PS3 vs. Xbox 360 vs. Wii (live numbers inside)

[STILLDRE IS THE GODFATHER]

the wii is selling better than i expected i stilol have a standard xbox and ps2 i feel so ashamed i need to get either a 360 or a wii

[Mr. O]

I don't like the features of ps3.  Go xbox360 and weeeeeeeee!

[Raphael]

im getting a PS3 on friday so Go PS3!

[LyRiCaL_G]

^^imma get one near xmas times i think or my older bro is a converted muslim, maybe imma celebrate eid with him and ask him to cop me a ps3 sometime,haha....truth, i aint got the bread right now to cop a ps3...shits gon get alot bigger with the ps3 euro launh tho still

[Trauma-san]

Somebody earlier was suggesting Nintendo's great Wii sales were because of it's overseas launches.  Here's the figures for only the states... I like how the dude from EGM says "Nobody could have predicted that"... well, I did. 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20070320/tc_usatoday/playstation3isdown2to1tonintendoswii

By Mike Snider, USA TODAY
Tue Mar 20, 8:23 AM ET
 


Sony's new PlayStation 3 video game has gone from top dog to underdog in record time.

Despite the buildup and hype around its arrival in November, the PS3 has been outsold so far - at a rate of almost 2-to-1 - by the Nintendo Wii.


In February, the Wii was the top-selling console video game system with an estimated 335,000 sold, outpacing the Microsoft        Xbox 360 (228,000) and the PS3 (127,000), according to The NPD Group.

The battle for the living room: Sony, Microsoft square off with online offerings

For Sony, that performance "is simply abysmal," says Newsweek's N'Gai Croal. "The PS3 is sucking wind right now. …. Price is a factor. Some of the negative buzz is a factor. Some of the FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) is a factor. And the lack of a large number of triple-A software titles is a factor."


Nintendo's $250 Wii, released the same week as the PS3 ($500-$600), has sold about 1.9 million so far, compared with 1.1 million PS3s.


Initial online bidding for the PS3 soared to $2,000-plus, but four months later, customers can find ample supplies in stores while Wiis remain tough to come by. "It's a strange sight. Nobody would have predicted that," says Dan Hsu, editor in chief of Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine.


Sony counters that sales so far of the PS3, which launches in Europe this week, rival early sales of the Xbox 360 and PS2.


"I chuckle when you say we are in trouble, because when you couldn't find them on shelves, some said we were in trouble," says Sony Computer Entertainment's Dave Karraker. "So we're damned if we do and damned if we don't."


The PS3's early stumbles - fewer than expected shipments, extensive updates needed for backward compatibility - caused some analysts to reconsider how the market might play out.


Billy Pidgeon of IDC, in Framingham, Mass., expects the Wii to sell more than 16 million systems worldwide this year, compared with 10 million each for the PS3 and 360. "The PS3 is not breaking out of last place in market share anytime soon, (but) I believe the PS3's momentum will increase in the second half of 2007."


More is at stake than just games. Sony and Hollywood studios backing the Blu-ray Disc high-definition movie format are hoping the PS3 will help it overcome the rival HD DVD format. PS3s are the lowest-priced Blu-ray players available.


Last fall, Microsoft released a $200 HD DVD add-on for the Xbox 360. Although Blu-ray Disc sales have risen since PS3's arrival, neither format has blossomed. "The PS3 is pretty important (to Blu-ray's success)," says Tom Adams of Adams Media Research.


Forthcoming games such as Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (due in September) and Final Fantasy XIII (December) could energize the core gaming audience, Hsu says. "Once you get (them), you can get the mainstream audience from there. That's the way Sony did it with the PlayStation and PS2."

[dredayeverydayy]

ps3>>>>xbox355

[K.Dub]

 

[Don Seer]

headlines from over the weekend tell the story themselves..


Wii outsells PS3 more than 6-to-1 in Japan  >> http://news.punchjump.com/article.php?id=4072

Nintendo Wii holds No. 1 position at U.S. retail >> http://news.punchjump.com/article.php?id=4076

Wii creams Xbox 360 and PS3 in the US >> http://gamer.blorge.com/2007/04/21/wii-creams-xbox-360-and-ps3-in-the-us/



i went out of town saturday to a mall... ps3 prices there varied massively...  they're dropping ps3 prices and bundling like mad.. they have large stacks of ps3s everywhere..

[Raphael]

support the ps3 you cheap bastards

[Nutty]

. Just got my PS3

[Teddy Roosevelt]

Somebody earlier was suggesting Nintendo's great Wii sales were because of it's overseas launches.  Here's the figures for only the states... I like how the dude from EGM says "Nobody could have predicted that"... well, I did. 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20070320/tc_usatoday/playstation3isdown2to1tonintendoswii

Well then why didn't you respond in that thread instead of making your point here where a I might not read it. I know that the Wii's strong sales are the only pleasure you get in life since you can't seem to get laid, but what I was trying to say was that it was stupid to compare sales of the 2 (or 3) consels because the PS3 wasn't launched overseas at the time. Now that it has you can draw whatever conclusions you want. Unlike you I don't get my joys from tracking video game sales.

[comin outta the cage]

XBOX 360 is a great system and I freakin love mine, but two guys I know had theirs stop working on'em. Mine has had no problems so far...  The Wii is the most innovative gaming system of all time- period! Wish I owned one.

[Antonio_]

XBOX 360 is a great system and I freakin love mine, but two guys I know had theirs stop working on'em. Mine has had no problems so far...  The Wii is the most innovative gaming system of all time- period! Wish I owned one.

Mine just crashed. I'mma replace it, but i'm considering changing it with a Wii or a PS3.

[K.Dub]

XBOX 360 is a great system and I freakin love mine, but two guys I know had theirs stop working on'em. Mine has had no problems so far...  The Wii is the most innovative gaming system of all time- period! Wish I owned one.

Mine just crashed. I'mma replace it, but i'm considering changing it with a Wii or a PS3.

Get a Ps3

[Antonio_]

XBOX 360 is a great system and I freakin love mine, but two guys I know had theirs stop working on'em. Mine has had no problems so far...  The Wii is the most innovative gaming system of all time- period! Wish I owned one.

Mine just crashed. I'mma replace it, but i'm considering changing it with a Wii or a PS3.

Get a Ps3

I dunno, man. I've played F1 and another demo game at the shop, and it looked impressive.