Sept US hardware/software sales

[Agathon]

I guess I just don't understand how a system that continues to easily outsell the PS3 (in NA).

And there you have it. In North America. The world is a very large place. Xboxes are largely a North American thing (like macs, if truth is to be told).

Don't think that the rest of the world cares as much as North Americans do.

 

[0098386]

Except the point of the next gen consoles was to be more than gaming machines. To be media centers. The 360 is hopeless at that. Most systems have a small hard drive and they all make such an abominable noise as to be useless at it. Not so for Sony's offering.

Not really. Not one of the HD console owners around here uses them as media centres, hell once I got a big monitor for my iMac I ditched my own Xbox Media Centre machine.

Media centres are good for an absolute minority of people. The most these machines will see is Blue Ray or HD-DVD playback.

Look at console sales. PS2 is beating down the PS3, the DS is dancing over the PSP and the Wii topples them all. Media playback isn't a big deal for game machines. PSX anyone?

The PS3 is a more powerful machine and has a high definition format for its games (and a better HD format for media), and it is cheaper (feature for feature) and more reliable. How long before 4GB simply isn't enough for a next gen game? One year? Two years? Microsoft has already said that 360 games will not be on HDDVD. That is the 360's Achilles heel.

4gb may reach a limit, but 9.5gb?

A game without copious hours and days of cutscenes and individual textures (PGR4 was it?) simply do not need more storage. Games use prefabs, games use compression and other techniques to keep file sizes down (and quicker to load). Despite how much I don't like the game itself - Halo is giant. It's a very epic game yet it's sitting pretty on a DVD9. Orange Box? There's 40 hours of single player gameplay on one DVD.

But I do agree to the extent that the 360 has to do something big to stand up against the PS3. I can't imagine the PS3 overtaking any of the current systems, but I can imagine the 360 "sweating" it a little.

Right now it seems to be the PS3 sweating. What with all the price drops and new systems and every last ditch attempt to get the system priced alongside a 360.

Re: the power issue. Anyone care to tell me where the most powerful console won a generation? Seems to me the weakest seems to come out on top. Wonder why that is, price maybe? Easy to code for, bringing in more devs?

 

[ChrisK018]

I think the 360 will be fine for the next month or two as people continue to pick up Halo 3, aka "the franchise that saved the MS game console." When Mario Galaxy comes out my guess is that it will bump Wii purchases in a similar manner.

I can't think of a similar super-ultra flagship title for the PS3. Gran Turismo 5 and the latest FF? Those two are a wee bit too specialized.

 

[mkubal]

And there you have it. In North America. The world is a very large place. Xboxes are largely a North American thing (like macs, if truth is to be told).

Don't think that the rest of the world cares as much as North Americans do.

This is a thread about NA sales. If you want to talk about something else please start your own thread. Or at the very least stop with the unprecedented amount of FUD.

360 not a good Media Center? WTF I guess I'm just dreaming when I'm able to stream video and music from my iMac to the 360. Someone call me a doctor, I'm hallucinating.

The crap about the 360 being loud: when streaming content the disc drive (what causes the 360 to be loud) is not in use. Are you sure you own a 360 and haven't just played a friend of a friend's?

Again, please stop claiming the 360 is about to fail. The hardware and software numbers say the opposite. I think sonydefenseforce.com might be looking for a writer.

 

[0098386]

I think sonydefenseforce.com might be looking for a writer.

WTF, did you know that was a real site or were you just guessing?

I say real site, they bundled together the "Sony Family" but split up Nintendo family must be written by a humourist or something.

 

[MRU]

the great soothsayer posts more words of incomprehensible wisdom!

I was going to respond but simply cant see any reason to rationalise with the irrational.

The thread has been killed by FUD! time to leave.

 

[mkubal]

WTF, did you know that was a real site or were you just guessing?

I say real site, they bundled together the "Sony Family" but split up Nintendo family must be written by a humourist or something.

I knew it existed, but I heard recently that it's written completely tongue-in-cheek. Regardless, it seems too serious to be fake, but it's awesome for a laugh every now and then, especially so on NPD day. They tend to (always) give crap reviews to 360 games and stellar reviews to PS3 games. Who knows why they even review 360 games.

And yes, that chart is freakin hilarious.

 

[zero2dash]

Except the point of the next gen consoles was to be more than gaming machines. To be media centers.

Really? I didn't know that any of the three companies made media centers. Oh wait, they don't. They are game consoles first and foremost. Perhaps you've been reading Kutaragi as if it were the gospel, hmm? But please, save us your "4D gameplay!!" and "I'll work four jobs to afford one!" speeches.

The rest of your post is a 99% FUD moot point, but I will entertain your last ditch effort at being witty.

With every passing week that the 360 fails to obliterate the PS3, it becomes a weaker proposition. And the weeks are passing...

...and Sony's still dead last, behind two consoles that you perceive as being weak and ill-equipped for taking down 'teh JUGGERNAUT!!!~!'

Try harder next time, maybe you can spread on an even thicker layer of FUD.