NPD February: Xbox trumps all, PS3s still out of stock
The February NPD numbers are out for the U.S. and the sales figures look good for the most part. From the home console front, the Xbox 360 surprisingly took the number one spot with the Nintendo Wii taking a small dive.
The month of February looks extremely good with hardware sales up for the most part. The Xbox 360 sold 422k units during the month of February, which is a 27 percent boost in sales from last month. The Wii dropped 15 percent to 398k units sold. The PS3 increased by 30 percent to 360k following closely behind both the Wii and the Xbox 360.
The PSP made a surprising rebound with sales up to 133k a 33 percent increase. The most surprising platform performer is the PS2, which did a whopping 143 percent increase for the month of February to 102k units sold. Who said the PS2 was dead?
DS: 613KÂ Â Â Â Â +191K (45%)
360: 422KÂ Â Â +89K (27%)
Wii: 398KÂ Â Â Â Â -68K (-15%)
PS3: 360KÂ Â Â Â +83K (30%)
PSP: 133KÂ Â Â Â +33K (33%)
PS2: 102KÂ Â Â Â +60K (143%)
*Note: Nintendo responded that there was a shortage in the supply for the Wii across the U.S., explaining the decline in sales.
*Note: If you recall last month Sony announced that supply will be tight for the PS3. After a quick check on three of the largest retailers in the U.S. it looks like PS3s are very low in supply currently. Amazon is completely depleted with users selling the PS3 for as high as $369.95. EBGames is showing a backordered message and Best Buy has a “Sold out Online†message.
hmmm… I don’t think so
Check out the top 10 software sales for February:
1. BioShock 2 (Xbox 360) – 562.9K
2. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo Wii) – 555.6K
3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Xbox 360) – 314.3K
4. Just Dance (Nintendo Wii) – 275.4K
5. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo Wii) – 272.5K
6. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Playstation 3) – 252.8K
7. Mass Effect 2 (Xbox 360) – 246.5K
8. Dante’s Inferno Divine Edition (Playstation 3) – 242.5K
9. Dante’s Inferno (Xbox 360) – 224.7K
10. Heavy Rain (Playstation 3) – 219.3K
Points of interest -
- Bioshock 2 ruled on the Xbox 360 in February with the PS3 version no where in sight. Could the PS3 contingent still have a grudge against 2K Games?
- No surprise to see COD: MW2 in the top ten for both the Xbox 360 and PS3.
- Mass Effect 2 still in the top ten. Surprisingly low for its first full sales month as it only had five days of sales in January.
- Dante’s Inferno Divine Edition more popular on PS3 than the regular version on the Xbox 360? I wonder if there is some kind of God of War correlation there.
- Heavy Rain, a new IP made it onto the top 10 with only five days worth of sales. Will it have long legs or will it drop off the radar? Only time will tell.
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March 12th, 2010
This is what you call you’re typical “cock bag” information. Dude I don’t give a boner about Microshaft’s Xbox 360.
The product is barely reliable and on top of that the system on focuses on shooter games. Is that all those geeks at Microsoft focus on?? Don’t they ever think about women or any form of astronomical sequence!??!?
“Wow dude, uber pwnies man! uber pwnies!!!”
lol wow i sound like a geek myself…..well time to watch The Matrix Revolutions
March 12th, 2010
Not to be an assbag Mike, but I was just wondering….If there are only 6-10 billion people in the world, how in the world are Sony and Microsoft selling consoles by 100,000+???
I mean it just seems fictitious to me unless I’m misreading something. What, are people buying double consoles of the SAME console now???
I’ll be honest purchasing a PS3 alone was already enough for me! With my PS3 and Xbox 360, I’ve spent well over 3 grand in total. That includes games, accessories, & blu ray movies.
I think I’ll save my money now lol
March 12th, 2010
“Don’t they ever think about women or any form of astronomical sequence!??!?”
your either a woman or very sensetive lol
March 12th, 2010
“Not to be an assbag Mike, but I was just wondering….If there are only 6-10 billion people in the world, how in the world are Sony and Microsoft selling consoles by 100,000+???”
What I meant to say was monthly. How in the world is this happening by a monthly basis? What, are we reporting console sales from an unknown human population in outer space to justify these figures???
…..I think I should get back to my chocolate milk now….before I get riled up again
March 12th, 2010
you want the real answer why consoles sell so damn pertty? mulitple ways…1st of all its the thousands sold whitch is low compared to the billions…ppl buy multiple console via spite, failing hardware< thats the biggy, etc
March 12th, 2010
“Don’t they ever think about women or any form of astronomical sequence!??!?â€
your either a woman or very sensetive lol
Nope, none of the above. I’m just a guy who has a balance of fun and vagina in my life.
When you reach a certain age dude, you’ll see 
And shooter games are repetitive these days. There’s nothing wrong with the genre itself, but when 90 percent of video game companies are making the SAAAAAAME thing, it gets annoying.
Doesn’t anyone have a creative imagination anymore???!?!?!?
March 12th, 2010
“you want the real answer why consoles sell so damn pertty? mulitple ways…1st of all its the thousands sold whitch is low compared to the billions…ppl buy multiple console via spite, failing hardware< thats the biggy, etc"
So in technicality Microsoft is probably neck to neck or less than Sony is sales if re-purchases were secluded from the sales list.
That's a sleazy way of business. Deceiving shareholders with fake numbers….Oh well, it's their money being wasted, not mine. Better them than me
March 12th, 2010
Here we go again, ‘NPD’ sales numbers. Meh.
And was going to say the same thing about Dante’s inferno, considering that GoW3 on the PS3.
As for the comment about the PS3′s current price on Amazon, Mike, it is being sold as high as $775 + $3.99 shipping and as low as 351.99 + $13.99 shipping.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B002I0J4VQ/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1268368835&sr=8-1&condition=new
The 250gb one starts from $449.95 -_- I wouldn’t pay for either of those prices knowing that it is just because of a shortage. (Mine was the MGS4 bundle 80GB/BC/Card readers etc + Pain voucher and an extra controller for about $549)
March 12th, 2010
The only way Microsoft was able to beat PS3 and Wii because both companies were facing shortages. Microsoft just really lucky at the perfect time. Next month they go back to last. The Xbox 360 is never in the top ten in Amazon only PS3 and Wii. Xbox is usually rank at least 70.
With God of War III and Final Fantasy XIII plus the announcement of PlayStation Move. And hopefully more PS3 to meet the high demand for the console. I bet Sony’s going back to shining again plus profit time.
March 12th, 2010
Hey what is Final Fantasy about? My friends have talked about it since jr. high school but I never got into it. Is it like Zelda but more in depth?
March 12th, 2010
I hope that you’re not kidding with that question TFOS.
Every final fantasy game has its own storyline(exception: FFX and FFX-2).
There are common things between them, like Chocobos(a type of birds), Cid(a genius character), etc. Most of the games differ in the fighting styles, but they are all RPG’s(duh).
You know what, on a second thought:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy
Be sure to skip Final Fantasy XI though, I wasted about 4~5 years of my life on that crap.
And no Roca, they are not killing the game because of FFXIV, since FFXI is still making money for them.
March 12th, 2010
The names Future of Sega dude. And no, I’m not kidding. Final Fantasy seems like Pokemon or something….oh well.
March 12th, 2010
I only typed it out as TFOS, because of reading other pages at the same time, and trying to not pass out since it is 4:31am.
But you know…after having to type this response out, I may as well just type the full names next time, because this response itself took way more time than just typing the full name. <.<
March 12th, 2010
Sony better get their supply problems in check prior to FF13 and GOW3 come out (which means…now).
If a big FF fan can’t find a ps3 to play the best version on they’ll simply pick up a shitbox.
I personally haven’t really been paying to much attention to supply but it seemed to be that the ps3 was always selling more on Amazon than the 360 whenever I went there.
I can’t say anything about the Bioshock numbers differential, but one thing I can say is I’m still surprised by the high scores the game received. Seriously…talk about bringing practically nothing new to the table. Anyone disagree with me here?
March 12th, 2010
Just finished Bioshock2 and thoroughly enjoyed it. Was as good as the first, but got rid of the annoying things about the first. I got it on ps3 format too
March 12th, 2010
added:
+ better camera for research
+ harvesting bodies with little sister throughout game
+ Multiplayer
+ two handed equips
+ remote hack (my favorite)
took away:
- back tracking
- inventing
- circus of values music
I found it to be too much like the first one. It’s odd seeing PS3 games getting blasted in reviews for this type of thing but Bioshock more or less gets a pass. IMO it’s not what a sequel should do. Look at the differences between ME2 and Uncharted 2 from the previous to see “how to make a sequel”
I really hope they don’t make Bioshock 3 and just move on with the “Shock” series. Give us somehthing fresh…….
It’s still a good game. Just not great like its predecessor.
I guess I have to wait until Dead Space 2 to see how a true sequel should be.
March 12th, 2010
Brilliant to see the 360 beat the wii, although I’m sure if they continue to do so nintendo will just drop their price considering it is still priced quite high considering it’s technically a last gen console.
So has there really been ps3 shortages for 2 months now? Hmm
March 12th, 2010
When it comes to game sales the 360 seems to continually beat the ps3. This month was around double.
Anyone got any theories on why this is?
March 12th, 2010
I’ve been trying to pick up a slim with weekly visits to EB games, walmart and superstore, for the past month. On those occasions, only the 250gb model was available for a couple weeks(which I won’t waste money on since I have an SSD to put into it) and even now those are out of supply.
EB games claims that they have huge stock coming in next week. We’ll see.
March 12th, 2010
xbox sucks donkey dick and so does ivan_GAY
March 12th, 2010
These results were expected. America is still too biased over foreign products.
March 12th, 2010
sorral – “And no Roca, they are not killing the game because of FFXIV, since FFXI is still making money for them”
wtf does that have to do with me?
March 12th, 2010
CON
bigger instal base. year head start
March 12th, 2010
Bigger install base yes but ain’t as big as half.
March 12th, 2010
“When it comes to game sales the 360 seems to continually beat the ps3. This month was around double.
Anyone got any theories on why this is?”
OK…I’ll bite
Bioshock 2:
If you look at the first ones sales on the PS3 they are pretty abysmal, which is sad considering the quality of the game.
Most people that bought the first one obviously did so on the 360 as it was out first for over a year (18 months I think) on that console. Now if you have the first one on the the 360 it would seem more than likely that you would also buy the second one on the same console. The only reason I could see, that this wouldn’t occur would be due to no longer having a 360 due to hardware fault and having no choice but to pick it up on the PS3 instead.
Modern Warfare 2:
The percentage difference reflects the difference between the PS3 and 360 numbers in NA. I’m not doing the math right now so I might be slightly off. You could also use the Bioshock argument here as well, with people picking up the sequel on the console they bought the first one on and there was even a wider percentage difference in NA at the time of the first MW.
Mass Effect 2:
What can be said. The potential GOTY candidate is still on the charts but really took a nose dive in sales. That greatly helps the 360 sales still though in this month
Dates Inferno:
The PS3 simply sold more because it had the better version. Divine Edition stuff is paid DLC on the 360. Given that choice it seems wise to pick the PS3 version up instead.
Heavy Rain:
I’m actually surprised it made the top 10 given the experimental genre that it resided in. Quite a feat if you ask me and it makes me happy that it’s getting such a positive reception. It was also only on the charts for 4 days during the NPD numbers so it may even look better next month.
March 12th, 2010
“Anyone got any theories on why this is?”
yes i do, Global warming.it must be getting to people.cuz there is no way any one in their right mind would buy an xbox 3FixMe or a wii[and btw why tha fuck is this pos selling so damn well why why srsly WHY]over a glorious ps3
March 12th, 2010
Heavy Rain is a game I’d def like to get playing soon, my friend just bought it. It’s been very well advertised aswell.
March 12th, 2010
LOL@ 3FixMe!!!!
March 12th, 2010
Woah! XBox360 did great this month. Good for them. =)
By the way, the Madison Glitch at HR is hilarious! My brother got it at a friend´s place:
Random Nudeness + Drama = Absolute Awesomeness
Gotta go, this climate makes me want to get another Wii.
March 12th, 2010
Yeah Sony better flood the market with PS3s NOW. FFXIII & GOW3 are two great reasons for people to pick one up. If it’s not in the store, inpatient people will buy the first thing they see in stock (360).
Really glad to see Heavy Rain did so well in only a few short days. With critics and gamers giving the game the attention it deserves, it helps restore my faith in the gaming community.
March 12th, 2010
“It’s been very well advertised aswell.”
I have yet to see one commercial. Although…I usually skip commercials and DVR everything.
I did see the Gamestop GOW3 commercial. pretty good but I like the ME2 GS commercial better.
“Do you ever wonder where they go?”
March 12th, 2010
@CON
Its funny how common sense seems to eludes most pelople, xbots especially.
You asked why ms seems to always have more software sales. Hmm ill try my best to explain to you:
In the past, its been purely due to ms having the 10mill lead…but what I find astonishing is usually, the xbox software is only ahead by a couple thousand units…despite having 10million more consoles…
But now is a different time…the lead is cut in half, and yet ms still outsells the ps3 software on multiplat games….let’s. Look at this year and ill tell you why:
Major releases this year:
Modern Warefare 2 (multi)
Mass Effect 2 (360, PC)
Heavy Rain (ps3)
Bad company 2 (multi)
MAG(ps3)
Final fantasy (multi)
God of War 3(ps3)
Uncharted 2(ps3)
See the list, 1 xbox exclusive compared to sonys 4… in that list, ps3 owners have 7/8 titles to spend money on…chances are, it will go to the exclusives rather than the multi games..
Now look at the selection of games ms has..they only have 4/8 games to choose from…y’all don’t have really anything to play other than the multi plat games…guess what ms people gonna buy up…
That seems like its going to be the case for you folks pretty much all year long…the biggest titles announced for you are…alan wake, which we got our superior equivalent in heavy rain and splinter cell, which we got our espionage fill in mgs4, and another halo…yiippeee!
Its no wonder y’all flocking to whatever is out there…the multi plat games, while we get to enjoy our gows, hrs, uncharted 2 etc…
March 12th, 2010
@jojo
Don’t want to pick holes for your major releases for this year but Uncharted 2 and MW2 came out last year.
“splinter cell, which we got our espionage fill in mgs4″
So ps3 users have had their fill of espionage games? Really?
March 12th, 2010
“When it comes to game sales the 360 seems to continually beat the ps3. This month was around double.
Anyone got any theories on why this is?”
Because these are US numbers only stupid.
March 12th, 2010
FOS, I have two PS3s one in the living room and one in my bedroom.
I’m going to buy a third for my daughter’s room.
They are great for streaming movies.
March 12th, 2010
CON – “Don’t want to pick holes for your major releases for this year but Uncharted 2 and MW2 came out last year.”
ok….major release this year
-ME2 (360)
-MAG (PS3)
-FF13 (360/PS3)
-Bioshock 2 (360/PS3)
-Dante’s Inferno (360/PS3)
-Heavy Rain (PS3)
-WKC (PS3)
-GOW3 (PS3)
-Bayonetta (360/PS3)
-Darksiders (360/PS3)
-MLB 10: The Show (PS3)
-BF:BC2 (360/PS3)
games to choose on the 360 = 6 (1 exclusive)
games to choose on the PS3 = 11 (5 exclusive)
March 12th, 2010
“When it comes to game sales the 360 seems to continually beat the ps3. This month was around double.
Anyone got any theories on why this is?”
Con
First there is the fact that in the early days the PS3 was bought by many just to be a BluRay Player is a factor to the poor sales on the PS3.
Second, I siad before that I was going to monitor game sales on the PS3 after the slim dropped and so far my suspicios seem correct that the majority of people buying the PS3 slim are repeat buyers that already owned the PS3 fat because a mojority of PS3 game sales don’t even make the top 10 to this day.
March 12th, 2010
@Phranc
@ncaissie
@liquid
look at this RRoD coffin
http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/slideshow/330509/aussie_designer_builds_xbox_360_rod_coffin_accessory_/
March 12th, 2010
Well my theory is the 360 online community.
I put this down to the simple fact that headsets do not come standard with the ps3. I think if they start bundling them in it will add more atomsphere when playing games like MW2.
Very rarely do you get anyone without a headset on games like MW2 on the 360. Same goes for the PC community.
March 12th, 2010
LOL @ ROCA
That’s pretty sweet! I might do a bulk offer of 5!
March 12th, 2010
“That’s pretty sweet! I might do a bulk offer of 5!”
LOL…..that’s how many 360 you’ve gone through?
March 12th, 2010
See already two people have admitted to buying multiple PS3 on this thread alone and others have done so in the past. ncaissie has 3 which I find pretty stupid. If I was going to buy 3 systems I would at least have all 3.
March 12th, 2010
@CON
I really can’t disagree with the headset logic. It’s also more convenient to plug it into the controller for power (maybe I’m wrong) while I need to keep mine plugged into the PS3 to charge…sometimes I forget to charge it and I then don’t end up using it.
The 360 made the headset “not faggy”. I remember being somewhat embarrassed to have people walk in on me playing PC games with a headset.
Of course online community doesn’t really help the Bioshock 2 ass whooping that the 360 version gave to the ps3 version simply because Bioshock was more known as a SP experience.
March 12th, 2010
its cheaper to get a headset than to pay for XBL.
March 12th, 2010
“look at this RRoD coffin
http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/slideshow/330509/aussie_designer_builds_xbox_360_rod_coffin_accessory_/
LMFAO…. oh this is fuckin priceless
March 12th, 2010
I’ll probably get scrutinized because I have no link for the graph I’ve seen, but I also believe that the 360 demographic is younger than that of the PS3.
Since I don’t have the graph I can only use examples.
First and foremost. The PS3 started out at $600.
Thats no kids toy price. People that pay that can afford to.
CAD’s response as it being used as a cheaper blu ray player earlier isn’t altogether wrong, but I really don’t think that’s affecting the sales in such a big way. Remember….HDDVD hardware was selling better than blu ray hardware in its day due to cheaper machines and they still only moved 100K machines. It wasn’t until firesales that the hardware moved. the 360 sold 70K. What I’m getting at is when we’re talking 30 million consoles thats a weeks worth of sales…..So I don’t think thats the reason.
I also disagree with CAD’s so many people buying multiple console logic. It’s just not true. Here doesn’t represent everywhere.
Even with the PS3 shortages console sales are up 30% and the 360′s are up 8% from last year. It’s obvious that the price is helping it move and with more consoles out there the obvious next move of more software sales is inevitable.
March 12th, 2010
Another thing about the demographic.
Most younger people I know (step brother…cousin…etc) have a 360 rather than a PS3. The PS brand generation is older by proof of what I see daily.
March 12th, 2010
@CON
Lol I did forget that mw2 and uc2 came out last year as I received them for christmas and traded mw2 for bc2 reservation…hehe good catch
March 12th, 2010
Phranctoast
Wow, couldn’t have said what you said better..right on with what ithink aswell…ok back to ff13 I got 3 days to beat it beofre gow3…
March 12th, 2010
“ok back to ff13 I got 3 days to beat it beofre gow3″
yeahh….good luck
March 12th, 2010
CAD’s response as it being used as a cheaper blu ray player earlier isn’t altogether wrong,
Phranctoast how is that wrong. That is a Fact!
The Bottom line is that in the early days the PS3 was the cheapest Bluray Players on the market and Vidofiles bought it for their Bluray Players. $700 Bluray vs. $1000-2000 Stand alone Bluray Player. One of the reasons I called the PS3 a trojan Horse.
March 12th, 2010
Yeah I know right, but I’m 28, been gaming since nes/sega master system games and those games were A LOT tougher to beat than todays…I have a cbance lol
Within the last month I’ve been completing the following games in prep before gow3 releases:
Tekken 6
Uncharted 2
Dragon age origins
Uncharted
Games I haven’t even touched but am eager too
Heavy rain
Mag
But I got hella sidetracked when bc2 beta and demo released..
Now ff13 released…lol I’m falling behind..
On the brightside though I have over 500 knife kills in bad company 2 already
March 12th, 2010
“First there is the fact that in the early days the PS3 was bought by many just to be a BluRay Player is a factor to the poor sales on the PS3. ”
bull shit.
March 12th, 2010
@jojo
Im way behind on some games just like you.
I have completed:
Uncharted 2
Ratchet & Clank
Demon’s Souls
Heavy Rain
GoW Collection
im sill behind:
Borderlands
Dragon Age Origins
Assassin’s Creed
Bioschock 2
right now im playing FF13 100% of my playing time, next will I will play Gow3 the most and some FF13 on my spare time. after im done with GoW3 I will go back to FF13 and some Bioschok 2 in between.
March 12th, 2010
@CAD
“In the begining I called the ps3 a trojan horse”
Your both right and wrong…mostly wrong tho, as usual, no surprise right lol
Your right in terms that Sony wanted to push br using the blu ray, but your wrong on the reasoning.
At the time, I can see how hard it would be for you to see the advantages br would bring to gaming. Sony called it. Br is needed for gaming, so a br-d built in the ps3 is no longer it being a trojan horse, but a necessity. This fact and acannot be argued with.
Facts:
Capcom says br is needed
Konami says br is needed
Rockstar says br is needed
Blah, blah, more companies say br is needed
Companies say 360hardware is limiting their games
Arguing that br is not needed would be arguing against all listed developers, it not only makes you look stupid and fanboyish, but really, whose gonna take your word over actual game developers…
March 12th, 2010
@ncaissie
Yeah, thats my favourite arguement of all time
March 12th, 2010
“ncaissie has 3 which I find pretty stupid. If I was going to buy 3 systems I would at least have all 3.”
LOL stupid? Stupid is buying a consol you know dam well is going to die many times before the warranty is up and one time after.
I do have a Wii. I can’t help it if my kids and I prefer PS3 over the 3fixme.
My 4 and 6 year olds enjoy the wii though.
My nephews got their 360 back and said the hell with it and got a PS3.
Game stop told me they were sold out of PS3s last month but just got some new ones in.
I bet they sell some on Monday/Tuesday
March 12th, 2010
I must admit though, I don’t use my stand alone BR much. I just pop it in the PS3. My wife uses the PS3 also but only because we have the remote. Other wise she would use the stand alone one.
March 12th, 2010
@CAD.
Did you read what else I wrote? I was basically saying that it being used as a cheaper blu ray player wasn’t effecting the sales ratio as you put it. I used HDDVD units as an example. They sold more than stand alone blu ray players and they only sold 100K. Now use that as an example of how many blu ray players sold just for blu ray use and you can see how it would have little effect on sales ratio.
More than likely demographic plays a big role. PS3′s demographic is older, and older people tend to have more responsibilities/children which translate into them buying less games and playing them less.
March 12th, 2010
“Now use that as an example of how many PS3′s sold just for blu ray use and you can see how it would have little effect on sales ratio.”
That’s what that was supposed to say….
March 12th, 2010
“and older people tend to have more responsibilities/children which translate into them buying less games and playing them less.”
I can vouch for that
It’s a dam good thing my mom came up to help with the kids over March break. My wife will need it while I play GOW 3.
March 12th, 2010
March 12th, 2010
Dam Smilies
March 12th, 2010
try with spaces.
March 12th, 2010
enjoy your weekend guys..and remember God of War 3 comes out in a few days
March 12th, 2010
You too Roca
March 12th, 2010
ohh btw…GOW3 is only using 50% of the graphics engine
March 12th, 2010
LOL
March 12th, 2010
On the pole. Whom ever put “No-one Here will Agree†Must have been a jealous xbot that thinks everyone should worship the all mighty 3 shitty.
March 12th, 2010
I’m going to have to agree with CAD. Buying multiple consoles is pretty stupid. It means that you have too much time on your hands.
And besides Ncaisse, what do you plan on doing with those 3 PS3′s? Advertising? Selling?
One is good enough for me. The only time I “received” a second console was when my original Xbox overheated and I placed it in the freezer to cool it down. lol I was 14 at the time and didn’t know better.
But uh anyways I took it back to Circuit City and they exchanged a new Xbox with me. That was the ONLY time I received 2 console of the same time.
And since then I have been leery of Microsoft’s products. If my 360 breaks down then I’m done with it. If Customer service refuses to fix it, well…..I’ll just solve the problems through litigation.
March 12th, 2010
Take note CAD, this is the ONLY time I will agree with you…..Mr. Xbot Arse
March 12th, 2010
“in that list, ps3 owners have 7/8 titles to spend money on…chances are, it will go to the exclusives rather than the multi games..”
That theory would work great if it weren’t for 360 software still outselling all PS3 titles combined worldwide this year by 1.2M.
I would say 360 selling more in the US is because of having more consoles in the US, as the 360 selling more titles worldwide is due to them having more consoles worldwide.
But the PS3 has still sold 430,000 more units in just the first quarter worldwide, which means they are well on track to closing the gap even further this year by ~2M, so this should give PS3 a better standing by next year as far as software sales go.
“Dante’s Inferno Divine Edition more popular on PS3 than the regular version on the Xbox 360? I wonder if there is some kind of God of War correlation there.”
More likely Sony buying some of the DLC to incentivize the purchase for PS3 owners. Similar to but not exactly the same as Batman AA.
March 12th, 2010
@CarlB
1.2 million units….wow..that’s reall all you have to defend the 360 with? Come on man, let’s see, xbots always tout their “large install base” as a bullet point, but the game sales don’t really reflect that. They have a 4million+ “lead” over the ps3 and they managed a “meager” 1.2million lead in total software sales? Where’s the ‘massive’ 360 library software sales??
But, you weren totally negative, I agree with, ps3 is and will close that gap, i’d dare say if not before gran turismo, then definitely gt will either close the gap even or surpass it..
Also, forgot who it was but someone mentioned the ps3 was selling poorly in the begining….I have to disagree, proportionally, it has been selling well at a more steady pace than the 360, proportionally speaking..if you were to look at a sales graph, the 360 has much more spikes and plateaus than the ps3, the ps3′s line would a be a steady rise, no plateaus really…heck in 08 I believe, 360 sales slumped, all year at that, pse handed ms its ass, but, gears2 and a price drop saved ms fiscal year for 360…a well played card on the 360, but one has to wonder…was that ms final ace up its sleeve?? Ever since then, really, not much excitement on the 360 side of things..
Also, sony still has yet to bring out its final ace…there still many unreleased big titles from naughty dog, etc.
And really, a price drop for ms I believe will not surpass their first drop. What I mean by this is, the 360 is already at the mass market price point, but, sales, really haven’t gone up as evidenced by sony still closing the gap…
Sonys price drop will have a much more significant impact, just from the masses finally seeing the value of the features the ps3 has to offer, lol, the same features the xbots have been downplaying will come and bite them in the ass
Wifi
Free online
Br player
Customizable hd
Reliable hardware
March 12th, 2010
“wow..that’s reall all you have to defend the 360 with?”
jojo, if you actually read what I stated, you would see I wasn’t “defending” the 360, just rebutting your theory on overall software sales with sales figures for the year, then offering an alternate theory which was based upon the same hardware sales you mentioned yet again.
“360 is already at the mass market price point”
I would have to disagree, as $149 was the price point that was responsible for about half (48%) of all PS2 sales.
That the 360 is still doing so well 4 years after launch, with a year older hardware, and up against last gen’s uncontested leader is really amazing. I would have thought Sony PS3 would surpass 360 in sales at least a year ago, if not two, but I guess I overestimated the Sony fanbase.
The good news for Sony is that it still leads Microsoft in overall product sales with PS2 and PSP, and if only ~60% of existing PS2 buyers purchase a PS3 then they will have overtaken Microsoft in the U.S. Microsoft needs to do something quick in order to keep their lead, but they may already be putting much of their resources into the next gen. Either way, I’m sure we will both see another ~$50 price drop come Nov. ’10 for both PS3, 360, and Wii.
March 12th, 2010
erm… take out “both”… I added Wii as an afterthought at the last minute.
March 12th, 2010
CarlB
Just give up….u sound desperate
March 12th, 2010
Jojo keeps schooling carlb, is not even funny anymore
March 12th, 2010
Xbox 360 is getting beat down over again any ways. Lucky month doesn’t mean shit. Sony is catching really fast too bad this month they ran out of PS3 the demand is just so high. Even the Wii was short. Unlike Microsoft which had a bunch in stock wonder why LMFAO.
March 12th, 2010
“And besides Ncaisse, what do you plan on doing with those 3 PS3’s? Advertising? Selling?”
One for me, one for my daughter and one for the rest of the family.
We not all palm jerking xbots. Some of us have families.
March 12th, 2010
CarlB actually brought up good points. Only problem with the ps2 doing so well almost everyone i know has owned at least two in its lifetime due to the faulty laser. And there was no way sony was gonna pass 360 in 2008/9.
March 12th, 2010
“That theory would work great if it weren’t for 360 software still outselling all PS3 titles combined worldwide this year by 1.2M.”
I would like to see where u get these number from.
your ass?
March 12th, 2010
I have 2 ps3′s
One ps3 phat for the lounge room for the wife to watch blu-rays (and for my boy to play) This is also where my boy’s 360 and the Wii reside.
One Ps3 slim in my “game room” for “me” time.
I would suggest that 360 owners would own multiple units as well, probably for the same reasons (and for unit failures ….. I had to throw that in – lol)
March 13th, 2010
Thanks Roma.
NC,
“I would like to see where u get these number from.”
http://www.vgchartz.com/yearly.php
March 13th, 2010
RomasantaMC:
I own 6 PS2 fat from 2001 and 2002 plus 2004 and i only got the disc read error one time only on Blue-Disc not Blu-ray Disc LoL. Sony stop making those disc so every was basically fixed. And they gave everyone a free game.
Spideydog:
I have 4 PS3 i beat you LoL.
1 60GB PS3 with firmware 1.10
2 Backwards compatible 80GB PS3
1 Not backwards compatible also 80GB model.
Soon a lot of 40gb for SOCOM. I need to own 12 more PS3 by October.
I beat you here to LoL because own 3 Xbox 360.
2 20GB Xbox 360 dies E74 fixed and hacked still works LoL
1 Arcade model works flawlessly
Soon 1 more.
You beat me on the Wii i don’t have that crap.
CarlB:
Stop LoL you just sad to see. Just face Xbox 360 would never be better then PS3 is a fact just deal with it like the whole has been doing. VGCharts LMFAO.
March 13th, 2010
I’m not in competition with anyone Ivan, so you win, revel in your own glory. I was merely explaining why I have more than 1 Ps3.
By the way, I am interested in getting another xbox360 for my games room (for my own use, not family) So ps3 owners aren’t the only one’s that buy numerous consoles. It would be an easier decision for me if the 360 would come with a wireless adaptor built in ……
March 13th, 2010
Spideydog:
Buddy i know you weren’t i just loving bragging. Almost every PS2 owner have or has 3 3 PS2 in their life. PlayStation owners always buy multiple console to have not because is like Xbox 360 it doesn’t die every month.
March 13th, 2010
“multiple console to have not because is like” LMFAO.
March 13th, 2010
Boo Hoo CarlB needs a life other then being Bill Gates little bitch. Bad spelling mistake wow big deal.
March 13th, 2010
Did you manage to beat God of War Collection yet Ivan?
March 13th, 2010
Yup
March 13th, 2010
Nice. See? I told you it wasn’t that hard and was worth the effort.
March 13th, 2010
Dude i beat God of War 1 & 2 on PS2 years ago. I was even trying. I beat Resistance 1 the first day i got my PS3. I beat all these game on the same day or second date that i got them. And no it was not worth the effort well maybe just for the trophies other then that fuckNO.
inFAMOUS
UNCHARTED: Drake’s Fortune
UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves
Killzone 2
God of War on PS2
God of War on PS2
Fable II and was i bored as hell
Bioshock on Xbox 360
Gears of War it was not bad
I have a lot of incomplete games because i don’t bother.
March 13th, 2010
I used to have 2 PS3s, but upgraded computer since selling one of them, and my wife prefers to play on the computer instead now. I am buying another PS3, but only to replace (and reduce electricity usage) of my current fat unit.
March 14th, 2010
@Roca
LOLZ! at RROD XBOX360 COFFIN!!!
You nailed it! (pun)
once again an amazing comment!
Laughter is the best medicine!
An IVAN_PSP is the officail undertaker!
March 14th, 2010
One of the best images I have ever seen in years!
March 16th, 2010
Then why did you tell me you were having so much troubles with God of War Collection that you lent it to somebody else Ivan? It’s not that hard especially the second time around lol.
March 16th, 2010
Why do you bother Carlb? This is the guy that talks up the Last Guardian but hasn’t played Shadow of the Colossus.
March 16th, 2010
“Dude i beat God of War 1 & 2 on PS2 years ago.”
Dude you say this and I just read a post where you said you didn’t play 2 yet and it was still in the wrapper. Any you say you don’t lie.