Did Prototype on the 360 Really Trump the PS3 Sales Numbers?

With the NPD sales numbers for June recently coming to light, a jumping point was discovered: Prototype for the 360 outsold the PS3 version two-to-one.

The sales figures seemed to point to the fact that the 360 was more popular than the PS3 - but are the June game sales numbers an accurate indicator of console popularity? Terminal Gamer looks at the NPD sales numbers and also investigates just why the 360 version of Prototype, June's best-selling game, outsold that of its PS3 counterpart two-to-one.

[Spike47]

The sales of this game on the xbox360 are not surprising.

[DragonWarrior_4]

I was just thinking that my man. Bubbles.

[Mike134nl]

No matter which game is the better one, developers will be taking notice on the sale numbers if infamous would have also launched on the xbox 360 they would have made a lot of extra cash.

At the end of the day they will need the money for the liquidity of their company, new games and ofcourse to pay their employees.

[Darkeyes]

Those who had a choice, went for Infamous since it was the better game off the 2. If Prototype would have launched at any other time (without Infamous), then it would have sold something above 350000 on the PS3 since the people who bought Infamous would definitely have gone for Prototype. Those numbers are much better if you look at the ratio of PS3 and 360 in NA....

But I would any day pick up Infamous over Prototype if I had a choice. The game is truly awesome.

[kewlkat007]

"If this guy didn't buy game A then he/she, would of chosen game B" Well that's all speculative. The Ps3 had both games and yes, some had a choice to make.

IMO, if it was just Prototype out on both platforms, the xbox 360 would of sold more than the Ps3 version(With Piracy).

Now put Infamous on the xbox 360, then we can really see the facts or spin them.

Most well know multiplatform franchises have been popular on the Ps brand and sometimes manages to outsell it's xbox 360 counterpart. With piracy, I think the Xbox 360 would still sell more with some of these new multiplatform games.

Another spin, the Xbox 360 has a bigger library with more games to choose from, so looking at other hot sellers on the chart, for the month, you could come up with which console sold the most individual software, on the chart, which also splits and takes sales away from Xbox 360 Prototype.

So in essence, the Xbox 360 has Game A, B, C, D on the chart that takes sales from whatever multiplatform game you wanna throwout.

[Rainstorm81]

I think Prototype was overhyped because of Infamous.

If Infamous was never made X360 sites and fanboys wouldnt have needed a game to compete with it. The lack of exclusive games on X360 made Prototype the obvious game to compare to Infamous.

Justification???? Look at the sales for Incredible Hulk on X360 & PS3 a very SIMILAR game made by the same company. No One Cared for it. Add a lil bit of gore a extra powers now its a triple A title. Just like when so many fanboys were compairing Saints Row 1 to GTA San Andreas LOL

I'll take Infamous Thank you. Pass on BUYING Prototype.

Edit @ above people

Everyone who said put Infamous on Xbox360 to see the sales proves my point. If Prototype is the better game why speak in hypethcals about it being on Xbox360 when you have "the better game".

[StanLee]

This article makes no sense and really is stupid. It makes no consideration for the fact that their are PS3 owners who bought both! Yes, there are PS3 owners who actually buy games. Even if you combined the sales of both Infamous and Prototype on the PS3 saying gamers chose one or the other, Prototype on the Xbox 360 still outsold both games on the PS3 by 30K plus. The article, its premise and title, makes no sense.

[Raf1k1]

If I remember right, there was also advertising going on for Prototype while I don't remember seing anything for Infamous.

A TV ad for Infamous showing in game footage would have definitely helped.

[Information Minister]

You're missing the point. If Infamous was available on the 360, then Prototype would have sold a lot less. Would Infamous have been more successful if it was multi-platform? Of course it would, but then again so would Gears of War/Killzone 2/Left 4 dead/insert-exclusive-game-her e.

[FamilyGuy]

As a matter of FACT I bought InFamous instead of Prototype. If prototype had come out in like January or February I would have bought that game.

It's as simple as that.

Many people, who own PS3s, interested in the genre or type of game these two are made a choice to pick one over the other. It's not an assumption or an opinion it's a fact. Just look at the old comments regaring the two games. "i'll get this but probably rent that" "i'll see which one has better reviews" "i'll just get this because the other doesn't look as good"
"I'll get InFamous because PS3 exclusives blow multi-plats out the water"

[raztad]

@stan

You are not making sense bro. Look again at you own comment w/o any fanboy google. You are bragging about 30K copies of difference come on, when the ratio between installed bases is 2.x:1

Besides, Infamous was out the final week of may (may 26) and it got a lot of sales that are not even considered in this analysis.

[StanLee]

I'm not bragging about anything. The article supposes PS3 gamers in the month of June chose Infamous or Prototype and gave no consideration to the fact the some gamers bought both. If we're going to make assumptions lets suppose that the 190,000 persons who bought Infamous in May bought Prototype in June. Or speculate that Infamous even being exclusive didn't resonate with fans on the console as it almost evenly split sales with Prototype at 192K and 191K respectively. We can make suppositions to make the numbers mean anything we want it to. Did Prototype on XBox 360 trump the PS3 sales of the game? The answer is a resounding, yes! Did Prototype on the XBox 360 outsell both Infamous and Prototype on the PS3 in the month of June? Again, yes. Making suppositions to argue both is stupid. The fact remains. You talk about install bases, well, the total software sales of the 4 XBox 360 games totalled over 1.2 million. PS3 games in the top 10 total less than a third of that amount. Are we to assume the XBox 360s install base is 3 times that of the PS3? The article is stupid, plain and simple.

[darthv72]

Prototype may as well been an exclusive to the 360. It seemed obvious that the majority of PS3 gamers would be picking up Infamous instead. To see the sales of the 360 version is no surprise given there was no other choice in the matter.

[LoVeRSaMa]

People seem to forget that NPD is America, and that they own the Xbox 2 to 1 over the PS3 there.

So what can we expect from multiplat games....

I want to see world results before the fanboys come to try and justify there buys.

[Smokzdaizm]

I bought Infamous for my PS3 and I LOVED IT... I bought Prototype for my 360 and it ROCKS... I think preference is cubjective, but right now I'm Loving Prorotype more

[N4Flamers]

currently infamous in the ps3 has sold 630k and prototype on the 360 680k. that is not to mention that prototype on the ps3 has sold 425k. I used vg charts, and those numbers make sense.

infamous is slightly lower than the 360 version = it came out later in the month and some people bought prototype.

prototype on ps3 is lowest = most people bought infamous.

if you combine the numbers of infamous and prototype on ps3 the outsell prototype on 360 duh = 2 games to one, and some people bought both.

I played both and im glad i bought infamous. its clear when the game came out most ps3 owners were wwaiting to get infamous.

[MegaMohsi]

"inFamous being exclusive doesn't resonate with fans because sales were even for the month"...Ok I guess you conveniently left out the 175k the game sold in June (377k total) putting its totals well over Prototype PS3 and near the totals of 360 Prototype, with half the install base but of course a fanboy like yourself would tend to forget something like that. If you wanna add the extra 2 weeks that inFamous was out prior to Prototype, go ahead. No way the PS3 version sells another 180k in 2 weeks nor the 360 version sell that much more.

[BLuKhaos]

I actually have a friend who chose Prototype over Infamous but then again the monkey thinks CODW@W is better that COD4 so I guess it makes sense.There should be law against letting kids with down syndrome play games.

[ultimolu]

Is Infamous a better game?

Yes it is.

Sales don't dictate the greatness of a game.

[dragunrising]

It is a little bit assumptive that Infamous buyers would "definitely" buy Prototype. Why? Infamous is the game that is supposed to be the AAA exclusive that outsells everything else for the month. If anything, sales of Infamous were hurt by the release of Prototype on the PS3. If Prototype is such an inferior game to Infamous, why would PS3 owners even bother with it?

Bottom line: Infamous is the "arguably" better game, and as such, sales of Prototype are lost sales to Infamous...not the other way around.

[sparta76]

If crackdown2 came out same time as prototype, and ps3 sold more of prototype would we still see this type of bullsh&t articles?
I wonder.....

[Megan Fox]

@ people saying infamous is better.

Infamous wasn't that good in my opinion, the game didn't have any replay value, there wasn't any reason for me to go back to the game once i finished.

[SaberEdge]

Well it's true that PS3 owners had to choose between two games of the same type and the install base in North America is much smaller for the PS3 than the 360, so I don't think the numbers are surprising.

Just enjoy your games people. Does all this sales analysis make you happier gamers? I used to get into this fanboy crap, but it is just stupid. Both consoles are good and they are made to be enjoyed, not analyzed and fought over. I'm not trying to say I am better than anybody, because I am as guilty of it as anybody. But I like both of my consoles and I have realized that putting out so much negativity into the world is not a good thing.

[Syronicus]

I bought inFAMOUS and rented Prototype. Had Proto for about a week and sent that trash back. Sorry, but after playing inFAMOUS, Prototype was just "blah".

- IMHO

[Blogz4Fanboys]

to those that are claiming that infamous is the better game: did you actually buy both to come up with that statement? or is it the usual fanboy rubbish? or was because some reviewers said so, even though reviews and meta critic dont count rite????

anyway, i only got infamous! why? because the demo was top-notch, the graohics were pretty decent, and for me it was an unmissable title. i didnt get prototype because for now infamous is enough, and i've still got a shed load to finish on ps3 360. but i will eventually pick up prototype for the 360 though.

mike134nl: looking at your comment then seeing the 16 disagrees just shows how pathetic alot of the community are on here....bubbles up for being sensible, whilst the 16 idiotic disagreers should just throw yourselves from a tall building you pathetic wastes of oxygen.

[BLuKhaos]

I didn't buy both but I did play both and Infamous is the better game imo.As soon as I get some cash together I'm going to buy Infamous.

[silvacrest]

thats your opinion, i couldnt even bring my self to finish prototype let alone play it twice where as i played infamous twice, good and evil

in fact i wouldnt even no why i would play prototype again, i cant think of an incentive

[Traveler]

Why are they singling out one game? The 360 has around double the installed base in North America and many games sell well over 50% as much on the PS3, which is the percentage you would expect them to sell based on the installed base of the two consoles. With an installed base half that of the 360 you would expect multiplatform games on the PS3 to sell half of what they sell on the 360. Nevertheless, we often see multiplatform games sell well more than half as much on the PS3.

Look at June's NPD numbers (which covers North America only). You have games like Fight Night Round 4 selling relatively similar amounts on the two consoles despite the fact that the 360 has double the installed base to sell to.

FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 4 (360) 260.8K
FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 4 (PS3) 210.3K

If you were going by the amount of consoles in people's homes you would expect the PS3 version to sell 130.4 thousand copies, not 210.3 thousand. This isn't just an isolated event either. We see sales ratios like this quite often.

Look at a game like UFC 2009

360 UFC 2009 UNDISPUTED 338,278
PS3 UFC 2009 UNDISPUTED 187,895

Again, if you were going by the relative installed bases of the two consoles you would expect the PS3 version to sell only 169,139. Instead, it sold 187,895. Which means that it sold to a higher percentage of PS3 owners in North America than it did on the 360.

Here are some others:

360 GHOSTBUSTERS: THE VIDEO GAME 192,298
PS3 GHOSTBUSTERS: THE VIDEO GAME 103,413

360 RESIDENT EVIL 5 25,796
PS3 RESIDENT EVIL 5 23,267

360 FIFA SOCCER 09 25,431
PS3 FIFA SOCCER 09 21,209

360 BLAZBLUE: CALAMITY TRIGGER 28,905
PS3 BLAZBLUE: CALAMITY TRIGGER 36,570 (PS3 actually outsold 360)

360 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 10 133,32
PS3 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 10 96,539

360 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE GOTY ED 71,175
PS3 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE GOTY ED 37,149

360 TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN 58,829
PS3 TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN 35,351

360 X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE UNCAGED ED 30,878
PS3 X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE UNCAGED ED 22,359

All of these numbers are from the June 2009 NPD. The 360 versions of multiplatform games should be consistently selling twice as much as the PS3 versions since there are supposedly twice as many 360s in people's homes in North America, but they're not. There are some games that sell more than twice as much on the 360, but more often than not we see the PS3 versions selling more than half as much, which proves that the PS3 is a very healthy platform.

Looking at one single game is pointless. Especially when there is a very sensible explanation for why sales were abnormally low for the PS3 version of Prototype.

[starchild]

The bigger question is, why is a mediocre game like Prototype the top selling game of the month on the 360? Hmm...could it have anything to do with the fact that there has been hardly any good games on the 360 this year and people are desperate to play any half decent game? I think so.

[Grandizer]

duh! I saw the title and thought InFamous before clicking the link, what morons write these articles?

[jessupj]

I think there's another reason the 360 had such high sales of porototype and this reason is also the biggest. It's been quite a while since there has been anything decent released for the 360. So when a game like prototype comes out of course gamers are going to jump at it.

Ps3 on the other hand has had a steady release of quality titles. So no doubt ps3 owners have to pick and choose and for some infamous got left out. The 360 alwas has more games in the top 10 software listing, and this is partly the reason why.

A lot of us like to pretend sales don't matter, and I really wish they didn't. Of course the sales didn't have any affect of the awesome time I had with infamous, but it does probably mean we're going to see less quality exclusives. Bas sales mean gamers lose.

[mrv321]

I hope the 360 version doesn't trump the PS3 version because if it did the PS3 version would suddenly be no fun what so ever and I'd never play it. /sarcasm.

[Nineball2112]

LOL! Thank you for adding the /sarc tag.

Ya never know with the bunch on here. That might actually be how some feel... :D

[YourCall]

First off, this is the first time I have ever read someone reaching so far cross the table for straws to make themselves feel better.

Basically, people are now taking two different games on multi-plat and one exclusive and trying to combind them due to their likeness, which is desperate and pathetic. Folk the excuses are really begining to become just plain stupid.

Here another twist, being that imfamous was an "exclusive" and is also tauted by PS3 fans as being "the better game", Why would all PS3 fans looking at these games choose Infamous? Additionally, the 360 version of prototype beat the PS3 version of prototype combined with infamous (a PS3 exclusive). That says two things, one is the PS3 fanbase likes to hype games and talk sh!t, but they won't spin any money. Second, the 360 version did extremely well to beat both of them combined on the PS3.

It really baffles my how the writer of this artice would even have to balls to try and claim this the sells are about even because the PS3 had a like title therefore we should combine the sells figures. How stupid is that.

Wait, perhaps both developers with combind their money and split it down the middle since their games were similar (They're really are that similar either, maybe in game type but so are many shooters, should we start to combind shooter sells also?)

[MegaMohsi]

I love how you're forgetting the 175k that inFamous sold in May, making its NA totals almost identical to the 360 version ALONE, add that to the Prototype totals and the PS3 games sold more combined, face it PS3 exclusives sell stop with your fanboy logic it doesnt work.

[YourCall]

Oh, so now you want to add in the month of may numbers to compete with the June 360 prototype numbers? Wow, the blind leading the blind.

[Fiona]

PS3 gamers had a choice, 360 gamers didnt. I choose infamouse over prototype. It's no surprise prototype sold more on the 360. No surprise.

[MajestieBeast]

I bought Infamous because they gave you a demo before with prototype they didnt and ididnt wanna spend 60 bucks on a game thats repetetive or something.

[Admiral_Benson]

Agreed. It was all about having a choice in the first place and the demo that sealed it for me.

I played the Infamous demo and loved it, instant purchase.

No Prototype demo had me a little suspect so rented it first and was glad i did, not a terrible game by any means but wasn't worth laying out another £40 when you've got Infamous sitting there begging to be played.

[PLAYINB3YOND]

The better games ,on the most part, don't get the highest sales which is a shame. inFamous deserves to sell millions just becuase of the effort you can see the devs put into the game, the game still amazes me on my third playthrough, i'm lovin' it!

[bobdog626]

If inFamous was on both system it would have sold twice as much.Most people buy the PS3 for it's Bluray aspect first and it's gaming aspect second.I Sell Electronic's and the first thing people want is a Bluray player with there new LCD Tv .

[Nineball2112]

^^^ Right and of course people would rather spend $400 on a ps3 JUST for it's blu-ray capability rather than spend half that on a stand alone player.

Makes a TON of sense... /sarc

[mastiffchild]

Yeah, maybe that was, like, half an issue for people buying a BR pklayer that also like games a couple of years ago but not now. Even back then I can't see many choosing a PS3 as just a BR player-anyone with half a brain would've known to wait a few months til BR player went down in price like DVD and VCR before them.

Also proving anything with US only data is impossible. We don't know for sure what the install bases are as with the 360 fail rate they might be closer than reported yet you cannot ignore the fact that the 360 install is still higher-but these people do! Then what of piracy on the 360? Also IF PS3 fans do tend to get a few BR films wouldn't it be wise to look at that months releases to see if they may have impacted(E.g someone may have got their urban superhero fix the previous mint with inFAMOUS and felt they'd ratheer get a film this month instead of another similar game)on PS3 sales of P'type.

Another thing-how many PS360 gamers got the PC/pirated the PC version of P'type(perhaps more PS3 gamers as they had inFAMOUS to buy, an d not pirate, the same or last month)rather than buy it for their console of chice? How did that affect sales?

More importantly what about the big portion of world outside the US? Or are NPD the only numbers that count these days? How could anyone pick anything of any substance out of that mess?

[Half-Mafia]

the reason why it sold twice as many copies is because there r twice as many 360s in the US compared to the PS3.

happens with most games there.

now stop with the stupid articles.

[Godmars290]

The reason that Prototype sold twice as well as inFamous this month is that inFamous came out the month before. Its actually sold better in total sales. Nice that what I'm assuming is an "unbiased" article doesn't take this into consideration.

Just like there aren't tons of articles about Blaz Blue selling better on the PS3, with its smaller install base.

[Rainstorm81]

Resident Evil 5 & Street Fighter 4 has sold more on PS3 as well.

FAIL

[mastiffchild]

WEll, these games that as big , well advertised by their publishers(and often by MS with those "avaiable on 360" tags at the end)that sell better on PS3 interest me. SF4, RE5 and TR:U are al;l in that bracket worldwide and it seems die to their longer history with PS gamers there's more of them loyal to these franchises. It interests me cos I never imagined there really was an ahe gap in the two consoles demographics but this does suggest otherwise which is odd to me-what other efects does it have?

BlazBlue is different(and maybe there's some of this with SF4 too) cos as a fighter the 360 D-pad is an issue as is wanting to take on the top Japanese players who will opwn it on PS3 9 times out of ten. As a result I doubt articles on the subject of BB are worthwhile-the others and te demographics on the other hand would be interesting, imo.

[shysun]

Good read and i agree 100%.

[asyouburn]

cabela's african safari better than okami? cabela's obviously sold more copies, must be the better game, right?

[Unicron]

Shhh... this is N4G. Logic and enjoying games over sales numbers is strictly prohibited.

[Rainstorm81]

I had someone argue with me that The Darkness was better than Okami.

Okami was a great game many people missed out on. If Clover didn't get shut down maybe we might have gotten a sequel.

and the Darkness sucked @ss

[Jockamo]

Bring Infamous Sigma to the 360.

[cyclindk]

Yeah, and as a bonus for being a later port 360 gamers get an extra character to play, that annoying fat guy in sunglasses..

[ZOMBIEMAN1]

you are aware it's impossible for inFAMOUS to be on 360 right

[green]

Does it matter?

[Roper316]

I personally bought Infamous 1st to support the 1st party devs ( not sure if SP is 1st party but it was exclusive & not published by Activision who I just plain hate with a passion ) that Sony has. I also bought prototype but after I had finished Infamous. So I am 1 of the and I quote from this site " non game buying PS3 owners " that actually bought both.

[mastiffchild]

WEll, so did I but I'm not part of the numbers as I'm in England. I'm unsure as to whether they acyually just seem to mean that US PS3 owners don't buy many games-'cos the numbers could mean anything who knows.

Preferred inFAMOUS personally, btw. P'type had some good ideas but the city was identical to Hulk UD(as were other elements of the game), the "web of intrigue" was a good idea that didn't quite work and when you got into big fights the gore was too much and obscured onscreen events at times for me. Also, despite the many cool powers you gained I ended up using the same ones practically all the time, ones you got pretty early in the game as well in general-maybe if they put a little less time and money into those and back into the looks and the city itself it would have challnged iFAMOUS more closely for me.

That said I can get that if you prefer just being the ardest kid in class and guilt free rampaging that P'type is the exact game for you! Bit of a love or hate it game, imo and inFAMOUS just felt a better crafted piece of work in my eyes-felt like more thoughts got seen through properly by the devs.

[Stryfeno2]

If Infamous was on the 360 also, it would of sold more.

[Marty8370]

lol

[likedamaster]

/Fixed

[Nineball2112]

Actually, common sense says that it would have sold more if it was on the 360 as well. LOL

I don't see how ppl can disagree with that statement. :D

There were probably many 360 only owners who would have bought the game if it was available.

SMH

[Stryfeno2]

Its the PS3 Droids...They don't want to hear Infamous and 360 in the same sentence. If they do not want to hear comments like that in the future, they need to put down their Blu-ray movies and buy some games.

[CryWolf]

No Infamous will never be on 360 and even if it was on 360 it would be a low end graphics, trim down version of a game that can't handle the 360 hardware hell the DVD disc space can't even hold the game on there console.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

PS3 Prototype didn't even make the top ten, hell Infamous hardly made it. I wonder how many games out on the PS3 has made top ten? Can't be more than 5, and sure as hell don't have any that made number 1.

[AngryTypingGuy]

"If Infamous was on the 360 also, it would of sold more." --

Of course this is pure speculation, but it's PROBABLY correct. Some people disagree with that statement, but honestly, how many PS3 versions of games have sold more than their 360 counterparts? Blaz Blue, Tomb Raider (I think)...any thing else? We all know the score is severely lopsided in the 360's favor.

[Traveler]

Well, wouldn't you expect a console with twice the installed base to have higher game sales? Mind blowing, I know.

[AngryTypingGuy]

I wish it had twice the install base, but the fact is, it doesn't. 360 just buy more games, period.

[mxdan]

Still, the facts are still facts...

Infamous is a ps3 exclusive.
Infamous is better then prototype.
Infamous is selling great considering it has an install base of a little over 20 million users. It's keeping up with the 360 when the 360 has 30 million.

[starchild]

@AngryTypingGuy

Yes, it does have twice the install base in the US, which is where these prototype numbers are coming from. There are twice as many Xbox 360s so it should sell twice as much on the 360.

If you look at this chart http://www.digital-digest.c... it actually looks like the 360 might have slightly more than twice the install base in the US. That means games should sell twice as much on the 360, if not slightly more.

Face the facts, the PS3 is doing just as good in game sales as the Xbox360.

[Mo0eY]

Look at all these Xtards wishing they had the better game on their console, lolol. The only way they can have satisfaction is by typing sales and inFamous in the same sentence.

Keep dreaming, zombies.

[AngryTypingGuy]

I didn't realize we were talking about the U.S. only. Good, I'm glad the 360 has twice the install base. Hopefully Natal will help make it 3 or 4 times the install base. The 360 will not only continue to sell more games overall, but more games per capita (that means per person, for you Sony fanboys out there).

[JonnyBigBoss]

inFamous came out shortly before Prototype, and is a better game overall, period. Why would most gamers shell out money for one of the best games this year and then 3 weeks get another superhero game. Now sure, they are both very different in gameplay, but are very similar in most other facets. The only reason I own both is because I review games, and it was hard for me to get through Prototype with enthusiasm right after getting a Platinum on inFamous.

[Christopher]

Or did they buy one or both of the games and enjoy them for the entertainment they brought without worrying about who's GamePeen was larger?

[Darrius Cole]

The Xbox 360 fanbase is twice as large in the US, which is where both Prototype and Infamous is targeted. It should have sold twice as much on the Xbox as on the PS3.

[36T]

I am pretty sure i read the other day that Prototype sold 600k copies on both systems with the X360 selling around 400k which would make it double then the PS3, no??

[Odion]

A counter argument could be made.

Red Faction is also an open world game, with super power like gameplay. This sold better then Infamous on the 360, but didn't chart the top 20 for the PS3, meaning the sales pretty much don't exist.

Couldn't the argument then be made that even with two open world games in the top 10 that the 360 was domiant?

[Nelson M]

The Game Sucked anyway's

[likedamaster]

These "spin" articles get me dizzy.

[cmrbe]

I thought it's a fact that the x360 installbase in NA is double that of the PS3?. You guys should make up your minds and be consistent.

[xg-ei8ht]

I wouldn't say it was spin.

419,000 (one game of that type)

192,000 (two open world games)

Plus Infamous was out earlier then prototype.

So people with a PS3 already paid for a new game.

Other then that, you can't even tell when somebody is going to purchase a game, i've still got loads to buy. Still got some i still haven't played through yet.

[drdre74]

this is dumb lol! of course it out sold it. Now take the number of sales from the PS3 version and add on Infamous and see what the numbers are. I have both systems. I bought Infamous because its the better game. No need to buy Prototype since I have Infamous. duhhhhhhh!

[36T]

The real question should be.. who really cares if "Prototype on the 360 Really Trump the PS3 Sales Numbers??" Seriously though, if they were both exclusives i would understand but a multiplat vs a PS3 exclusive is hardly something to write 50 articles about.

[cmrbe]

Is 2:1 in favour of x360?. If that's the case then it's pretty good for Ps3 considering the installbase ratio in NA. What I really find interesting is the fact that FN4 almost sold the same on both console.

[Socomer 1979]

Infamous and prototype are about 30,000 sales away from the 360 version of just prototype. With 8 million more customers on 360 than on ps3, it shows that the best selling game of june almost got beat by ps3 gamers who had both to choose from or both. With a smaller install base it proves ps3 was the popular vote of the month.

its stupid to argue but just so you know. nobody thought infamous would outsell prototype. that would have been a miracle. WE all thought the combined sales of prototype and infamous would outsell the 360 version and we lost by about 30,000 people. I still got my check from sony as general of this army so...

[JokesOnYou]

YES!, common sense says that some did NOT buy Prototype because they chose infamous...but If you going to start combining sales just because ps3 owners had a "choice" between two games then you have to also combine sales of 360 software sales of games like RF: Guerilla which STILL outsold infamous for the month by itself.

Then you can't start adding sales figures from another month to infamous sales because obviously your extending the timeframe of infamous sales just to compete with 1 month of 360 sales.

Finally if you actually think about it Prototype also competed against other multiplatform games on the 360 just as it does on the ps3, meaning anytime there are relatively good games like UFC, FNR4, RF: Guerilla that release within the same timeframe THEY ALL COMPETE for the same dollars because obviously consumers who are not looking for a specific title or genre will decide to buy UFC instead of Prototype, thus if you want to compare how software sales hold up on each console you have to actually compare total software sales for each console and even when keeping in mind the difference in install base when you look at the below figures its obvious the 360 still dominates the ps3 in software sales:

Prototype (Xbox 360, Activision) – 419,900
UFC 2009: Undisputed (Xbox 360, THQ) – 338,300
EA Sports Active (Wii, EA) - 289,100
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (Wii, EA) – 272,400
Wii Fit (Wii, Nintendo) – 271,600
Fight Night Round 4 (Xbox 360, EA) – 260,800
Fight Night Round 4 (PS3, EA) – 210,300
Mario Kart (Wii, Nintendo) – 202,100
Red Faction: Guerrilla (Xbox 360, THQ) – 199,400
Infamous (PS3, Sony) – 192,700

JOY

[commodore64]

Yeah, JOY, I completely agree and you constructed your argument quite logically.

Most of the comments excusing the sales of ps3 infamous are spin concocted by PS3 fans who don't like the numbers.

[ZOMBIEMAN1]

yes it does reflect popularity only in the region the NPD is which is the US so yeah Prototype on 360 was sold better in the US if it had a JP release you'd see PS3 version outselling 2 to 1 but really you have to ask if the PS3 version sales were down because of inFAMOUS a PS3 exclusive as a PS3 owner i would go for the exclusive over a multiplatform if the exclusive was more interesting to say inFAMOUS had no affect on the PS3 versions sales is like saying Killzone 2 isn't the best looking FPS on consoles or that Halo 3 isn't the most played game on XBL

[tordavis]

Opinion or fact?

[mastiffchild]

Torrence as we know so little for sure about the variables with NPD data anything you feel bout the numbers can only ever be a gut feeling as it can just as easily support the other argument-it just depends on what you think the state of the variables is(actual install base, piracy, demographic, who's more likely to go PC etc, etc).

So no, no facts at all-not with this data.

[MaximusPrime]

Hmmm i dont care

[Tito Jackson]

No. Some of you people just have over-active imaginations.

[Enigma_2099]

... maybe then I would have given a d*mn about these articles... but right now, not as much...

[maniacmayhem]

Do people really think inFamous was better than Prototype?

I played both and honestly they are the exact same game with little differences here and there.

I think Prototype is an awsome game. I also think inFamous is too.

Reading these comments on this subject is hard to to imagine the Sony fanboyism isnt swaying judgements.

Especially with the special keyword of this site "exclusive" being tossed around all the time.

[solidjun5]

How do you it's "Sony Fanboyism" and not the other way around with "Xbox fanboyism" when Prototype is deemed to be better? It's all subjective. I've played both (as you) and to me InFamous is waaaaaaay better than prototype. However, if you liked Prototype and thought it was better, that's fine. But my personal opinion (which won't be filled with fanboyism) is that. I think it's the same with most posters with regards to both of the games. Prototype was fine and all but I found it to be a bit boring after a while. To each their own.

[maniacmayhem]

Really, I thought inFamous got tedious after a while. I let out a big *sigh* when I got to the second part of the city and found out I had to do the same things I did in the first section all over again (restore power undergound).

the big problem I have with sandbox games (GTA particularly) is you keep doin the same thing over and over again which both of these games did constantly.

And the reason I pointed out "Sony fanboyism" is because the majority of the comments are "inFamous is better". If it was the other way around I would call it out.

[mastiffchild]

mm-if the reviews bore out your opinion then you might have more of a point but they don't. I was a bit let down and let out my own sigh when I realised right away when playing P'type that I'd been in the city before in Hulk UD-the exact same place!

Also had P'type been 360 exclusive the fanboyism might be prevalent here but PS3 gamers could play both and the fact they voted with their wallets and bought inFAMOUS, in genral, rather than P'type suggests they DID prefer SP's game-paying for things brings the truth out of people much more than a post on N4G will, imo, no?

If you think that Prototype is a game so much better that it should be obvious to anyone I can understand your view-but as few sites would agree and the PS3 sales suggest otherwise I just think you're one of those who prefers a balls out guilt free spate of running amok over what inFAMOUS offers. Nowt wrong with that, just don't hit the "fanboyism" button cos people aren't on the same page as you.

Hey, they're both enjoyable games aren't they? I think we all won here but, at this time, PS3 gamers just had a choice-whereas 360 gamers will get an extra similar game when Crackdown2 arrives. It's all good! Specially if you own both, like me and the other smug owners of all three plus PC(and handhelds obviously!)-it's a good time to game so no need to flame! No more rhymes, I'm a bad doggy.

[Unicron]

Well, as much as I abhor to say this, the media's consensus is that inFamous IS the "better" game. But I hate Meta. So I now hate myself.

Thankfully, all that matters is your own opinion/the fun YOU had.

[Halo3 MLG Pro]

That's a problem on this site. Those 2 lil words "sony exclusive" and the rabid sony fanboys start screaming "OMFGZZZZERZ IT"A THE GAM3 OF THE CENTURI"

[blackblades]

Who giva da-----mn about the sales, all you 360 fanboys if you care so much about the sales that means you know the ps3 is going to kill the 360 soon.

[Tinted Eyes]

its kinda funny we were made fun of because we had to wait for good games but now we have them and the bots are waiting until the holiday season to get another halo

[36T]

@ mikethegameking

"you know the ps3 is going to kill the 360 soon."

I didn't know that. Thanks for the info! You might want to pass you're insight on to Microsoft and warn them before the PS3 storm. Do you think the takeover will happen before the 360 fall update or after? Or maybe you think it will happen when Natal launches? Fill me in.. i'm curious.

@ Tinted Eyes

Time to take off those glasses. I think they might be too dark. You must've missed you're PS3's lineup get pushed to 2010. Keep believeing the 360 has no games. That way we can all laugh at you!

Splinter Cell, Forza, ODST, Shadow Complex all in 2009. What's you're list??

[TintedEyes2]

only heavy rain got pushed plus gt is probably coming
still got mag
uncharted
ratchet
plus the games we already have
keep waiting dude

[36T]

"the ps3 is going to kill the 360 soon."

The guy mentions SOON so i mentioned my preference of games coming out for the 360 from now until the end of 09. Would you like me to start from the beginning of the year? Not gonna happen. Even with your list of PS3 games, i find it hard to imagine how the PS3 will "kill" the 360, SOON. Maybe you can explain it to me since you seem to agree with his comment. I'll be waiting, Tinted Eyes the 2nd!

@ Socomer 1979 (below)

LOL.. Are you suggesting that Shadow Complex is gonna be garbage because it's a XBLA game? Have you even seen the game? There is a 30 minute video somewhere on this site that shows just how awesome the game will be.

Unfortunately you can't play it so you dis it. Sad Socomer, sad! I just can't see anybody that calls themselves a gamer not even slightly interested in this game. Day one for me! That's all i really care about. Laugh all you want Socomer. How about we compare NGS2 with Shadow Complex once the reviews are out? Deal?

But..bu... it's a XBLA game!

[RockmanII7]

It's funny because all those games are over hyped pieces of $h1t (exception to uncharted).

[DelbertGrady]

"But, considering that PS3 owners had to choose between the exclusive Infamous and Prototype, the lower sales numbers can be attributed to competing interests."

Really? Then we might as well add Red Faction: Guerrilla's sales to the 360 sales. All of a sudden Prototype for the 360 has sold 619,300 copies lol!

Damage control at it's finest.

[Tinted Eyes]

.

ps3 owners had a choice and they chose infamous
red faction was on both consoles

[DelbertGrady]

It's a poor excuse for poor sales.

[CryWolf]

wow not surprising prototype 360 version out sales PS3 version I really don't care about that what I am waiting for Final Fantasy XIII ps3 version to out sales 360 version hoping N4G will report on it.

[Socomer 1979]

Are you serious?! a mini arcade game is on your exclusives list?
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha hah thats desperate.

I got 1 game i'll put on my list that will make you look at shadow complex like I wish you was a real game. That game is NINJA GAIDEN the Bluray Director Cut. Co-op online ! WooT !

[Arnon]

Lol? Why would you enjoy a Ninja Gaiden game when they took out the key feature that made everybody love Ninja Gaiden 2? The gore/dismemberment. Hell, I'm not even going to buy Sigma 2 unless it's somehow leaps and bounds better, and that doesn't mean Co-Op. In fact, that just makes the game easier, so screw that.

[Traveler]

People played Ninja Gaiden 2 for the gore? Get real.

You 360 fans are really ridiculous. It's obvious Ninja Gaiden 2 Sigma is the definitive version. But go on pretending that the reason people play Ninja Gaiden is for the gore, LOL.

[Arnon]

I take it you've never played Ninja Gaiden.

Ninja Gaiden 2 had a terrible story. Co-op makes any game easier, which is completely contradicting to the entire franchise. Gore and dismemberment have been removed which takes away the incredibly fun finishing blows, and there really isn't any reason to buy Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, unless it's a totally different game.

What makes Ninja Gaiden popular:

-It's lightning-fast gameplay with limitless combos.

-It's extreme difficulty and unforgiving gameplay that has so far, put almost every other game to shame.

-It's insane amount of gore and dismemberment, which leads to extreme finishers.

Aspects of Ninja Gaiden that are overlooked:

-It's story.

So here's my question for you. Actually, I have two. First, what makes the PS3 version definitive? And two, what makes people play Ninja Gaiden?

EDIT:

Also, I think before you start judging people by making terribly stupid comments, you should possibly click on their profile and read their bio (like, oh... mine! With the top games I'm wanting being from PS3, mainly).

[da720izcumin]

u've never played ninja gaiden....
and beside, you forget the designer is different, no more itagaki.
you can keep sigma please, no real fan of NG would want that kind of abomination on their library.

[AliC]

Sales in the US do not equal total sales world wide, its a known fact that the US has a larger install base of 360's so you can't really judge how well a game did based on a single zone.

[farsided]

Blah, blah, blah... This is like the 4th article I've seen on here about this crap. Who cares? (But then again this is N4G, so...everyone)

All the 360 fanboys are gonna defend Prototype because it's multiplat (hence...available to them) and all the PS3 fanboys are gonna defend Infamous because it's exclusive to their console. It's all about justification for their console purchase, not about actual game quality. I just think it's kind of funny because I wasn't really blown away by either, but maybe that's just because I'm not really fond of sandbox titles (besides GTA of course!)

[ShiNe-Box-]

Sorry xbox kiddies. Your efforts of collectively running out and buying a rebranded Hulk game, just to spite sony fans, have failed....miserably. :D

[Halo3 MLG Pro]

Makes you think why would anybody want to develop for the ps3 only. The 360 is where the money is at.

[Shendow]

Because its cheaper.....oh wait isn't cheaper not better???? lol can't buy a really good HD Tv cheap or a car, besides you are playing a PS2 with HD.

[xc7x]

how's that suppose to aide fanboy's flamebait arguments on here haha j/k

[ShadowCK]

The WaitStation 3 is a complete failure. As noted to be in last place. Obviously the Xbox 360 Version of Prototype is going to sell more.

"I got 1 game i'll put on my list that will make you look at shadow complex like I wish you was a real game. That game is NINJA GAIDEN the Bluray Director Cut. Co-op online ! WooT !"

Great, You can join us in getting your ass handed by cheap bosses, have a **** camera and have a lame story. Co-op isn't going to save the game, Misery loves company after all.

http://www.gamesradar.com/p...

Xbox 360 Version looks better. Fact.

The funny thing is, if it was exclusive to the Xbox 360 you would have your head so far up your ass. Just shows all of your PS3 Fangirls are blind morons that don't deserve to be gamers.

[Tinted Eyes]

nope your not worth the time.......

[Power_of_Black]

360 has no good game right now. So they had to Hype this average game as the second coming to have something to talk about.

THERE IS NOTHING ELSE TO BUY ON 360 RIGHT NOW. THAT WHY IT SOLD THIS MUCH !!

Hard to understand is it ??

[rjackson1]

Who cares about sales Numbers not us! Xbox 360 fanbase rules.

[starchild]

Sure, great fanbase there.

[arsenal55]

i can see why...

i didn't buy prototype because infamous OWNS it.. reviews of the game show that. infamous is the best super hero game out right now

[Tron_Rocks]

XBOX 360
Better Price.
Better Games
Better Online experience
(even if PSN is free XBOX LIVE STILL DOES MORE)

If the PS3 is so darn great why have two games released recently ala
Ghostbusters and Call of Juarez BIB look and play better on the 360??? After all this time you would think the POS3 would be blowing people away but it has NOT!!! Wait one game did KZ2 and it SOLD LIKE CRAP????

This is why the POS3 is still in last month after month year after year.
PS3 came in a 3rd this time around.

[Tinted Eyes]

360 has better games?

it had none this year dude

[farsided]

Why is it that Infamous reminds me so much of the force unleashed?

http://www.thereviewcrew.co...

http://www.zomgrei.com/wp-c...

Oh, that's why...

[Ven1000]

In the last 4 days of May, Infamous sold 176,000. Combine that with the 192,000 in June and you have 368,000 units. Now I know some of you bots will complain saying "you can't tack on 4 days for Infamous because prototype didn't come out till June 10th. That's 10 less days"

Ok then, so let's do some readjustment.

Say Infamous does 360,000 vs Prototype on 360 @ 430,000 (gave you 10 more days of sale). You still have 190,000 people buying Prototype on PS3 for a total combination of 550,000 (sales of PS3 Prototype plus Infamous) of the similar games sold on PS3. 550 thousand >>> 430 thousand. Now you can try to say "Well I think people bought 2 games"...... No..

The fact of the matter is, is that PS3 owners had TWO games to choose from. So it's only natural that the numbers will be lower for each respective game. Bots only had 1 game to choose from, so they had no choice BUT to get Prototype, hence the higher numbers for it.

[jdktech2010]

WHO CARES? Can we please stop posting the same topics over and over again?

[jetlian]

matter is
prototype 600,000 in 21 days in NA
infamous 375,000 in 35 days in NA

prototype wins.

[Knightofelemia]

When Protoype came out I was still playing Infamous, I baught Prototype on the 360 traded it off 3 days later cause I thaught it sucked. Months later I rented the Ps3 version of Prototype I wantd to see what it was like and only played it once cause i thaught it sucked again.

[Lawliet]

Have fun playing with your numbers while I play my games. I already completed both, and inFamous is no doubt a better game!

Prototype is cool but it's somehow buggy and weird kind of feeling of a HULK clone! The story is crapping the sh!t out of me. A game you don't want to know what NEXT is coming.(You'll crush your system I swear!)

[kraze07]

This article is pointless. Not only do more people have 360s, but many PS3 owners probably chose to play Infamous instead.

[badbond1]

Make me laugh. To suggest that gore is the real reason to play Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 is pathetic. New boss levels, pure 1080p, co-op play and new levels make it the "best version" that botty boys drool at. you can't play it and it has been optimized for the PS3 and is not possible (unless compressed on to two or three discs) on the botty box.

You botty boys have nothing to show for this summer in regards to exclusives. You are being known as the console that rules in multiplatform but you rather suck at displaying superiority in exclusive games. PS3 on the other hand is dominating in graphics and gameplay with Uncharted 2, MGS4, Killzone 2, Infamous, God of War III and more.

There is nothing left to say. Keep you Gaylo add on, Flopza 3, splinter cell conviction (pc will be out and I will get it), your botty boy Gay Tony and whatever you have left, oh, sorry azz L4d2, LOL!

I'll stick with GOTY - Uncharted 2, Ratchet and Clank, MAG, and Gran Turismo this year. Sorry, you lost this year and badly. Even if only Uncharted 2 were to come out and nothing else the PS3 still wins - MLB 09' , Killzone 2, Infamous are what defined the PS3's dominance and you LOSE! 2010 will be an embarassing situation when GOWIII and Heavy Rain drop. Complete obliteration!

[Shendow]

The game didn't look good running on the PS3 (Look kind of like a PS2 title and that is one of the reasons it did good on 360) and it didn't use PS3's install power. So it felt like playing a PS2 title on the PS3 with loading, one of the biggest reasons it is better on 360 and I sold my copy for the PS3 the day I got it (I got half way threw the game before turning it off)

[ShadowCK]

My arse does it. The background of the PS3 Version is alot darker (so you can't see the crap background) and the character models have gotten lighter. Hardly any improvement at all.

[DJ]

The best titles don't always get good sales. Even multiplatform sales are unpredictable, as a game can either sell better on PS3 or 360 without the developer planning accordingly. Eidos thought the 360 version of their last Tomb Raider title would sell better on 360, so they made their DLC 360-exclusive.

PS3 sales came out on top though, and the DLC was already almost finished for 360. There's a lot of other games that ended up defying assumptions as well.