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I'm so bored of typing this,I wish our gaming media were more accurate,but here goes.
When MS said they'd "sold" 10 million it was cooked figures.MS have re-evaluated what sold means.It now means the same as Sony's shipping figures(not their sold figures by the way).It's consoles "sold" to retailers not members of the public.MS had told everyone they would sell 10million by xmas06 and they also said that in console war,the first one to 10 million wins.Hence about 7-8 million sold became 10 million "sold".
Sony shipped 1 million to EU and sold 600000 in 2 days
Sony shipped 220000 to the UK and sold 165000 in 2 days.The number 1 and 2 games back this up.It's rare to do this at launch.
I think you expect too much.The 360 launch lacked any games as good as Resistance or Motorstorm and in fact I'd argue it only got those when Gears of War(good but overated)and Crackdown(my favourite next gen game)came out recently.I think the PS3 handles better,the GUI is massively superior to the gaudy mess of orange,purple and green on the 360(I've had it since launch so I'm in a good position for direct comparison).All the media functions are simple and function well and I feel the graphics are superior.There's a solidity to PS3s graphics that the 360 just doesn't have.I think Gears looks great but largely due to the good art design and I find Motorstorm more impressive and Resistance is pretty much there too.
All the talk of exclusives got me thinking.People say the PS has lost them all but tell me what exclusives the 360 will be left with now most of it's year one games are going multi format.Ghost recon,Rainbow six,Oblivion.Outside of Gears and Crackdown,show me the killer app exclusives of the first 15 months of 360.
Online will be the area that needs the most work,but that is the only area that MS has to pull on where it's experience exceeds Sony.Home looks more interesting and deep than Live.We will see.Let's be grown up thought and at least give the console a chance to mature.It's the best hardware and if the past tells you anything it's that Sony will have the games following.
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