Is Microsoft poised to win big this Holiday?

King Me - 445 days 13 hours ago

I think Gears of war will help microsoft sell about 300,000-400,000 more consoles,but when you look at the much larger picture;The highest selling console of last-gen(Ps2) beat the competitors by over 90 Million consoles in sales....

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Genesis5 - 445 days 11 hours ago

Sony does not really make anything that sells cheap. TV expensive, stereos expensive but they still sell because it is a top brand. It might not sell as many as cheaper brands but some people are willing to pay for quality.

The economy might hurt them a bit in the US but they are focusing on the world. MS has a good thing going with their price point and it will surely help them. Sony is tracking sales 30% higher than they forcasted and they are happy with that.

Who wins the holidays? Nintendo.

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Monchichi025 - 445 days 5 hours ago

This article is just straight DUMB written by a known Sony fanboy. Don't even waist your time reading this nonsense as he's logic is "surprisingly" wrong and bias.

Let's save this discussion to a real information source. And whoever approves articles like this should be re-evaluated.

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faiizow - 445 days 5 hours ago

Even if they were outsold they're gonna survive for a bit longer than i usually expected. I mean no doubt Sony will win in the long run, They own many IP's, but MS have been very intending to win and take down Sony in whatever they do. I kudo's them for that intention. But the method they're using (stealing exclusives/separating from GOOD game companies) is stupid. They won't last that long but long enough they still keep that momentum they made.

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faiizow - 445 days 5 hours ago

Sony fanboy?

You do realise who you're name calling right?

Siligon is unbiased. I've noticed this for a long time now.

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falviousuk - 445 days 5 hours ago

@faiizow

did you just say that last sentence in your head with a straight face ?

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Hellangelzx - 445 days 5 hours ago

Sony Fanboy? Silogon?

Have you seen him flame Sony?

He'll go after either companies throat.

OnTopic

I feel the arcade isn't the greatest of the consoles, but for people who just want to play their games, it's fine.

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kratos-i-am - 445 days 5 hours ago

Yeah you would be surprised that in recessions people aren't always attracted to "cheap" products as they are to good quality ones. Recessions makes consumers pessimistic about what they purchase. So if they feel that the Xbox isn't of a good build quality that lasts it mightn't sell that well. I'm sure consumers will consider their options with regards to all three consoles and their relative pros and cons summing up both features in comparisson to their price.

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SWORDF1SH - 445 days 5 hours ago

short answer. yes
long answer. yes if sony dont drop the price.

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juuken - 445 days 2 hours ago

I agree Genesis.
Nintendo already won this war.

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Xelai - 445 days 2 hours ago

@Genesis5

Just wanted to point oout that Sony is not such electronics top brand, not bashing PS3 here guys, saying that if you want a top TV you go to Pioneer, a top A/V Amplifier, Denon, Yamaha, Marantz, top speakers KEF, B&W of even higher, videocams or photo Canon Nikon, there are many many higher and better brands in electronics specially audio & video, Sony is ubiquitous and has powerful brand value, due mainly to loads of quality products inthe 80s, but those times are over, there are specialized brands that do better than the all powerful mighty megacorp.

Jack of all trades master of none.

Though I agree that Nintendo is who is going to win Xmas big, MS and Sony will do good in the markets that they usually do good, I do not expect a big switch unless Sony makes an unexpected price cut.

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lowcarb - 445 days 2 hours ago

"Multi plat games run better on PS3 now" No they don't liar

"Why do you still pay annual fees for LIVE?" Because we get perks better and more services and expect the best unlike you.

"Why are 360 hard drives stupidly over-priced?" Can't answer that but what's expensive to you might not be expensive to everyone else.

"WTF happened to HD DVD?" They lost but thats not important nor is bluray because it's suppose to be about games and not movies.

"Why are there STILL constant RROD issues?" Prove it and then tell me why there are still faulty PS2's out there

"WTF is up with that too human 10 year flop?" Great game that probably sold more then most PS3 titles

"and why are you still alive?" I'm not Lachance but will say that this question was uncalled for and shows how pathetic you are.

Now my question to you is what's your point because you didn't prove anything? You sound like the typical ps3 fanboy throwing a tantrum because you don't like to loose.

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Gam71 - 444 days 16 hours ago

lmfao,

what happened to hd-dvd, ask toshiba as it was theirs not MS.

I bet you're one of those people who say MS paid paramount $150mil as well.

but why let facts get in the way seeking attention.

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sleepyk - 444 days 15 hours ago

PS3 titles (all ps3 titles) outsold too human.

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SWORDF1SH - 444 days 15 hours ago

yes there are blind sony fanboys out there but there are blind ms fanboys to. you should kno better than to try and judge everybody by the small number of idiots. dont forget that there was ms fanboys sayin that the ps3 was gonna fail ever since launch and still say it now. anyway the year aint over yet and i expect a price cut in at least the us. not really needed anywhere else because the ms isnt that effective. im sure sony are happy with what there sellin at the price there sellin in europe even if the 360 is out selling it at a average of about 20,000 a week so far. price drop will do little in japan. they jus need games. and btw because ms will outsell the ps3 in the holiday season (if sony dont price) the ps3 will should expect to outsell the 360 worldwide for the year.

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Gam71 - 444 days 15 hours ago

swordfish
you seem to forget the sony fans saying that the 360 was dead before it started and would sell less than the original xbox then running around quoting sony spin (still are) saying the ps3 will sell 5mil without any games and they had already won.

Don't believe me, what did the say about ninty before the wii was released? Proven history of it so using the but you guys said it first that some sony fans on here like to doesn't wash as it's the sony fans that were the ones to actually say it first about everyone going back to the n64

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SWORDF1SH - 444 days 14 hours ago

yes youre right. im not tryin to say one set are fanboys are worse than another. im jus sayin that theyre jus as bad. il admit i thought the wii woulodnt last that long and do as well as they are doin now. i dont like the wii but i have respect for them for doin as good as they have. i mentioned what ms fanboys have said in response to lachance and i made it clear that there are fanboys in both camps but dont judge every person that like sony as fanboys as i dont for people who like ms.

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Gam71 - 444 days 13 hours ago

I do see your point but i have to say the ps fans are far worse.
After winning two gens and growing attached to the brand and sony has bred a level or arrogance.
Not help by the sony spin.
Look at this site. Read the comments hugely pro sony anti everything else.
Don't tell me its 50:50 between sony and ms fans (don't know where the ninty fanboys are) because its not.
The high level of ms hate by sony fanboys on here means that ms fanboys do respond in kind but the numbers are smaller.
if it was mainly ms fans on here i do doubt they would be as bad but dont doubt worse than now and the sony club would be responding like the ms lot are now as they shouldn't have to take that sort of treatment.

Saying but before ms fans said this is bull as it started with sony fans before the original xbox was out and sony was already in first place.

It would be nice to have conversation's on here but not possible due the constant attacks and counter attacks.

ms fans are not as bad as sony fans... that might change.

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wallace1000 - 444 days 12 hours ago

Since there is lots of question asking going on, i have one for you. Where are all your bubbles? Does it maybe have something to do with the quality of your posts? I am sure those 26 ignores should tell you something too.

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The Makr - 444 days 11 hours ago

As much as I would like to just facepalm this article and move on, I feel the need to point out why. It's not so much his poor logic, (some people do just want to play games and that's it and you can do that finew with an arcade), obvious bias (PS3 cost a "little more", try double), or jingoistic style - I have a lot of practice dealing with that on N4G on a daily basis. No, it's really the fact that this article reads on a level of what you would expect if you were a 7th grade teacher and assigned your class a creative wrting assignment and one of your lower-to-mid tier students turned this in. You would give them a C- and hand it back. But that would be for a lower-to-mid tier 7th grader! I assume this hack is an adult, and as such, he ought to possess a greater than 7th grade education/writing level.

If only I could have those two minutes back.

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Killjoy3000 - 445 days 5 hours ago

Sorry, but LBP will be battling it out with Geras, not Fable.

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Imallvol7 - 445 days 5 hours ago

Hahahahaha. Fable 2??? That's going to have about as much impact and Ninja Gaiden II did. Gears of War 2 though . . . that is an 800lb gorilla. However, I think Resistance 2 will be just as good if not better, so if Sony would just start freaking advertising, they would be much better off.

I think LBP will be the most popular item of the year though and really drive PS3 sales. I mean, did you see the frenzy over Beta Codes??? Gears 2 is the only game that can beat it. I am getting both!

Oh, and WII wins all.

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Transporter47 - 445 days 2 hours ago

It will not be the highest sold game this holiday season, for obvious reasons, LBP, trust me it will sell more than the first Gears and i can guarantee it, and you know why, is because it goes for both Casual and Hardcore gamers, unlike gears which is just hardcore mainly, also you have to realize that Blue Ray movies like the Black Knight will be releasing this holiday season, and trust me Batman Fans will get this on Blue Ray and most likely they will pick up a PS3, now if the PS3 bundles with a Dark Knight movie Microsoft is Pwned

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wallace1000 - 444 days 12 hours ago

Isn't comparing Gears and LBP like comparing apples and oranges? They are two totally different genres, and while i think they will both appeal to some people i think these two games will ultimately appeal to different crowds because LBP is more of an "all ages" game, while Gears is not.

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bouncybullet - 445 days 1 hour ago

I agree.

But I'm more pumped about Fable 2, And Fallout 3 more than any of the other games coming to us.

I'm hoping a demo of LBP gets put out though.
(wasn't lucky/motivated enough to get into the beta.)

Playstation will have it's day soon.

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razer - 445 days 5 hours ago

Yes wtf is up with that? What a piece of garbage.

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Szarky - 445 days 5 hours ago

B4G - Blogs 4 Gamers

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Imallvol7 - 445 days 5 hours ago

I think you actually do have to be a fanboy to try and argue that 360 has a better lineup than PS3 this year like your doing (unless you just really really hate PS3 games).

By the way, Saints Row 2 is on PS3 as well.

PS3 - Resistance 2, Little Big Planet, Motorstorm 2, Socom Confrontation, and Valkyria Chronicles.

360 - Gears of War 2, Fable 2, Last Remnant (coming to PS3 also), Banjo Kazooie 2.

Rest are all multiplat's (except for scene it games and singing games, lol, but seriously).

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Thomazii - 445 days 4 hours ago

@Imallvol7

You are a really big fanboy....

Just accept that the xbox360 is the better gamingconsole and ps3 is just a gadget with to less games but with a blue ray player.

BTW: Resistance is a good game, its not my type of game.. way to clean and it feels weird. But its a pretty good game.
But you cant compare it to GoW2 .. GoW2 is like the best game coming out end 2008 ... resistance is lucky to be in the top 20

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Emmo - 445 days 3 hours ago

@ Imallvol7

I am not saying that 360 has the better line up I am just pointing out that the 360 does have some good exclusives, I keep reading that it has nothing this holiday.

It is up to the consumer to decide.

I am very interested to see if LBP is a system seller or not.

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Ju - 445 days 2 hours ago

Aeh ...

Scene It == Buzz Quiz
Lips == Singstar
You are in the Movies == Everything PS Eye.

But with one thing you're right. Nothing T or E coming, like Sly Cooper or so...(competing against Banjo). Oh, well, forgot LBP might fall into this.

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Gam71 - 444 days 16 hours ago

I think the 360 has better games this holiday.

Why? because the ps3 ones don't appeal to me and whats best is subjective to a persons preferences and likes.

no-one can tell whos is best only that 1 line up is better for them.

their fanboyism gets the better of them or maybe its the inability to comprehend that there are gamers who aren't interested in their games which is why we get lots of ps3 fans on here saying the ps3 has the best line up and the 360 has no games this holiday.

now if ps3 fans want the old "you dont have any games" line maybe they should stop using it.

Its good to see 360 fans saying I prfer this and standing up for themselves.

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Emmo - 445 days 8 hours ago

@ Lets-Game

Thanks for the correction.

All I am saying is that it is not my opinion or your opinion that matters, at the end of the day all that will matter is sales numbers. The public will decide.

Who knows which will be the massive sellers and the flops or even the most underated games.

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Ju - 445 days 2 hours ago

The sales numbers are for accountant and people in here. But at the end what counts is what games we'll get. And I can't complain there isn't anything available now or in the future. Plenty of stuff here and plenty to come.

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bouncybullet - 445 days ago

After the sucess of the first game.

I'm buying Fable 2 and Renting Gears on Gamefly for 2 months.

Also renting LBP unless the demo changes my mind.(into not renting it.)

I have no interest in Resistance 2 whatsoever.

It won't be worth more than 5 minutes of my attention just like the 1st.

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Steven Colbert - 445 days 13 hours ago

Hey,how did you do that musical note letter? That was neat

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Omega4 - 445 days 13 hours ago

I think he just inserted special characters

✄ ☠ ✈ ☏ ♪ ♩ ⚄ ✐

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razer - 445 days 4 hours ago

For once I agree with you eric. The fact he is arguing for the PS3 this holiday makes him a baboon beyond measure.

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karlostomy - 444 days 20 hours ago

Did you just make your own blog and then contribute it to n4g?

OMG man. You are lame.
Lame lame lame loser.

I suppose it would be ok if someone else had contributed this, but the fact that you wrote it and then propagated it by your own submission is ... uncool!
Is there anything more shameful than the blatant narcissism and self promotion that YOU exhibit?

Let me guess. You are also a lead guitarist, right?

ok. That figures.

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IzKyD1331 - 445 days 4 hours ago

so your saying the PS3 having all these awesome features is a bad thing?
it has wifi because not everyone can use an ethernet wire, it uses the blu ray format because it's necessary to make games like MGS4, littlebigplanet and resistance 2, it has an HDD standard in every system because without one, you can't save movies, music, demos ect.

Just because MS charges you extra for features that are convenient to those who need them doesn't mean Sony has to follow

on another note, Netflix will be useless to everyone with an arcade SKU

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IzKyD1331 - 445 days 4 hours ago

lol, even a game that gets perfect 10s all over the board is considered a flop to you idiots....live is the same as PSN , infact PSN isn't plagued with lag and 14 year old racists and homophobes.....is it our fault you enjoy paying 50 dollars a year for something we get for free?, your paying 50 dollars to have the ability to listen to music in-game and video chat while playing a game....is it worth it? no
and if a persoon has payed for live since the 360's launch, you would have payed 150-200 bucks so far.....

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pwnsause - 445 days 4 hours ago

but the user sooner or later is going to access it air1 ROFL!!!!!!!!!!! so why invest in getting ripped off? The user has access to everything the PS3 had Since day 1!!!!! especially using the PSN for FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

LOLOLOLOOLOLOOOOLOOOLLOLOL

come on!!!!!! keep talking so that you leave!!!!!!

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snoopgg - 444 days 7 hours ago

cheap version of the 360. Your right though, I think microsoft is trying to compete with the wii by having a cheaper hardcore console outthere with a casual price. Its a good buy for people who would usually have to settle for a wii.

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pwnsause - 445 days 3 hours ago

right air1, cause we are all izkyd, ROFL!!!!!!!!!!! i only have 1 account.

"but whatever just act like my post is such a crazy idea all because you think that the ps3 is the only console to play great games."

The Ps3 isnt the only console to play great games, just that the 360 cant contend with what the PS3 offers in terms of hardware. For example why should i buy the arcade, if i can be the premium, when i buy the arcade, its going to be expensive to turn it into a premium, just look at the taxes you have to pay for each peripheral. it comes out to be more expensive than the premium.

You see, in the harsh time we live today, you have to think like a "Macro-economist" see what gives you more bang for you buck instead of wasting it all down the drain. My cousin didn't think like a "Macro-economist", thus he go ripped off by M$ by buying the arcade. he had to buy each peripheral, and it came out to be $40 more expensive than the premium back when the 360 didn't had any price cuts.

The PS3 is already a complete box (well except for Backwards compatibility which sony will someday are going to have bring it back Via Free Firmware Updates for the PS3). When the PS3 gets its price cut next year, Microsoft is going to tremble in fear and get rid of the arcade. Its not necessary for this generation we live in.

see how easy it is to respond so nicely?

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IzKyD1331 - 445 days 3 hours ago

lmao you think were the same person?
anyone else you wanna accuse me of being? nasim? queefyb?

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snoopgg - 444 days 7 hours ago

The video game business is booming right now. It is the number one entertainment medium right now. It brings in more money then movies and music. No matter what console you own, this is the time of the year when all the games come out!!!! It will be a very good christmas for all.

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