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Microsoft vs. Sony, stats from CES

Variety writes:

"I won't be able to transcribe my interview with Microsoft entertainment president Robbie Bach (who oversees videogames, amongst other things) until tonight, most likely. But between my talk to him, Microsoft's keynote last night, and Sony's keynote today (which included a section with Playstation topper Kaz Hirai talking videogames), I got a few interesting statistics worth comparing."

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Parapraxis6340d ago

"More than 1.3 million "unique users" have played "LittleBigPlanet." Note that this is not the same as Sony saying it has sold 1.3 million units of the game. There are more than 300,000 user-created levels already. It would take two straight years, non-stop, to play them all."

As many thought was true, this story
http://www.n4g.com/ps3/News...
is wrong.

austere6340d ago

wut is your point? You are a PS3 fanboy making negative Sony statements. How dare you...I think you are confused.

Parapraxis6339d ago (Edited 6339d ago )

austere, I'm afraid it's you that is confused.
This story debunks another, I was simply pointing that out.
Oh and keep your fanboy comments to yourself.

And to those who disagree with the FACT that Kaz said that it was 1.3 UNIQUE users are currently playing the game, feel free to check the 42 minute 30 second mark of this video.
http://www.n4g.com/NewsPend...
I don't even give a sh!t about sales, it doesn't change the fact that LBP is awesome, I simply noticed that the other article was wrong.

Omega66340d ago

I am about to crack an egg of EXTREME knowledge on you guys.

Game "console wars" have been around for a long time....but it was never as bad as this.
Let me inform you people as to why it is like this now. It's simple. Anyone who contributes to this "console" war is doing it for one reason only. Money. And who buys into it? 5-15 year olds and the occasional pathetic 30 year old pedo. Its become a market to light up these pathetic "hardcore" gamer babies who find some sort meaning in their lives at the moment and it actually pays off. And who most of all has made it their market to do this type of thing? Microsoft. Microsoft since the beginning has put itself directly against the ps3, which is fine, thats what they should do. But the manner in which they do so by making these kids think that they belong to a brand is just downright pathetic. True gamers see the bigger picture and frankly just stay away. 90% of internet arguments on the console war topic is just two losers trying to prove themselves when they both lose in reality. Like a certain someone said it best, War Has Changed.

lord_of_balrogs6340d ago

Your MGS4 says "war has changed," but my Fallout 3 says "war, war never changes."

Look Ma I can use quotes too.

Omega66340d ago

Was that suppose to be funny? or smart? Nice job on being ignorant to my post and trying to make an illogical point.

Death6340d ago

What does this make you Omega?

-Death

Omega66340d ago

A hypocrite. I had to make a sacrifice.

austere6340d ago

I think war hasn't changed. We just kill one another still. With weapons. Solid Snake is such a liar. He has gone senile in his older years.

TheCagyDies6340d ago

Eva also stated that war never changes, she mentions stuff like ideology, race, and religion. Then she tells Snake that this war (the war in MGS4) is no different from any other war...

ThanatosDMC6339d ago

HAHAH! That was great! Bubbles up for you.

user8586216339d ago

war will change, pretty soon we'll have robots fight for us :S

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Unicron6340d ago

If you care more about stats than the games themselves, and the fun of the hobby, I feel bad for you. Well not really, cuz I'm having fun!

Lon3wolf6339d ago

Exactly, I wonder if the sales/usage figures would be higher if people actually played the damn consoles instead of continual willy waving in forums.

Mutley4166339d ago (Edited 6339d ago )

Man I love eggs, but there is nothing wrong with enjoying the console wars, or even picking a side-

My PS3 has 15 user names on it-
My Xbox has 4
-._.-
True gamers has a good K/D, a knack for tea baggin and spawn killin-
I wonder what Winston Churchill would say...LMAO-

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Final Fantasy X 25th Anniversary Website Launches With New Nomura Artwork and Merchandise

Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.

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-Foxtrot20d ago

Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.

They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.

solideagle20d ago

they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.

Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted

Relientk7720d ago

Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments

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15 Years Ago, Mortal Kombat (2011) Saved Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise

A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.

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italiangamer29d ago

"Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise"

Press X to (seriously) doubt.

DarXyde27d ago

Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.

Soy27d ago

And then MK1 killed it again.

DivineHand12527d ago (Edited 27d ago )

15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.

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PlayStation legend Shuhei Yoshida says Jim Ryan fired him because he didn't listen to him

Why did Sony push Shuhei Yoshida out of his role leading PlayStation's first-party games? He'd overseen some huge successes. Well, apparently, he didn't listen.

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Relientk7729d ago

Yeah I can see that for sure. Shuhei Yoshida should have been in charge not Jim Ryan.

Cacabunga28d ago

It should be free highway for him now.. but Sony are too stupid to see this, especially that moron Hulst

S2Killinit28d ago (Edited 28d ago )

Wtf why all that anger. PlayStation is dominating on every level. Besides I think there is a little more to hiring a CEO than just who is available. Its not like its a athlete your team wants to buy.

neutralgamer199228d ago

S2Killinit

live service failures, chasing trends, closing studios. yes dominating

Cacabunga28d ago

Sony is Dominating because competition is not existing. Compared to previous gens this is the poorest in terms of software offerings.

Last gen we got Uncharted 4 Lost Legacy and TLOU2 from ND alone.

This is so far a remasters gen, with no competition to lift up the quality

1nsomniac28d ago (Edited 28d ago )

..."PlayStation is dominating on every level"....

...Really???

PlayStation are soon heading into a new generation in the not to distant future. They currently have the worst customer satisfaction they've ever sustained as a company. The company is heading for a huge crash while at the same time they'll need to be planning how they are going to try and win back that favour and the build up to their new releases.

Yes financially they're winning but they're going to have to ride out this complete public corporate disaster. No one has faith in the company or the product anymore. They've damaged their public image so much this generation. Greed can kill anyone.

medman28d ago

Hulst is a disaster......

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blacktiger28d ago

He would've done the same thing and fire Jim Ryan and Shuhei would be the villain. Why?
Because Elite creates the narrative and distraction for gamers, users and citizens.

Outside_ofthe_Box29d ago

More confirmation that Jim Ryan is the culprit for what has happened to Sony. Hulst needs to go too. What sucks is that a lot of the good top heads at Sony are no longer there. I wish that guys that were forced out prematurely by Dumbo Jimbo like Shuhei and Layden came back.

robtion28d ago

Yep. Yoshida was responsible for bringing one of the best games of this generation to playstation (Stellar Blade). He is an actual gamer and is in touch with what gamers want (creative, fun games, not GaaS and agenda pushing). He also seems like a genuinely nice guy if you watch some interviews. Of course they got rid of him.

darthv7228d ago

Makes you wonder if MS even thought about hiring him after Phil and Sarah were leaving. He certainly couldn't make their situation any worse.

Agent7528d ago

Microflop. After Windows XP and Xbox 360, it all went floppy.

S2Killinit28d ago

Floppy 😆
No pun intended

badz14928d ago

Yoshida for President! Jim Ryan was and always be a hack! Sony should get Shu back

Lightning7728d ago

All the gamer/consumer lead heads are gone across PS and Xbox. shuhei gone phil's gone (questionable) but gone. The future of gaming is somewhat uncertain across the board.

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