The Xbox 360 surges ahead

Jenzo - 404 days 13 hours ago

I might be 360 biased but this is ridicolous.

The PS3 has lots more than just Blu-Ray as a USP. First of all, it's a Playstation. Brand recognition. Secondly, free online. Thirdly(!), the Playstation exclusive games like MGS4, Killzone 2, God of War, LBP etc.

And also, it does not have any hardware issues, which has become a big selling point for some.

The numbers you pulled out(of your...) don't mean anything unless you can provide a source.

It takes no genius to see that you only write these junk articles to get site hits. Either that or you are in some sort of psychosis.

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Bruceongames - 404 days 13 hours ago

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/3...

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Jenzo - 404 days 12 hours ago

"In Italy, we were double PS3’s sales last week. In France and Germany we are at or better than PS3 consistently now. We dominate in Russia and the Nordic countries and in Spain – a traditional Sony stronghold – we’re now outselling PS3. It bodes incredibly well for our Christmas prospects."

Who can you trust? How do we know he's telling the truth? I take back some of my criticism, but you should always post your sources in the article.

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Danja - 404 days 12 hours ago

Well they just had a major Price Cut in EU so wow thats such a surprise , the question is can sales keep up..will the 360 continue to outsell the PS3 at 2:1 in these countires..the answer is :NO..

why haven't they released sales figures for these countries..no wait why dont M$ ever release actual sales figures...??

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jaysquared - 404 days 12 hours ago

You can never trust company propaganda. We really dont know how many 360/PS3 sold there are in Europe or the world. All that we have to go by in the end of the day is when the Sony and M$ report their financials. The closes thing to being accurate is NPD but theats only in N. America!

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green - 404 days 12 hours ago

No problem bruceongames but at least add some more info about the PS3 as Jenzo pointed out like wi-fi,free online etc, inorder to make it sound more professional and less fanboyish.

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fishd - 404 days 12 hours ago

Best article ever,well done...
http://usera.ImageCave.com/...

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0verdrive - 404 days 10 hours ago

ho ho ho

that was probably the most blatantly biased "articles" that ive read on n4g in the past two weeks. this should not have been approved.

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Johnny Cullen - 404 days 10 hours ago

Well done, Bruce.

You've gone and made yourself and idiot once again.

Does your wife (even if you have one, dare I say it knowing your stupidity) even think your stupid?

Wouldn't blame her if she did.

Go away and stop posting sh!tty little articles on N4G.

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WANNA GET HIGH - 404 days 10 hours ago

How mny of those consoles are gonna be returned due to the warranty up and what just happen with another OUTBREAK OF RROD......

Im not beaing a fan boy,im just saying the facts.... check my profile (-_-)

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cherrypie - 403 days 19 hours ago

@1.11 "wanna get high" & 1.7 "thekiller" above;

"what just happen with another OUTBREAK OF RROD.."

Total. Absolute. Fiction. The only places "reporting" that BS is blorge.com, qj.net, BLOGSPOT and N4G -- who gives air to such BS. I honestly feel sorry for you if you actually believe there was an "outbreak of rrod". RRoD is a compontent-level problem (unmounting) caused by heat. Its is, 100% and completely and totally SOFTWARE AGNOSTIC. NXE did not, and cannot cause an increased likelyhood of heat failure.

Besides, the heat-issues were RESOLVED in Summer 2007. Its really sad that you're here trying so desperatley to spread such tired FUD.

Give it a rest. You're only embarrassing yourself.

"You can never trust company propaganda."

Have you ever heard of the SEC?

These are publicly traded companies; are you children even remotely aware of how ridiculous you sound?

Listen, publicly announcing sales data has to mesh with their published financial results. You know, ACCOUNTING filings.

Sheesh, you kids need a hard-lesson in reality. Its tough, I know, but the bottom line is this: The Xbox 360 -- as a brand -- is DOMINATNIG the industry. Even more than Wii. Based on total sales. Valuable community (which leads to *more* sales -- heard of Facebook and myspace? think of LIVE as the *community engine* for gaming; believe it or not, but LIVE Anywhere is going to extend through Zune, Xbox 360, Games for Windows, MS's casual properties (MSN.com, Messenger games) and the rest).

This is the "battle for the connected living room", and Sony and Nintendo are being beaten very very badly.

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Jenzo - 404 days 12 hours ago

Lol but I am =) haha! Thx anyways! Bubble for you as well.

Btw, do you see many PS3/360 commercials where you live?

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Diamondwolf - 404 days 9 hours ago

But I must say that you are handling yourself quite well and speaking some good shiznit that's honest, bubbles for you from me as well!

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drdistracto707 - 403 days 15 hours ago

jenzo, you are a fanboy, but you are a sensible one at that, + bubble for you

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Jenzo - 404 days 12 hours ago

He's the older 360 version of Hiphopgamer.

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cherrypie - 403 days 18 hours ago

"and also the biggest failure rate "

In pre-Summer-2007 versions of Xbox 360 perhaps.

Time for some new FUD son.

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Traveler - 403 days 14 hours ago

You're calling Bruce out about his article and then you go on to flat out lie about the relative sales of each console last year. I'm sorry, but check your facts, the 360 outsold the PS3 last year worldwide. I thought everybody knew that. It was talked about like crazy last year.

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callahan09 - 404 days 9 hours ago

100% agree, my friend.

The 360 having easy piracy as a selling point? That's not a good thing, buddy. Profit is made from game sales... if you're endorsing a product's easy piracy outlets, it leads to less software sales, which kind of defeats the purpose of being in the games business at all.

Also, he mentioned Xbox Live, well, as a counterpoint he should have mentioned that you can play on PSN for free.

He mentioned Nintendo's first-party development and publishing as a highlight of the Wii, well he should have mentioned Sony's, too. They have always been a top-notch games publisher with some very kick-ass and recognizable franchises.

And finally, he didn't even spell Blu-Ray correctly. Shows what he knows.

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GlossGreen - 404 days 12 hours ago

he did, as a marketing point no less.

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solidjun5 - 404 days 11 hours ago

*sigh*...why are articles still approved for N4G.

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RememberThe357 - 403 days 15 hours ago

Because some of them are good. Some of them...

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cherrypie - 403 days 18 hours ago

And, honestly, PS3 is loosing that USP as well.

You can buy a stand-alone BR player for $150.
You can buy a OEM internal BR player for $50.

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Sir_Ken_Kutaragi - 404 days 11 hours ago

...To it's DOOM!!! ;-D

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morganfell - 404 days 11 hours ago

The only surge was an electrical surge...followed by a bright red light. Three of them actually.

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Traveler - 403 days 15 hours ago

Woohoo, a bunch of 5 year old Playstation fanboys who cry whenever somebody doesn't agree with them that the PS3 is god's gift to humankind!

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Traveler - 403 days 15 hours ago

Oh, so now the failure rate is at 38%? Damn, you are such a lying troll. Even the 33% number that was bandied about was pure conjecture and never backed up by any solid evidence. Now you're trying to stretch that already suspicious percentage to 38%? Everything you wrote is way off base.

The 360 had 46 games in 2008 that scored over 80, the PS3 had 43. http://www.metacritic.com/g...
http://www.metacritic.com/g...

Furthermore, the 360 has a far larger overall game library.
Gamepro in their October 2008 issue reported that the 360 had over 3 times as many games as the PS3. Metacritic lists 522 games for the 360 and only 258 for the PS3. The PS3 has been out two-thirds as long as the 360 but it does not have anywhere close to two-thirds as many games--in fact, it's less than half.

You can't just add up the most recent sales numbers from the three major regions and try to say that adds up to the total worldwide sales. That's just lame, really lame. Those three regions are the major ones but they aren't the whole world. MS have reported that they will have reached 25 million by the end of this month and they have to answer for those numbers. It is extremely naive to believe they can just lie about those numbers and it shows a clear lack of understanding on your part that you think that they can.

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Jenzo - 404 days 12 hours ago

Yet, how many russians can afford to buy a console at all?

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Silogon - 404 days 12 hours ago

Don't get me wrong, man... I'm a fan of the xbox 360. Just not anywhere near what our pal Bruce seems to be. His numbers and stats are wrong... I believe the xbox 360 is outselling the Ps3, but again, his numbers and stats and information are horrifically blown out of proportion. Almost so much that they're not stats or facts, just lies.

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Danja - 404 days 12 hours ago

Thank You Jenzo , GOOD QUESTION...

Russia is bigger than those countries but Europe is thebiggest Game Mrket in the World where the PS3 sells the most..

ne ways Russia is a big game market...so M$ bragging about there sales there doesn't mean sqwat...maybe they sold..like..5,000 360's last week.....big deal

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Capt CHAOS - 404 days 12 hours ago

Microsoft don't lie. ... as much as sony.

After all, they are BOTH a pair of liars..

@pp, No I mean just that they are also liars. But I believe they are well ahead of PS3, don't let the fanboys say otherwise. Let's face it.. it's a cheaper console and been out longer and has a bigger games library with better scoring averages - check gamerankings.com

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Danja - 404 days 12 hours ago

Microsoft don't lie. ... as much as sony , They just happen to never tell the truth.

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Magic_The_Celt - 404 days 12 hours ago

HAHA 1 bubble, 1 bubble

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morganfell - 404 days 11 hours ago

Actually, I will correct it. Microsoft lies. Otherwise it would be Microsoft DOESN'T lie. Not don't, but rather doesn't. Just more proof for people that someone can hardly be trusted with analysis involving numerous calculations of worldwide sales when they cannot master third grade grammar.

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GlossGreen - 404 days 12 hours ago

really true. The dollar has been gaining significantly in the last couple of weeks against the European currencies, including the strong Euro.

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morganfell - 404 days 11 hours ago

Russia is a third world country with nuclear weapons.

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Traveler - 403 days 15 hours ago

See what jerks these guys can be?...calling Russia a developing country just to try and dismiss your comment.

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