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Microsoft Responds To NPD Numbers

Torrence Davis of The Bitbag quotes, "Going into March, some key U.S. retailers were still experiencing the trickledown effect of Xbox 360 console shortages. By the end of March, supply issues had improved and we expect retailers to be fully stocked with Xbox 360 consoles in time for the "Grand Theft Auto IV" launch. According to NPD, 262,000 Xbox 360 consoles sold in March, reclaiming the #2 position in the next-gen console category."

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Breakfast5846d ago (Edited 5846d ago )

How great does it feel to be number #2. Usually people strive to be number one.

"· Xbox LIVE now delivers 4,800 hours of TV and movie entertainment including family favorites like “Hannah Montana,”"...why havent you bought an xbox yet?

Superiorrior5846d ago

Okay dude, I fell out of my chair, lol.

Gaara_7245846d ago

we would have no idea because SINTIFICLY we are 2nd in march y coz add ever place up japan, The EU, america and the rest of the world u are last em agen??

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Adamalicious5846d ago

Can't you read his dog-tag? It says "gamer".

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JasonPC360PS3Wii5846d ago

He asked "How great does it feel to be number #2" so I asked a legitimate question in return "I don't know, whats it like to be last?" same question only reversed. You report me because my question is about the PS3, and you look over his. By all means keep abusing the report system, hypocrite.

Breakfast5846d ago (Edited 5846d ago )

calm down?

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yesah5846d ago

you do know NPD is only America? Everywhere else Sony is dominating.

Nuch Vader5846d ago (Edited 5846d ago )

The Playstation 3 is still a million systems behind Xbox 360 in Europe. I didn't realize that = Dominating. Xbox 360 software sales are fine in Europe. The only thing dominating in Europe is the Wii and DS.

2 Million PS3 systems in Japan is nothing to be proud of.

jwatt5846d ago

It's not dominating Europe but considering that the 360 had a year plus lead in Europe and the ps3 is only a million units behind the 360 is something to be acknolwedge.

Kenshin_BATT0USAI5846d ago

@Nuch Vader

and i'm assuming 1/2 a million 360s sold in Japan with twice the time, is something to be proud of?

n4gzz5846d ago

As much as i want to see sony comming in top on console race, SONY SUCKS, period. May be this will give them some heat to think about delaying home and xmb and exclusive games. Wtf sony expects, they are just not gonna win without any goodies just 'coz their machine is better. I brought my PS3 year ago and i still don't have one killer exclusive title yet. but i have several good games for 360.
I am happy 360 is dominating, wish they didnt have RROD problem.

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theredfoxisquick5845d ago

That picture is misleading. There is no GTA4 360 bundle.

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Meus Renaissance5846d ago (Edited 5846d ago )

That's a fake bundle image that was photoshopped, hopefully it doesn't confuse people. Even with the shortages though, they sold around only 10K more which isn't alot assuming they sent out more shipments to the "depleted stock" they said retailers were suffering from.

"Whether it’s the results of online polls or data from pre-sells, consumers have made it clear that the benefits of Xbox LIVE and exclusive access to GTA IV episodic content are making Xbox 360 the chosen place to play GTA IV."

I can't believe they added that to an official press statement. There was also a poll on other website, and 75% of people said they were getting GTA4 for the PS3 platform. Who releases these press statements?

But well done to the achievements of Live, it's a great community, made possible with the interaction gamers have with each other whilst playing games e.g. sending voice messages, chatting whilst playing games etc. We want in-game XMB Sony.

Breakfast5846d ago (Edited 5846d ago )

Sorry to ask...but, im drawing the biggest blank right now. Whats the name of the guy in your avatar?

I used to watch the show all the time...i just cant remember the name.

Everyone uses polls in there favour...Presidential candidates for one.

Edit: Thank You!!! I was about to kill myself. I was so close to remembering but, i couldnt...lol.

Oh...and it should be "Go! Go! Gadget Rocket Pants"...cmon even I remember that :p

Fishy Fingers5846d ago (Edited 5846d ago )

Inspector gadget. "Go! Go! Rocket Pants"

Edit: Bugger, forgot the extra gadget!

DarkArcani5846d ago

You cant tell that the horribly stretched out image is photoshopped.
Come on!

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kewlkat0075846d ago (Edited 5846d ago )

that might of been one of the reasons...2 months ago

"we expect retailers to be fully stocked with Xbox 360 consoles in time for the “Grand Theft Auto IV” launch. "

Well were finally here...We'll see what happens.

Shaka2K65846d ago

right microflop?

Sony gaming owns all as usuall.

gamesR4fun5846d ago

your never gonna b #1 cause your box like your software FAILS in every sense of the word.
Make all the excuses you want spend as much as you want nothings gonna change the facts. M$ makes defective products that are more hype than substance.

etownone5846d ago

are you guys in denial or just plain ignorant?!?!

its plain as day to see PS3 is being used as a blu-ray player. if your a casual gamer, you buy the wii, if your a hardcore gamer, you buy the 360 and the GAMES for the 360

nintendo and xbox are both beating the crap out of last gens champ...hahaha

jwatt5846d ago (Edited 5846d ago )

"its plain as day to see PS3 is being used as a blu-ray player"

Think about what your saying, seriously if the ps3 sold 257K a month from just Blu Ray alone that's a scary. If the ps3 is selling like that just by Blu Ray alone imagine the sales of the ps3 with games like gta, gtp and Mgs4 in the mix.

GiantEnemyCrab5846d ago (Edited 5846d ago )

if Sony want's to use that they can and so can the fanbois.

Maybe we will have to look at the MGS4 bundle month to see where $ony is at.

Z F1GHT3RS5846d ago

http://www.n4g.com/MemberZo...
HAVE A LOOK AT THIS LOL
F*CKING SONY DROIDS
INSTALL BEYOND

Z F1GHT3RS5846d ago

THEYTOOK OVER HIS ACCOUNT AND DONE THIS LOL

INSTALL BEYOND

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Bnet3435846d ago

I like Xbox 360 more then PS3, but Microsoft just man up to your loss you bunch of douchers. You lost to PS3! Admit it fools!

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or nintendo admitting the wii has crappy games.

Genuine5846d ago

That would be like Sony admitting Cell is in the ps3 to support blu-ray movies. Or admitting blu-ray has done absolutely nothing to improve the quality of ps3 games.

yesah5846d ago

i have to disagree, blu ray enables games to be put on a much bigger disc, thus allowing more quality, bigger worlds, ect.

Just look at MGS4.

Ri0tSquad5846d ago (Edited 5846d ago )

I mean...he's is the guy who made the Cell apparently. He knows it all.

@yesah

Lol, your wasting your time. Don't bother trying to explain to him how the cell and Blu-ray has benefited the PS3. It's his last straw. Just check his post history. When in doubt blame Blu-Ray and the Cell. Yet when great looking games are demonstrated and shown on the PS3 this guy isn't posting any of that. The facts are there, it's a fact Blu-Ray improved the quality of Uncharted and Ratchet on the PS3.

@Genuine

Lost Odyssey was 25gbs, Blue Dragon was 21gbs, Final Fantasy 13 will probaly use a 50 gb disc, Killzone 2 uses 2gbs per level, Resistance 2 uses a 50 gb disc, MGS4 uses a 50 gb disc.

Genuine5846d ago (Edited 5846d ago )

I would look at MGS4, and so would everybody else if it existed outside of a development studio.

Does anyone other than me actually comprehend how enormous and packed with content an actual 25GB game would be? Instead sony gives us 5 redundant copies of a game, and GB's of mandatory installs. Does no one else see what's wrong with the blu-ray picture in regards to gaming?

shine13965846d ago

a ps3 fan can probably say that dvd9's holding it back...its business nothing personal...

Ri0tSquad5846d ago (Edited 5846d ago )

"Does anyone other than me actually comprehend how enormous and packed with content an actual 25GB game would be?"

Lost Odyssey uses 25 gbs and it is an enormous and packed with content but so is FFx and I have put the same amount of time and energy in games such as FFX which only uses 1 dvd disc and is 2 gbs. Next gen, Xbox 360 is still using DVDs and here we are getting games on multiple discs. Lol, I put more hours into FFX then I did with Lost Odyssey. Blu-Ray couldn't of helped with these Jrpgs on 3-4 discs? And what about an install to improve or help out with load times? An install would of definitely helped with Lost Odyssey. And now we could be seeing 360 users install GTA IV to their HD. You really have no proof the Blu-Ray doesn't or has never improve the quality of PS3 other then what you heard or installs with the PS3. Other than that all signs point to Blu-Ray helping improve the quality. Developers are no longer limited to how much space they can work with. MLB 2K8 is a nice example.

Genuine5846d ago (Edited 5846d ago )

LO and FF are likely 80% uncompressible CGI video. I am refering to 25GB of game assets, not video. Imagine if Uncharted had been an actual 25GB game, instead of a 6-7GB game copied numerous times just to run properly. You would have had something along the lines of WoW scale, not a 10 hour Tomb Raider clone.

You obviously don't have the slightest idea how much game could be made with 25GB of disc space. I'll tell you this, there is not a 25GB ps3 game in existence, and there likely never will be due to the puny, whisper quiet 2X speed BR drive in the ps3.

dan-boy5846d ago

so a 50gig automatically equals a great game does it???? i don't think so mate! and as gta proves, blu-ray is still not really needed, as they've managed to get everything on the dvd aswell! all that space just allows devs to be lazy. and mgs needed all the space for the high-def cut scenes which kojima just loves doing!

anyway, although ms came out on top, it's not by anything massive. but it still tops the ps3, and it's a year older! sony are desperately needing europe and japan at the mo to catch micrsoft! some things you can guarantee on, sony wont catch microsoft in NA for a long time! and world-wide, with the paltry amount that it beats microsoft by monthly, sony are gonna be bringing up the rear, and trying to make up that 8mil defecit well into 09...they mite have to wait til 2010 before they catch them!

it's a far-cry from the ps2 days. that had the last gem sewn up within two tears of being on the market....the ps3 is gonna need alot longer!!

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Ranking the Devil May Cry Series

VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "Upon finally finishing Devil May Cry 5 recently - after it spent several years on my “I’ll play that soon” list - I considered giving it a fittingly-named Late Look article. However, considering that this was indeed the final piece I was missing in the DMC puzzle, I decided to instead take this opportunity to take a look back at the entirety of this genre-defining series and rank the entries. What also made this a particularly tempting notion was that while most high-profile series have developed fairly evenly over time, with a few bumps on the road, the history of Devil May Cry has, at least in my eyes, been an absolute roller coaster, with everything from total disasters to action game gold."

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VersusDMC7h ago

First to last for me...3,4,5,1,2.

VersusDMC6h ago

Me leaving it out should be telling of my thoughts on it. Better than 2 as a DMC game.

Still a good game though.

Friendlygamer7h ago

3,1,4,5 to me, never played 2. 5 gameplay is amazing but level design was really disappointing to me, just a bunch of plain arenas, the story felt like a worse written rehash of the 3rd and the charater models looked weird ( specially the ladies ). Another problem with 5 was that there was not enough content for 3 charaters so I could never really familiarize with any of them

monkey6026h ago(Edited 6h ago)

2.
Dmc.
4.
5.
1.
3.

God DMC2 was an awful game.
And in case this isn't obvious it goes worst to best

Yui_Suzumiya5h ago

1 and DmC. The rest are unimportant.

DarXyde4h ago

Order changes depending on your focus. I tend to focus on gameplay/fun factor, so...

5, 3, 1, 4, 2.

I really didn't like 4 but commend Dante's weapon diversity. The retreading of old ground was pretty unacceptable to me.

But even then... Still more enjoyable than 2 for me

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Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Has Appeared On The Xbox Store

Activision and Raven Software's 2006 action role-playing game, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, has found its way to the Xbox Store.

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LG_Fox_Brazil13h ago

Used to love this one, but X-Men Legends 1 and 2 will always be my favorites, especially Rise of Apocalypse. Would pay some good money to play it today with online multiplayer, back then I had no way to get a modem

RavenWolfx4h ago

Yeah, I loved the Legends games so much.

ZeekQuattro12h ago

I remember buying them dirt cheap on the PS4 and then a few days later I read they were delisted. I was wondering why the bundle was price so low and got my answer when that happened.

Knightofelemia10h ago(Edited 10h ago)

Sad to say this is one game franchise next to the Xmen that needs a sequel. I use to play the hell out of Xmen Legends and Marvel Ultimate Alliance. Was great when my cousin had the OG Xbox play with four other people and then playing online. Great games glad to see it reappear even though I own the discs love the mechanics of this game.

Terry_B10h ago

It got a sequel..but for dumbass #reasons as a switch exclusive.

shinoff218310h ago

It looked so horrible to. They should've kept it similar to the first two.

Asplundh9h ago

Because Nintendo funded it, they did the same for Bayonetta.

Knightofelemia9h ago

I totally forgot about the Switch sequel.

jukins9h ago

Misleading. This page is whats available for people who owned the game prior to delisting.

Abnor_Mal9h ago

The first game was the best imo.

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10 Weirdest Video Games of All Time

Plenty of unforgettable games have completely messed up their players throughout the years, all the way back from the PS1 days to the dark recesses of the modern internet.

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JonTheGod1d 12h ago

Why are the Katamari games not on the list??