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console war EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Ninja Theory: PS3 exclusivity 'draining' and 'unfair' 54 Ninja Theory is best known this generation for Heavenly Sword, a PS3-exclusive game that looked gorgeous, even if it didn't play quite so brilliantly. As with all PS3 exclusives, it was subject t... Valve: Xbox 360 community 'head and shoulders above PS3' 137 On the same day that Randy Pitchford says that Valve are childish fanboys that bash the PS3, here comes Valve's Chet Faliszek ... kind of bashing the PS3. The game writer has stated that Xbox Liv... Analyst: 360 owners 'defecting' to PS3 this holiday 86 The Xbox 360 has long been considered the superior option for multiplatform games thanks to Xbox Live integration and the fact that it is, more often than not, the lead development platform. Howe... Microsoft CEO DOESN'T confirm 360 Blu-ray add-on (Update) 141 Gizmodo has an exclusive interview with Microsoft CEO's Steve Ballmer going up in full this Friday. Until then, they're releasing little clips from the interview and the one they have up right n... Console fanboys make Infinity Ward angry 67 Did you know what when Infinity Ward revealed the packshot for Modern Warfare 2, some people were bitching and whining that an Xbox 360 box was revealed and not a PS3 one, even though they basica... Greenberg: Xbox 360 will beat PS3 at baseball 37 That's right, folks! Aaron Greenberg, a man employed by Microsoft, has nice things to say in public about Microsoft! How about that for mindblowing? Once again, MS' minister of propaganda is spra... Reggie asks what the PSPgo's benefit is 53 Time for some CEO smack talk, people. That means thinly veiled insults, coated in "respect" and gleaming with backhandedness. The leaders of big companies always try to play nice with t... Bayonetta demo: Xbox 360 vs. PS3 87 Comparison attack! Everybody loves it when two versions of the same game are pitted against each other in yet another grueling battle of the console wars, but at least this time there's a valid r... Pachter: PS3 is winning 75 Videogame industry analyst and deep-sea shark wrestler Michael Pachter has published his predictions for last month's sales, believing that when the dust has settled, Sony and the PS3 shall emerg... Sony winning is best for the industry ... says Sony 84 Most multinational corprations are in business for themselves, and only themselves, which is absolutely fine. However, Sony is more of a philanthropist than that, and isn't just fighting for its ... Greenberg says MS can counter anything Sony has 109 Sony is getting ready for a bitter fight to reclaim its lost glory, enterting this holiday season with a PS3 price cut, a new PSP and the promise of hot games like Uncharted 2, MAG, and Heavy Rai... Microsoft: Multiplatform games are 'better' on Xbox 360 70 Humility? Microsoft does not understand the meaning of the word. The Xbox 360 platform holder, by way of European executive Chris Lewis, has stated that multiplatform games "just work better... PS3 outselling Xbox 360 three to one in UK 62 Despite Microsoft claiming that the Xbox 360 is more successful than the PS3 in Europe, some new numbers have come in that show the PlayStation 3 absolutely shredding its bitter rival apart. If t... Microsoft: Xbox 360 is 1 million units ahead of PS3 63 Sony currently claims an install base of 10 million in Europe, while Microsoft recently revealed a 360 install base of 9 million. Despite this, the Xbox 360 brand holder claims that Sony is doing... Rage for 360/PC twice as good as the PS3 version 86 Put your ear to the ground. Do you hear that? The rumbling off in the distance? It's the sound of anguished fanboys howling and stampeding.Ok, I admit the title is an exaggeration, but judging fr... Boom Blox on other formats not out of the question 8 Surprisingly enough, Boom Blox is one of my favorite Wii-exclusive games. There's something about destroying towers and making baby gorillas cry that appeals to me. Although the series is strongl... Gaikai creator talks smack about OnLive 11 Get ready for the non-console wars. Wars involving cloud computing game providers like Gaikai and OnLive will have no consoles whatsoever because every game will be streaming straight to you whil... Blazblue sells more PS3 copies than 360: Console wars END! 103 2D fighting game Blazblue is selling more copies on the PS3 than the Xbox 360. This has been undeniably proven by Amazon, where the game is currently selling much faster on Blu-ray than on your b... Pachter: PS3 will overtake Xbox 360 ... in 2015 51 The PlayStation 3 may will be chugging away in third place, but that hasn't stopped industry analyst Michael Pachter from declaring that Sony's black box o' Blu-ray will overtake Microsoft's beig... Devs respond to PS3 Ghostbusters controversy, make it worse 63 The ridiculous fanboy wars spilled over into multiplatform territory recently when the PS3 version of Terminal Reality's Ghostbusters was said to run at a lower resolution to the Xbox 360 version... RE5, Final Fantasy to sell more on 360, claims Microsoft 59 Strap yourself in folks, because we have an utter shocker for you. Microsoft has turned the industry on its head by making the surprise prediction that Resident Evil 5 and Final Fantasy XIII will... Aaron Greenberg Says: Sony is hemorrhaging at retail 38 Aaron Greenberg is such a quote box when it comes to saying abrasive flamebait that I have decided to come up with a new tag called Aaron Greenberg Says. Today, Aaron Greenberg says many things, ... Creative Assembly isn't threatened by console strategy games 19 While console-based real-time strategy games have made a lot of progress in recent years, we're still quite a bit off from seeing them match what's happening on the PC gaming scene.Having recentl... Microsoft thinks Sony is a dirty liar, questions PSN numbers 34 Recently, Sony proudly boasted that the PlayStation Network had surpassed 20 million members, putting its numbers ahead of Xbox Live by a cool 3 million. Well, it's been a while since we had the ... Console Wars declared dead in the cutest way possible 83 When I saw this collection of images, my heart bled rainbows and my soul turned to candy. This is a vision of the future we could all have if we put our differences aside and forgot the console w... Sony: Don't subscribe to Xbox Live, buy loads of PlayStation stuff instead! 51 The console wars continue to rage, as Sony continues its line that the PlayStation 3 offers more value for money in the face of the significantly cheaper Xbox 360. Choosing to focus on the Xbox L... OMG! Killzone 2 is TOTALLY broken OMG actually! 219 The above video has pretty much confirmed something that I think we all knew deep down -- Killzone 2 is a broken puddle of Nazi spunk that should never have been released. When you see the shee... Microsoft responds to 'peddling' accusation, admits it likes doing it 23 The corporate pissing contest continues as Sony and Microsoft bicker like children some more. Last week, Sony accused Microsoft of "peddling add ons" with the Xbox 360, claiming that th... New book details how Microsoft used Sony's Cell processor for the Xbox 360 42 David Shippy and Mickie Phipps’ new book “The Race for a New Game Machine” has all the videogames industry drama that a person could ask for. The Wall Street Journal recently pu... Game Debate to the Death! Xbox 360 VS Wii VS PS3 172 Last week was one of the larger game debates of the year, with a wide variety of games submitted by the Dtoid Army for consideration. Dozens of games received five or less votes, but when all the... Monday Mind Teasers: I need some consoling 24 You know how it works! With the help of each other, try to figure out all of the disguised game covers. They all share a common theme that, once solved, can help you figure out the harder ones.Th... Analysts: Could Nintendo make the next major move in the console war? 29 Damn that Nintendo, always coming up with new ways to make us flat broke. If Lazard Capital Markets analyst Colin Sebastian has anything to say about it, they'll make us poorer and happier again ... Xbox 360 outsells PS3 by nearly 3:1 in Japan last week 52 According to Media Create sales data as chronicled at NeoGAF, the unthinkable has occurred. For a period of seven days, the Xbox 360 sold approximately three times faster than the PS3. Does this ... A Soul Calibur IV comparison video with actual merit 65 Now, I wouldn't normally post a video comparing one console's version of a game to another. That kind of stuff is really only good for fanning the flames of fanboy rage. More importantly, though,... 10 million Xbox 360s sold in the U.S., Microsoft declares victory 63 Microsoft has announced today that sales of the Xbox 360 have exceeded the 10 million unit mark in the U.S., with over 19 million sold globally. Microsoft are also very excited about the Xbox 360... GameStop: 360 has 2-to-1 lead over PS3 in GTA IV's first-week sales 38 GameStop has revealed their first-week sales numbers for Grand Theft Auto IV exclusively to Level Up, and they're certainly not too surprising. According to the specialty retail giant, roughly 64... A one-console future: Pray it never happens 63 So I just spent a whole feature talking about the problems of trying to support multiple consoles -- why would we still NEVER, EVER want a one-console future? After reading a number of the comme... A one-console future: is it really good for you? 50 There's been some interesting discussion on why the industry would be better off with a one-console future. Even such industry heavyweights as David Jaffe and Dennis Dyack have questioned,... The inside story on the PS3's game installations 45 Mandatory installations of certain PlayStation 3 games (e.g., Devil May Cry 4, Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds) have become a point of contention among gamers. We’ve certainly seen that happe... Former Xbox VP says that consoles are on their way out 68 No, say it isn't so! What am I going to do... with my life? I'm already scared.Sandy Duncan, formerly vice president of Xbox Europe, and now head of casual gaming business YoYo Games, says that o... Microsoft's Marketing Director says 360 games are superior to PS3 60 After a recent article at Gamepro in which they compared current console titles against one another and pronounced the PS3 as the best of the bunch, Microsoft Marketing Director Albert Penello ha... New videos of the US build of Opoona: A cute game with a dirty sounding name 34  The Wii is quickly becoming the defacto system of choice for developers looking to make unconventional, original IP's with low tech visuals. No More Heroes, Blast Works, De Blob, Zack and W... Xbox 360 'owns' the GTA IV launch, according to Microsoft 122 There's no denying the power of the Grand Theft Auto series. Rockstar's controversial franchise is one of the most recognizable and well-known brands in modern gaming, and its next installment is... Squeenix president likes multiple consoles: Squeenix president is sensible 18 Lately it seems that developers have been expressing their longing for a single console to rule them all. Both Dennis Dyack and, more recently, David Jaffe, have supported the idea of a one-conso... Dave Jaffe keeps it real once again: Another call for a one console universe 74 Dave Jaffe is a multi-faceted man. When he's not openly criticizing the company that has written his pay checks for most of his career, feuding with gaming blogs, or actually working on the occas... PSTriple takes half off, Sony finally starts to smile again 39 Following its usual pattern of having glimmers of good news interspersed within bad news comes word that Sony has finally managed to make a significant reduction in the production costs of the Pl... Does the PC need casual games to survive as a gaming platform? 39 Does the PC need casual games to survive as a gaming platform? Probably not, but a new focus on the growing trend could help in the battle against gaming consoles.Panelists from Nvidia, Intel, Mi... Dynasty Warriors 6 hits Japan, does Sony proud 33 This should come as no surprise to anybody with a brain in their decaying skulls, but Dynasty Warriors 6 is a big deal in Japan, and has sold far better on the PS3 than the 360. Now isn't THAT a ... NPD changes mind, will continue to provide sales figures 12 It looks like the NPD pulled a "360" and will continue to provide monthly sales data on software and hardware for free. The NPD told Next-Gen that they were surprised by the amount of o... October software sales up 50% thanks to dogs in witty garb 15 Unfortunately, I'm not serious about the reason for software sales doubling for the month of October, but I can tell you if these dogs approached me on the street and told me to purchase twice th... NPD Number Nazi: No more NPD numbers for you! 19 There's some new bad news for all of the game news junkies (I'm with you, guys) out there. Newsweek's Level Up blog tells us that the NPD is going to start cutting back on the data they've normal... Analysts predict console Holiday sales, Blu-Ray could win in the end 26 Some solid analyzing over at Next Generation poses some interesting ideas for the upcoming holiday season and how console sales will fare. The big question is, Will a price drop to $399 for PS3 a... Gamasutra poses easy questions to analysts, no one shocked by answers 20 Gamasutra has just posted a discussion on the current state of the big three gaming consoles and according to the analysts they asked, Nintendo is doing fantastically well, Microsoft is absorbing...		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! Dive in! meetup+play for a chance to win a PC Dtoid Twitter    Got news?   tips@destructoid.com Reviews & Previews Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles review Left 4 Dead 2 review Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex review Arkedo Series - 02 SWAP! review EyePet review more reviews Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks Monster Hunter Tri Hooking onto, under and above Just Cause 2 PS3's 256-player MAG Rooms The Main Building more previews - The Dtoid Army is 50693 strong - Showing Cblogs with 3+ faps   show all Call for entries: do the wrong thing New to Dtoid? 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