So the 360 outsold the PS3. How?

Ever since the slim came out its been selling like hotcakes. Everyone expected it to outsell the 360 with those black friday sales. How could it not? It sold twice as much as the 360 in one week! Seeing as the NPD thread got 10 pages in under an hour, I want to steal some posters.

1. Did the 360 outsell the PS3 slim because it is loosing momentum? Is it slowing down to the origional PS3 sales and the pricecut is settling in?

2. Did the 360 outsell the PS3 because of Modern Warfare 2? It is the best selling game ever and, since more people have 360s in the US, they would buy the game with the 360. Why would you buy a console for MW2 and pick the PS3? It just makes sense.

3. It could go either way. It was probably a combination of events and an allining of the stars that let this happen.

4. Peh! Sales don't matter. I clicked on this thread because I wanted to make fun of all the people who bring it up! (for the record, they don't matter. But come on, this could be a fun debate. let's go for it!)

It's hard to speculate, but obviously the bannings of Xbox 360's (over a Million) right before really helped out.

The $100 Xbox from Walmart helped as well.

I don't care too much, but I know you sales folks have a lot to figure out I 'spose.

MW2 on the 3660 sold a **** ton, in fact its was 10 **** tons so yeah im guessing that help a little

I would say it's a combination of the banned Xbox accounts and the release of CoD. We all knew CoD would sell consoles.

MW2 bundles and that $99 deal helped a lot. I don't think the bannings made much difference. Either way I found the best gif for this occasion-

where is the option for Banned 360 owners had to buy a new one?stereointegrity

I honestly was thinking of it before I made the thread, I was going to stick it with the MW2 option, but... I forgot. Just click other.

playstation lost alot of ground to xbox this gen. andits all about popularity

its that simple

even when PS3 was beating it itwas by small amounts

just look at how much more MW2 sold on 360. NA is 360 country

Banned users probably had a nice impact.

Maybe because MS offers a better product for gamers? Just a thought...

Umm US is full of stupid consumers that don't recognize value when they see it or they were dumb enough to not know that mw2 also came out on ps3.

jyoung312

Maybe because MS offers a better product for gamers? Just a thought...

heysharpshooter

Maybe because MS offers a better product for gamers? Just a thought...

heysharpshooter

facebook and twitter, obviously

:P

Im guessing its the MW2 push.. will see what happens in This month and also this month will be the release of FFXIII in Japan.. that also will change things

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Maybe because MS offers a better product for gamers? Just a thought...

gamefan274

both consoles are competitivaly priced and feature most of the same games, yet MS was on top again. Clearly, Uncharted 2 did not prove to be the system seller it was hyped to be, much like MGS4. Looks like all the hope of Sony rests with God of War 3 now.

I just think Sony got beat straight up. No cheap tricks or corporate conspiracy. They lost fair and square.

Umm US is full of stupid consumers that don't recognize value when they see it or they were dumb enough to not know that mw2 also came out on ps3.

jyoung312

Lol... What?

Try not to insult an entire nation my friend. It comes off as a little desperate.

just cuz PS3 is a better value people have to get it?

xbox has taken over NA deal with it, not really cuz of wii

but it took alot from playstation

Maybe because MS offers a better product for gamers? Just a thought...

heysharpshooter

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Umm US is full of stupid consumers that don't recognize value when they see it or they were dumb enough to not know that mw2 also came out on ps3.

Revolution316

Yes..calling the consumers in a country dumb - sounds like a real winner to me.

Umm US is full of stupid consumers that don't recognize value when they see it or they were dumb enough to not know that mw2 also came out on ps3.

jyoung312

:cry: I can hear u over my speakers

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Umm US is full of stupid consumers that don't recognize value when they see it or they were dumb enough to not know that mw2 also came out on ps3.

Kennysolidsnake

Ok when they say NA does that include also Canada? just asking :P... anyways i really dont get it.. its either people there are blind or got no taste :P jk .. sigh this is complicated, sony need to do more advertising and put it on TV adds in USA ohw ell will see what happenes this month.. the month of FFXIII

do you guys know how many people dont go online or dont have high speed internet?

for those people the 360arcade is prolly the best buy

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Umm US is full of stupid consumers that don't recognize value when they see it or they were dumb enough to not know that mw2 also came out on ps3.

Kennysolidsnake

I actually think this shows that the PS3 will never overtake the 360 this gen. Think about it...The PS3 released Killzone 2 and Uncharted 2 this year (2 of their biggest exclusives besides MGS4 last year), according to cows this has been the 360's worst year, the PS3 has just dropped the price of the console $100 and completely remodeled their console, plus they are in the midst of a huge maketiting campagne, and still the 360 outsold them after only 2 months of increased sales for the PS3. And I will tell you right now that there is no way the PS3 will outsell the 360 next holiday, after Reach and Natal come out.ArchaoN

You relly shouldnt make it sound like its gonna win worldwide, 360 could still win but in USA.. when you look WorldWide thats a diffrent topic. ps3 is winning in JApan and Eu

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Umm US is full of stupid consumers that don't recognize value when they see it or they were dumb enough to not know that mw2 also came out on ps3.

jyoung312

GASP! Moms don't care about online play??? The horror!

I think Modern Warfare was the main factormgkennedy5

I don't have a current gen console yet (hope to have one in a couple weeks), so I'm not exactly on one side or the other. But to be completely honest, if you want to know why Xbox is selling so much better than the PS3, all you have to do is look at XBL. Since multiplayer is becoming such a huge force in the gaming industry, it would only make sense that the console with the larger online community will continue to sell more consoles. XBL has a few years lead over the PSN. Until the status quo changes, Microsoft will continue leading Sony in the console market, sad to say.

[QUOTE="mgkennedy5"]I think Modern Warfare was the main factorjyoung312

Or realized that it's almost pointless to play a game online if nobody has a headset...

But I guess it's easier to blame it on a commerical and the US being dumb and not doing their research...

[QUOTE="jyoung312"][QUOTE="mgkennedy5"]I think Modern Warfare was the main factorbezaire2005

Or realized that it's almost pointless to play a game online if nobody has a headset...

Really now? Must of been a surprised to all those people that game on the PS3 and PC without headsets. And what game seriously require you to communicate?

[QUOTE="ArchaoN"]I actually think this shows that the PS3 will never overtake the 360 this gen. Think about it...The PS3 released Killzone 2 and Uncharted 2 this year (2 of their biggest exclusives besides MGS4 last year), according to cows this has been the 360's worst year, the PS3 has just dropped the price of the console $100 and completely remodeled their console, plus they are in the midst of a huge maketiting campagne, and still the 360 outsold them after only 2 months of increased sales for the PS3. And I will tell you right now that there is no way the PS3 will outsell the 360 next holiday, after Reach and Natal come out.finalstar2007

You relly shouldnt make it sound like its gonna win worldwide, 360 could still win but in USA.. when you look WorldWide thats a diffrent topic. ps3 is winning in JApan and Eu

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[QUOTE="heysharpshooter"]

Maybe because MS offers a better product for gamers? Just a thought...

heysharpshooter

both consoles are competitivaly priced and feature most of the same games, yet MS was on top again. Clearly, Uncharted 2 did not prove to be the system seller it was hyped to be, much like MGS4. Looks like all the hope of Sony rests with God of War 3 now.

I just think Sony got beat straight up. No cheap tricks or corporate conspiracy. They lost fair and square.

Hold up there I NEVER said they cheaply won the month. I said that I was surprised. I haven't said anything in this thread to make it seem like I'm a PS3 fanboy. I expected the PS3 to outsell the 360. It didn't. I don't know why. I thought it would. I'm curious to see what you guys have to say.

Uncharted 2 was never hyped as a system seller. It was hyped as a AAAE GOTY. It's an amazing game. Look at my avatar, Uncharted 2 is the best game I've played in years and even I know that it wasn't a system seller. It should have been. But it wasn't . God of War had 2 games on the PS2. If that doesn't sell systems not much will.

Yes, Sony lost fair and square. I agree. Don't put words in my mouth.

3 Things: $100 Arcade MW2 Elite 360 Banned Consoles which caused a bunch of people to get the $100 arcade Genius move by MS, very subtle, very effective.KukicAdo

I hate your sig man.. I hate anything and anyone EMO..Kennysolidsnake

And yet you have a thread saying your "Quitting gaming" b/c the 360 outsold the PS3. How ******' emo is that?

Like someone said above, it's because of Facebook and Twitter. :lol:

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[QUOTE="jyoung312"] It's a game you can play on both systems but then again ppl probably just saw the best buy commercial and did little to no research.OneLazyAsian

Or realized that it's almost pointless to play a game online if nobody has a headset...

Really now? Must of been a surprised to all those people that game on the PS3 and PC without headsets. And what game seriously require you to communicate?

-A LOT more pc gamers have headsets than PS3 gamers. Pairing them together tells me you really don't know much about online gaming...you must have a PS3.

-If you are any decent at online team games, you communicate. Regardless, some people actually like to talk to other people. I know that may come as a surprise to you. Some of us don't only talk to people when "required" to do so.

[QUOTE="KukicAdo"]3 Things: $100 Arcade MW2 Elite 360 Banned Consoles which caused a bunch of people to get the $100 arcade Genius move by MS, very subtle, very effective.tbolt76

how do they not include wal-mart? that doesnt make any sense

I'm sure the bannings had an impact. However, I won't fault M$ for that, if you're stupid enough to get yourself banned, that's your problem.

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[QUOTE="KukicAdo"]3 Things: $100 Arcade MW2 Elite 360 Banned Consoles which caused a bunch of people to get the $100 arcade Genius move by MS, very subtle, very effective.johnnyblazed88

how do they not include wal-mart? that doesnt make any sense