NPD doesn't include numbers from the world's largest retailer, WAL MART!! VGChartz is every bit as reliable as NPD...as for the Nintendo/VG Chartz difference...Nintendo reported their Black Friday number which is the biggest shopping day of the year, VG Chartz' numbers are for the whole week. Rock Band took a huge beatdown at retail. The Guitar Hero 3 bundles are $60 dollars less than the Rock Band bundle and the Rock Band game only didn't sell either. Guitar Hero 3 is crushing Rock Band....
There's alot of 360 hate going on...sounds like jealous ranting to me. Truth is when Sony had its year headstart with the PS2 everyone conceded that Sony would not be caught. They had a stronger installed base and software exclusives. Now that the tables have turned you may as well concede that the PS3 has no chance to catch the 360 or the Wii...I know you're gonna try and keep hope alive, but face it there just aren't enought exclusive PS3 titles coming next year for Sony to close the gap,...
This has been an incredible gaming year on the 360...Gears of War, Guitar Hero 2, Madden 08, Bioshock, Halo 3. Mass Effect is on deck among other games...what a year! I think the 360 is going to have an incredible holiday season...see you on XBL!
I've been playing videogames since Pong in the '70s and have owned almost every console at one time or another (don't have a PS3...yet) and you know when you're playing a game that is going to change videogaming with its greatness. I think most gamers can remember being in the presence of a masterpiece of gaming as fondly as watching thier favorite movies for the first time or hearing their favorite music. Bioshock is a masterpiece! I can say it after just playing the demo! It is that goo...
When the numbers for Oct. Nov. and Dec. come out for the 360 and the Wii all this Sony spin will look even more foolish. Sony has not and will not sell enough systems to compete with the 360 in any territory besides Japan where it won't ever catch the Wii. The Wii will crush PS3 in Japan and the 360 will crush PS3 in the world's biggest market the US. And before you say "the Wii costs less, it's not next gen" well this is the same argument the 360 has trying to compete with the W...
I own a 360 and a Wii and gave serious thought to getting a PS3 but passed for one reason...game selection and lineup. It still is all about the games. I have a 57 inch Hitachi 57f59a HDTV and was ready to leave the last generation of video game consoles behind. I have no huge loyalty towards any of the 3 players in the videogame wars. Once upon a time, Nintendo screwed gamers with multiple release date changes and slow adaptation to the disk format. Sony angered me with terrible custome...
Hey...wouldn't it be funny if Microsoft's Blu-ray add-on player played FF13...even funnier if they have a sku where its packed in with the player...anything is possible with the good folks at M$ as witnessed by today's atomic announcement!