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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: Teddy Roosevelt on November 19, 2006, 11:55:02 AM
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Go PS3 ;D
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Go Spiderman3 ;D
:D
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Go Spiderman3 ;D
:D
lol :P
btw, how do pronounce the Wii ?
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Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
PS3 :monkey_piss:
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Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
PS3 :monkey_piss:
Lol :P
is this a sticky icky yet?
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it is now..
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it is now..
+1
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:-* +1.. no homo..
whoa wii just passed the 400k mark
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:-* +1.. no homo..
whoa wii just passed the 400k mark
damnit >:(
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Like I said in the other thread. Too early to call. Check back in 2-3 months.
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Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
PS3 :monkey_piss:
lol ^
Wow, 7mil 360's sold....kewl
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7 mil in one year? that's pretty good right there.
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Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
PS3 :monkey_piss:
lol my friend gave me shit for calling it a W2 (double-u two)
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lol my friend gave me shit for calling it a W2 (double-u two)
LOL. Didn't you see the "."'s?
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lol my friend gave me shit for calling it a W2 (double-u two)
LOL. Didn't you see the "."'s?
yeah, i'm just dumb ;D
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7 mil in one year? that's pretty good right there.
But half of them were fucked up to begin with. Mines got jacked up but they fixed it for free after 5 months when I bought it ;D. No warranty too.
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7 mil in one year? that's pretty good right there.
But half of them were fucked up to begin with. Mines got jacked up but they fixed it for free after 5 months when I bought it ;D. No warranty too.
Yeah I had to take my OG 360 back cuz it was fucked. I lost all my saved games and music that i had put on there. Motherfuckers.
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7 mil in one year? that's pretty good right there.
But half of them were fucked up to begin with. Mines got jacked up but they fixed it for free after 5 months when I bought it ;D. No warranty too.
true but considering they were the first to launch, which meant less time to produce and less time to test the machines it's a pretty good job to sell 7 million within a year. i've had my 360 since feb which was the 2nd launch and it has worked great for me.
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Playstation will sell 6 million units by March.
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this is bullshit...is there anything to proove that these are the actual figures?
peace
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Go XBOX 360 :rock:
sony: :bomb:
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thats probably how many ps3's people are able to get their hands on right now
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Playstation will sell 6 million units by March.
hahaha i don't know about that one
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thats probably how many ps3's people are able to get their hands on right now
True
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thats probably how many ps3's people are able to get their hands on right now
Maybe that's how many people could afford.
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The Wii's numbers must have been wrong, they just dropped them way back down.
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Are they already selling Wii here in Europe?
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dec 8th dude
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hmm it appears that 300,000 people have returned the wii since i checked the other day...
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hmm it appears that 300,000 people have returned the wii since i checked the other day...
lol
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lol
i guess some of the numbers weren't confirmed or got counted twice or some BS..
plenty more wii nums to come with japan (dont forget ps3 is us+japan wii is US only so far)..
and europe (ps3 aint out here till march..)
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(ps3 aint out here till march..)
Yeah, that's wack
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lol
i guess some of the numbers weren't confirmed or got counted twice or some BS..
plenty more wii nums to come with japan (dont forget ps3 is us+japan wii is US only so far)..
and europe (ps3 aint out here till march..)
Shit, for real.....numbers will jump for sure....are they planning a home launch after it's released everywhere else?
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japan is dec 2nd, europe (most of) is the 8th dec.. (some are 7th dec though)
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Nintendo seems to be kicking that ass.
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well they dropped more consoles than sony to start with, then they've dropped it in japan and now they're about to drop all the rest of the regions (europe/australasia) by the end of this week
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I read somewhere that they're aiming to sell 4mil by the end of the year........thas crazy, but by the way they're going, it can be done.
Sony's aiming for 1.5mil......hmmmm, can they do it.
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I think both will sell all they can make for a while, and eventually Sony will probably pull ahead, but I think Nintendo's at least a lock for the #2 position this time around.
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It's not about who wants to buy but how many systems are made lol
Wait six months or so, then it will show
As for right now all those stats mean is that there have been more Wiis available than PS3s
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Go PS3 ;D
i will help that # sometime next fall or winter
LOL
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I think both will sell all they can make for a while, and eventually Sony will probably pull ahead, but I think Nintendo's at least a lock for the #2 position this time around.
i agree
It's not about who wants to buy but how many systems are made lol
Wait six months or so, then it will show
true, im curious how wii and ps3 plan on selling as many units as they reported by the end of this month wen they apparently havent even made that many to begin with lol
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I think both will sell all they can make for a while, and eventually Sony will probably pull ahead, but I think Nintendo's at least a lock for the #2 position this time around.
i agree
It's not about who wants to buy but how many systems are made lol
Wait six months or so, then it will show
true, im curious how wii and ps3 plan on selling as many units as they reported by the end of this month wen they apparently havent even made that many to begin with lol
that's exactly what i'm saying....
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i think nintendo is doing a bait n switch.. they supplied enough to fulfill most (but not all!) preorders... and will be pumping 2 more waves of consoles out.. that means they created demand.. then fulfill it while there is hype...
as for the ps3.. they're trying peoples patience.. but as bill gates recently said something like "if sony branded a brick playstation people would buy it.."
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I swear to god I see the tide shifting to Nintendo on this one. I got a Game Informer mag in the mail yesterday, they gave the Wii an A- and the PS3 a B. They named the PS3 launch the biggest dissapointment of the year, while naming Nintendo publisher of the year, developer of the year, Link was hero of the year, and named Zelda greatest game to ever launch with a system and possibly the greatest game of all time.
Watching the news, I see no news stories on ps3's, other than a few a couple weeks ago of people being stabbed. On the other hand, I've seen the Wii on nearly every talk show, jokes made about the name... last night on the news, "When we come back, we're going to show you where people are lining up next to get their hands on the Nintendo Wii".
The buzz Nintendo has created over this thing is pretty phenomenal. Guy I work with has a 21 year old wife, they just bought a Wii and now *SHES* calling family asking people to buy her Wii games and organizers and controllers and shit for Christmas. For Her, and she bought it for her husband!
So I think what we've got happening is exactly what Nintendo claimed would happen, and exactly what Nintendo's already pulled off with the DS. They're trying to keep the hardcore gamer happy with games like Zelda, but branching out trying to appeal to women and older adults as well as children, and it seems to be working exactly how they estimated it would.
Sony on the other hand has made a game system that's very look is even threatening, and I don't see 1 single game aimed at anybody but the male 13-28 demo. That by the way is the very demo of this board, and this board, in the large part, is even pro nintendo and anti sony. I think they've shot themselves in the foot with this, but both sides could falter, the long run is what will choose who's the most successful. With that said, Nintendo makes a ton of money off of software and stands as the 2nd largest developer in the world, right behind EA.... so Nintendo's going to be extremely successful anyways.
Sony in a sense is trying to have their cake and eat it too. Look @ what they're doing.... they make games solely for that key male demo, who are the most hardcore gamers.... but then they do and say things that would only piss off hardcore gamers! No scaling on the hdtv, problems with load times, no exclusives yet, late launches in europe and australia, game deadlines being pushed back, insulting comments from their president and other members of their corporate team, etc.... these are almost solely things that would piss off a hardcore gamer. A casual gamer or a younger gamer or older gamer would'nt be into it as much and would just buy the game when it came out, or when they saw it in the store... or not notice the hdtv scaling, etc.
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^ there is more to that too...
game production costs.. its going hollywood..
ps3. costs a lot to make a game. (typical 3 times a wii game).. and as it takes longer, and requires more skilled developers, artists & modellers. sony have notoriously poor developr support and its the only console with real new tech (the cell that is). blue ray.. ok can store gigs and gigs.. but its slow.. a classic trade off. ps3s hdd's can help somewhat with that.
plus points.. its open platform thing might spin it off in strange directions sony cant have planned for. personally with a killer HTPC (home theatre PC) type application it could be an absolute must have. this might come from the linux homebrew sector which means sony wouldnt see a penny outside console sales.. which.. doh!.. sell at a loss with the expectation that game sales will bring it in line.. oops!
360. somewhere in the middle. great developer support. xbox/directx experience carries right over.
wii. costs aren't a whole world different to the ones for xbox, game cube and ps2. also. platform development experience from GC carries right over. internally wii has a faster gen of cpu (powerpc again like 360 uses now too though not as quick) and the next gen of its GPU... result.. its a turbo charged gamecube. early titles are gamecube developments that were then souped up to rush to make the launch window. the next wave of games looks far more impressive (mario, project hammer etc..). and rumour is they've already been working on a full wii zelda for a year rather than the already impressive GC port.
what does this mean?
it means that IF someone makes a unique game for ps3.. it HAS to be a banger.. theres no half stepping.. EA type ports of 360 games etc will be tight no doubt, but not the peak of ps3 games.
result: less games available, they have to cost more as they cost more to make. this scares people off. one saving grace is the demo download functionality (although not everyone has this).. so people can really try before they buy.
some games that come out on ps3 will be mindblowing, but there will be "shock & awe" titles too.. all graphics no fun.
360 again is in the middle. already making people a bit cautious about buying them, but not OTT.
wii games cost what xbox/ps2 games did.. theres a reaon they did "ok"..
shops also make more money on non sony games AND consoles.. (ps3 markup is virtually 0)..
ps3 may not "fall off" but this may end up being the most balanced round of the "console war" ever..
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Watching the news, I see no news stories on ps3's, other than a few a couple weeks ago of people being stabbed.
lol wut? i've seen ps3 cover stories on cnn, abc, and fox (and more than once on fox). my uncles were even discussin the ps3 and the whole blu-ray phenomena in particular, yet i doubt most non-gaming middle-aged people even kno wut a wii is. not that it counts against them, since the goal is marketing to gamers in the first place, but playstation's hype is impossible to kill at this point, regardless of their gigantic price tag. their launch was weak, they had resistance and like 5 sports games. but so was playstation and playstation 2's, and that has absolutely zero effect in the long run.
still, the ps3's disadvantages are huge benefits to the wii and 360... their pricing (even fox commented on the hefty price) and the fact that sony acted arrogantly to europe and even to some asian countries. so i agree that it is gonna be far more balanced this time around.
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i doubt most non-gaming middle-aged people even kno wut a wii is. not that it counts against them,
oh they do man!.. not in the same numbers as the stereotypical 20s something male group does.. but they do..
i doubt most non-gaming middle-aged
since the goal is marketing to gamers in the first place,
wrong the goal with wii is to market to non-gamers AND gamers.. this has been well published.. check back on google news for things like "wii non gamers"..
you'd be amazed how many "older" people know about wii.. from the adverts through to womans magazines (for real) nintendo been pushing that hard.. just like with DS..
one more thing..
there is another factor too.. just like with DS.. the Wii is viral as fuck.. forums all over the net (check my wii links post) are filled with people saying they've sold 2 or 3 off of thanksgiving meetups with relatives..
now i KNEW it was fun the second i saw the controller and read about it.. but some people take more convincing.. (but hey i'm always a sucker for 'new controllers' like mind controlled mice etc.. lol)
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wrong the goal with wii is to market to non-gamers AND gamers..
thats technically the goal for all 3, but their priority is always gonna be catering to their gamers despite wut marketing plan they say they have.
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games like resistance, gears or COD etc dont appeal to non gamers.. but tennis, golf, bowling, baseball, boxing? theres a world of difference..
maybe thats why wii is the fastest selling console in the UK _ever_ ? and shit.. we've had little of the marketing blitz outside me annoying everyone :)
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Compare:
PS3'ing Ourselves (http://www.maximonline.com/articles/index.aspx?a_id=7354&src=gx1107)
(http://www.sony-ps3.tv/img/sonyps3i.jpg)
The most anticipated gaming system since the telephone, pacemaker and PS2 blew our asses out. Here's the play-by-play from opening the box to playing for hours…to seeing a doctor about our blown-out asses. Read More... (http://www.maximonline.com/articles/index.aspx?a_id=7354&src=gx1107)
Wii Love It! (http://www.stuffmagazine.com/articles/index.aspx?id=1552&src=gtf136)
Here's a simple, to the point review of the new Wii, for those on the fence still!
(http://www.stuffmagazine.com/articles/images/Original/wii/wii_article1.jpg)
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ps3 may not "fall off" but this may end up being the most balanced round of the "console war" ever..
True.
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I just disagree that the Ps3 is getting more press than the Wii. I also disagree that older people don't know what a Wii is. My point was reiterated again today... i'm in a bowling alley and somebody's watching Dr. Phil in the lounge... it's his annual Christmas show, and guess what he's doing in front of the largest projection television I've ever seen? Playing a Wii with his son. His son beats him at Tennis, then Dr. Phil gave everybody in the audience of middle aged women a free Wii system for Christmas, they all went apeshit and some even started crying.
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lol @ that ps3 maxim article above saying..
"But, surprisingly enough, at this point the HD-DVD drive was more impressive than the gaming. "
uhh thats blue ray! lol ;)
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Just thought I'd check in and....... YUP, the Wii is still killing the ps3. All must be right in the world.
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come on 360! 8)
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added http://www.vgcharts.org/ and live chart to first post
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added http://www.vgcharts.org/ and live chart to first post
its funny how crappy the xbox 360 sells in japan... haha...
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Keep in mind that the PS3 hasn't been released in Europe or Australia yet.
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Keep in mind that the PS3 hasn't been released in Europe or Australia yet.
Add New Zealand and 'everywhere else' to the list.
I'm surprised w/ the PSP numbers, that's not too shabby
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Hasn't Wii and Xbox released it's system to all planned countries?
PS3 has yet to release it's system in:
UK/Europe
Switzerland
Australia
New Zealand
Mexico
Indonesia
Brazil
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Man! The PS3 finally broke half a million. Didn't the Wii break half a million in the first day?
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Man! The PS3 finally broke half a million. Didn't the Wii break half a million in the first day?
Hmmmm, which costs more than twice as much? Which is more than twice as hard to find?
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reports are wii's are impossible to find.. ps3s aren't selling in the places that do have them..
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Basically, the PS3 is for chumps who get tricked by flashier graphics. "LOOK OVER HERE. LOOK, THIS IS FLASHIER" . Anybody with any kind of intellect knows that beauty's only skin deep, lol. Since the vast majority of the world is smart enough to realize that, the Wii is selling well everywhere whereas the ps3 is selling less than half that number. Of course there are some exceptions, people who aren't as evolved as the rest of us and do things like buy things for aestethics and live their life a slave to marijuana.
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Basically, the PS3 is for chumps who get tricked by flashier graphics. "LOOK OVER HERE. LOOK, THIS IS FLASHIER" . Anybody with any kind of intellect knows that beauty's only skin deep, lol. Since the vast majority of the world is smart enough to realize that, the Wii is selling well everywhere whereas the ps3 is selling less than half that number. Of course there are some exceptions, people who aren't as evolved as the rest of us and do things like buy things for aestethics and live their life a slave to marijuana.
::) You're funny.
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I wasn't making any jokes.
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^^That's the point. LMAO.
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whats this.. people who bought ps3s to try and make money are returning them ?
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/ps3/some-scalpers-give-up-return-ps3s-to-stores-224386.php
plus reports of stores NOT sold out of ps3s in many places..
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/ps3/everybody-hates-the-ps3-224053.php
ps3 doing great!.. NOT!
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Oh, looks like the Wii just broke 2 million.
On a related note (entirely related), Overseer, can't you make some shit where I can block people I don't feel meet my criteria of being able to post in a thread that I might possibly read? There are certain scumbag faggots on this forum that I'd rather just never read any of their shit again. I already can't dechiper it, I'm bitch proof so when I read these posts it's just a bunch of jibberish. Maybe if you could do a little add-on to the forum we could just block the bitches?
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Oh, looks like the Wii just broke 2 million.
On a related note (entirely related), Overseer, can't you make some shit where I can block people I don't feel meet my criteria of being able to post in a thread that I might possibly read? There are certain scumbag faggots on this forum that I'd rather just never read any of their shit again. I already can't dechiper it, I'm bitch proof so when I read these posts it's just a bunch of jibberish. Maybe if you could do a little add-on to the forum we could just block the bitches?
:'( :'( :'(
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vgcharts (the more established one) .. is now showing wii past the 3 mill mark..
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reports are wii's are impossible to find.. ps3s aren't selling in the places that do have them..
In SD all PS3's are sold out. There are still al couple Wii's available though.
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still all about the ps3!
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^ yeah right??...
picture proof of UNSOLD PS3s.. just sat ignored..
(http://www.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2007/01/img264-thumb.jpg)
source: http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/ps3/plenty-o-ps3s-but-no-takers-225271.php
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Go PS3 360;D
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^ yeah right??...
picture proof of UNSOLD PS3s.. just sat ignored..
(http://www.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2007/01/img264-thumb.jpg)
source: http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/ps3/plenty-o-ps3s-but-no-takers-225271.php
wait till summer 08 homie, ps3 will be runnin tings again, just my prediction still, ps3 already sold more than xbox in japan....still all about the ps3 as far as im concerned....but i aint no harcore gamer homie, i aint gon start a beef with you about a console!haha, i respect u a wii boy, imma ps3 nigga...aint no problem for me, its all about personal preference
for me its all about the ps3, gta, tekken, some next games, and ps2 was sick, i see no reason to move to a xbox 360 or a wii, which i admit at one point did interest me just does not no mo, nuttin on it imma sit down to play....zelda?? i mean i know eveyrone seems to love that shit, but i aint neve been a zelda gamer.... the controller is interesting no doubt, but to me its all about the games and graphics this generation, and i think ps3 will be the best in the long run.....if im wrong, so be it, i won't be trippin, damn, good luck to the wii and 360, but i know what imma be gettin, ps3, so still.......its all about the ps3 as far as im concerned!
peace!
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To each his own. You're probably the same type that bought all the new jordans because they looked better, and buys brand new cell phones ever few months because they're a little bit nicer.
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How reliable are these numbers? The first 2 charts are giving different numbers.
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It's all just speculation in my opinion,... but if you follow business journals and were to research it enough, you could pretty accurately speculate on how many systems had been shipped, probably within a 10% margin of error or so. For instance, you might know for a fact that history has shown that it takes Nintendo 2 months to get a system into stores after it's been produced at some certain factory in Washington.... and you might find a story saying that Nintendo just purchased in September 2 million processors, etc. and after you read story after story and analyze it and stay on top of it, you can speculate they must have made this many systems by this date and blah blah blah they sent this many to these stores blah blah blah and nobody can find one and that means 95% are sold and blah blah blah and speculate, eventually, and come up with the numbers they do. I don't think they've got a concrete line to Sony or Nintendo or Microsoft that tells exactly how many they've sold. I doubt Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo know for sure EXACTLY how many they've sold.
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ps3 already sold more than xbox in japan..
and wii already outsold ps3 in japan...
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ps3s not shifting.. see jrome's post for proof..
Well, we've now sold 3 and all have been Wii's, lol. Also, every one we've sold has been to a buyer in Cali. One cat bought 2 of them last night. There must be some major demand out there. No bites on the PS3s though - those might be going back to wal-mart. Total profit right now is approximately $334.
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ps3 already sold more than xbox in japan..
and wii already outsold ps3 in japan...
yeh wii selling crazy, but xbox been out more than a year and for ps3...and wii to sell more than that in hardly anytime is crazy, even if the japanese don;t really dig the states console....oh and i still predict ps3 will sell more than wii in the long run
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I was reading an article in the newspaper and the Wii is and looks to continue its domination in Japan. The PS3 is concentrating on America and will look to take over in sales in the next 2-3 years. Overall, PS3 still has yet to release in most countries, so it can go anyway, but the XBox doesn't seem to be making anymore progress after such a long release.
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PS3 is more of a longterm investment, I bet there will be way more PS3s being sold in 2 years from now than Wiis or Xbox 360s...
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The PS3 price will drop and its appeal to adult gamers will improve sales.
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The PS3 price will drop and its appeal to adult gamers will improve sales.
PS3 is more of a longterm investment, I bet there will be way more PS3s being sold in 2 years from now than Wiis or Xbox 360s...
Yeah. Good on Nintendo for coming up w/ something different.
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yeah thats quite poss right :)
i'm gonna have to buy a 360 or a ps3 when EA's "skate" comes out.. hopefully things are more obvious by then..
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Why is it that everytime I check, the wii numbers and the 360 numbers are both steady climbing, but the ps3 numbers aren't moving? LOL
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I went to Best Buy yesterday. The Wii display is Wii-less. They don't even have one to demo, much less any for sale. The guy that works in that department said he had an old lady come in and ask him for one, so he told her they didn't have any, and that he'd like to buy one himself. She found one the next day at Toys R Us, and told him they had just put out a shipment of 9. She bought 1, and then drove across the street to tell him. He took his lunch break immediately, and by the time he got there, there were 2 left.
BTW, they had 9 PS3's in the backroom at best buy yesterday, anybody that wants one can go get one. For some reason nobody is.
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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
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I don't like the features of ps3. Go xbox360 and weeeeeeeee! :D
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im getting a PS3 on friday so Go PS3!
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^^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
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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."
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ps3>>>>xbox355
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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..
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support the ps3 you cheap bastards ;D
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;D. Just got my PS3
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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im still waiting for a good reason i waited in line and dropped 5 hun on the ps3
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Look at those Wii numbers........thas crazy.
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Go PS3!
I get my PS3 this week!!!
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Man, I've been reading and hearing shit about ps3 these days. I heard there's no more backward compatablitiy. I mean...wtf???!
I don't know what sony is thinking.
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the new 40 gig version has no backward compability
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the new 40 gig version has no backward compability
and I say "fuck that."
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lol should have asked a few days ago my 360 just broke and now i hate it
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the new 40 gig version has no backward compability
Does Sony WANT bad sales?
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Why are both charts totally different?
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Why are both charts totally different?
The second one hasn't been updated.
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the new 40 gig version has no backward compability
Does Sony WANT bad sales?
Backwards compability is no biggy
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the new 40 gig version has no backward compability
Does Sony WANT bad sales?
Backwards compability is no biggy
But it is the tip of the iceburg.
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the new 40 gig version has no backward compability
Does Sony WANT bad sales?
Backwards compability is no biggy
But it is the tip of the iceburg.
word.
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the new 40 gig version has no backward compability
Does Sony WANT bad sales?
i guess so...but the thing is they want people to buy their ps3 games instead of buying old ps2 or 1 stuff.
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I like how the dude from EGM says "Nobody could have predicted that"... well, I did.
Any time anyone at Nintendo takes a shit you predict it's the shit that will change the world. If this board was around in the mid 90s there'd be a quote from you praising the Virtual Boy.
If the first page numbers are correct then all three system ave a long way to go before they reach the 80 million mark of the PS2.
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I like how the dude from EGM says "Nobody could have predicted that"... well, I did.
Any time anyone at Nintendo takes a shit you predict it's the shit that will change the world. If this board was around in the mid 90s there'd be a quote from you praising the Virtual Boy.
If the first page numbers are correct then all three system ave a long way to go before they reach the 80 million mark of the PS2.
Aren't you the dumbass that said that the DS would put people out of work at Nintendo, then I later posted that Sony was laying off 20,000 people around the world? I never said the Virtual Boy would be a hit. You were 4 then anyways, you probably hadn't developed a consciousness of time yet.
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The xbox 360 is the shit and i'm gald I just got one. fuck the PS3 and the Wii. 360 is where its at.
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I like how the dude from EGM says "Nobody could have predicted that"... well, I did.
Any time anyone at Nintendo takes a shit you predict it's the shit that will change the world. If this board was around in the mid 90s there'd be a quote from you praising the Virtual Boy.
If the first page numbers are correct then all three system ave a long way to go before they reach the 80 million mark of the PS2.
Aren't you the dumbass that said that the DS would put people out of work at Nintendo, then I later posted that Sony was laying off 20,000 people around the world? I never said the Virtual Boy would be a hit. You were 4 then anyways, you probably hadn't developed a consciousness of time yet.
Not DS, the first concepts of the Wii. I liked the DS, just thought they should have waited another 8 months to a year to release it.
And we're the same age moron. So unless the Virtual came out in the early 80s I don't think I was 4.
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the new 40 gig version has no backward compability
Does Sony WANT bad sales?
i guess so...but the thing is they want people to buy their ps3 games instead of buying old ps2 or 1 stuff.
If that's the case, then they should make more/better PS3 games.
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yeah i was pretty pissed when i went to play socom on my ps3 and it wouldnt work.
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im gonna buy a ps3 tomorrow 8)
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xbox 360 ftw
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xbox
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wii is 2nd best i think
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wii is 2nd best i think
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