Sales of Sony's re-designed PlayStation 3 have exploded in the UK, increasing nearly 1000 per cent over the prior week. The figures come from UK and Denmark market-researcher Chart-Track. "The sales increase is very impressive," said a Chart-Track representative, adding that the PS3 outsold the Xbox 360 as well as both the Wii and DS Lite "by a ratio of three-to-one."
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
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.
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
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.
Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.
My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.
Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.
Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.
A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
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.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
it has the lead but no one will officially win... but i will say the customers have .... it all comes down to games and ps3 has the best IMO ... the exclusives keep getting better... plus free services.... i dont care if it is better or worse ..... its free so any one person with a ps3 and internet can get the FULL experience from day 1
plus 3d is coming .... i'm glad to be a ps360 owner
The $299 PS3 slim is, by FAR, the toughest competition that the Xbox 360 has faced in it's 4 years on the market.
However, early numbers have shown that while the PS3 has surged in sales, as expected in the weeks following a price drop, the 360's sales have also increased month over month. Plus, the 360's price "adjustments" (I won't call it a price cut) went into effect in the last days of August, so it only stand to reason that the 360 will see a sales surge over the next few weeks and months as well.
The 360 continues to increase it's installed base despite facing its toughest competition - that's the sign of a strong product.
It's clear that the PS3's market share gains will not come at the expense of the Xbox 360. PS2 and Wii owners are going to upgrade to PS3 and 360. It wouldn't surprise me if both 360 and PS3 pass the Wii in sales during the holiday season (I'm talking month by month - it will take a lot longer to catch up to the overall sales leader).
This is a marathon, not a sprint. While the PS3 may be sprinting now, the 360 is growing steadily and consistently, and that will keep it in the game for a long time.
Since this article is about sales....Nintendo has won and Sony will most likely come real close to beating them by next year.
Wow this article is so premature.
I think its too early to tell.
And you know what, this is why the game industry revolves around Sony. Now that they have forced MS into lowering the ELITE prices and packaging a WIFI adaptor with the console, Im glad to be able to look forward to playing Halo 3 (FINALLY!) and GeOW2 as well as Forza 3 and ODST when they come out. With the WIFI in the box and (im assuming based on every bit of reasoning I posses) the lower failure rates, longer warranty, lower price the 360 is kind of a justified purchase now.
They still need to work on that free online thing though.
Thankyou Sony for consistently making the games industry better.