Sony PS3 now selling more games than Xbox 360
Filed under: Gaming | By: Peter Chubb
Posted on: October 27, 2008 | 27 Comments
When the Sony PS3 was first launched it did not get off to a great start, as there were not many titles on offer. How times have changed, as the PlayStation 3 is now becoming the better option for game developers, as it offers them the chance to earn a greater profit.
Even though the Sony PS3 has a smaller install base, they are still selling more games the Xbox 360. If that was not bad news, big developers like Konami, Namco Bandi and Ubisoft have joined the likes of EA and agree that the Sony PS3 is the better option over the 360 for earning more profit.
Although the Xbox 360 has over 5 million more units sold, the PS3 performs more efficiently with the sales that they have with third party publishers. It looks as though PS3 games have been building up slowly, and have crept up on the Xbox 360.
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More BAD news for Microsoft.
You should do an article about how Microsoft will not be making a single cent in profit off of the Xbox360, due to the 1,000,000,000 (billion) dollar extension of the “3-year warranty” implemented several months ago.
…Not to mention that (tiny little) CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT, in regards to “knowingly shipping consoles with a 33% failure rate,” in order to better compete against Sony and Nintendo….thing, Lol.
I couldn’t really tell much between them in terms of graphics, the only difference that really stood out for me is the additional load screen on the 360 version at about 2:20 into the video.
From what I’ve read in reviews the 360 has a lot of these little area load screens that break up the flow of the game, the PS3 by comparison has no load delays between areas…
Ooops the above was made against the wrong article - I should have posted it here: http://www.product-reviews.net/2008/10/27/far-cry-2-xbox-360-vs-sony-ps3-video-comparison/
Oops the above comment was posted against the wrong story! It should have been for the FarCry 2 video comparison article!
Sony are in for the long haul…they have no choice! This is encouraging though, as Sony needs that software income to offset PS3 losses. The test will be the new Xbox. It has the potential to really hurt Sony as being late to the party - they will always be playing catch-up.
With the prior knowledge Sony had about what it was that made the Xbox so popular, it is astounding how badly Sony “stuffed up” regarding things like in-game XMB, chat, in-game music etc. Surely at launch these basic things should have been there ready to compete with Xbox?
I don’t believe this article.. It gives nothing to back up the claim… I believe 360 is selling more games.. without a doubt….
I’ve had all consoles since launch, and I buy far more 360 games than ps3… I own 4 ps3 games, and about 17 xbox 360 games, and about 8 wii games…. PS3 has no good exclusives…. I don’t think this article is accurate…
Ps3 is the best, finally people will realise! Goodbye xbox
Just looking at the attach rates for the respective counsoles should alert you to something fishy going on here. The attach rate for the 360 is 8.1 games per console, for the PS3 its 5.x. and seeing as that the 360 has sold 5000000 more consoles that’s an additional 15 million games over the PS3. Where are they getting their numbers at here?
The trick that they’re pulling is that there are certain developers, Konami for example that are selling better on the PS3 than the 360, and they only publish these figures while completely leaving out Bioware and the like.
Let’s not forget that you can pirate games for the 360 so a lot of folks haven’t actually bought the game itself, unlike the PS3 where you have to buy the real game because you cannot pirate blu-ray, as of yet.
Plus, I’m sure there are many folks out there that have mulitple 360s due to its high failure rate. Factor those in as well and just play the freakin games!