common sense would know prototype sold more than its on all 3 platforms
but in quality id have to say infamous
i like prototype too
but infamous's story graphics gameplay is just amazing

the sales numbers can only be compared on PS3 as thats the only platform BOTH games sold on. Therefore Prototyp has not ever set a foot anywhere near Infamous as its been getting destroyed. Look at Prototype sales on PS3 compared to 360, PS3 sales are not even half of that of 360. Why? Because PS3 owners have the option to buy the better game.

Look at you guys playing with numbers. Even if we add points to Prototype for outselling inFamous doesn't make it the better game. And you know what's funny? Sucker Punch's is already working on a sequel.

http://n4g.com/ps3/NewsPend...

hows the sales in Pal territory? Or is it even out yet?

Titanic is the best movie ever.

And Transformers 2 is a good film... *giggles*

It's all about TEH SALES! DON'T YOU PEOPLE KNOW THAT YET?!?!?

Frankly, I enjoyed both titles. I thought inFamous was better, but Prototype was still fun, and that's what matters.

What were you thinking when you writing this article? Are the 360 fan boys that desperate to win an argument or is just you?

lmao!!! OH MY GAWD, I'M SO DIZZY WITH ALL THIS CRAZY SPINNING lol

I guess this is all Xbox360 fans got left.

Well either way, Infamous is still the better game imo.

STUPID COMPARISON, INFAMOUS ITS A PS3 EXCLISIVE, OF COURSE PROTORYPE SALES ARE BETTA

Prototype is multiplatform of course it's going to sell. But who really cares, the ps3 gamers can buy both. If you only owned a pc or a 360 you would have to buy a ps3 but until that price drops some people aren't going to buy it yet.

this ann't world wide. infamous probablly owns in europe too.

Does it get a gold star if it sells more or someone actually wins this "argument"? Bottom line is they're both supposedly good games (haven't played Infamous but love Prototype about half way through it) and we get to enjoy them.

They're sales figures and which sold more does not affect me at all. If either/both sold well, there will probably be sequels, that's all sales numbers mean to me at this point.

What's next, is someone gonna say well Gamefly and other rental services bought some so the actual consumer sales is ______? I mean, where do you people stop with this argument?

Btw, not sure about Infamous, but Prototype is one heck of a stress reliever with chopping up people with the claws and all

dude is their really a reason for having such a crappy "news" posted? 3 vs 1, i wonder who is really gonna win. ahhhh duurrrrrr....... just stop with this crappy rated articles/news that are being posted please.

that's all xb!tches do

Prototype wins in sales, but not quality. In fact I almost bought Prototype, but I'm boycotting it because of Activisions business practices. When I see that dirt cheap, used then I'll get it. Why? Because I don't want Activision to make money off of it. Until then I'll be happy with Infamous and my bevy of older games...god this summer has sucked for gaming.

Hmmm, it should have been obvious that if given a choice, people would consistently choose Infamous over Prototype.

192,700 for Infamous in June, while Prototype on PS3 wasn't even on the chart.

It is just idiotic to say that "But even without PS3 and PC sales it would seem that Prototype has come out as the fan favorite over inFamous".

Choice is a blessing indeed.

infamous is cool.
prototype is not!!!!

face of JonahFalcon and his following fanboys. http://www.destructoid.com/...

sadly it turned into this
http://talkingheadtv.com/wp...

These are just a couple of videos of Jonah Falcon on Youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

He is a laughing stock there. He has a cable access show about the Yankees and all he gets are prank calls, mostly from the Howard Stern show, year in, year out and he never gets it. He did get his dream and actually made it on the Howard Stern show, after claiming he had been on it when he hadn't. It was George Takei's "bachelor" party and the video (which has been pulled but the audio is still there: http://www.youtube.com/watc... ) showed George Takei being able to handle Jonah's junk, which is what he actually does for a living around New York city, charging old men to fondle his junk.

He is now pimping for Jordan Lund, who is a nothing-nobody that lives in a rental in Southeast Portland, Oregon. You are never going to get anything rational from these two.

shouldn't software reflect that.

i mean look @ fight night round 4

I just hope infamous nets sucker punch profit so they can make more games like an infamous 2 and the very much wanted Sly 4

if they were both exclusives maybe an argument

but as it stands.. ps3 plays both and 360 plays one.. ps3 owners are the winner here as they get to play two great games.

Lol whatever the critics have spoken Infamous is better than Prototype and Crackdown.

Of course it'll sell more in North America. Protype targets both the 360 and ps3 audience, while infamous is only on the ps3, which has circa half of the install base as the 360 has in the US.
It's not exactly quantum physics we're calculating here.

Prototype wins in sales and quality.

Why on earth would you be comparing the sales of a first party exclusive to those of a third party multiplat. 1 platform vs 3 platforms. Go figure.

...that after completing inFAMOUS, I bought Prototype. Wish I didn't because I feel it's a turd of a game (after inFAMOUS anyhow). Just feels like a slightly more polished Hulk Ultimate Destruction...and I was expecting more.

infamous is a better game its aaa protoype an average game i own both on ps3 and i prefer infamous why dis your opions is what make you feel better about protoype havent you played infamous or dont have a ps3

More proof that Sales mean nothing

Infamous>>>>>& gt;>>>>>

Two words people "Install base." Anyone making the argument that somehow Prototype is more preferred than Infamous is retarded. 360 has a 2-1 ration install base in N.America. It's not too much of a shocker to see how that was going to turn out. But with that said Infamous sold 3.2% to it's install base and Prototype sold 2.1% to xbox 360 install base.

this...well, this is just STUPID.

my head hurts trying to fathom the point of this article. he must be dizzy from all of that spin.

the game that's available on 3 platforms sells more than the game that's available on just ONE platform? INCONCEIVABLE!!

*rolls eyes*

the internet is absolutely KILLING gaming journalism.

i don't pretend to be a journalist in any way, shape or form, i'm just a game geek with a website, but i think comprehension is a requirement for ANYBODY trying to write about a subject.

Prototoype was available on the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.

inFAMOUS was available ONLY on the PS3.

Xbox 360 owners that were dying to get a superhero sandbox fix had only ONE choice for which game to buy: Prototype.

Playstation 3 owners that were dying to get a superhero sandbox fix had TWO choices for which game(s) to buy: inFAMOUS and Prototype.

in the end, the majority Playstation 3 gamers with the choice to buy a superhero sandbox game greatly favored inFAMOUS. some of them bought Prototype (poor fools: i bought BOTH, ultimately, but inFAMOUS is the better game by a country mile)

is anyone REALLY surprised that the Xbox 360 version of Prototype sold a bunch?

if inFAMOUS was the ONLY choice PS3 owners had, it would have sold more. as it is, PS3 owners split their spending between the two games, and even then, Prototype didn't chart in the top 10, but inFAMOUS did, meaning it was the favored choice for PS3 owners.

my god, is that really so hard for the fanboys to understand?

if inFAMOUS was available on BOTH consoles, believe me, it would have sold more than Prototype on the 360 too (many a 360 fan, even a bunch of the 360 fanboys at my job at Luxoflux were jealous of inFAMOUS being a PS3 exclusive, and said they were getting Prototype because they didn't have any other choice).

I thought I just read an article saying that Infamous "won" this silly contest.

Hey, here's a question... if Infamous is really that much better as some people say, then why didn't more people rush out and buy a PS3 for it? Why did more people "settle" for Prototype? Could it be possible that the two games are almost interchangable to your average unbiased gamer? Maybe give a slight nod of quality to one or the other, but they might both exist in the same area.

.......after that it's all down to opinions and what this guy thinks is better..

The comments are absolutely correct, there's no means for comparison here. Comparing two relatively different games on two consoles with very different install bases does not work.

Especially when you can even the playing field a bit, and simply compare the two relatively different games on the same console; which has the same install base.

Your trying to compare availability vs quantity: The amount of games sold per platform divided by the user base answers your question. It's simple statistical math. You still with me JonahFalcon?

350,000 games sold against 20 million users = 1.75% (PS3)
400,000 games sold against 30 million users = 1.3% (360)
(This is a general comparison of 360 to PS3. These numbers are generalized, and meant for demonstrative purposes of basic math only. Don't get up my @#$ about it JonahFalcon!)

And yeah, this doesn't take in account what everybody is saying, is that it's much easier to compare both titles on one console, and inFamous trashed Prototype.

However, both are good game play, inFamous kills it in graphics.

wait sales matter now?

without reading the comments
im just gonna say it ,,prototype is a multi platform no doubt that it will have more sales than infamouus wich is an exclusive

Prototype is on 2 consoles and pc obviously it should sell more. This is a pointless argument. There is more 360's in the U.S. Again, obviously it should do well, especially when xbox fans wont stoop to buy Infamous, so they have no choice but to buy Prototype if they like open world sandbox type games......

never forget : npd = america only (like bush)

Even though EVERY review I have read has given Infamous a better score and that almost every person I know who has played both has liked infamous more. My mind is blown by this article and I dont even know what to say. Prototype sucked. It was glitchy, had subpar graphics, and the story sucked. Words are lost on what to even say...

inFamous is one of the best games I played this year...

I own both consoles...I aint no fanboy

ummm... i bet inFamous outsold Prototype on the PS3. there should never be any competition for "which game outsold another?" in a cross console decision. the 360 has more users and doesn't have the option of inFamous, no wonder they are going to "default" to Prototype.

If inFamous existed on the 360, then this would be a valid competition. DIRKA DIRKA

it is a shame that InFamous didnt sell like gangbusters. that many units with how many ps3's in the US?

fail article is fail

a multiplat game outsells an exclusive. zomg, how did that happen?

ps3 owners had a choice between infamous and/or prototype. some chose infamous, some chose prototype. maybe some chose both.

360 owners only had prototype to choose from. add in the fact that 360 owners dont have much to choose from during the first half of 09. i bet if Infamous also released on the 360 the ratio would be about 50/50.

enjoy games not sales.

omg what a idiot hello its multiplatform for 1 in its only a fan favrite b/c its NOT infamous sales in reviews dont mean anything

A console exclusive TROUNCES every other game because it sells so well!!

Every time Wii Sports sells another copy (+teh Wii) the game some how magically becomes better!

/s

Yeah but wiifit outsold them both.

Combined.

In a week.

Actually Im making that last bit up. It could be true though. So i put forward my point. More sales do not a better game make.

inFamous is pretty sick... I lol at the fact that prototype didnt even chart on the ps3. I think that really shows the calibre of the two games. Infact I dont think we'll see any bragging over "360 sold more" simply due to the fact that PS3 gamers seem to have largly ignored it for a better, more polished and story driven game.

Can I ask you a simple question, Jonah, since you seem to love to ram sales figures down throats:

If one game is an exclusive game to a system but the other is a multiplatform game, what the fook do you THINK the sales figures will show? You're treating inFamous as a multiplatform game (and yes, it would be the same if inFamous was a 360 game, so PLEASE don't try THAT argument).

You want to post a fair fight? Compare the sales figures of inFamous with the PS3 version of Prototype only. THEN come back and talk about "trouncing".

Not like I'm holding my breath.

sales wise

Well if inFamous is so good like you sony fans say than why isn't it selling well? Usually great games sell well.

"Trounces"?

More like Prototype anally violates INFamous.

xbox 360 owners interested in sale figures.
Ps3 owners interested in quality of game.
Wii owners just dont care.

Ps3 owners enjoyed quality games such as flower, killzone, uncharted 1 to name a few. While xbox 360 owners laughed at the fact that ps3 games didnt sell well. Did any of those games get returned? Only a small number of them.

Infamous a quality game and exclusive to ps3. Prototype is not as good as infamous and its a multiplat game, hence more sold. Not surprising but very stupid to compare.

Please enjoy the game and not the sale figures, xbox 360 gamers

moms just bough proto, for their x-box- kids.

so, infamous was great :)

How are those review scores workin out for you, Prototype?

infamous was better, more fun, quality is what matters. keep your sells hope that fills your gaming needs. ,,l,,

I own both games but If I could only play one it would be Infamous. You still can't go wrong with either but Infamous is my GOTY so far.

A quick look at metacritic scores tells me everything I need to know about the battle between infamous and prototype.

people thinking like this shouldn't be allow to procreate. I make these type of comparisons for a living, and I would fear for my reputation if I had such a conclusions.

Only PS3 sales can be compared to PS3 sales in this case to make such a judgment, a judgment that really doesn't tell you much of anything...

because inFAMOUS IS AN EXLUSIVE...

inFamous sold 100% more copies on PS3 than Xbox 360.

Anyone else want to throw out some spin numbers?

i just wonder who can write such a stupid article???

first is NA=world?
why dont they put numbers for europe across all countries??(infamous outselling prot.on every site)
3 platforms vs 1?
360 owners have one option but ps3 owners can buy both

silly,silly

Think this goes to prove, you must advertise your games.

I saw plenty of prototype ads on uk tv.

Not one Infamous.

Wow, that Prototype really has won. Those numbers are far more than infamous so the numbers must mean that it is the better game evidentially.

Well I'll just go and play some Infamous now...

Ps. Don't pledge yourself to numbers. The post quality becomes dramatically horrible when someone starts pretending they know how to interpret numbers.

I've seen many people say, "OH yes but this sold more." Figures need to be looked at from the behind! For example in this case, one is a multi-platform game one is a exclusive game, surely that would have an affect don't you think?

Figures need to be criticised so you get their true meaning. Taking them for what they are is just inane.

Infamous is miles better. But what the heck PS3 gets both so why do I care.

who cares prototype is a bad game anyway

Why cant we be happy that we are getting good games? I dont really get these types of comparisons between an exclusive game and a multiplat? I always enjoy a game because it is simply good and i do not base my purchases on sales figure because i have my own tastes and opinion. Well if its sales we are talking about then the best game that trounces every other game would be WiiFit wouldnt it?

Yeah I guess it doesn't tell you how many people sent it back to the store and got inFAMOUS.

YouTube tells a very different story about which is better.

If PS3 exclusives keep selling poorly there won't be any in the future. That's why you should care.

Re-tar-ded

$hit sells apparently.

soda you're such a tit its untrue your comparing a NEW IP (infamous) (which are hard to sell btw) to a multiplat, what do you expect you dumbass multiplat will always win as its on two different consoles jeez what a dumbass we all know prototype is one boring game you play 10 mins hey its fun then after 10 min bored now done everything and the story is awful

infamous is just right decent graphics and better storyline but for a NEW IP its doing good

soda you really need to stop bumming off xbox and comparing
everything to it and use your brain for once

you never have anything positive on anything except a xbox a bet if you had a girlfriend you'd say you're dumped you dont satisfy me like my xbox does i prefer to play with kids instead your not my type

at least sony are making new IP's unlike MS such as kz2, MAG, Last Guardian and haevy rain what new IP's do MS have thats exclusive?

What I love about the PS3 is that it just keeps on getting NEW IP's which is great. I bought a PS3 for the sake of playing PS3 only games not to play multiplat games that look and play absolutely rubbish.

As far as infamous being the better game It's debate able. I have played both games, and I actually enjoyed the all around game play of prototype better. Infamous isn't a bad game, it just isn't as great as a lot of people are making it out to be.
Now there are somethings in infamous that I like that lacks in Prototype which is the transitioning story and graphics, but I found the game play to be a little bland. Where as Protoype's story was alright, but it's his abilities that shines a lot better the transformations, you can take certain vehicles and a ton of power ups you can choose from.
Now as far as this story is concern, comparing the two with sales is not going to work, but then again no comparison will work when people's minds and hearts are set with infamous already, so the bias is there.
In the end the author is crazy for even trying to compare the games this way, and a lot more crazier for comparing theses two period. It's really a lost cause in my opinion

Xbox 360 the undisputed software sales queen!

Apparently JonahFalcon fails at simple logic, and simple math. He ignores the fact that PS3 owners chose inFamous, and we were the only ones who had a choice. He also thinks that May 26-May 31st is one month.

I can always count on N4G for a good laugh first thing in the morning. I swear this site is like a videogame oriented version of The Onion. Big headline "PROTOTYPE TROUNCES iNFAMOUS", but what's missing is the small print "in every way except for gameplay, story, and graphics". Hmmm one thing trounces another in sales, but not quality... sounds familiar. They say no news is good news, so N4G must be the happiest news site on the planet.

These sorts of threads annoy me.

It's ONLY the US, it's makes a mountain out of mole hill and then tries to make a point out of it. People fall for it hook line and sinker.

While both sides can be just as bad, the anti PS3 slanted articles definitely clutch at a lot more straws. A lot of the tripe that 'reports' something failing is typically BS, PS3 people generally seem to need less straws.

Tells me a lot.

all NPD sales show is how cheap and behind the rest of the world the U.S. is in HD sales and gaming

While VGChartz isn't 100% accurate it can't be any worse than a lot of the guff here. Taken from Worlwide sales during the first 4 weeks of each games release:

InFamous: 515,683
Prototype PS3: 390,362
Prototype 360: 591,393

So... PS3 users bought 942,045 copies of InFamous and Prototype in the first 4 weeks and 360 owners brought the only option they had at 591,393.

If PS3 users hadn't of had an option they could have bought more of InFamous or vice versa, 360 users if had of actually had an option would have seen their sales end up even smaller (don't pretend you wouldn't have bought InFamous if you could've).

See I can do it too, bum reporting 101.

Go get some decent exclusives instead of trying to 'win wars' via half arsed multi platform games.

Yes, it's the fan favorite because a MULTIPLAT title sold more than a PS3 exclusive... *Sigh* Idiots.

and guess wat............I purchased Infamous.....FAR BETTER GAME....in production, quality fun factor.....and all things that makes a game great.

If I was unlucky not to own a PS3...........I may have consider Prototype but I have an option so I choose the best of the two.........

...The amount of poor games xbox users buy. How can the "Incredible Hulk Destruction With a new character (prototype)" beat out a story driven GTA Super hero game?

Seriously. I think xbox users buy poor games, because they dont have the sony exclusives and then have the nerve to argue that its better???

Seriously? Your straight up lieing to yourself.

You have 3 attacks two enemies repetive missions and yes i do own a ps3

InFamous Sucks

Unless you have stock in either company, then sales won't affect you playing the freaking game. Instead of worrying about sales, just play the game. I swear, gamers have lost the true meaning of video games, to have fun.

Ur actually gonna say Halo3 is better,Oh wow a kill aliens in all 3 games,THATS REPETITIVE IDIOT!And to say Fable was better?How ignorant are u?Fable sucked huge A$$!Its so damn boring,the best rpg's are FF series,everyone knows that.Man ur dumb

Don't have much desire to either. But I will tell you that inFAMOUS was a pretty good game but towards the end I started getting bored (after you unlock all your powers) and I haven't even beat the game yet. Perhaps I will one day pick it back up but for a while it was indeed awesome.

Very weak if you ask me. All I know is that infamous is at 600k sold while prototype is on like 500k. That's weak with a userbase wich has a 7-8 million lead.

This is only the US. Get the world figures and it would be totally different. Microsoft is US, will have higher sales.

That is some really horrible spin right there.

Prototype is such a crappy game anyway.

1 Platforum vs hyped up multiplatform game on 3 platforms, which sells most?

duh

how did this shi*y article make it throgh? its saying that prototype beat infamaouse and is more popular while clearly the people who owned a ps3 and could get infamus bought infamous and not prototype.

they are comparing the sales on a console that doesnt have infamouse thats retarded. they need to comapre the sales on the ps3 alone and then infamous clearly takes the win

didnt like prototype at all, not played infamous, but it seems word of mouth has helped it seeing as the 2nd months sales were 20,000 stronger. Good to see

I predicted this back when the the Infamous/Proto wars began months and months ago.

I said that 'Infamous would get the reviews and Prototype would get the sales'

It not only happened, but it happened in spades. The new tainted generation of shady Metacritic contributors has been thrust upon the gaming world and there is no turning back.

It is abunandtly clear that some PS3 friendly reviewers will now and forever boost PS3 exclusives reviews; because at this point these games are the systems only other major selling point. 'Infamous' was one of the few exclusives being released. The release of 'Prototype' in the same time frame was a freak of nature. Time and time again reviewers excessively took points away from the game in order to lower it's Meta score and ultimately push 'Infamous' as high as possible.

But, Prototype was simply 'biased review' prone. The game delivered exactly what was advertised; an over the top fun anti-super hero experience. If you scour through past articles of this game you will see Sony friendly sites and N4G.com's die hard PS3 fans fight tooth and nail to suppress Prototypes popularity, but it ultimately failed and the game is a success.

Justice has prevailed and the good guys won. This is not to say that Infamous didn't do good numbers as well. Those Sucker Punch boys obviously came through for Sony once again. I'm just glad they didn't do it at the expense of another great game.

inFamouse sucks

doesnt matter infamous is outselling Prototype on the ps3, which is becuase Infamous is better.

Heh sales aren't everything.

If a game released on multiple platforms dosen't outsell the game on only one platform(I love the PS3* especially the platform with the least units sold) well that'd be pretty pathetic right?

not surprised since Prototype is the better game and not a jag fest on the jaggiestation 3.

Jack you haven't played Prototype and neither have you played inFamous, go check out Youtube (the site thats used by every person on this planet) and see how there are more people who like inFamous and completely hate Prototype.

Personally, meesa spoiled by Infamous. Meesa no wanna play prototype. It's not that prototype is bombad, meesa just think there are no room for both right now.

All the prototype fans who were pissed off because infamous was the better game and had better reviews can finally go to sleep because prototype sold more copies.

great...can we all just move on now?

halo 3 9.89m vs Call of Duty Modern Warfare 35m, so what's the point of this article?? Besides sales figures for prototype on the ps3 suck because infamous is so much solid. I rest my case.

i have both, Prototype & inFamous, and i like inFamous a little bit more, if you re still thinking witch one should you get, just say fuk both and pick up saints row 2

A couple of points worth noting:

1) If installed base actually meant anything BOTH inFamous and Prototype would be selling multiple millions of copies. The fact that they're both selling less than 500,000 units at a time of year when there are no other big releases out speaks volumes.

2) It doesn't matter if Prototype is multiplatform or not. It sold more on the one platform we have numbers for.

3) Prototype PS3 didn't make the NPD top 10 which means it sold less than 192,700 (inFamous in the #10 slot). We don't know how much lower it was because we only have the top 10 sellers for June so far. The very best it could be is 192,699.

4) The simple fact of the matter is more gamers bought Prototype in June than bought inFamous in May and June. It's a simple mathematical fact. Gamers decided which game they would rather play and they picked Prototype.

5) Except me. I wrote the article and I bought inFamous instead of Prototype. I took it for an "all style, no substance" title.

This is a stupid article.....xbox losers had nothing else to buy other than prototype and they have a lead by a few million consoles sold. I guarantee if infamous was made for the crap360 it would of outsold prototype by a large margin!! damn shame all those fools who bought prototype on 360 can't play infamous, it's a way better game...sorry suckers!!

inFAMOUS>Prototype

I consider myself a 360 fanboy and I will not even get near Prototype. It is an awful game. inFAMOUS is an awesome game and everybody with half a brain should know that. I would not even rent Prototype.

In your opinion.

The fact remains that Prototype destroyed Infamous regarding sales. So this obviously shows that more people were looking forward to Prototype more than Infamous.

Regardless, I enjoyed Prototype more than Infamous. So fun.