The PlayStation 3 sales overcame those of the Xbox 360 week in Europe, according to the hardware sales numbers posted at CVG.
It looks like the PS3 price cut was just enough to get European gamers to take the plunge. With the new 40GB model hitting shelves, and the 60GB model seeing a price drop, 64,000 PS3s were snapped up last week, just missing the Wii numbers by about 6,000 units.
The Xbox 360 had a good run during the Halo 3 launch, even edging out the Wii, but it has now fallen to last place for current generation consoles, ranking below even the PSP and PS2.
Despite all of that action, the DS still takes top honors, with 171,260 units sold just last week. It prints Euros!
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9:47 AM on 10.23.2007
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For the uninformed this is a website which alleges to gain sales information from retailers around the world and then publishes it all online for anyone to see.
Of course, anyone with a brain will realise that no retailer who values their supply chain will give out this super secret information so we're left wondering, where does the information come from?
VGChartz.com has never provided any evidence that it does this or any other practice to gain authentic figures, so for now we must continue to ignore it for it is clearly fabricated nonsense.
I've already buried the submission of CVG's article on digg as inaccurate, because that's quite frankly what it is. Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft should sue the proprietors for slander.
Resistance, Motorstorm, Heavenly Sword, and WarHawk (all titles I own) I've found to be more than worth what I paid for them. Especially with the online play included in three of them. Are these games perfect? No. There's no such thing, but they're fun and you can only get them on a PS3.
This argument that there are no games for the PS3 that are worth it is petty and tiresome. If anything there aren't that many titles, but I don't have all day to play games so I don't finish playing games the night I buy them like a lot of you. Aside from Resistance, which is out on loan to Tazar, I'm still enjoying every one of these titles.
Yes. It doesn't have the breadth of titles that the 360 has, but it's been out a year longer.
Get a new argument!
Cereal though. It does have games. And, I think now that it's 400$ in the US (-BC *tear) the BS3 is going to pick up steam. More games are coming. Yes, the 360 has more games. Get over it. If you don't want one, why flamebait with shitty arguments in the first place. GTFO my innernets.
All the systems are good. In their own way.
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For me at least that 40g means absolutely nothing, no BC = no buy
Don't you guys realize its barely been a year since its been out? Give it some time, the "OMFG i must sell my left nut" games will come.
Impatient brats.
Despite Heavenly Swords shortness it was extremely well received by the media and blogs. It's taken me much longer than 5 hours to beat it (maybe I suck), but I enjoyed every minute of it. That (to me) is worth the cost of the game.
Something makes me think you're one of those people I was referring to above. The type that has loads of time to play, whips through games like crazy, and gets bored fast. If so, stick with your 360 and let the rest of us have fun with our PS3s.
FYI, Warhawk is great fun. We play two times weekly here on Dtoid. Wednesday Night WarCawks and Friday Night Fights. The last few times we've had more than my server can handle (8) and it's been a blast.
Seriously though. I'm just reminding those of you who will listen that it's not as bad as the trolls make it out to be. It's not a 360 or a Wii, it's a PS3. It does have games. It has some good games, some average games and some awful games just like every console has ever had.
Maybe I'm odd man out in believing that the BS3 is worth the money?
Obviously not in Europe...
Lets just play the games people. I mean come on, what next, a fucking stock ticker on the front page?
I agree. Play it if you like it. If you don't, have a good reason, state it and don't be a troll.
I don't care.
@everyone here
JSTFUAJPG... lol!
That comment was not @ you!
Way to take my statement and attack me with it. What we're you hoping to prove? That because there are only 8 people that get together and play warhawk together that somehow that translates to the rest of the world? Naive at best.
I like all the consoles. I just hate the bullshit arguments you fucking pricks throw out there. Grow the fuck up.
If you don't like the PS3. State it in a clear and concise manner without flamebaiting and everything will be great.
You don't like the games?
Fine. I'm ok with that. We can't all like them. Tell us why, and if someone that is like you reads it, you've done them a favor.
In contrast, if there's someone out there like me that reads my statements and likes what they see, I've done them a favor and helped them realize that the PS3 is probably worth getting for them.
It's the same BS that seems to pop up every time someone posts one of these "news" pieces.
Also,
"@pwned88
Well, there you have it. bhive01 put you down man! More than 8 people in Warhawk, clearly the BS3 is BOOMING in popularity! I mean, MORE than 8 people? Who'd'a thunk it."
Tell me that there's no sarcasm directed at me in this statement and I'll say I'm sorry.
How many people on your XBL list have Halo 3? Is it 100%? Do you play matches every week with 32 people in the room that are all your friends? If so, tell me and I'll gladly go out and buy a RRoD capable machine.
Go back to class...
STFUAJPG's when it comes down to PC or Consoles.. or whatever.
Bible Tales on the NES! Know about it.
@ bhive01
My opinion is backed by many game review sites which i'm sure are ran by more than just one person, more than just dtoid keep re-iterating that the console is failing and valve states that it was a mistake all togther. And yeah, about the 32 ppl, i've had 16 in one house, organised the night b4. And about me playing games all the time? Thats actually pretty laughable, i'm rarely home and when i am i want a game with re-play value after i've burned through the story mode in <5 hours. lemme name a few, halo 3 <played on my free, resurrected 360 btw> battlefield, CS, half life, and my personal fav would b burnout 3 on my PS-deux<ZOMG SONY PRODUCT!!!!11oneone> over the years of owning that game, i've probably invested 120+ hours. So yeah, not sony hater, just not a fan of failing consoles <really REALLY and the new R&C tho>
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What's this all about? You say this like somehow you've proven that the PS3 is somehow magically worthless for every human on the planet.
BTW, I was correcting your English, not actually calling you a towel, like you called me. That's called Ad Hominem and it's not an argument, it's an attack at me meant to dissuade me from further argument. Not this time buddy. Since when are you the crusader against Sony anyway? What did they do to piss you off so much?
My complaint was only that people say that there are no games worth playing on the PS3. My argument is that there are games for the system that I feel are worth playing, and that have received good reviews from reputable places (including Dtoid). Sure, not everyone is going to like these games, but there has got to be at least one game on the PS3 that is worth it to everyone who has, and likes, their 360. I believe this to be the case because the games that are out have similar themes/gameplay styles to those on the 360.
Sunami88 requests deletion of his account!
This is a good statement, though it's not really what we were talking about in the beginning.
Do you truly believe that it's going to fail?
I personally see this as a three horse race with no clear losers. The winners will be us gamers of course. Competition breeds good games.
As far as throwing LAN parties... I'm too old for that shit. In fact none of my IRL friends even have a gaming system whatsoever. Consider yourself lucky I guess (you and tsunami88). Honestly, I was just throwing the WNW and FNF out there to let people know about it. It's still in the building stages anyway.
You guys are brutal.
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(# 43) on 10/23/2007 11:59
And if my rants piss people off, just ban/delete my account again. Or remove the comment system, all I ever see here is rants and bullshit theories, its not like in the old days where people actually had shit to say. So, whatever.
Sarcasm[A] is the sneering, jesting, or mocking of a person, situation or thing. It is strongly associated with irony, with some definitions classifying it as a type of verbal irony intended to insult or wound[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] — stating the opposite of the intended meaning, e.g. using "that's fantastic" to mean "that's awful".
From Tsunami88:
"Well, there you have it. bhive01 put you down man! More than 8 people in Warhawk, clearly the BS3 is BOOMING in popularity! I mean, MORE than 8 people? Who'd'a thunk it."
Maybe you could explain how your statement isn't the epitome of Sarcasm?
That's all I was saying. Then we got off on, whether it was failing, or how much of a towel I am (which is besides the point).
I decided that I would take a stand against the tyranny.
Until next time, this is pwned88 signing off! Tune in next time kids.