Xbox 360 remains top selling console in US; PS3 dropping further

VGChartz has just uploaded the new chart for the week ending October 20. Some big surprises this week as the Xbox 360 remains to outsell the Nintendo Wii, despite a 10% drop for the Xbox 360. Playstation 3 sales on the other hand dropped another 12% this week to around 23,000, compared to 117,000 for the Nintendo Wii and 126,000 for the Xbox 360.

On the software side, Halo 3 has reclaimed the number #1 spot on the list with another 200,000 copies this week, which brings its total to almost 4,000,000. Orange Box came in second with another 80,000 copies this week. Beautiful Katamari came in at #8 this week with over 35,000 copies. Also worth noting: Skate on the Xbox 360 outsold Tony Hawk's Proving Ground in its 6 week on the chart. Check out all this weeks numbers after the jump.

[Tommie]

Xbox 360 oustold PS3 5.5-to-1.

Enough said.

[Gamespot-equals-EGM]

Wonder if this includes the price drop for the 80gb? It should but it doesn't make sense that sales DROPPED after the 80gb price drop.

The 40gb (coming out in Nov) better boost ps3 sales or else Sony is in a very difficult position.

[Watkins]

Americans are crazy

Enough said.

[sonarus]

sales always go dwn jst b4 a price drop.

[andy001]

Correction. The 360 sales dropped 11% whilst the PS3 sales dropped 12%, so it is probably a natural drop just because of the time of the month.

The real movers are the Wii and the DS. The Wii increased sales by 20% and the DS by 65%. Nintendo are taking the piss out of Microsof and Sony.

Halo 3 has sold just over half of the Halo 2 sales, at least in the states.

What this tells me is that the US is still very much a FPS market, and the 360 fits that demographic very well. Sony may start to pull in gamers who enjoy the platform and third person action games very soon, as the 360 is lacking in this regard.

Project Gotham 4? Bombed. Probably released at the wrong time due to Halo 3.

[mesh1]

no 1 i know in the uk that a game freak like me has a ps3 but my older brother m8 shave ps3 and us eit forblueray and tons of other stuff th eps3 can do not involved in gaming this is why ill eventually buy a ps3 when some good games come out but in the uk atm 360 IS KILLING ps3 wee game sell the most in the world are top is usa then japan then uk so 360 is wining the console war sorry ps3 fans.

[andy001]

@Mesh1, does your mother know you are using her computer to talk to strangers on the internet?

Aren't you supposed to spend the half term break by doing homework. I'm sure you have plenty of punctuation and grammar exercises to do.

[Gamespot-equals-EGM]

Yeah dude, you should edit that sh!t (eg, m8, spacing is all f*cked up). It almost reads like a foreign language.

[nasim]

so most people refrained from purchasing a PS3

[nix]

sorry double post

[nix]

forget punctuation and grammar, he needs to learn ABC first. q:

[ruibing]

I'll wait for the NPD numbers for this month instead.

[LoydX-mas]

Why? VG Chartz and NPD were virtually identicle last month.

[bluebrad1974]

It looks like sony might be laying off some of the sony gestapo on N4G. Their attempts to control the gaming media is having a negative effect here in the States.

[FF7numba1]

Americans aren't crazy just like spend money on junk.

[Chris_GTR1]

well they buy the consoles with GAMES. ps3 has no games so noone cares about it.

[Chris_GTR1]

damn it

[skarn]

Lol so true, if buying the console that costs less and has decent games makes you crazy, Americans are all raving lunatics.

[AngryTypingGuy]

Don't confuse craziness with good taste. The Japanese like some weird-ass games. Sorry that I don't want a bunch of bubbly, happy Jap-animated characters all over my screen, or heroes that look like they should be gracing the cover of fashion magazines. I want tough, muscular heroes that don't make me feel like a six year old when I play the game. I want shooters, and plenty of them. I want American RPG's, survival-horror, and shooter/RPG's.

Don't get me wrong, the Japanese make some incredible games, but a lot of them are just plain weird. What I'm getting at is that gamers have distinctly different tastes. It's funny how most that like Jap games are in Sony's camp while those that like western games are in Microsoft's.

[lawman1108]

........."The horror,the horror".............ahaha hahhah ahahahahahahha

[Wii60_FTW]

asian worshippers jack it to tranny FF characters lol. so true. give me gears of war any day.

[sanderFVCKINcohen]

If we treated games like our movies & music will make the best games EVER!!!

If you havent noticed all american studios suppported by sony makes the best action/adventure games ever. Because Sony is serious with gameing cuz they are from Japan.

Also, I cant believe most of you ps3 fanboys are still stateing the RROD. Falcon version is out now...old news.

[gogators]

and great games starting to come out; they need to advertise better in the States. Get rid of the Ad group that has your system being soo powerful that it has telekenisis powers and all your games are of another dimension. Get your commercials back down to earth and start giving better information about your systems strengths. Your store Kiosks need a better presentation, too. Do a better job of convincing Americans that your systems is the right one for them.

Then, with your price drop and great game line-up, people will start buying the PS3.

[ALMIGHTYPS3]

Idiots like you will continue to look at the small picture while intelligent people will continue to see the big picture.

get your arcade pack heerrre-lmfao

ENOUGH SAID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[chrno]

FF7numba1, you sure they aren't crazy? After all, they elected Bush twice! lol..

[Kees]

OMG, me does not care about sales...

[ShiftyLookingCow]

lol

[brothersimon]

people do.

360 ftw. you, ftl.

[shmee]

PS3 will FTW too.

ps3 sales are down because people are now waiting for the 40 gig .

Plus the price cut went into effect on the 20th effectively except Amazon (a bit earlier on the 18th/19th).

watch out for sales data next week. PS3 sales is supposed to boom . However if that doesnt happen then it means that people are waiting for the 40 gig

Congrats to wii and x360 for good sales

[jiggyjay]

You know whats amazing is that the 360 has been on the market for 2 years now and has only one price cut! If you can even call that a price cut $20-$50... While the PS3 has had 4 different SKU and 2 different types of price cuts! Amazing the power of the 360! Sony is getting desperate to get Blu Ray out there!

[sanderFVCKINcohen]

what would have happend if Sony spent more time and money on there PS3 than the bluray, would they have had tons of games by now?

[Zhuk]

All the AAA holiday titles has got people excited for the Xbox 360 worldwide, what will be most interesting is to see how the new PS3 model will fare when it is introduced, word on the street is that it is not selling favourably compared to the 60gb model

[AliC]

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[Shadow Flare]

I agree with the cat

[AllroundGamer]

:D i agree with the cat too :) and Zhuk is an ultra xbox fanboy...

[DeadIIIRed]

I'm curious, what "AAA" games are coming for the box this Christmas season? I'm not being a smartass (well sorta), but I really don't know.

Thank god you changed your avatar Zhuk. That guy with the glasses made me want to punch something every time I looked at him. This one is much better.

[WafflesID]

Thats a bad comparison. Of course the 40gig isn't selling favorably compared to the 60gig. It was just barely announced. Hell none of the stores local to me have even had it in stock yet.

As for the AAA titles, it doesn't matter WHEN they came out (past tense) to people who are just buying the console. Just the fact that they ARE out. And to someone who doens't have either a PS3 or a 360, the number of AAA titles for the 360 look better.

People who already own one or the other are going to have a REAL difficult time trying to justify getting the other system. Most all of the games out there are multi platform. There aren't THAT many exclusive titles out there.

That said it might be a BIT easier for someone with a PS3 to justify getting a 360 for a 2nd console. 360 having been out longer naturally has more exclusive titles.

But hey, those who can afford all 3 systems are in for some INCREDIBLE games all around this generation. So why the hate? :)

[wageslave]

Surefire Hits: Mass Effect and Lost Odyssey.

Big Exclusives:
Viva Pinata: Party Animals
Naruto: Rise of a Ninja
Scene It?
America's Army: True Soldiers
...

and, see here for yourself:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

[lawman1108]

Word is that $100 bucks off when GTA4 comes out

[Zhuk]

makes me laugh all these fandroids calling me a fanboy when they're all so delusional. It will be interesting to see if the 40gb helps improve overall PS3 sales or will we just see a temporary rise in sales, either way 2007 has been a poor year for Sony and the Playstation brand has lost significant marketshare to Nintendo and Microsoft. It seems though that the 60gb is actually selling better so I wonder if this will do anything to increase Sony's sales if it doesn't it means that the PS3 is this gens Gamecube, a title that it justly deserves.

The Xbox 360s holiday lineup is incredibly strong and it has the best lineup going into the holidays, from August onwards every month we have seen hit after hit after hit released while Sony has released flop after flop after flop. I can only name one game I will buy for PS3 these holidays and that is Ratchet and Clank because everything else on PS3 has turned out to be either garbage or games that pale in comparison to the brilliance of Xbox 360 titles that have been released since August.

Only Xbox 360 offers gamers the greatest holiday lineup in history, with the best exclusives and the best multiplatform experiences in terms of graphics and online experience.

Sony is going to be dead last these holidays and there is nothing they can do to stop it, the best thing they can do is put a bandaid on the giant holes in the PS3 ship, which is sinking fast.

[P4KY B]

#46 (XB) Halo 2....10,129.....154 weeks in chart

[S1D3 EFFEC7]

Some fanboys are so stupid. He says Halo 2 is at number 46 on the list and you disagree. WHY? Is it number 47 in your dumb world? Its statistics , you cant disagree with statistics.

[WafflesID]

Gotta love teh intarwebs. Everyone is given a voice...even the idiots.

You could post something like "THE NUMBER ONE IS LESS THAN THE NUMBER TWO" and you would still get morons on this site disagreeing with you.

[BIGBAER]

A 2-week old PS3 game selling virtually the same (weekly) numbers as an original Xbox game that has been charted for 154 weeks!

Yes, the Xbox game IS Halo 2 but for the much anticpated PS3 game Folklore to only sell a few hundred more copies than an Xbox 1 game that was released years ago (YEARS AGO!!!) demonstrates perfectly WHY the PS3 is failing.

Perfectly!

[macsto]

But I thought the PS3 outsold the 360 2-1? Or is that only in Europe?

[predator]

that was europe for last week, no news on this week yet.

edit: how did i get disagrees with that comment

[macsto]

No idea, wasnt me.

N4G is a strange place...

[Shadow Flare]

I think there's a troll around here disagreeing to everything

And if you disagree with this comment then your mother is a hairless imp that lives in a cave, and she throws eggs at you and yells 'I'm a chinese bear that works in a wig-hut' aaaand she has the vision of an elephant and the looks to match. And she's so fat that when she falls over, people can't tell

[solidt12]

It makes since not to buy in until November 2 when the $399 system is available.

[CrazzyMan]

it`s better to wait for 40GB version. =)

And i think now many people will buy 40GB ps3 to play Ratchet, Uncharted, HS, Warhawk, Haze and other great games. =)

[wageslave]

Yes, PS3 sales dropped.

Xbox 360: PS3 was 5:1, is not 5.5:1

Expect it to be 4.5:1 40GB-release-week, and 5:1 again after that.

[Mikelarry]

this is confusing now. i read yesterday the ps3 was beating the xbox 2:1 for vgchartz now this comes in.

[karlostomy]

The reason you are confused is that n4g has fanboy contributors that skew the data to make a flamebait headline.

For example:
- The 360 is outselling PS3 5:1 in America
- The PS3 is outselling the 360 3:1 in Japan
- It depends on which country the contributor uses for sales data that determones the fanboy slant of the story.

Overall, in the whole world, the 360 is outselling the ps3.
There was an article recently that indicated The PS3 is selling at the same rate as the 360 in its first year. This is an important technical point and shows the PS3 isn't doing as bad as we all think, especially considering it costs more and has more competiton.

The 360 sales curve took a big jump around this time in the life cycle of the first year, because a AAA title called 'gears of war' is released.

The PS3 is under pressure to now imitate this jump in sales to catch up to the lead of the 360. If it doesn't then it won't matter how biased contributors skew the data for their headlines in the future....

Hope that clears it up a bit.

[snakeak]

Good summary Karl. Except the sales jump had more to do with the holidays than Gears of War. Although I'm sure people will attribute the coming PS3 sales jump to Uncharted...

[gamesblow]

Numbers from outside sources are never right... It's like going thru drive thru and telling someone else to order for you. It doesn't work 9 x out of 10.

In any event, I'm more or less interested in seeing the 400 dollar ps3 hit the U.S. market to see how they do then. Right now, PS3 is a sinking ship, man. That's not good. At all... I'd like to think Japan and europe could sustain them, but not here in the states it won't. WOW~

[skagrerrrr]

to buy the 40gb ps3 - bc if one has ps2 games & would want more functionality,
conversely, if sony is phasing out the 60gb ps3 sku with bc, i would buy the 60gb ps3 sku before stocks of the 60gb ps3 sku with bc stocks run out.

as for the 80gb ps3 sku, i wouldn't want to recommend this because of the high price.

it would also be a convenient if sony gave names to their ps3 skus so they would be easier to identify.

what the heck, this is just my honest opinion, you can go ahead and buy whatever platform you want be it the wii, xbox360, or ps3

[mighty_douche]

... and the rest of the us the world is alot bigger than just America.

[wageslave]

America is the largest market. The Xbox 360 is selling 5:1 here.
Japan is second. The PS3 is selling 3:1 here -- but BOTH are selling at fractions of America.
EU is third. The Xbox 360 is outselling the PS3 here.

In short, the Xbox 360 outsold the PS3 by a large margin during the entire life of the PS3's availability, this says nothing of the Xbox 360 sales that came during the PS3 launch delay.

During 2007, the Xbox 360 EXTENDED its console sales lead. And the owners -- on a per-console basis -- bought more Xbox 360 games than PS3 and Wii games combined.

The Xbox 360 is dominating the worldwide console, games and accessories sales market.

[Rooftrellen]

Actually, America is bigger than the rest of the world when it comes to video games. We're the biggest market over here (I suppose Canada helps, since the NA, but most NA sales, a vast majority, are from the USA).

That being said, winning in America isn't winning over the world. The 360 is outselling the Wii in America, but I'll bet my bottom dollar that though the world, the Wii is doing better.

However, if America wasn't bigger than the rest of the world, the 360 would never have come to be, because MS wouldn't have cracked into any market worth having with the Xbox.

The real unfortunate thing for Sony is that the Wii is still a beast in America. Without Halo stealing some Wii steam, Wii might be stealing some developers.

[ilkercruiser]

Keep bashing x360

It may work :)

Xbox 360 unsuprisingly best seller in terms of games & next-gen consoles.

But Wii will be on top next week because of Super Mario Galaxy's launch.

[ericnellie]

The software top 20 only has one PS3 game in it and that's at #20 and it's motorstorm. That's just crazy!! o_O

[skagrerrrr]

it would be wise to say that sony should revamp their marketing strategy to focus on games & the ps3 as a games console, or this trend of crappy game sales may continue B3YOND.

[ukilnme]

It also shows that most of the Sony Fanboys talk big but don't buy the games.

[Quickstrike]

There is only so many 360's a person will buy b4 he/she gets the idea that M$ doesn't give jack S*** about is customers and they just want to be #1 in everything (like the US government). I hope one day all Xbots convert to Sony or Nintendo fans and realize that the 360 was just a system with many true nick names like Dreamcast 2, Crapbox, you need to buy more than one box, and my favorite BREAK BOX 3SH!TY.
I bet the only reason the break box is out selling the PS3 is because of the RRoD making people keep buying them and buying them 20-50 times.
Now lets take out the re-buys the Xbots had to do and lets see how the break box is selling then.

[BloodySinner]

Goodbye, Mr. Bubble.

[soccerluv]

Brilliant post.

Posts like these from fanboys should be showcased in a new "This is your brain on drugs" commercial.

[skagrerrrr]

you really are one smart fella

[Sez]

what happened did MS bully you in school. did they take your lunch money and gave you a weggie. maybe a wet willie.maybe they touch you in a wrong way. it's ok your can talk about it. your amonst friends.

[ceedubya9]

Why would I go and keep rebuying 360's after a failure when I can just send it in for a free repair? And just in case it wasn't free, we're talking about a repair cost of roughly 150 bucks compared to buying a brand new unit for 349. Yeah, I think I'll send mine in thanks. And I'm waiting for the first person to disagree and show how illogical they are.

[ukilnme]

Don't fool yourself into thinking that all of these new sales are repeat customers. Despite the problems that the 360 has, the games are great and keep people coming back for more. Compare the attach rates between the 360 and PS3 and you will see the proof.

[Ignorant Fanboy]

You get it fixed, its got a 3 year warranty.

And if somebody were to buy another one, that means its so great they had to have another one.

[Quickstrike]

1: lol the bubble is back :D
2: lol X-bots can't handle the truth?
3: @vega75 No microsoft didn't bully me at school. What a retarded thing to say ;)Why did you say that? Did Sony take your lunch money?

[Sez]

i knew this was going to happen. this is starting to look like july all over again. sony drops the price. they get a sales boost for about a month or so. then sale start to drop again.

[mighty_douche]

doesnt the new $399 SKU come out on november 2nd?

try and bear in mind that many people that might of bought one this month maybe waiting till the 399 hits.

[skagrerrrr]

count me out, i wouldn't buy the 40gb ps3 sku because it lacks functionality, i'd rather go for the 60gb ps3 sku even if it costs a bit more.

[Sez]

sales is not just dropping here in the US. but in EU too. when the price dropped the price of the 80gig and the new 40gig models went on sale in EU. sales went up.now look at them. they are starting to drop. just like in july. and yes the 40gi model does come out on nov.2 but do you really think it's going to be much better.

[ukilnme]

Go to GameStop and buy a 60GB PS3 and you can get Heavenly Sword for free. They did it for me because I did not want the 80 GB Motorstorm bundle. I don't think that I will miss the 20 gigs.

[lawman1108]

and now that I have the 60gb ps3 that DOES run bc ps2 games I can unload my old ps2 @ gamestop. Good thing it does have to bc or I would have NOTHING to play on my ps3.

[dale1]

well heres a bit of spin sony sold 392668 playstation consoles and handheld products in one week in eu japan and america nintendo well i gave up counting

[Mr Marbles]

Things just keep getting worse for the PS3, I wonder how it will do next week in Europe, it sold well the last two weeks in Europe but even those sales were falling fast.

[CrazzyMan]

and waiting for 40GB version, but ofcourse, you won`t understand that.
PRICE doesn`t matter anymore? lol.

when it comes between x360 ad ps3, you would say, get x360, PRICE is lower, but when people wait for lower ps3 PRICE, then it`s getting worse. How pathetic.

EDIT: so, like 90% of people, who own ps3 or will buy it don`t have ps2? LOL.

[skagrerrrr]

with all the stuff removed from the 40gb ps3 sku, it would be smarter to purchase the 60gb ps3 sku.

sony just wants to force gamers into buying more ps3 games by removing bC

if you have no bC, you don't have an option to run your favorite ps2 games on your 40gb ps3 sku... but everyone already knows that, so it's a no-brainer.

[bennyace]

I hope that Sony will realise someday that they need games in order to sell a console. With the Ps1 and Ps2 they knew that and that's why people bought them. For the Ps3 as far as games a concerned their AAA titles almost all disapointed or were forgotten rather quickly (Lair, Heavenly sword) and b.c. is a good thing when you don't have anything good to offer on current gen consoles. As far as I'm concerned I want to play good 2007 games not something that was released 5 years ago.

[CrazzyMan]

Folklore, Ratchet, Uncharted, Haze, HS, Warhawk, Lair, GT5:P + UT3, CoD4, AC, HL2, GH3, RB -> Only this Christmas.

[BUKKAKALYPSE]

lair - crap, Hs - short crap, warhawk - crap, HAze - lol, UT3 - crap franchise (will probably be better on the 360),COD4 - will be better on the 360, Ratchet - kids game (belongs on the wii) etc.

[maggotmx]

well lair n HS i dunno cuz i dont own them yet but warhawk crap?? i have more fun playin warhawk than playn halo multiplayer (just my opinion) UT3 n CoD4 better of the xbox?? haha theyre the exact same u stupid fanboy, xcept maybe for the achievement crap... but still the same game

[Jeremy Gerard]

PS3 is getting the snot kicked out of it in sales, it is being whipped like 5 to 1 !!! this is insane, there is no way I would buy a PS3 right now, the future of that console is so uncertain. Even if it outsells the 360 another couple weeks in Europe and Japan it will not be enough to make up for this @ss beating it continues to take.

[BloodySinner]

Speaking of ass, I like your avatar.

[ThaGeNeCySt]

This means nothing since the source is VGchartz

[Sez]

every sonyfanboy was just using vgchart for the past two weeks. now the source is unreliable because it's vgchart.

[ThaGeNeCySt]

I don't know what you've been told, but I'm a bigger xbox360 fan than I am of the Sony PS3... but I gotta call a spade a spade.

[stonedog]

numbers were close to NPD numbers for Sept 2007 so their numbers could be close to showing the true position of the respective consoles.

Speaking ancedotally I can not find a Xbox 360 elite for sale in Canada except for one on Amazon market which some rip off merchant wants $888.00. I guess I will have to wait for M$ to restock the trade channel. Hope they follow Sony exam and give price parity with the US; but if they are selling out then they probably do not have to.

[lodossrage]

It's funny how people are quick to jump on vgchartz by saying their numbers aren't right when the ps3 sales were closer to the 360's.

Yet when it looks like the 360 is blowing the ps3 out, the numbers are great.

On a side note though, people were kinda aware of the ps3 price drop coming to the U.S. So that aside, people will instinctively wait for that price drop

[ironwolf]

are the ones who follow the game sites. That's not enough to explain this. MS is advertising the 360 like crazy. I saw at least a half dozen ads just last nite. I haven't seen a PS3 ad since last spring.

[lodossrage]

That's not true.

The average person is more than likely aware now. They've been putting news of the price cut in the newspapers. I even saw a report on it on the 10 o'clock news two days ago

So the average person knows about it just like those of us that frequent gaming news and sites

[kn]

At worst, is off by 15% and at best, within 5% on average. Though they may not be as accurate as NPD, they are constantly revising their historical numbers with input from media create, famitsu, eurpean reports, NPD, etc. Look at the VGChartz numbers and give it a +-10% window and you will be really, really close to the actuals.

In looking at these numbers, even using some of VGC's less accurate reporting period difference percentages, this one shows the PS3 got it's ass handed to it...

[ry-guy]

I was thinking that I have yet to see any Xbox 360 ads and more PS3 ads.

Last night I was watching adult swim and they advertised the Simpsons game (multiplatform) and at the end of ad they flashed the PS3 bumper but not the Xbox 360 bump. I thought it was kind of odd.

[kingboy]

Well,we`ll see when the ps3 gets a price cut in North America this November,until then enjoy the few days

[chavafx]

so espect a more how can i say @ss whopping x360 vs ps3 and yes 5 to 1 in september octuber will be 3to1 and november 6to1 youll see and the end results of that mgs4 and ff13 360 after 3 months relese on the delaystation 3

[MrWonderful]

this is the calm before the storm. 11/2/07 will be the storm of the century. just wait and see.

[DrRage77]

LMFAO....wow, thanks for that good laugh, it is always the best way to start the day.....

"just wait and see"......hmm, that is so UNLIKE a sony fanboy to use that line LMFAO

[Hugh Hefner]

Just like we did in July when the PS3 had its first $100 price cut. Sorry but there won't be a "storm"... a limited bump in sales yes, a storm no.

[bootsielon]

What happened?

[shmee]

the sales data is for the week ending 20th October.

average consumer didnt know that 80 gigs were slashed in price so when the 60 gig ran out most preferred to hold on for the 40 gig.

watch out for the sales data next week

[xg-ei8ht]

News Update:

Americans Love anything that blows up, Can be shot. Anything FPS TPS.

Dam that is news, Doh.

But i'll agree its doing well in the states.

What interests me is this.

How well will the ps3 do with all the Holiday AAAAAAAAAAA Titles coming out around holiday time. Plus the price drop.

Rachet AAA
Uncharted AAA

Eye of Judgement i still think will do well, mainly in japan,(they love that kinda stuff) and Lbh. Those type of games are for certain types of ppl.

ITs a clever idea.

But i'll admit, the Orange box is sweet. EP2 was brilliant.

[Hugh Hefner]

Ratchet is a AAA title... I have played it and agree that is a very well done game. As for Uncharted it is not out yet, but I doubt it will get the same reviews as Ratchet. I expect a few 9s for Uncharted, but mostly 8s.

[soccerluv]

Then those two games should do well in the states, since they mostly involve blowing stuff up.

[razer]

I think we have a new PS3 fanboy excuse! IT'S AMERICA'S PROBLEM! Because they all like nothing more than to "blow stuff up".

Let me guess, MS has paid off the entire USA right?? Or maybe it's because the USA is biased against anything Playstation?? No, no.. we like to blow so much stuff up that we buy nothing but 360's! Funny thing though, the Wii is kicking the PS3 in the ballz as well and how much blowin up stuff is going on with that console?

Unbelievable! Have fun at your bigot rally!

[bootsielon]

Is the 80GB PS3 replacing the 60GB PS3, that's why it "jumped" sales, while stock of the 60GB has been depleted. Then again, maybe people are wating for the 40GB PS3? Just a thought.

[Leg-End]

1) it could be like when the new psp came out - no one bought any hardware for the weeks running up to the launch of the new console

2) sony are doomed because it has been proven in the uk that ppl are willing to pay extra cash for a better hard drive etc
there was even an article about how the british 40gb console flopped.
lets just hope that doesn't happen in us

[mightydog01]

I Live in the uk and I think 360 fanboys are goner have a shock because it selling like crazy over here with some places out of stock.....sony are ready it's there first xmas and thats when it will start they are just gearing up watch what happens from november and 2008.....its only the begining........

[Nuch Vader]

I'm sorry but Europe is the smallest in the video game market. It doesn't direct the market in anyway, shape or form. Even Japan is more important. I'm sorry but your opinion doesn't count. The biggest market(America) has chosen Xbox 360. So as a European, PS3 OWNER, you'll get whatever we give you. Most intelligent Europeans know that it's smart to by an Xbox 360. Be thankful you'll still be getting your Xbox 360 hand me downs.

[Sez]

what the hell happened to heavenly sword,lair,warharks. did sales just die for those games. only motorstorm in the list.

[razer]

is only making an appearence on the chart because it's bundled with the 80gig..

If it wasn't for that there would be no PS3 listed.

[mesh1]

guys i think all xbox 360 fans shud leave this site as the whole world knows xbox 360 is the beast console this gen there is no way ps3 will catch up this gen no matter how their games look we have seen similar situation throw out the ps3v xbox 360 the ps1v n64 even tho n64 in th eend did alright and had a games bettter than the ps1 goldeneye/mario kart etc the ps3 has to learn from this.

[Real gamer 4 life]

Well all i can say is that Sony is not doing enough. they arent advertising as much as microsoft, They arent educating the consumer, they not teaching them what the ps3 is capable of. But is Okay you cant win all the generation, It looks like nintendo will come up on top follow by microsoft and then sony. However the ps3 doesnt have a year yet, and its top notch game arent even released yet. And this is a long war.

[creeping judas]

post there gamer. Im impressed.

[Primetimebt]

Vgchart is good for total units sold but when it comes to weekly, and monthly data they're usually off by 20k-30k..

[Meus Renaissance]

Look at sales when the price drops. It's sad how some are getting excited over the poor results. But I guess they wanna get in their derogative remarks and insults before the next set of sales numbers comes in? Good thinking guys.

[Hugh Hefner]

It doesn't matter what sales are 2 - 3 weeks after a price cut... what matters is if those sales can hold up 2 - 3 months after a price cut.

[Meus Renaissance]

Naturally yes. But that doesn't dismiss the pending rise in sales figures in which I am trying to convey to people here

[paracardium]

Rest of the world the ps3 is spanking the xbox360.Americans are very patriotic and like to keep everything American like the Xbox360.

[Jeremy Gerard]

Pushing that crap, PS3 outsold the 360 in the rest of the world last week and the week before that, that is it, all the weeks prior to that the 360 was outselling the PS3 2 to 1 in Europe, at least according to VGcharts, go look it up. If PS3 is killing 360 so bad in the rest of the world how come it has not even come close to catching up to 360 in total sales in Europe? DO NOT beleev that PS3 is kiking 360s @ss everywhere else in the world crap.

[TheMART]

EXACTLY

PS3 has sold 9 out of 10 months in 2007 more then the PS3 even in Europe. Only July the PS3 outsold (just after price drop) with a small margin the 360. Only last week it outsold the 360 in Europe.

SO in the end, with a 360 pricedrop around the corner just before Christmas, the 360 will have sold 10 to 11 months of 2007 more then the PS3, and the PS3 will only have small peaks. Enjoy them as long as they last!

[Jandre02]

but people are so dumb, MSFT will drop the price $15 and theyll run out and buy it.I think US is lost for PS3 until MGS4 comes out.

Oh well, PS3 still has Europe and Japan. Atleast the install base will jump up and well stop losing games.

[Says you]

where else obviously that system is a dud for every one else and plus that is got to be the biggest lie I ever heard of PS3 is not even close to be dropping further what total lie is this!.

[TheMART]

BAM, PS3 again pwned by the 360. PS3 has one month or a few good weeks, the 360 keeps selling constantly.

Even Europe, one week of PS3 pleasure, but what about all those months before that when the 360 outsold the PS3? And soonish again when the 360 pricedrop for a Premium to 279 to 299 EUro is here?

[skagrerrrr]

Sadly, sony has come up with an anemic ps3 marketing strategy

[eagle21]

This only helps sony because america demands deeper aaa games that the wii can't provide consistently. Worldwide PS3 should move at least 430k (vgchartz data used) in october which is a new high for PS3 since march 750k, selling 110k to 120k worldwide a week. November should prove the best worldwide PS3 sales ever since launch with japan and usa adjustments.

[G_CodeMonkey]

will rise in November, as will others as well (Wii will stay constant as they generally sell all they can make). The holidays will spike sales of the 360/PS3s, especially with price drops on both brands. gCM

[dfcm2003]

Do we all recall MS, guy just grinning and saying that "altho they are not an Exclusive with EA (Madden) that the 360 would outsell the PS3, and PS3 this year?

Here are some numbers: Xbox 1.1 Mill sold, Not bad
Ps3 and Ps2 (I could only find numbers for the PS3 up to august) 1.3
mil

[Daddy Brooklyn]

Thank u for sharing that, even with the lowered frame rate and only 720 they cannot stop Sony. Let MS continue wasting money to secure ways to stop PS3, it won't happen. EA and MS will look like fools in the end.

[Hugh Hefner]

Interesting... since you added PS2 + PS3 together for August... you may want to add Xbox 1 + Xbox 360 data for August on Madden '08... and realize Xbox + Xbox 360 sold more Madden '08 than PS2 + PS3, using NPD data. I am giving you a 7 for effort and a 2.5 for content.

[dfcm2003]

Let me explain:

I used PS2 current numbers, Plus Ps3 sells up to August, this does not have Sept or Oct PS3 sells numbers, in it.

Also, MS did not say 360 plus original Xbox, He said 360, will out sell both PS2 and Ps3..

So before you bash, read a bit.......

[Solotov]

current $100 price slash for PlayStation 3 80GB Motorstorm Pack isn't doing crap.

[Bladestar]

Come on.. let's be honest... the xbox 360 is a great console to own even if you prefer having a PS3... it has lots of games worth paying it's price tag... lots of countries.. and this is regarless of game console... are itchy about the US... and though they don't admit it.. would like the US to fall to the ground. Americans aren't bias to foreign products... probably 99% of all the product in the US are imported... but one that American are not is bias against their own products... so, if a product like the xbox 360 is kicking @$$... they would buy it... it's not like they hate themselves... That's why the xbox 360 is doing well in the US.. and that's why it will maintain the lead in in the US. I mean seariously.. as far as games there is no better console to buy. it's the console with the most AAA titles, and larger variety of games, and cost less.
That's like making a taliban marry an american woman... or buying a german car during WW2. Thank our president I guess... America is not on everyone friends list.

[Real gamer 4 life]

Sony has to stop playing and do something about it. Why are they always so calm about it. Right now if it was the other way around Microsoft would hit the panic button. But no sony is juat like calm i dont understand. they dont advertise like microsoft does they just sit there and do nothing. But they are failing only because they are not doing enough.

[Hugh Hefner]

It has provided 2 price drops in less than a year (unprecedented), sold off some of its shares to support the gaming division, and have gone around pleading with 3rd party developers to stick with the PS3. I don't think I would call that being calmed... but borderline desperate.

[Daddy Brooklyn]

The only reason the 360 had an increase is the launch of halo 3. There where thousands of gamers only buying a 360 just for Halo 3. Now that it crapped out and bungie left MS whats left. There is no more titles coming out that would want to make people run out to buy a 360. It also running on 4 different versions of 360 to chose from, so if Sony is keeping up with only 2 skus, then MS is in a world of trouble and sales lost.

[THAMMER1]

But come one numbers don’t lie people do. Stop being a hater. The 360's RROD problems are dead and the games are here right now Halo 3 and every thing.

Spreading FUD and lies because you console is not where you think it should be is lame. BUNGIE did not leave M$ on bad terms, so why do you think they did. IS it because that is what you would like to see? There is articles on this web site that have covered the bungie and M$ split. Bungie says them self that the split was clean and as gamers we would not even be able to tell the difference.

If you like PS3 as much as I like XBOX360 why not do SONY a real favor that helps them out in the real world, and go buy some games. I’ve bought close to 20 360 games. How many PS3 games have you bought? See look at you profile you do not even show a PSN tag/home name or anything.

Be a gamer not a lamer. My gamer tag is about to hit 14,000. Look at my profile and see how many and what 360 games I have played over the past months. The 360 is a true hard core gamers console you lamers just get a pass because video games is one of the most social sports in the world.

http://www.next-gen.biz/ind...

***Edit: Gaming is not a sport it is an activity that can be as competitive as a sport. Also if you have thumbs you can participate but that does not mean you’re an expert or a pro or even in the know.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Congrats on your 14000 score, I just got past that myself. I don't put my gamertag on N4G anymore to many Droid death threats and and idiotic messages about raping my dog and cats.

PS if you need to know for referance it's Jason xg1 as my tag is here and I am a FPS whore.

[Daddy Brooklyn]

Wow sounds like your the true FANBOY. I'm glad love your system and your so proud of your 20 games, 14,000 hits congrats. Still not Impressed with your xb360. Just for common knowledge I also owned the 360 long enough to play gears and after than its been a paper weight. The bungie split was clean but no longer have to make games just for MS. Truly Independent means they can make games for whoever they want. When you finally realize your 360 does not meet your gaming needs and your still playing those same 20 games, join me in the PSN Home for PS3 I,ll invite you in to see some real achievements
DADDY BROOKLYN is the Gamer Tag

[Real gamer 4 life]

But i say is to early to say the ps3 fail. its not looking that bad being that They finally released it first AAA game. And the 360 has more AA game because it been out first. hopefully Haze and Drake deliver and the ps3 can be ring on track.

[dfcm2003]

Xbox numbers do look good. But remember, that Xbox drop its Xbox 1, So really those numbers really cant compare to ps3, For most of those are people HAVING to but a 360 to replace their Original Xbox.. So In all fairness the Xbox numbers are really hard to understand. Altho this is still a good month for xbox. Now Sony has 2 units that are sharing the stage with the Ps2, and Ps3. If you add those up, you can surly see that PS brand wins almost every month. Some will say this is not right, but remember its was MS who killed the xbox, So its really having to compete against PS2, and PS3.

[stonedog]

you can not combine the PS2 and PS3 sales b/c it an artificial picture. The fact that people are buying a PS2 over a PS3 is bad new for Sony b/c the PS2 is an impediment to PS3 sales and results in Sony copeting with itself and is not aquiring the install base it needs in the present generation. M$ forced its consumers to upgrade and is not competing with itself and canabalizing its install base.

[dfcm2003]

Why you would think like this "you can not combine the PS2 and PS3 sales b/c it an artificial picture" That is somewhat not true, The PS2 is being sold because their is really no need to upgrade to the PS3. If Sony killed the Ps2, the sells of Ps3 would go up. I owned a xbox 1, I enjoyed it, but when I wanted to get some new games, I couldn't, I had to make a choice, a 360, or Ps3. So I choice a PS3....

[test123123]

$tupid $ony. In Aus, no more 60GB. I want 60GB it has better value than 40GB. But I can not find it any more in Aus Syd. That $h*ts me as $ony did not give customer any choice and force them to buy 40GB as no stock for 60GB. I hate $ony. Hope P$3 game over soon. All the way for Xbox 360. I don't have any issues with my Xbox 360 elite. I don't know why so many peoples complaint about RROD. I don't put any fan around my xbox 360 elite. It works so smoothly.
I will wait and wait until there is a great game like MGS4 come to P$3 before I buy one. But if MGS4 comes to Xbox 360 as well I will never buy P$3. Althought M$ $ucks money too but I am satified with my product. I hate $ony leaves no choices for the customer in Aus.

[feejo]

Like I said no game no candy. There is not 1 game of PS3 on top 10, PS3 is doomed, I start to think that 40gb won't cange anything, cause it is not bunddle with a good game like Ratchet.

PS3 Xmas is ruined, Super mario Galaxy will fight again't Halo lol.
Assasin is multi-p. so no reason to buy a PS3 now. It prove to me that Sony din't do their homework.
No rumbble, no bc, no game"s", framerate screwed, even on heavenly sword graphic is not smooth, it is not a developper problem CAUSE HS IS MADE BY SONY (NINJATHEORY). So if they don't know the right way to do a game who dose?

[celticlonewolf]

This is why the american market is important this puts the 360 at a global sale this week back infront of the ps3. It be interesting to see how the bundle pack(which I have spotted places) will effect sales along with the ps3 price cut and new sku. I would just like to point out though to all those people who wrote all that cr@p in the other thread about the 360 a flop in eu and aus cause with teh price cut and all it outsold the 360 by only 27,000 doesn't all what you guys wrote apply here now just the other way round with the 360 on top lol sorry about that guys but some of the fanboys on here just get under my skin sometimes.

[pornflakes]

The Bundle in europe:

Playstation 3 60 GB inc. Motorstorm & RfoaM & 2 sixaxis- 499 Euro

Its nearly outsold everywhere!
ppl here want games!
But a 399 Euro 40 GB pS3 with no backward c. is a big mistake without a game included.

All ppl who want to buy a PS3 now are trying to get the last bundles around for their kids.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

They are "just" accurate enough for my Xbot fanboy ass to laugh in the face of Sony Droids.

[PimpHandHappy]

its not a sprint

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Says the guy in last place

[ironwolf]

are you aware that Costco has the Premium 360 bundled with Forza 2, Marvel Alliance, an extra wireless controller and battery packs and charger for $399? And of course it is backwards compatible with 385 Xbox games. Not bad if your looking for a christmas gift, or want to jump in yourself. Come on, just do it. You know you want to.

[WafflesID]

uhm, where?

http://www.costco.com/Commo...

Nothing in that list that comes CLOSE to the bundle you described. ESPECIALLY at $399.

[dragonJP]

right. 100 percent. I was at two Costcos last week here in Miami, Florida, and they both had the EXACT bundle ironwolf described "Costco has the Premium 360 bundled with Forza 2, Marvel Alliance, an extra wireless controller and battery packs and charger for $399" in stock. They also had a HALO 3 bundle for $499 which includes the HALO special edition 360, HALO 3 Collector's Edition, a Halo Spartan Controller, and HALO 3 game guide. I would love to get the Elite Bundle @ Costco, since they have an unbelievable return policy....

[PS360PCROCKS]

Wow the 360 is selling really well right now. I would like to point out to EVERYONE on here that a 40GB playstation 3 is not slowing down sales. I'm sorry but you all might be nerds and know this sh!t because your online and hear about it. But if I picked up my phone and went through it and started calling everyone I knew they would have no idea what SKU's it came in, let alone that it was getting cheaper with a 40GB version. If you believe otherwise your living in a fantasy world. I'm not saying the PS3 won't see sales spikes with a 40GB version, but it's not stopping sales before it's released when the mass society has no clue it's even coming.

[DFresh]

This is just the beginning besides the only place right now that MS even has any effect on when it comes to selling consoles is in the U.S the rest of the world is all owned by Sony it's just a matter of time before the Xbots get their asses handed to them.
This all begins w/ Ratchet & Clank and the new 40gb model console.
MS doesn't even really have a big 2008 line up for next year.

[The Chief of Mjolnir]

Oh, so just because MS haven´t announced so much for next year it means that they have no games?

I don´t think they want to do what Sony did, and waste their gun powder so early.

[Takumi86]

PS3 is outselling 360 in JP/EURO U.S soon to Follow
2008/09 is PS3 where most likely to outsold 360 in U.S
right now 360 has HALO3 so the ppl Beilive bought 360 just for halo3 a lot Ppl Believe Halo3 yah believe my 4SS 640p? coop mode not in fullscreen B.S. OVERRATED shyTTTTTTTTTTTTT... 9.5? LOL M's Money TALK

[The Chief of Mjolnir]

Go and do your homework...

I bet you got no evidence at all that can support your opinion.
PS3 is far from outselling the 360.

And I didn´t understand the part about Halo 3 at all.

So as I said before. Do your homework and work on your grammar. You´ll need it.

[BIGBAER]

... And get your 4SS handed right back to you!

lol, ignorant noob!

[fanboyssuck]

You guys realize that you represent a small minority of videogamers. The average video gamer, does not surf the net for games and what not, they stroll into their blockbuster and pick what looks cool to them. So all this fanboy bull garbage and propaganda you guys spew over which console is better etc. means nothing on here because the masses don't even come on this site im sure they dont even know what the hell n4g.com is. So just take the facts for what they are and thats it, because your wasting your time and energy yelling at each other which console is better. And your view will NEVER reach the general gaming population which is what console makers really care about.

[jcgamer]

Amen brotha! A little fanboyism is cool, if it's based on opinion...and sometimes fun and enjoyable, in moderation...but some people obviously take it way too far by trying to spin FACTS and become a can of funky SPAM...that's crazy...bubbles up, by the way...

[weekapaugh]

fanboys talk sales, gamers talk games...

[smack]

All of three of the companies are trying to sell to the mass market. Hard core gamers are not the majority, but minority. Go play your games and enjoy yourselves.

This is for the sony fanboys: Don't talk smack when you are sitting in last place. Normal people would do so only when they are first.

[gamehendge]

maybe the x-kiddies shouldn't talk smack when they have trouble outselling the PS2.

playstation brand = alive and well

[WafflesID]

Alright sit down. Actually the 360 IS outselling the PS2 RIGHT NOW. Not overall of course, thats just stupid.

But everyone is getting spanked by the DS.

[DEADEND]

Look the way I see it as if NINTENDO could keep up with demands for the Wii by having it available on store selves all the time, they would have sold a lot more then what they already have. As for SONY their time is next year and for those who think other wise you need to open your minds and see that there are a ton of PS2 owners who haven't gone next gen because of the price of the PS3. If SONY can cut the price of the 40Gb to $300 and the 80Gb to $400 early next year around the release of MGS4 there will be a really big rise of PS3's being sold every month.

I believe that $400 is still to much for some people and that SONY will be forced to make another PS3 cut early next because of MS and NINTENDO. $300 is more then enough to get the attentions of PS2 owners to make the move to the PS3. I'm kind of happy that MS is doing this well right now because it is forcing SONY to work harder, I know as of right now SONY are getting ready to make their move for next year and that is why your seeing things get pushed back for 2008. They know this year is MS year and are willing to deal with it and prepare for next year to make their move.

As far as I see it no PS3 fanboy should talk about how well the PS3 is selling after the price cut or about how the 40Gb will sell well when it is released, the time is next year and that is a fact. So go a head 360 fanboys rub it in peoples faces, and yes I know you all will say that MS has some big games coming out next year as well that they haven't announced but so does SONY. I won't bore you with a list like some but you all the know the games. So that's all I have to say and time will tell but I'm really sure that my predictions are right.

P.S Please leave replies to what you think just don't flame me I hate ignorant remarks, yes you all will disagree but at least do it in a respective way because that's what I would do for you all. And that's what we all should do for one another instead of attacking fellow gamers.

[Xi]

you know nat all ps2 owners are going to buy a ps3, most casual gamers don't care about what brand is on their console, they just care that they can play Madden, or GTA for the cheapest possible price.

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

Its just hard to imagine that when people go to the stores all over the country and see PS3 signs for $399 that it's not gonna make any difference at all this November and December.

Sales have to go up, or the PS3 could be doomed already.

[Xi]

which I think will do more, because a lot of owners in the uk have been buying the 60 gig not the 40 gig.

[Xi]

which I think will do more, because a lot of owners in the uk have been buying the 60 gig not the 40 gig.

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

I'm not saying it's gonna outsell XBOX 360 at all, I'm just saying sales have to pick up to a respectable amount.

[Xi]

and it has to be the 399 model, not any other model that might be going out of stock. Thats where I get to with europe, as the 60 is selling because of the great deal it is right now the 399 hasn't picked up much steam.

If the 399 model doesn't do well the hopes of sony's ps3 lie on the back of 2 third party companies.

but if ms pulls out a price cut and the wii does too then i think the 399 price point is moot.

[Xi]

software
the 360 sold nearly 1million pieces of software for the week, developers are going to look at that and see $'s.

of the top top 40 games, only 2 ps3 titles.

[Chris_GTR1]

lol. can it get any worse for sony? its like the rocky movie. it always overcomes the odds. it becomes the best. but then in the last movie he dies.

[DeZimatoR]

Seriously wtf has Sony done to you? Did they take you away from your family? Come on, this is going over the limits now.

Comparing a freaking hardware/software company to the 'Gestapo'? WTF is wrong with you dumbass? Yes you bluetard1974

Anyways, things are going back to normal slowly. 360 starting to lose steam and the Wii picking up again. The next spike on any console (before Xmas) in the US should be when the PS3 drops in price.

@53.1:
"Oh, so just because MS haven´t announced so much for next year it means that they have no games?

I don´t think they want to do what Sony did, and waste their gun powder so early."

Uh? What? Sony wasting their 'gun powder early'?! Please tell me, how many big franchises Sony has release already on the PS3. I'll help: one, that's Ratchet & Clank, which comes out today in the US if I'm not mistakened.

Sony has been selling the PS3 with just the blu-ray feature and new IP's which haven't even been getting that good overall ratings anyways (apart from Warhawk and to some extent Heavenly Sword).

You DO know that next year MGS4, LBP, WKC, Tekken 6, Killzone 2, GT5, The Getaway 3, between many others (specially new IP's) will be release on the PS3, right?

M$ may be hiding their game for 2008 (not really believing that though), but at least for now, I don't really see a game that will move 360's in 2008.

I could be wrong though...

[wageslave]

Sony is one of the most zealous MPAA and RIAA firms.

I dont want to have anything to do with them in my Digital Media center.

During the Napster days, Sony executives were all over the press calling for the heads of MP3 users.

When my PS2 bricked, did Sony send me a new one? When I replaced the laser twice, did they pay for it? Now, my 2nd PS2 is bricked -- are they going to replace it for free? no.

Sony has a history of incompatible, anti-customer technologies. History is littered with Sony trying to lock its users in to a proprietary media formats and technologies.

The PS3 has a BR drive to entrench the Sony RIAA and Sony MPAA divisions.

What have they dont directly to me? Nothin. They didnt kick my puppy. But Im old enough to know that Sony is one of the worst technology companies in the marketplace.

I avoid them at all costs -- as a rule.

All that aside; the PS3 not a compelling product. It isnt competitive with the Xbox 360. The PS3 multi-media features are second-rate, the PSN is a mess, no rumble, no arcade games, its overpriced and all the other serious problems with the PS3 means that even if it was from someone other than Sony, I would still choose Xbox 360.

I've never bought a *SONY* company product (outside of the PS1 & PS2) and I never will again because of the terrible way they treat their customers and try and screw them over all the time.

The fact that the Xbox 360 is a better product, means that I get a WIN-WIN (the Xbox 360 itself and avoiding Sony).

Microsoft is a far more customer focused company, it is far "less evil" than Sony. Im glad to have them out of my home.

[ArmrdChaos]

ROOT KITS.

[Dannagar]

If you really want to support your system, go out and buy games today. As for myself, I'm picking up: Castlevania for PSP, AceCombat 6 for Xbox 360, Tomb Raider for Xbox 360 and Conan for Xbox 360.

[MaximusPrime]

American loves their xbox 360. No doubt that they are still outselling ps3. Im sure PS3 will creep up.

As a londoner, im happy that PS3 is outselling xbox 360. I've seen many cool PS3 advertisements. Only one "believe" advert for Halo 3 was on TV the other night, what the hell was that??

Visit official EU PS forum, almost every 2 days, new PS3 owners are welcomed and they said that how much happier they are with the console than with xbox 360.

[Dannagar]

American's don't like to wait for games. Europeans, they have to wait months and sometimes years longer than Americans for games. So it probably doesn't bother you to wait for PS3 games. America is the largest market in the world. And what happens here, dictates what happens in Europe.

[u got owned]

****Breaking News*****

KZ2 and MGS4 coming to X360, Gerrilla and Konami said it, both will look better on Xbox 360 due to better hardware.

MS drop the prices of X360 skus Arcade $249.99, Premium $299.99, Elite $349.00. Premium bundle with Halo 3 and Mass Effect for $349.99.

WOWWWWWWWWWW!

jeje (just joking)

Back to topic, thing should even out with the $399 PS3 40g. wait for next week nunbers.

[power of Green]

Some people were probably waiting for the new consoles and bundles. Expect the numbers to grow after the bundles and Mass Effect hit the market helping Halo 3 push hardware on the same level, the other games will help too and the multi platform games will help it seems like people actually buy the 360 for multiplatform games when they do not for the PS3.

[WafflesID]

Someone said it earlier in this thread, and I think it was a VERYgood point.

We are a very small minority of the gamers. Most gamers don't pay attention to the future releases. Most of them walk into wal-mart or target and see what is on the shelves and make their decision based on that.

[NextGen24Gamer]

The numbers were reversed....Sony Fanatics would be talking SOOOOO much garbage and Xbox 360 fans would never hear the end of it.

If the Ps3 was selling 120k a week and the xbox 360 was selling 20k a week....

Just think of all the things Sony fans would be saying....LOL....Then when you read this thread....I notice that 360 fans are waaaaaaaay more civil.....360 fans have every reason to brag and throw it in the face of all the Sony lovers that bash the 360 every time there is a tad bit of bad news for the 360 and good news for the Ps3. But 360 fans look like they have more class.

Just an observation. Its not just that the 360 is outselling the ps3 5 to 1. Its the massive numbers. They are on route to selling 500k a month and its not even the holidays yet. The Ps3 since its launch......only sells around and about 100k a month in North America.

If the roles were reversed Sony Fanatics would be saying the xbox 360 is dead. But yet I have never heard Xbox fans say the Ps3 is dead.

Imagine how rabid the Sony Fantatics would be if the Ps3's games were outselling the Wii's and 360's games combined....Can you imagine that. The things they would be saying....

Interesting Indeed....

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

PS3 is hurting not down but sure as hell dropped a knee.

[Martini]

My take on why we get more mature responses from 360 crowd :

PS3 = lots of owners is kids with no money growing up sucking on a PS2 tit, now hoping for better future.

XBOX 360 = lots of owners is adults with expendable income buying lot's of AAA games and having the time of their life fragging buddies on LIVE :)

[soccerluv]

Finally someone said it. Sometimes the Sony fanboys remind me of the Orcs in LOTR, yelling and screaming from the bottom of Helms Deep.

[sleepbox]

Software sales matter more than hardware in any case...if you view the system wars this way, it puts Sony even further in the red.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

So looking at the software side I saw some interesting things:

1) They still count Nintendo titles: Wii Sports and Wii Play as software sold eventhough they are bundled in with hardware buys and are not stand alone software.

2) 360 has 7 titles in the top 20 - None of which are bundled games...all stand alone games.

3) Wii has none in the top 20 if you take out the Wii Play & Sports titles.

4) PS3 has 1 in the top 20, Motorstorm...and I have to think that is due to it being bundled now because that title came out 9 months ago.

5) On the upside for Sony, they have 4 PS2 titles in the top 20, all of which where higher than Motorstorm but that isnt all that suprising given the PS2 base.

What this is showing is that both the Wii and the PS3 are lacking real games for their systems currently and bundled software is king for them right now. Not good from a consumer point of view. Will be interesting to see if Ratchet & Clank can penetrate the top 20.

[BLACKJACK VII]

Hmmmm... no surprize, really just more of the same. There is only one true reason why the 360 is doing so well & absolutely dominating in software sales:

GAMES. That's why *most* ppl buy a gaming console. For GAMES.

The 360 not only has alot more of them, it has better offerings in terms of good games, & AAA games. Period.

*Currently 73 Xbox 360 titles have a metacritic score of 80 or higher....

*31 for PS3..... and just *9 for the Wii......

AAA Games = being a metacritic score of at least 90 or higher....

360 = 9
Wii = 3
PS3 = 2

http://www.metacritic.com/g...

[NextGen24Gamer]

Some people think that Ratchet and Clank will help with Ps3 sales.....

But.....

The first Ratchet and Clank sold 2.9 million copies.....

The second one sold 2.4 million copies

The 3rd one sold 2 million copies....

Do you notice a trend?

Every Release has saw a decrease in sales.

So with this trend....If Ratchet only sells 1 million and a half total....How will that increase Ps3 sales?

I mean really folks....Over 120 million Ps2 owners yet only 2 million sold of Ratchet and Clank 3. Wow....

I see Ratchet and Clank realistically selling 700k for the Ps3. The Ps3 fanbase is very small and Motorstorm and Resistence were the only games to barely sell over the million mark worldwide for the Ps3 since launch.

Meanwhile.....The xbox 360 has over 25 games that have sold over a million copies....With Halo 3 and Gears selling over 4 million each worldwide....Thats amazing folks.

http://vgchartz.com/games/i...

[heavyarms]

mass effect/ace combact and cod4 all must buys for the 360 this holiday. next year i will get k2 and msg4/ nija gaiden2 for 360 and gears of war2. hehehhehe should be a great year for gaming right. 2 years of awesome gaming. But i still get most of my fun owning noobs in cs.

[solidt12]

I have call of duty pre-ordered for the PS3. Im only getting Mass Effect on the 360 this year. I don't see me buying anything else for my 360 after that until Gears Of War 2 comes. Everything else I buy will be strictly PS3 versions.

By the Way. Ratchet and Clank is a awesome game and will sell good on the PS3 this holiday. I played it for 7 hours today. I couldn't put it down.

[BIGBAER]

PS3's Folklore @ #45, two weeks in the charts: WK 2 Sales: 10490!
http://www.vgchartz.com/awe...

A 2-week old PS3 game selling virtually the same (weekly) numbers as an original Xbox game that has been charted for 154 weeks!

Yes, the Xbox game IS Halo 2 but for the much anticpated PS3 game Folklore to only sell a few hundred more copies than an Xbox 1 game that was released years ago (YEARS AGO!!!) demonstrates perfectly WHY the PS3 is failing.

Perfectly!

I do recall many posts where Folklore was touted as a "must buy." Apparently not everyone was listening.

[jackdoe]

Wow. Everyone else but the US wants to buy a PS3. Interesting.

[AngryTypingGuy]

This could be the first generation where each company wins a territory. Maybe, but not likely. It would be interesting though. It looks like the 360 really has a pulse on what American gamers want. The PS3 doesn't even appear until #20 with Motorstorm.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again though, these charts are like stocks. They'll be up one week and down the next. I'm hoping that Microsoft can ride the Halo title wave a little longer though. I have a feeling that pretty soon, COD 4 (360) and Mass Effect will take the number one spots.

[jackdoe]

I agree. Wii and 360 vying for top spot in the US, PS3 and Wii vying for top spot in Japan, and Europe up in the air.

[Pain]

Anyone that thought 360 would have Medeocor sales this qt would be nuts.
but to compare it to PS3's sales now is a MORON Ps3 Wont have a system seller for a while but!....
Playstaions ALWAYS have AA games that ppl like and will buy lots of..

And For the Kids, Therr is a Hole other world outside of USA that will help PS3 woop violent box 2

Case in point: Kid down the steet said OMG!! A "Soccer"game is Beating Halo in europe!????

[DZNetworks]

360 FTW. BTW- Can someone PLEASE tell me what SKU means?

[Covenant]

Stock Keeping Unit:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

[DJ]

but the title is "Xbox remains top selling console; PS3 drops further". Odd.

[Covenant]

I think it means "dropping further from an already low number." Or at least that's what it seems to imply.

The title of this article could have been worded better.

[dirtrider]

i already knew who was number one in the u.s. i just wanted to say to those that say well microsoft killed the xbox, that is correct they did and guess what it is part of the reason they are number one. other than 360, wii, the ps3 is also competing against ps2. if sony was truely smart theyd kill the ps2 so their fan base would support the current gen ps3. maybe then the ps3 would sell more units an those ps3 owners would buy ps3 games.

[djevolve]

The world wide sales of halo3 are 5.6 million according to vg charts

[Martini]

WOW that would be a 5.7 million in a 1 month !!

[Maestro]

Those are only the sales for a week, not the monthly sales. I bet that the PS3 is going to sell barely above 100.000 while Xbox 360 425.000 and Wii 560.000

[Wii60_FTW]

PS3 am phail

[theoneandonly]

The PS3 has largely flopped in North America, due to the fact it has no real games out at all worth mention.

Nothing to take notice. In 2008 when the games actually arrive, Metal Gear Solid 4, Final Fantasy 13, and a few others.....I expect a better showing.

And the competition will be better. But Sony will not outsell the Xbox because of those games.

GTA4 will be out for the Xbox, and that will make this into a sprint closing the deal. Along with Gears of War 2, Splinter Cell, Mass Effect and several other big guns including Ninja Gaiden 2.........I do not see the PS3 getting anywhere towards them in North America at all.

North America is lost for Sony........Too Human, GTA4 and Halo 3 will only make sure the inevitable comes true. And Splinter Cell.........

Splinter Cell will in the longrun outsell Metal Gear Solid as more people play Splinter Cell, and more PC fanboys play Splinter Cell. It will demolish it in worldwide sales (attachment ratio)

Sony will have a strong showing, but they'll never catch up and North America is totally gone. All they have is Japan, and Lost Odyssey, some other games will effect 360 in Japan giving it a slight boost. But Sony has Japan and that's the way it stays.

[mesh1]

the final blow for the ps3 will be mass effect and too human mark my words.

[Trebius]

The real US price drop does not begin until Nov 2nd...so this really may not be a huge obstacle for Sony soon. In the end we'll see what happens, but at least we'll be able to tell our children we survived the horrible fanboy console war of 2007-2010. If it lasts that long....heheh.....just a funny thought.

[gogators]

Sony needs to reconsider how it is marketing the PS3 here. You now have a better price point and the game line-up is looking very good. Now is the time to start marketing your product better.

[ThisIsWaiting]

relying on a game that looks like its for the kids, and a Tomb Raider knockoff to sell its system in 07.

L-O-L.

Good luck with that.

[Myth]

Thinking of buying a 360. What are the top 5 games?
Already played Bioshock 7.5 and I preorded Gears of War for PC (has double the levels on single player and more multiplayer maps). So what should I buy that is out right now?

[darthv72]

I just got oblivion and have started on that. It is pretty good. Since I am only at the beginning and like it so far I have high hopes for the rest of it.

[theoneandonly]

"So what should I buy that is out right now?"

You actually played those games?

Well then Half Life: Orange Box, Virtua Fighter 5 Online, Forza Motorsport 2, Ace Combat 6, Naruto Rise of the Ninja, Call of Duty 4, Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter, Saints Row, Blue Dragon, Mass Effect, Rainbow Six: Vegas and Crackdown all seem like great bets to me. But then you may just want to play any game you like, and use Xbox Live arcade which has the most of them.

I would get Gears of War on the 360. Its much better there anyway than "PC", and you can use it on any HDTV you ever buy. All around any of those games are best with a HDTV surround setup.

[theoneandonly]

"and the game line-up is looking very good."

The correct response would be the game lineup is looking like a joke. Ratchet is the extent of it, and all the kids will buy it yet still.....the rest of the games are games like Heavenly Sword which sucked.

And 2008 is 100 times better if not more so because then the PS3 actually has MGS4, FF13, and some AAA games. But its still too little, too late. The 360 has quite a few AAAs out and ready as well.

[theoneandonly]

"Ratchet will save it"

Ratchet will do hardly anything for the PS3 this year at all. Mario Galaxy will be on all the kids minds, and they will buy that 3 to 1 hands over fist than the new Ratchet game.

Marketing would have to work triple overtime to pull all the kids and platformers away from Mario Galaxy, Smash Brothers, and all that Nintendo does so flawlessly when it comes to the children.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Nothing babysits children better than Nintendo and no one has ever been more innovative.

[theoneandonly]

360 still has plenty like Dead Rising, Lost Planet, Condemned 2: Bloodshot, Darkness, Unreal Championship, MechAssault and the likes of Guilty Gear: Overture.

Next year it also has Devil May Cry 4, Street Fighter 4, Ninja Gaiden 2, The Last Remnant(since everyone will buy this on 360), Guitar Hero 3, Dance Dance Revolution, the new Mech Commander and a slew of other action titles including Saints Row 2.

The momentum is unflinching, next year will be the 360's best year with Gears of War 2 and another killer App. This means the PS3 will PERMANENTLY LOSE North America.........

And eventually those big RPGs like Lost Odyssey will be released stateside too, along with Infinite Undiscovery and others.......Making sure that the Xbox completely DOMINATES North America.

You heard it here first, and Tekken 6 goes multiplatform.

[Synex]

November will be the end of this war.

http://trulydigitalreviews....

[specdoTsign]

FLAME BAIT! Why do these kind of articles always turn out in a Sony vs. Microsoft vs. Nintendo battle? Fanboys are fun to watch and argue. LOL.

[Silver Bull3t]

You must be new to this site LOL!!!!

[Myth]

Most the games you listed are multiplat, I already have a PS3 and have those games. I wanted to know some 360 exclusive games I could get. I will get one but if only if it's worth it, thats why I was asking what they have now.

Forza Motorsport 2 - waiting for GT - not crazy about racing games
Ace Combat 6 - heard it wasn't that good
Naruto Rise of the Ninja - heard it wasn't good
Saints Row - graphics are horrible, looks like GTA rip off
Blue Dragon - havn't heard anything about this one
Mass Effect - looks good but its not out right now

I'll be playing Gears via my 1080p 60 inch tv, I have my PC connected to my TV 1920x1080 rez. Bluetooth mouse and keyboard so I think I'll be ok with the PC version cause the single player is twice as long.

[Silver Bull3t]

My God man... Once ME drops all bets are off. Hopefully they keep it EXCLUSIVE.... meaning not TIMED exclusive. If MS wasn't trying to push it's OS we wouldn't be losing all these "exclusives" to PC.

[Silver Bull3t]

NAW-HAW!!!!

The PS3 is teh most uberest console to PLAYB3YOND on in hitsory! These numbers must be false!

The red ring of death and xbots and stuff makes my butt-pucker.

Once they drop the PS3 to 10 dollarz blu-ra will destroy HD-DVD, my mom said so! So there!!!!

[texism]

Seriously...I'm beginning to think that this site gives some people purpose in life. Like..their life sucks so bad that it's not a job, a date, school, responsibilities, or friends that get them out of bed in the morning...it's comming over here and trolling or posting flamebait that does.

[mikeslemonade]

Come 2008 Wii will regain the top spot and 360 fans will be eating back there words. The lineup of games for 360 2008 is worst than 2007s. That's pretty sad because PS2 always had a better year until 2007. That's 6 years of prime time for PS2 and 360 only had 2.

[LoydX-mas]

I am glad you won't be deciding which games are good or not.

I think GTA4, Star Wars Unleashed, UT3, Devil may cry 4, Gears 2, Fable 2, Dead Rising 2, Banjo-kazooie 3, Madden 08, Nba 2K8, and a few others may do just fine for the 360.

[Synex]

I'm sorry mike but I don't think the Wii has much life left in it. It will do fine over Christmas and decently after the release of SSBB but other than that it's done for.

[solidt12]

All but one of the games you listed will also be on the PS3 and UT3 will be on the PS3 six months before the 360 version at least due to a deal with Epic. Gear 3 may even be on the PS3 and not the 360.

[LoydX-mas]

but I own a 360, so I will be purchasing those versions.

Besides, Banjo-Kazooie 3,fable 2,gears 2, dead rising 2 are all 360 exclusive. I also believe the GTA 4 timed exclusive is still in effect for the 360.

[level 360]

On word "GAMES"
Now shut-up and play.

[Synex]

This explains why the Wii is a fad and how to get yourself a $299 40Gb PS3. And we all know once the 40gb is released the numbers will be different.

http://trulydigitalreviews....

[dragonJP]

Sony's software numbers. How many times have we heard that software and accessories is where the real money is at? The greatest thing the Xbox 360 has going for it is its attach rate of games & accessories. Every month VGChartz & NPD have 360 games all over their top 20 in sales. If the PS3 is going to persevere, their games' sales have got to start getting better. Sony advertised the hell out of Lair, Heavenly Sword, & Warhawk, and what happened? Only one game in the top 20 is shocking. Developers are watching, and when they look at the charts, 360 has the vast majority of million-selling+ games. I can't believe Sony left just Ratchet & Clank/Uncharted to fight for Holiday Season 2007. Yes, $399 40GB w/Spidey Blu-ray will help, but what about the games? The PS3 owners I know are constantly moaning about the lack of games. And don't think the Critical Ratings have nothing to do with Sony's showing either. More and more I keep seeing how Xbox 360 has SOOOO many more games metascoring 9.0 (AAA critical status) than Sony or Nintendo, and the public is responding to the reviews. Did ANYONE see Bioshock doing so well? No, but the reviews did more for Bioshock than anyone could tell beforehand. Many of us fanboys seem to think the general public is so stupid, but you're just fooling yourselves. The public has spoken, and loudly. The public does not approve of $499 and up consoles, so the Wii is a phenomenon, while the PS3 @ $599 struggles mightily. The public likes great games more than anything else, so 360 games-- with their much higher average metascores-- sell much much more than their PS3 counterparts. Hey, I want PS3 to succeed; competition is best for all gamers, and I plan on getting the $399 model eventually. And BTW, Sony isn't failing/going anywhere, with a HUGE 2008 on tap. But MS & Nintendo aren't resting on their success, and Sony coming back to "win this generation of consoles" is getting more and more into fantasy than reality....