Mint Sauce
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+780|6546|eng
That 38 million PS3s will be sold by 2011. And they also said that the PS3 is going to take over the Xbox 360 very soon, due to it's up and coming price cut. The main reason is that Sony have seen the gap created by Wii gamers wanting another, more srs console, and have been quick to jump in on that. I also read that something like 20% of 360 owners have already moved over to the PS3. Pretty impressive tbh..

Discuss.

(read: Any console warring and I will ban you.)
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Vilham
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+580|7026|UK
source?
heggs
Spamalamadingdong
+581|6649|New York
I'm not that surprised. I've got a few friends who regret getting the 360 and wish they waited for the PS3. In my opinion, Sony has really started to snowball. They're picking up some serious momentum and will continue for awhile.
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Mint Sauce
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+780|6546|eng

Vilham wrote:

source?
Read it in a magazine.
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Vilham
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Those guys are idiots. It will far exceed 31 million by 2011, its already at 17 million and it hasn't even been selling well, within the next year expect it to be up to 30 million.

There are quite a few big games coming out this year, you can also expect a price cut before Christmas which will shift a couple million.

Last edited by Vilham (2008-04-22 10:37:36)

heggs
Spamalamadingdong
+581|6649|New York

Vilham wrote:

Those guys are idiots. It will far exceed 31 million by 2011, its already at 17 million and it hasn't even been selling well, within the next year expect it to be up to 30 million.

There are quite a few big games coming out this year, you can also expect a price cut before Christmas which will shift a couple million.
I thought the current numbers were 18 million for 360, and around 12 million for PS3.
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Aries_37
arrivederci frog
+368|6835|London
Yup I saw this coming a mile off. The PS3 was destined to fail only until 1) it won the bluray/hddvd war, 2) just before the big guns were about to be released (MGS4, GTA4, FFXIII etc) and 3) everyone aready owned a Wii.

I'm getting a ps3 as soon as the games i want are released
Mint Sauce
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+780|6546|eng

Vilham wrote:

Those guys are idiots. It will far exceed 31 million by 2011, its already at 17 million and it hasn't even been selling well, within the next year expect it to be up to 30 million.

There are quite a few big games coming out this year, you can also expect a price cut before Christmas which will shift a couple million.
I wrote 38 by accident. It was supposed to be 48.
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SamTheMan:D
Banned
+856|6234|England

Whats to discuss?

xbox got $t@ll0wn3d!!
bennisboy
Member
+829|6906|Poundland
I'm not surprised, as aries said, once it won the disc war it was always gonna pick up in sales. Plus the growing knowledge of the poor reliability of 360s is gonna take its toll. Obviously its a great console, but people get fed up of i breaking on tham and also dont want to risk buying a console known to break. I was considering a 360, but I didnt wanna risk it, plus I need MGS4
Poseidon
Fudgepack DeQueef
+3,253|6798|Long Island, New York
Probably because of the Blu-Ray. As an owner of both a 360 and a PS3 right now, I can tell you that 360-only games are far superior to the selection of PS3-only games. Uncharted seems good and Motorstorm is fun, but there's not much else. Blu-Ray's going to become more mainstream in the future, and the PS3 is going to skyrocket because of it.
r2zoo
Knowledge is power, guard it well
+126|6856|Michigan, USA

Poseidon wrote:

Probably because of the Blu-Ray. As an owner of both a 360 and a PS3 right now, I can tell you that 360-only games are far superior to the selection of PS3-only games. Uncharted seems good and Motorstorm is fun, but there's not much else. Blu-Ray's going to become more mainstream in the future, and the PS3 is going to skyrocket because of it.
My thoughts exactly, being the cheapest Blu-Ray player out currently, its gonna start being bought for that reason more so then gaming by a different market until the normal players start coming down.  Even with the "killer" titles coming down the line for PS3 Im seeing it as a problem of too little to late, 360/Wii Already have a whole mess of great games, and PS3 is somewhat limping along with mediocre titles and a couple good ones.
r'Eeee
That's how I roll, BITCH!
+311|6709

2008 = PS3 year, all the games are coming.
NeXuS
Shock it till ya know it
+375|6602|Atlanta, Georgia
Halo sold the xbox and im pretty sure MGS4 will sell the PS3.
Vilham
Say wat!?
+580|7026|UK

Mint Sauce wrote:

Vilham wrote:

Those guys are idiots. It will far exceed 31 million by 2011, its already at 17 million and it hasn't even been selling well, within the next year expect it to be up to 30 million.

There are quite a few big games coming out this year, you can also expect a price cut before Christmas which will shift a couple million.
I wrote 38 by accident. It was supposed to be 48.
Yeah that sounds like a pretty reasonable estimation, i think it could possibly be even higher now though.

Heggs its actually 14 million. I was a bit off. 360 is indeed at 18 million.
Vilham
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r2zoo wrote:

Poseidon wrote:

Probably because of the Blu-Ray. As an owner of both a 360 and a PS3 right now, I can tell you that 360-only games are far superior to the selection of PS3-only games. Uncharted seems good and Motorstorm is fun, but there's not much else. Blu-Ray's going to become more mainstream in the future, and the PS3 is going to skyrocket because of it.
My thoughts exactly, being the cheapest Blu-Ray player out currently, its gonna start being bought for that reason more so then gaming by a different market until the normal players start coming down.  Even with the "killer" titles coming down the line for PS3 Im seeing it as a problem of too little to late, 360/Wii Already have a whole mess of great games, and PS3 is somewhat limping along with mediocre titles and a couple good ones.
If by whole mess you mean about 3-4 good exclusive titles yeah...
Poseidon
Fudgepack DeQueef
+3,253|6798|Long Island, New York

r2zoo wrote:

Poseidon wrote:

Probably because of the Blu-Ray. As an owner of both a 360 and a PS3 right now, I can tell you that 360-only games are far superior to the selection of PS3-only games. Uncharted seems good and Motorstorm is fun, but there's not much else. Blu-Ray's going to become more mainstream in the future, and the PS3 is going to skyrocket because of it.
My thoughts exactly, being the cheapest Blu-Ray player out currently, its gonna start being bought for that reason more so then gaming by a different market until the normal players start coming down.  Even with the "killer" titles coming down the line for PS3 Im seeing it as a problem of too little to late, 360/Wii Already have a whole mess of great games, and PS3 is somewhat limping along with mediocre titles and a couple good ones.
Precisely. The majority of people buy the PS3 for the hardware (as I did, tbh), and people buy the 360 for the games.
heggs
Spamalamadingdong
+581|6649|New York
Baby steps.

That's all.

Sony took the slooowwww approach. However, I really feel that they'll get PS2 numbers by the time the life ends. They keep increasing the functionality, and the support is top notch. Plus, the fact that they realized standards are important says a lot. Non proprietary ALWAYS beats proprietary hardware. ALWAYS. They made many good design decisions, and now that the price is decreasing, they will continue to sell.
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Miggle
FUCK UBISOFT
+1,411|7002|FUCK UBISOFT

i really don't see what makes the 360 games so much better than the ps3.

enlighten me.
https://i.imgur.com/86fodNE.png
Poseidon
Fudgepack DeQueef
+3,253|6798|Long Island, New York

Miggle wrote:

i really don't see what makes the 360 games so much better than the ps3.

enlighten me.
(I'm including everything that's both 360 only and 360/PC only)

Alan Wake
Bioshock
Gears of War
C&C3
Left 4 Dead
Mass Effect
Shadowrun
Crackdown
Dead Rising
Halo 3
Halo Wars
PGR3/4
CoD2
Forza Motorsport 2

Motorstorm, Uncharted and Resistance are the only PS3 only titles I can think of that are good. And in all honesty, I didn't like the Resistance demo, which is why I got Burnout Paradise instead.

However, PS3 will be coming up with a lot of good PS3 only titles. Haze, MGS (even though I don't care for MGS), etc. But seeing as Microsoft is a developer of the most used (and best, stfu mac fanboys) PC operating system, you have to figure that a computer company with one of the richest men on the planet as CEO (or, was) is going to make better games overall than an electronics company like Sony.
Miggle
FUCK UBISOFT
+1,411|7002|FUCK UBISOFT

whatever, I have most of those for pc anyways, and I thought halo/gears of war weren't very good.
https://i.imgur.com/86fodNE.png
Doctor Strangelove
Real Battlefield Veterinarian.
+1,758|6728

Poseidon wrote:

Miggle wrote:

i really don't see what makes the 360 games so much better than the ps3.

enlighten me.
(I'm including everything that's both 360 only and 360/PC only)

Alan Wake
Bioshock
Gears of War
C&C3
Left 4 Dead
Mass Effect
Shadowrun
Crackdown
Dead Rising
Halo 3
Halo Wars
PGR3/4
CoD2
Forza Motorsport 2

Motorstorm, Uncharted and Resistance are the only PS3 only titles I can think of that are good. And in all honesty, I didn't like the Resistance demo, which is why I got Burnout Paradise instead.

However, PS3 will be coming up with a lot of good PS3 only titles. Haze, MGS (even though I don't care for MGS), etc. But seeing as Microsoft is a developer of the most used (and best, stfu mac fanboys) PC operating system, you have to figure that a computer company with one of the richest men on the planet as CEO (or, was) is going to make better games overall than an electronics company like Sony.
I added strike-throughs to games that the PC also gets, and highlights to CnC3 as the console version is utter shit compared to the PC counter-part. Also PC gets more exclusive games than any other platform and the games ussually cost $10 less each than their console counter-parts.
Vilham
Say wat!?
+580|7026|UK

Poseidon wrote:

Miggle wrote:

i really don't see what makes the 360 games so much better than the ps3.

enlighten me.
(I'm including everything that's both 360 only and 360/PC only)

Alan Wake
Bioshock
Gears of War
C&C3
Left 4 Dead
Mass Effect
Shadowrun
Crackdown
Dead Rising
Halo 3
Halo Wars
PGR3/4
CoD2
Forza Motorsport 2

Motorstorm, Uncharted and Resistance are the only PS3 only titles I can think of that are good. And in all honesty, I didn't like the Resistance demo, which is why I got Burnout Paradise instead.

However, PS3 will be coming up with a lot of good PS3 only titles. Haze, MGS (even though I don't care for MGS), etc. But seeing as Microsoft is a developer of the most used (and best, stfu mac fanboys) PC operating system, you have to figure that a computer company with one of the richest men on the planet as CEO (or, was) is going to make better games overall than an electronics company like Sony.
First mistake... did you just say Microsoft makes the "best" OS? Ever heard of Linux, no? Well fooking use it! Ubuntu is FAR FAR FAR FAR FAR FAR better than any MS OS, MS OS's are designed for things like word, excel, etc etc, MS programs, and whats funny, its not even good at that. That makes it just about the WORST OS out there, for christsake mac OS has better MS Word than MS OS's and I fuking HATE macs.
Second mistake, thinking because MS is rich it makes good software, see above... and please explain the total flop that was the xbox... ill say this once. 120 million to 26 million... Sony make better consoles, period.
Third mistake, thinking because a console has lots of exclusives it means something, seeing as half those exclusives, arent EXCLUSIVES, as they are on the PC, and a quarter more of them are pure shit.. that really doesnt leave much reason for buying an xbox360 over the PS3, be it that I did actually buy one before the PS3, but that wasnt because of the long list of exclusives, it was because it was cheap.

/rant
r'Eeee
That's how I roll, BITCH!
+311|6709

I bought a 360 back in 2007, but I actually returned it after a week, for only one reason, the hardware issues. I didn't even any problem, but after reading the shit on the xbox forums, I was like WOW, that's a serious issue. I bought it with GeoW and it was awsome. Now, I'm actually happy, because most of the AAA games for the 360 is on PC. Bioshock is pretty cool though. Halo 3 is overhyped. And Gears is Although, no dedicated servers for the PC, makes the online really crap.

Those are the only two exclusives I like for the 360...

Last edited by r'Eeee (2008-04-23 00:08:17)

nukchebi0
Пушкин, наше всё
+387|6584|New Haven, CT

DoctaStrangelove wrote:

Poseidon wrote:

Miggle wrote:

i really don't see what makes the 360 games so much better than the ps3.

enlighten me.
(I'm including everything that's both 360 only and 360/PC only)

Alan Wake
Bioshock
Gears of War
C&C3
Left 4 Dead
Mass Effect
Shadowrun
Crackdown
Dead Rising
Halo 3
Halo Wars
PGR3/4
CoD2
Forza Motorsport 2

Motorstorm, Uncharted and Resistance are the only PS3 only titles I can think of that are good. And in all honesty, I didn't like the Resistance demo, which is why I got Burnout Paradise instead.

However, PS3 will be coming up with a lot of good PS3 only titles. Haze, MGS (even though I don't care for MGS), etc. But seeing as Microsoft is a developer of the most used (and best, stfu mac fanboys) PC operating system, you have to figure that a computer company with one of the richest men on the planet as CEO (or, was) is going to make better games overall than an electronics company like Sony.
I added strike-throughs to games that the PC also gets, and highlights to CnC3 as the console version is utter shit compared to the PC counter-part. Also PC gets more exclusive games than any other platform and the games ussually cost $10 less each than their console counter-parts.
This is only about games the Xbox 360 gets exclusivity in relation to other consoles. Whether or not the game is also available for the PC is inconsequential in the context of the debate.

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