seen in months mate..

[mastiffchild]

I feel like that about some sports myself but realise that other people find a depth to them that I obciously don't.

Football, however, is the greatest team sport ever created and contains far more spontenaiety than basketball(a game for freakishly tall people where it seems you score nearly every time you get the ball), US football(so stop-start and drawn out it could almost have been made with ads in mind), baseball(rounders for men in pyjamas-need I say more!)or even ide hockey(where in real life seeing the puck is a challenge in it's own right and most people get more excited by the fights).

Obviously, though, like you miss what's great about "soccer" I don't see what's special about these games so when EA (or whoever) makes a game abouit them I wouldn't bother commenting-it just isn't my bag or area of expertise so I'd add little to any debate.

More t the point for ALL these sports games is the way we have to buy another full game every single year when that gives us only tiny improvements and a team roster/team kits update. Madden's/Fifa/PES etc could all be released as a full game(like a base model)every two tears and on the second year would be available as the full game OR as an update download or update disc for, say, £20. Avoiding gameplay updates every year would allow for two years to work on REAL advances in engines/gameplay etc and people would also have extra time with the game, extra value and EA(or whoever) would still keep a yearly stream of income and as they're releasing something needing less work could stioll have similar profits to now.

Or am I being silly?

[GamerscoreWhores]

360 copies were outselling selling PS3 copies 2/1

[zootang]

I have about 10 friends on my psn showing that they are playing fifa10. I need to go out and buy it. Rooney and the united squad play it on the playstation, It show's it in United Mag

[Nicaragua]

Maybe that just shows that the 360 customer base contains a larger amount of plebs who go out for pointless midnight launches ?

[artgamer]

PS3 owners have girlfriends and go out at night, or sleep even.

[redsquad]

I've never wanted any game, EVER, enough to attend a midnight launch. People go straight home and start playing? I like my sleep too much...

[locos85]

Same here I'll pick it up the next day. Not one midnight launch for me.

[ukilnme]

I'll never be the type of gamer that goes to a midnight launch. There are better things to do at midnight. Of course there are worse things too.

[mastiffchild]

I like midnight launches, have kids, a missus and a life! It all depends what it's for. I'd forgotten to preorder our Wii so went to the midnight release at Tescos and it was a good night with me taking the kids along who had a great time. They hadn't seen anyone dressed up cosplay style before and there were Links and Marios, A Princess Peach and a very tidy looking young Zelda! Reminded me of the one for OoT on the 64 when we all wanted the gold cart!

Don't bother with many these days(aren't many where we live anyway-and I'd usually only think about it if I'd forgotten a preorder) but they aren't always rubbish even out here in the sticks-and my little lad(was 5 at the time) was really enthralled by the people cosplaying.

[bjornbear]

;)

[ukilnme]

@ bjornbear

Indeed. These tell us about the PS3 Fanbase.

http://grovesmedia.files.wo...
http://www.n4g.com/up/13764...
http://women.timesonline.co...

[DonCorneo]

like i said, there are only 20 million working crapboxes out there.. 33.3%!

[Optical_Matrix]

IGN probably using this as Damage control for all the negativity they got towards that fanboy sh!t article they posted yesterday.

[Saaking]

The PS3 wiping out the competition.

[Major_Tom]

With as little effectiveness as possible.

[rawd]

OH SNAP

[lordkemp007]

Yesterdays papers were advertising a ps3 slim and a copy of Fifa 10 for 234 pounds at Asda (uk).

Edit - Looked at Asda online - Slim Fifa bundle listed at 249 - out of stock.

Perhaps the offer in the newspaper that i saw was store offer only?

[streety519a]

All of my club team own it on the same console as me so that's who I'll be playing it with. And a substantial amount of people will be playing it on both systems so online multiplayer won't be a barren wasteland so whatever console you own it on it'll still be fun. Isn't fun the point?

[pickle1234]

xbox software sales do not reflect hardware sales because of so many modders. i know so many people who are modding their 360 and its becoming an epidemic. Theres far too many people doing this. The system is plagued with modders. I know for a fact that far too many people are doing this and its a shame that its happening. I guess bluray is begining to be a smart choice for sony now.

[artgamer]

Microsofts fault

[artgamer]

B..But I t..thought Xbox Live guaranteed more s..s..sales for 360 with these games.

PSN is better and free, thats why.

[I am Legend]

B...B...B...But you're just a nerd.

Go outside bruh.

It'll do you some good to see the sun.

:)

EDIT :

SMH

You would think that.

[artgamer]

haha, I Am Legend, nice avatar is that you, after reading this news.

[thegood33]

XBL doesn't gaurantee better sales, just an overall better gaming experience. Don't confuse the two.

[I am Legend]

K

:)

[Counter_ACT]

This is nothing to do with the slim, Fifa always sells most of PS3 out here. So do PES and most other football games.

[Marty8370]

I've sold 10 on PS3 vs 3 on crapbox. Quite a difference if trend continues.

[MetalGearRising]

Not many interesting games coming out on ps3 except fifa 10 maybe thats why its selling well on ps3. While xbox360 has too many games to choose from.

[Queers of War]

.....you can't, can you?

Wait, I'll go first.

Uncharted 2
R&C ACIT
Demon's Souls

And that's just the beginning.

[Marty8370]

There are loads more out on PS3 than crapbox in time for Xmas.PS3 heasily has the beter line up.

Fifa 10
PES2010
Uncharted 2
Modern Warfare 2
EyePet
Assassin's Creed 2
Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time
Brutal Legend
Dragon Age: Origins
Tony Hawk: Ride
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Republic Heroes
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010
LEGO Rock Band
LittleBigPlanet(Game of the Year Edition)
Final Fantasy XIII(Japan)
Ninja Gaiden Sigma II
SingStar: Take That
SingStar: Micheal Jackson
SingStar: Motown
Tekken 6

No Games. lol

[aswan]

Exclusives
PS3
-Uncharted 2
-Demon Souls
-Ratchet and Clank:ACiT
-FF:XIII(japan)

360
-Foroza 3

Yea. Right.

[PopEmUp]

hmm so what have you been playing before odst? aka nothing?

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

...you could Shoot people with a Gun and it had 'Halo' in the Title!!! ;-D

HE SHOOTS, HE KILLS...er erm...HE SCORES!!! ;-D

'M$' Buy out 'EA'... SOON... 'FIFA-HALO 2011'!!! ;-D

[redsquad]

Blegh, Fifa 10... Sports games (well, sports in general) aren't my cup of tea but more power to any game enjoying success.

[Ngai]

Not so strange, there's only a 1 mil gap in consoles in Europe..

[starkiller]

Bar none, Xbox360 is done in europe.

There's just not enough juice left to go on for MS. No exclusive games to look forward to besides forza 3 and the marked is already saturated with pricecuts and offers.

There's just no longer room for that bar to be lifted, i mean, what more could they possibly do?

[Ngai]

PS3 selling for 269,- in the Mediamarkt in holland.. that's SO CHEAP! Not to whine.. but thats a big difference compared to some (like me) that paid 600,- lol.. it deserves it succes. Great product as always from Sony.

[CryWolf]

Half the world is getting this game on PS3 more cause Playstation ben here for years unlike 360.

[Senden]

So fifa 10 is doing better on the ps3 based on sales from two websites one of which is rarely even used by hardcore gamers because they ship the day of release and not in time for release..

It wouldn't suprise me though, football games do usually sell better on the ps3.

[Kushan]

At my Local ASDA at midnight, they said they had about 140 copies for the PS3 and only 40 for the 360. Is it possible there's a weird supply thing going on?

[MetalGearRising]

Give it a month and xbox360 version will be Outselling ps3 like always.

[redDevil87]

I just bought a brand new copy on amazon for £25.

Tesco started selling it at £25 and asda at £26. Most Gamestation and Morrisons stores are offereing a price match with tesco, asda and sainsburys on any store within 5 or 10 miles.

Thats the first time i've ever seen a brand new game this cheap in so many stores on release day. Its crazy!

[wicked]

I would not buy from either Amazon or Play as Tesco are selling it for £24.95. So get from Tesco.

Edit. Missed the post above! :)

[tordavis]

Is this really newsworthy?

[Thoreau]

i know it is off the subject, but your avatar is tasteless, and creates the illusion that Black Men have no sense.

[Father Murder X]

here we go again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!

[Naar]

its all about contrals trust me
my brother he got xbox 360 bought it cuz its dirt cheap and the man in the store told him its better and cheaper so he got it and once he played PES 2009 on it he return it and got PS3
iam not saying PS3>> Xbox 360 wich is truth lol but what iam trying to say u cant play fight / football games on Xbox 360 the contral very stupid for those kind of games

[MaximusPrime]

Not surprising. I saw so many ps3 fifa adverts in uk. I only came across on xbox360 advert.

What i like about ps3 advert, there were picture of Rooney and Walcott holding DS3 controller. I also saw other familiar faces holding DS3 controller. Great stuff

[orange-skittle]

who the f-ck cares? does anyone in NA actually buy soccer games?

[ambientFLIER]

Why is it that all these "outselling the 360 version" articles are about foreign countries? Oh...right...it's because those countries have a higher install base of ps3 consoles than the 360.

[pete2711]

Dunno what country your from but this is about the U.K where i live, And i am pretty sure there is or at least WAS much more 360's over here due to it being out so much earlier,

It's just been surpassed by the PS3 AGAIN!,

Funny thing is PS3 'Fanboys' As they are called, Have been telling you this would happen since PS3 was released but in you all blatently denied it would happen as you know you bought the inferior console due to being either anti-sony or impatient.

It aactually makes me incredibly satisfied i bought and backed PS3 because pretty much all that was preached has come true.

Deal with it it was inevitable.....

[Dzpool]

Who cares soccer sucks anyways

[gameman]

where are you now bots can't any thing about sales now can you ???? whats next on the list for you to b!tch about???