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Console Sales Figures In Easy-To-Follow Graph Form

Graph shows simple release date alignment of July NPD numbers.

ReconHope6104d ago (Edited 6104d ago )

This puts the Wii about 4 months ahead of the 360 in sales. Not too shabby for a so called "Fad"! The ps3 is not doing too bad for its time-frame either considering the price and everything.

ktchong6104d ago (Edited 6104d ago )

PS3 sales started to drop off (relative to Xbox 360 sales) at month 5 after launch... and have stayed below Xbox 360 ever since...

and you have to consider this: that's even after the $100 price cut.

if Sony has any more trick, they better pull it out of the hat fast...

masterg6104d ago

Here is the chart that should have been used. This it world numbers that show the PS3 is leading over the 360 in it's timeframe.

http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps...

ktchong6104d ago (Edited 6104d ago )

I've just looked at the chart. The red line (PS3) and green line (Xbox 360) overlap -- almost exactly.

But look at the blue line. Wii will be literally "off the chart" very soon.

BTW, that's the *North American* figures. If you go to VGChartz.com and graph only the American figures, *it looks exactly like this chart.*

HarryEtTubMan6104d ago

WHOcares rOUND pEG..WHY ARE U SO HORRIFIED... 360 is beating a 500 dollar system by the skin of its teeth!! And losing the worldwide market by TENS of THOUSANDS a month...PS2,PSP,PS3 vs. 360...Bro ur a joke stop trying to prove something... PS1 n ps2 are the besselling systems of all time...not the sh!tbox..there is nothing to prove except 360 is inferior! Always will be on a WORLDWIDE scale!

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fjtorres6104d ago (Edited 6104d ago )

Interesting to see that the demand-constrained PS3 performed like the supply-constrained 360 for the first couple of months, but then the two went their separate ways.
And the 360 curve clearly shows that the "wait for PS3" effect was real; once the PS3 and Wii were out and fully evaluated, that's when 360 took off.
If there was ever a need to prove that the console market is, indeed, price-sensitive, this is it.

SWORDF1SH6104d ago

not another chart. this shows nothing new. il be intrested in seeing a chart after christmas. but what the hell is this all about. and why a north american grapth to make the ps3 look bad

fjtorres6104d ago

And the chart is not there to make anybody look good or bad; all it does is report the numbers and the trends.
You put those into context (release dates, supply conditions, game releases, etc) and you get a pretty good feel for what the market thinks of each of the three products.
The bottom line is that the market is saying that cheap matters more than HD graphics.
For now.
Not exactly a revelation is it?

SWORDF1SH6104d ago

but im also sayin this is nothing new. we kno all this already. we kno that wii is sellin good everywhere. we kno that xbox is selling better than ps3 in america. we kno xbox is being slaughtered in japan by the wii and ps3. we also kno that in europe that the ps3 is doin slightly better than the 360.

masterg6104d ago (Edited 6104d ago )

That's what I was going to say.

Why show just US charts.
Everybody knows that it's Xbox land.
PS3 has EU and Japan.
Wii has everywhere.

@SWORDF1SH

PS3 is not doing slightly better in EU.
It's doing way better and it's picking up more and more.

ktchong6104d ago (Edited 6104d ago )

Xbox 360 has the US.

Wii has Japan and everywhere else.

PS3 does not really have Japan and EU... because Wii has it.

HarryEtTubMan6104d ago (Edited 6104d ago )

Round peG u are just a moron... how does 360 have the U.S...pllleeaaasseee feel me in...thE Playstation brandname hAs the whole world and has for the past 13 years... I wouldn't consider a 320-400 dollar system barely beating a 500 dollar system(by 11,000) and losing to every other console in the overall market but sh!t outta luck... u can love ur unreal shooters all u want I know it, I just know xbox 360 will end up in a DISTANT third to Sony and Nintendo in the end...meaning 8-9 years. LMAO

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ItsDubC6104d ago

Being that this is strictly consoles sales for the US, I wonder if the graph for worldwide sales follows a similar pattern?

The fact that none of the consoles are flat-lining is a great thing for the gaming industry.

iceman20006104d ago

it dont trust med eni more
dis is bulshit

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7 Deserving Games That Never Got Backward Compatibility

Backward compatibility works for many games on newer consoles, but titles such as The Simpsons: Hit and Run have been left out.

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20 Best Survival Games of All Time

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Vader822d ago

No 7 days to die is criminal

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel5d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow4d ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo1824d ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie3d ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Hereandthere3d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin3d ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere3d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

ApocalypseShadow2d ago

Lying to yourself is unbecoming.

Article link tells you all you need to know in Sarah Bond's own words.

Hereandthere3d ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

ApocalypseShadow2d ago

At least you and others get it. Note drank the Kool aid and asked for seconds thinking it was refreshing.

Most don't even know how it all played out but it's there in black and white for all to see. Microsoft brought it up for years until the MLB forced Sony's hand. It was a win win for Microsoft. Kill one reason to buy a PlayStation or kill the game by dropping it in a cheap service to kill Sony's sales numbers on PlayStation.

OtterX4d ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

Cockney2d ago

They chose well, Sony gave them the backing to pursue their dreams with no restrictions even tho their games especially dreams have very niche appeal. Media molecule and Sony deserve respect for this in an age of risk averse publishing.

RNTody4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno4d ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Inverno4d ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii3d ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno3d ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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