Not true at all. A mandatory install of the PS3 version will help it run ALMOST as well as the uninstalled 360 version. Look at Crysis 2. We already know it runs poorly on the PS3. It's not like they're both starting from the same point, and then the PS3 version is ahead with the install. The PS3 version starts far behind the 360 version, and it needs the install just to be even with the 360 version.
But the key here is that the game must be installed to run decently on the PS3, while that's not the case on the 360. The installed PS3 version will run worse than the uninstalled 360 version.
And yet the 360 versions of these multiplatform games that you have to install on the PS3 STILL run better on the 360. So you're installing the PS3 version just for it to run ALMOST as good as the 360 version!
So... about average?
Bleh.
You people will take any tiny little thing to bash Microsoft, won't you? Disgusting. Sony is a Japanese company, so of course they donated a lot. And at no place did Microsoft "apologize for using Japan disaster as a marketing tool," as the title of the article would suggest, because they did nothing wrong. The closest thing I can find is this:
"We apologize the tweet was negatively perceived. Intent was to provide an easy way for people to help Japan. We h...
I will be getting the 360 version because I have no interest in playing with PC users and my PC couldn't run the free copy of the game anyway. I also want to play with my friends on Xbox LIVE and I would like to add to my gamerscore.
"We all want core games and 360 is selling without a lineup of core games for us."
Huh? There are more excellent "core" games coming to the 360 in 2011 than I can remember from any other year. I plan to use my 360 more than ever before this year. I already don't know how I will play all of these games:
-Gears of War 3
-L.A. Noire
-The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
-You Don't Know Jack!
-Dust: An Elysia...
The 360 is currently outselling the PS3 in North America, while in Europe the two are tied, and the PS3 outsells the 360 in the rest of the world because it sells in far more countries than the 360.
First US, second worldwide actually.
All that fun with insanely low presentation values. No thanks! Saints Row is the video game industry's equivalent of a "straight-to-DVD" movie.
You'll probably have to wait a LONG time for that. Maybe a year? L.A. Noire is Rockstar's main focus right now. After that releases, they will probably announce GTA V and then that will be getting all the attention for a long time to come.
GTA IV was delayed 6 months because the PS3 version was falling behind, and the PS3 version still ran like shit compared to the 360 version.
Heavy Rain currently sits at 1.65 million, not 2 million.
Uhh... Alan Wake reached a big milestone with 1 million copies sold. I believe that warrants an article and a submission. And VGChartz is a very reliable source for worldwide sales as has been proven time and time again. The facts are simply ignored here on N4G, though. One person says VGChartz is unreliable when the 360 is destroying the PS3 in sales, and all the mindless fanboys follow. Soon everyone is against VGChartz.
Well, outside of N4G it is a very respected site.
@teething
I guess it was a mistake to release on the same day as RDR, but RDR really came out of nowhere and blew everyone away. Well, I was following it long before release, being a Rockstar fan, but it definitely wasn't the highest profile game until just before release. Alan Wake's release date couldn't be changed anymore at that point.
People still could have picked up both, though. It came out at one of the slowest times of the year for game ...
@OneSneakyMofo
LOL, yeah, what were the sales?
North America
360: 530,000
PS3: 400,000
Japan
PS3: 18,000
360: 2,000
Now of course I'm exaggerating here, but the truth is, Japanese sales are so TINY compared to NA and Europe sales that they are almost completely insignificant.
According to NPD:
Killzone 3 sold 280,000 in one week.
Killzone 2 sold 323,000 in two days.
Killzone 3 launched to 18.8 million potential customers in America.
Killzone 2 launched to 8.2 million potential customers in America.
There is no denying that Killzone 3's performance is terrible.
Killzone 3 released on 2/22/2011, so it had one week on this chart and sold 280,000.
Killzone 2 released on 2/27/2009. It had TWO DAYS on its chart and sold 323,000.
And back then, the PS3's install base was only a third of what it is now. There is no denying that Killzone 3's sales are ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC for a big, hyped exclusive FPS.
90% of game releases on the PS3 and Xbox 360 are multiplatform, and by now everyone should know that if they want the superior version of multiplatform games, they will have to get the 360 version. There are no excuses.