Put in it's simplest form it's the one year head start MS had. Now I'm sure this has been discussed before but I still constantly see comments geared to put down the PS3 based on sales alone so I thought I'd reiterate.
The months following the launch of the Xbox 360 MS began digging in with shady marketing (see http://n4g.com/news/31285/m... ) However for all their arrogance and childish posturing there's one simple fact that they seem to want to ignore:
Take away ANY one of the Xbox's years of sales and the PS3 would be well ahead.
To be honest it should be the way that sales are compared, it's incredibly unfair to judge them side by side as most of the media seem to do.
Lately the Xbox has seen a great increase in sales but let's face it there's two massive and probably short term sales spikes at play here... Slim re-design and another Halo game.
Come November there is an incredible amount of pressure on Kinect to sell consoles. Should it fail then the PS3 is CERTAIN to take the sales crown well before the launch of next gen devices. The review embargo on Kinect is a massive sign that this will be the case and with a laundry list of upcoming triple A exclusive titles on the PS3, I'm hoping we can finally put the misunderstanding of PS3 sales figures behind us all.
Play games NOT marketing/sales.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
everyone thinks that the xbox is much better than the ps3, and the ps3 has advantages - but everyone forgets that a console sells best on launch, and a whole year ahead is kind of a suckish way to compare things - it's simply too unfair! Forget a year - I'll bet the PS3 could overtake the xbox easily if the handicap was gone, and catch up in less than six months!!!
Dude... really?
Are you for real?
You preach "Play games NOT marketing/sales", but then speculate about how
"PS3 is CERTAIN to take the sales crown well before the launch of next gen devices"
Are you crying about how it's not fair that ps3 sales are compared to 360 sales?
Is it deleterious to your ego?
Can't sleep at night?
is it.. not fair?
Jesus dude..
wtf is wrong with you?
Nintendo and the Wii didn't seem to care much about the 1 year head start. They managed to surpass the 360 in overall sales.
Why is the 1 year MS head start affecting Sony but not Nintendo? I will tell you. Because consumers purchase what they feel is best worth their money. Consumers don't usually buy what they don't want. The 1 year 360 head start should not be looked at as a negative on MS, but as a negative on Sony for waiting so long to launch their system. If you start the race late, then expect to be in last. Nintendo didn't have an issue with MS's 1 year head start and they outsold MS and Sony almost combined.
All the Sony supporters will try and say anything to justify why the PS3 is in 3rd place. But what it all comes down to is simply there is not enough demand for the PS3 as there is the Nintendo Wii or 360. People vote with their wallets what they feel best suits their wants and needs.
Sony is in 3rd place like it or not. Next time Sony....release your console the same time as your competitors do. If you want to start the race in last, then expect to finish in last.
You're basically at the level of 'delusional' if you think you're allowed to discount 1 extra year of 360 sales. Who's to say if 360 started the same year as Wii/PS3 if it still kept a killer app like Gears of War?
Not to mention the 360 had one year with no competition.
But I'll let the fanboys think what they want.