Sales for EA's Madden NFL 08 for Microsoft's Xbox 360 topped the versions for Sony's PS3 in Tues, launch movement at Amazon.com.
Tues. afternoon Madden NFL 08 for the Xbox 360 ranked as the #1 top-selling product at Amazon's Video Games division. By comparison Madden NFL 08 for the PS3 held at #4 in the same period.
Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "When it comes to video game lineups none get as much as attention as the launch lineup that accompany a new piece of hardware. But what about the last games? That's the topic for this week's Top 10 as we'll be looking at the very last games to grace their respective consoles. "
I remember buying FFIX on PSN because I was looking for swan song PS1 titles to enjoy on PS3
10 Years Ago This Month: Sony's sales pitch as the powerful system took a hit when EA had to explain why Madden 08 on PS3 was noticeably worse than the Xbox 360 version.
The cpu was hard to work for 3rd party, butt the cell was really powerfull and fast. It wasnt just pr or secret sauce. Uc2 and killzone 2 were amazing. But 3rd party want money. They also problems with the ram. Only first party was able to make huge jumps from first gen games to second gen. It was an expensive console but the tech was much more powefull at launch then this gen.
Wasn't this already established in 2006? Online Sony's first party studios took advantage of the cell.
" was PS3 hard to Develop for?"
Here we go again , they been saying this since mid 2006-2007ish . of course the CPU was hard to work with but the Cell was fast and powerful .
Next year Article : " was PS4 to Easy Develop for ?" slow day in office ?
P.S . over last few years N4G been Repeating same subject matter with Slightly different title, same old subject .
I would hate to be a writer busting my brain to come up with a New lie to draw readers interest end up repeating 2006 article again .
I would not say "hard" to develope... but it went against the norm and it also threatened a well established pc archetype of which many in the pc business was against. Not with ill intent, but to try and change the way digital hardware works... it is huge mountain to climb against a well established pc design.
A lot of third party studios kind of just did not try because they did not want to support the change.
It went beyond just gaming with the backlash of sonys cell design.
Sony has always tried to push innovation and sometimes they miss or go to far against the norm and fail. Like betamax vs VHS. Betamax was the superior hardware but they lost that battle as well.
It is why Microsoft created the competition. They were getting beat in so many ways and their monopoly was getting threatened by everyone. Apple, Google, etc etc. Microsoft had to fight back to try save their dwindling sales. Lose the hardware, you lose the os.
Luke looks at the most influential features of Madden on the PS3 and Xbox 360.
now how the fu*k is this
the day not over yet
I have to Edit some of my posts in other threads after saying the 360 won out in scores in some cases by a whole point.
Only blind Xbots are surprised by this,the 360's been out much longer than the PS3.
anyone know what the ps2 sales were looking like?
oh ok, the ps2 sales are number 3.. but also if you notice, they actually made the game for the xbox.. i didnt think they were doing that.. interesting.
the game is at #4 for PS3. That's an insult to XBOX 360 fanboys if you ask me. With the 360 user base being around 7 million more than the PS3.
This is what 30 more frame rates per second buy you? Madden XBOX 360 #1, Madden PS3 #4?