Microsoft's understandably keen to shout about the Xbox 360's recent success in Europe, where the console's installed base has just topped seven million.
In a new show of chest beating the company's issued a press release designed "to highlight the momentum the Xbox 360 is experiencing", in which it repeats claims that the system's heavily outselling rival PS3.
"As we enter our busiest selling season of the year Xbox 360 sales are not only exceeding our aggressive forecasts, but we are selling more consoles and games across the world than ever before," Microsoft said.
"We are winning in Europe, outselling PS3 in the region and currently experiencing the strongest sales we have ever seen in Europe, and since our price drop... Xbox 360 sales have increased by five times, showing that European consumers are flocking to Xbox 360.
"For the first time, Xbox 360 is leading Southern Europe, outselling PS3 for three weeks in Spain and by 2:1 in Italy," the company added.
MS also reiterated the fact that the 360 outsold PS3 by almost 2:1 in October in the States.
It's fair to say that the now cheap as chips 360 looks set to win the Christmas battle with PS3, but the prospects for Sony's console certainly aren't dim in the long term, as these rumours concerning a PS3 price cut from March 2009 and new God of War and Uncharted games show.
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Well i'll start it off by saying that they arent winning cos Nintendo are.
People can talk about different markets all they want, but it is the same industry so ignoring them is pointless. It would be like Chelsea saying they won the league last season and not counting Man Utd as a competitor because they are playing a different brand of football.
Im glad the Xbox360 is doing well simply because its probably the best console this generation to be honest so fair play to them. EVERYONE is doing pretty well this time though so its not really relevent if someone is slightly ahead to be honest anyway.
Its good that they want to shout about it, but [i]really its not worth shouting about the fact your install base in Europe is only just ahead of 'your rival' despite you having over a year head start and your console being half the price. Now shout.
Well i'll start it off by saying that they arent winning cos Nintendo are.
People can talk about different markets all they want, but it is the same industry so ignoring them is pointless. It would be like Chelsea saying they won the league last season and not counting Man Utd as a competitor because they are playing a different brand of football.
Im glad the Xbox360 is doing well simply because its probably the best console this generation to be honest so fair play to them. EVERYONE is doing pretty well this time though so its not really relevent if someone is slightly ahead to be honest anyway.
Surely the Wii is in the Championship division, whereas the PS3 and 360 are in the Premiereship
he sounds like hes tuggin his wire there. f**kin loser, its not SUPPOSED to be a contest, and even if it is, you arent supposed to admit it - totally unprofessional!
pay more attention to your own console dickhead. sounds like a mad stalker.
They're probably selling a crap tonne of 360s cos of the people replacing dead consoles! I think RRoD is gonna be taken over by a new problem, e74, i'm on my 2nd elite, now it could be time for no3, all e74 errors.
For the final time, as i am never posting on these kinds of threads any more! WHO GIVES A MONKEYS?? (Apart from all the greetin' faced fanboys that is - and who cares about them?)
Another day, another statement of the obvious. Where's Nintendo anyway? All they've said recently is how 3rd party developers don't understand their console. Surely it's about time they said their console is selling best and CVG can then make an article about that and call it "news".
They're probably selling a crap tonne of 360s cos of the people replacing dead consoles! I think RRoD is gonna be taken over by a new problem, e74, i'm on my 2nd elite, now it could be time for no3, all e74 errors.
My Elite RROD'ed at the weekend, a month after purchase.
Considering they launched their console THREE YEARS AGO, you'd think MS could produce a reliable machine by now, rather than shoddy odds and end held together with sticky tape and a prayer.
A massive install base of 1 (me) Blocky graphics Controllers with joysticks that die after Mario Party No online play No RRoD No crappy motion control No exclusive DLC No new games coming out No sign of it ever biting the dust after 10 years of ownership No acceleromter No open source stuff And it can't run Crysis
However, I'm still playing DK 64 and Perfect Dark like a maniac while sitting in the corner cradling a controller and muttering that 64bit graphics are the new thing and Crash Bandicoot and Spyro suck.
A massive install base of 1 (me) Blocky graphics Controllers with joysticks that die after Mario Party No online play No RRoD No crappy motion control No exclusive DLC No new games coming out No sign of it ever biting the dust after 10 years of ownership No acceleromter No open source stuff And it can't run Crysis
However, I'm still playing DK 64 and Perfect Dark like a maniac while sitting in the corner cradling a controller and muttering that 64bit graphics are the new thing and Crash Bandicoot and Spyro suck.
Man your so wrong the Sea Saturn owns this gen it has.
Cool 2d beat emups
A decent controller for playing said beat em ups
A funky flying spaceship thing when you play cds on it
A 4mb ram expansion that wasn't released in this counrty
Dragonforce
The best version of symphony of the night
No RROD NO Bluray No New Games No Dlc No problems since i bought it 12 years ago.
Of course the 360 is winning...Microsoft has given gamers exactly what they want!
Even the hard to convince gamers of Europe have woken up to what a superb machine at a fantastic price it is, and all this coupled with an unrivalled on-line experience and the best games this generation & all this without forcing unnecessary hardware on people that was only used to win a format war!
A massive install base of 1 (me) Blocky graphics Controllers with joysticks that die after Mario Party No online play No RRoD No crappy motion control No exclusive DLC No new games coming out No sign of it ever biting the dust after 10 years of ownership No acceleromter No open source stuff And it can't run Crysis
However, I'm still playing DK 64 and Perfect Dark like a maniac while sitting in the corner cradling a controller and muttering that 64bit graphics are the new thing and Crash Bandicoot and Spyro suck.
Man your so wrong the Sea Saturn owns this gen it has.
Cool 2d beat emups
A decent controller for playing said beat em ups
A funky flying spaceship thing when you play cds on it
A 4mb ram expansion that wasn't released in this counrty
Dragonforce
The best version of symphony of the night
No RROD NO Bluray No New Games No Dlc No problems since i bought it 12 years ago.
Of course the 360 is winning...Microsoft has given gamers exactly what they want!
Even the hard to convince gamers of Europe have woken up to what a superb machine at a fantastic price it is, and all this coupled with an unrivalled on-line experience and the best games this generation & all this without forcing unnecessary hardware on people that was only used to win a format war!
a superb machine???... jesus, mary n joseph... tell me whats superb about it? the machine itself is a fault-riddled unreliable experiment. one at the cost of people LIKE YOU! and you still lap it up. says it all. your one of they people who take s**t and smile.
the people of europe have woken up. all it took was to reduced it to the price of a wii. s******. there are board games out there more advanced than the wii.
A massive install base of 1 (me) Blocky graphics Controllers with joysticks that die after Mario Party No online play No RRoD No crappy motion control No exclusive DLC No new games coming out No sign of it ever biting the dust after 10 years of ownership No acceleromter No open source stuff And it can't run Crysis
However, I'm still playing DK 64 and Perfect Dark like a maniac while sitting in the corner cradling a controller and muttering that 64bit graphics are the new thing and Crash Bandicoot and Spyro suck.
Man your so wrong the Sea Saturn owns this gen it has.
Cool 2d beat emups
A decent controller for playing said beat em ups
A funky flying spaceship thing when you play cds on it
A 4mb ram expansion that wasn't released in this counrty
Dragonforce
The best version of symphony of the night
No RROD NO Bluray No New Games No Dlc No problems since i bought it 12 years ago.
Of course the 360 is winning...Microsoft has given gamers exactly what they want!
Even the hard to convince gamers of Europe have woken up to what a superb machine at a fantastic price it is, and all this coupled with an unrivalled on-line experience and the best games this generation & all this without forcing unnecessary hardware on people that was only used to win a format war!
a superb machine???... jesus, mary n joseph... tell me whats superb about it? the machine itself is a fault-riddled unreliable experiment. one at the cost of people LIKE YOU! and you still lap it up. says it all. your one of they people who take s**t and smile.
the people of europe have woken up. all it took was to reduced it to the price of a wii. s******. there are board games out there more advanced than the wii.
And much cheaper bluray players than the PS3!!! go figure.
Of course the 360 is winning...Microsoft has given gamers exactly what they want! Even the hard to convince gamers of Europe have woken up to what a superb machine at a fantastic price it is, and all this coupled with an unrivalled on-line experience and the best games this generation & all this without forcing unnecessary hardware on people that was only used to win a format war!
Of course the 360 is winning...Microsoft has given gamers exactly what they want!
Even the hard to convince gamers of Europe have woken up to what a superb machine at a fantastic price it is, and all this coupled with an unrivalled on-line experience and the best games this generation & all this without forcing unnecessary hardware on people that was only used to win a format war!
a superb machine???... jesus, mary n joseph... tell me whats superb about it? the machine itself is a fault-riddled unreliable experiment. one at the cost of people LIKE YOU! and you still lap it up. says it all. your one of they people who take s**t and smile.
the people of europe have woken up. all it took was to reduced it to the price of a wii. s******. there are board games out there more advanced than the wii.
LOL...you bitter, bitter Sonyite!! Having said that if i'd been "mugged off" into buying a glorified DVD player with gaming as an afterthought, then I'd probably be pretty p**sed as well!!
As for the boring, boring, boring old argument about the thing breaking down, that's what a 3 year (yes I said 3 year!!!) warranty is for.
The only reason the PS3 isn't having the same number of reported breakdowns is because there aren't enough games released throughout the year to play on it, so lack of use = lesser failures.
Having said that sales of Mr Sheen have increased massively since the PS3's release what with having to give it a good dust from month-to-month!
It's apparently a top secret un-announced game that some clueless BBC journo apparently saw and jizzed over. Who knows? It may be out next year, or maybe the year after that - and will surely herald this 'year of the PS3' that keeps being promised...
Only 6 PS3 games in the top 40 to the 14 360 games. 360 version the higher placing version of a good 8 multi-format titles. 360 has more exclusive titles in the chart by a ratio of 4 to 1.
Concrete proof that 360 is indeed winning this generation in the hearts of gamers!
Of course the 360 is winning...Microsoft has given gamers exactly what they want!
Even the hard to convince gamers of Europe have woken up to what a superb machine at a fantastic price it is, and all this coupled with an unrivalled on-line experience and the best games this generation & all this without forcing unnecessary hardware on people that was only used to win a format war!
a superb machine???... jesus, mary n joseph... tell me whats superb about it? the machine itself is a fault-riddled unreliable experiment. one at the cost of people LIKE YOU! and you still lap it up. says it all. your one of they people who take s**t and smile.
the people of europe have woken up. all it took was to reduced it to the price of a wii. s******. there are board games out there more advanced than the wii.
LOL...you bitter, bitter Sonyite!! Having said that if i'd been "mugged off" into buying a glorified DVD player with gaming as an afterthought, then I'd probably be pretty p**sed as well!!
As for the boring, boring, boring old argument about the thing breaking down, that's what a 3 year (yes I said 3 year!!!) warranty is for.
The only reason the PS3 isn't having the same number of reported breakdowns is because there aren't enough games released throughout the year to play on it, so lack of use = lesser failures.
Having said that sales of Mr Sheen have increased massively since the PS3's release what with having to give it a good dust from month-to-month!
3 years warranty, you say it like it makes up for breaking down.
its like your doctor telling you "you are infected with HIV, dont worry the drugs are free on the NHS"
and i didnt say ps3s dont breakdown... my mates did and got a new one straight away - that was almost 2 years old. didnt even ask when he bought it. obligement.
Of course the 360 is winning...Microsoft has given gamers exactly what they want!
Even the hard to convince gamers of Europe have woken up to what a superb machine at a fantastic price it is, and all this coupled with an unrivalled on-line experience and the best games this generation & all this without forcing unnecessary hardware on people that was only used to win a format war!
a superb machine???... jesus, mary n joseph... tell me whats superb about it? the machine itself is a fault-riddled unreliable experiment. one at the cost of people LIKE YOU! and you still lap it up. says it all. your one of they people who take s**t and smile.
the people of europe have woken up. all it took was to reduced it to the price of a wii. s******. there are board games out there more advanced than the wii.
LOL...you bitter, bitter Sonyite!! Having said that if i'd been "mugged off" into buying a glorified DVD player with gaming as an afterthought, then I'd probably be pretty p**sed as well!!
As for the boring, boring, boring old argument about the thing breaking down, that's what a 3 year (yes I said 3 year!!!) warranty is for.
The only reason the PS3 isn't having the same number of reported breakdowns is because there aren't enough games released throughout the year to play on it, so lack of use = lesser failures.
Having said that sales of Mr Sheen have increased massively since the PS3's release what with having to give it a good dust from month-to-month!
3 years warranty, you say it like it makes up for breaking down.
its like your doctor telling you "you are infected with HIV, dont worry the drugs are free on the NHS"
and i didnt say ps3s dont breakdown... my mates did and got a new one straight away - that was almost 2 years old. didnt even ask when he bought it. obligement.
Of course the 360 is winning...Microsoft has given gamers exactly what they want!
Even the hard to convince gamers of Europe have woken up to what a superb machine at a fantastic price it is, and all this coupled with an unrivalled on-line experience and the best games this generation & all this without forcing unnecessary hardware on people that was only used to win a format war!
a superb machine???... jesus, mary n joseph... tell me whats superb about it? the machine itself is a fault-riddled unreliable experiment. one at the cost of people LIKE YOU! and you still lap it up. says it all. your one of they people who take s**t and smile.
the people of europe have woken up. all it took was to reduced it to the price of a wii. s******. there are board games out there more advanced than the wii.
LOL...you bitter, bitter Sonyite!! Having said that if i'd been "mugged off" into buying a glorified DVD player with gaming as an afterthought, then I'd probably be pretty p**sed as well!!
As for the boring, boring, boring old argument about the thing breaking down, that's what a 3 year (yes I said 3 year!!!) warranty is for.
The only reason the PS3 isn't having the same number of reported breakdowns is because there aren't enough games released throughout the year to play on it, so lack of use = lesser failures.
Having said that sales of Mr Sheen have increased massively since the PS3's release what with having to give it a good dust from month-to-month!
3 years warranty, you say it like it makes up for breaking down.
its like your doctor telling you "you are infected with HIV, dont worry the drugs are free on the NHS"
and i didnt say ps3s dont breakdown... my mates did and got a new one straight away - that was almost 2 years old. didnt even ask when he bought it. obligement.
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THOSE GAMES ARE NOT OUT YET,WE'RE TALKING BOUT THE HERE AND NOW.
FACE IT SUIVALOOM,MS ARE WINNING THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF GAMERS ALL OVER THE WORLD.ALL DOWN TO OBVIOUS FACTS,BETTER GAMES,BETTER ONLINE SERVICE.
PS3 SALES WILL RISE WHEN BLU RAY BATMAN BEGINS COMES OUT,AND THATS A f**king FILM!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL! winning the hearts and minds of gamers? they're not winning my heart with their dodgy console and cold coperate dealings and suit talk. "thanks for making Halo wars, oh and by the way you're all sacked! merry christmas losers"
Of course the 360 is winning...Microsoft has given gamers exactly what they want!
Even the hard to convince gamers of Europe have woken up to what a superb machine at a fantastic price it is, and all this coupled with an unrivalled on-line experience and the best games this generation & all this without forcing unnecessary hardware on people that was only used to win a format war!
a superb machine???... jesus, mary n joseph... tell me whats superb about it? the machine itself is a fault-riddled unreliable experiment. one at the cost of people LIKE YOU! and you still lap it up. says it all. your one of they people who take s**t and smile.
the people of europe have woken up. all it took was to reduced it to the price of a wii. s******. there are board games out there more advanced than the wii.
LOL...you bitter, bitter Sonyite!! Having said that if i'd been "mugged off" into buying a glorified DVD player with gaming as an afterthought, then I'd probably be pretty p**sed as well!!
As for the boring, boring, boring old argument about the thing breaking down, that's what a 3 year (yes I said 3 year!!!) warranty is for.
The only reason the PS3 isn't having the same number of reported breakdowns is because there aren't enough games released throughout the year to play on it, so lack of use = lesser failures.
Having said that sales of Mr Sheen have increased massively since the PS3's release what with having to give it a good dust from month-to-month!
3 years warranty, you say it like it makes up for breaking down.
its like your doctor telling you "you are infected with HIV, dont worry the drugs are free on the NHS"
and i didnt say ps3s dont breakdown... my mates did and got a new one straight away - that was almost 2 years old. didnt even ask when he bought it. obligement.
in microsofts case its obligation.
LOL...your analogy is somewhat worrying, are you trying to tell us all something??
The much vaunted hardware deficiences of the 360 have been well documented and Microsoft have done the right thing and extended the warranted to ensure that all the 360 owners out there can be confident that if they are unlucky enough to suffer a system failure, Microsoft has got your back!!
And talking of system failures & owning up...let's not get started on the PS3 firmware debacle again...Sony denied there was any problem at all until (and thanks to the Internet!) they were forced to pull the update after bricking a whole load of consoles...the disingenuous Jap t**ts!!
Haven't got a clue what "obligement" is but those overpriced Blu-Ray movies must look lovely on your black & white portable!!
Of course the 360 is winning...Microsoft has given gamers exactly what they want!
Even the hard to convince gamers of Europe have woken up to what a superb machine at a fantastic price it is, and all this coupled with an unrivalled on-line experience and the best games this generation & all this without forcing unnecessary hardware on people that was only used to win a format war!
a superb machine???... jesus, mary n joseph... tell me whats superb about it? the machine itself is a fault-riddled unreliable experiment. one at the cost of people LIKE YOU! and you still lap it up. says it all. your one of they people who take s**t and smile.
the people of europe have woken up. all it took was to reduced it to the price of a wii. s******. there are board games out there more advanced than the wii.
LOL...you bitter, bitter Sonyite!! Having said that if i'd been "mugged off" into buying a glorified DVD player with gaming as an afterthought, then I'd probably be pretty p**sed as well!!
As for the boring, boring, boring old argument about the thing breaking down, that's what a 3 year (yes I said 3 year!!!) warranty is for.
The only reason the PS3 isn't having the same number of reported breakdowns is because there aren't enough games released throughout the year to play on it, so lack of use = lesser failures.
Having said that sales of Mr Sheen have increased massively since the PS3's release what with having to give it a good dust from month-to-month!
3 years warranty, you say it like it makes up for breaking down.
its like your doctor telling you "you are infected with HIV, dont worry the drugs are free on the NHS"
and i didnt say ps3s dont breakdown... my mates did and got a new one straight away - that was almost 2 years old. didnt even ask when he bought it. obligement.
in microsofts case its obligation.
LOL...your analogy is somewhat worrying, are you trying to tell us all something??
The much vaunted hardware deficiences of the 360 have been well documented and Microsoft have done the right thing and extended the warranted to ensure that all the 360 owners out there can be confident that if they are unlucky enough to suffer a system failure, Microsoft has got your back!!
And talking of system failures & owning up...let's not get started on the PS3 firmware debacle again...Sony denied there was any problem at all until (and thanks to the Internet!) they were forced to pull the update after bricking a whole load of consoles...the disingenuous Jap t**ts!!
Haven't got a clue what "obligement" is but those overpriced Blu-Ray movies must look lovely on your black & white portable!!
jap t**ts? was that needed you corperate microsoft c*ck?
by the way that firmware update didnt exactly brink consoles, all it required to reemdy the problem was to wipe the harddrive you silly little man
THOSE GAMES ARE NOT OUT YET,WE'RE TALKING BOUT THE HERE AND NOW.
FACE IT SUIVALOOM,MS ARE WINNING THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF GAMERS ALL OVER THE WORLD.ALL DOWN TO OBVIOUS FACTS,BETTER GAMES,BETTER ONLINE SERVICE.
PS3 SALES WILL RISE WHEN BLU RAY BATMAN BEGINS COMES OUT,AND THATS A f**king FILM!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL! winning the hearts and minds of gamers? they're not winning my heart with their dodgy console and cold coperate dealings and suit talk. "thanks for making Halo wars, oh and by the way you're all sacked! merry christmas losers"
microsoft lol!
I aint no fanboy,but MS are winning,like it or not.
The amount of decent like minded gamers ive met over xboxlive all say the same,who cares where the money goes and how they use it,keep delivering online gaming and decent games and they will continue to win for me anyway.
Of course the 360 is winning...Microsoft has given gamers exactly what they want!
Even the hard to convince gamers of Europe have woken up to what a superb machine at a fantastic price it is, and all this coupled with an unrivalled on-line experience and the best games this generation & all this without forcing unnecessary hardware on people that was only used to win a format war!
a superb machine???... jesus, mary n joseph... tell me whats superb about it? the machine itself is a fault-riddled unreliable experiment. one at the cost of people LIKE YOU! and you still lap it up. says it all. your one of they people who take s**t and smile.
the people of europe have woken up. all it took was to reduced it to the price of a wii. s******. there are board games out there more advanced than the wii.
LOL...you bitter, bitter Sonyite!! Having said that if i'd been "mugged off" into buying a glorified DVD player with gaming as an afterthought, then I'd probably be pretty p**sed as well!!
As for the boring, boring, boring old argument about the thing breaking down, that's what a 3 year (yes I said 3 year!!!) warranty is for.
The only reason the PS3 isn't having the same number of reported breakdowns is because there aren't enough games released throughout the year to play on it, so lack of use = lesser failures.
Having said that sales of Mr Sheen have increased massively since the PS3's release what with having to give it a good dust from month-to-month!
3 years warranty, you say it like it makes up for breaking down.
its like your doctor telling you "you are infected with HIV, dont worry the drugs are free on the NHS"
and i didnt say ps3s dont breakdown... my mates did and got a new one straight away - that was almost 2 years old. didnt even ask when he bought it. obligement.
in microsofts case its obligation.
LOL...your analogy is somewhat worrying, are you trying to tell us all something??
The much vaunted hardware deficiences of the 360 have been well documented and Microsoft have done the right thing and extended the warranted to ensure that all the 360 owners out there can be confident that if they are unlucky enough to suffer a system failure, Microsoft has got your back!!
And talking of system failures & owning up...let's not get started on the PS3 firmware debacle again...Sony denied there was any problem at all until (and thanks to the Internet!) they were forced to pull the update after bricking a whole load of consoles...the disingenuous Jap t**ts!!
Haven't got a clue what "obligement" is but those overpriced Blu-Ray movies must look lovely on your black & white portable!!
jap t**ts? was that needed you corperate microsoft c*ck?
by the way that firmware update didnt exactly brink consoles, all it required to reemdy the problem was to wipe the harddrive you silly little man
Completely needed you f**king Sony Lemming!
They denied all knowledge of a problem until the amount of "bricked" consoles hit a critical mass, and even then dallied the pulling of the dodgy firmware update!
alan wake splinter cell conviction halo wars halo 3 recon mass effect 2
and no uncharted 2 aint comming out next year yakuza 3 def aint comming to uk let alone us next year, team ICO game yea were still waiting for that announcemnt, and the bbc game, wasen that linger in the shadows he saw? that interactive movie thing?
The only reason the xbox is winning is the same reason why Boxters outsell 911's its cheaper you are not getting a better machine. Its a shame that the richest company on the face of the planet could have created something truly grate but decided to spend no time on R&D throw together a bunch of unreliable old technology, where as sony did not.
In short all your doing when you buy an xbox is showing the world your against innovation in consoles and not only that going with the cheaper option your stating your life hasn't turned out quite as well as you would have liked.
The only reason the xbox is winning is the same reason why Boxters outsell 911's its cheaper you are not getting a better machine. Its a shame that the richest company on the face of the planet could have created something truly grate but decided to spend no time on R&D throw together a bunch of unreliable old technology, where as sony did not.
In short all your doing when you buy an xbox is showing the world your against innovation in consoles and not only that going with the cheaper option your stating your life hasn't turned out quite as well as you would have liked.
It's so sad you felt the need to create a new account just for this news story, but then again you're a Sony desperado, so, expected really!
not only that going with the cheaper option your stating your life hasn't turned out quite as well as you would have liked.
bull.. quite a few people including me spend over £300 on their Xbox. That theory is not really going to hold up again when Sony reduce the price of the PS3.
alan wake splinter cell conviction halo wars halo 3 recon mass effect 2
and no uncharted 2 aint comming out next year yakuza 3 def aint comming to uk let alone us next year, team ICO game yea were still waiting for that announcemnt, and the bbc game, wasen that linger in the shadows he saw? that interactive movie thing?
Listen Devil's concubine, I never said any of those games were coming "next year"
That is a figment of your mad mind Mary
"we shall fight them on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender"
I have nothing against microsoft the first xbox was a fantastic machine far better than the PS2, but this generation of xbox is just lazy in every way and created fast for no other reason but to take sonys market, I would like the next xbox to be as revolutionary as the first, not just spit it out to be first across the finish line.
alan wake splinter cell conviction halo wars halo 3 recon mass effect 2
and no uncharted 2 aint comming out next year yakuza 3 def aint comming to uk let alone us next year, team ICO game yea were still waiting for that announcemnt, and the bbc game, wasen that linger in the shadows he saw? that interactive movie thing?
Listen Devil's concubine, I never said any of those games were coming "next year"
That is a figment of your mad mind Mary
"we shall fight them on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender"
you didnt have too, but seeing as you named some that are i thought id just say it, since sony fanboys love annoucing games that have been in dev for so long
"we shall fight them on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender"
Suivaloom... walk to the medicine cabinent, find the bottle with the prozac in it and take 2 maybe 3 of the tablets. Then go and sit in a dark room until you can no longer hear the voices telling you to do things.
Who cares anyway it will probably all change in a couple of years anywya when the new 720 is out and the PS4 and the Game cube advanced advanced is out!!
I've got my 3D0 and my Virtual Boy and I'm just going to go over to this corner and take some Nurofen and play them till you all be quiet.
can I have a go on the 3DO?
But first let me play the Virtual Boy, get migraines and puke all over the place from that goddamn red-and-black induced motion sickness! Now pass me the Neo-Geo pocket colour! I want some finger destroying Metal Slugging action!
The games industry has the most out-spoken, nonsense spouting people of any industry i know. Be it console manufacturers, publishers or developers so many of them speak so much s**t its unreal.
Its like everyone in the industry are 8 year olds with their silly comments and exaggerated statements all trying to get one over eachother. No wonder the industry doesn't get taken seriously by the general public when we have idiots like this regurgitating the same childish s**te every month.
Its also laughable some of the comments from some users on here defending there beloved brand!
/rant over.
Now i have that off my chest, i admit im a fanboy.... a games fanboy. Im enjoying playing all the great games on my PC, my 360, my psp, my PS2 (still) and the PS3 i get to play at work.
But first let me play the Virtual Boy, get migraines and puke all over the place from that goddamn red-and-black induced motion sickness! Now pass me the Neo-Geo pocket colour! I want some finger destroying Metal Slugging action!
* hands microhenry the Virtual Boy and a very large paper bag then takes several steps back *
But first let me play the Virtual Boy, get migraines and puke all over the place from that goddamn red-and-black induced motion sickness! Now pass me the Neo-Geo pocket colour! I want some finger destroying Metal Slugging action!
* hands microhenry the Virtual Boy and a very large paper bag then takes several steps back *
"Hey look! Mario's Tennis is actually quite good! And it really does look 3d! Maybe I should pla-"
*begins hallucinating and spewing on everything in sight*
I might need some of those neurofen you had earlier... Hey! A unicorn!
Well i'll start it off by saying that they arent winning cos Nintendo are.
People can talk about different markets all they want, but it is the same industry so ignoring them is pointless. It would be like Chelsea saying they won the league last season and not counting Man Utd as a competitor because they are playing a different brand of football.
Im glad the Xbox360 is doing well simply because its probably the best console this generation to be honest so fair play to them. EVERYONE is doing pretty well this time though so its not really relevent if someone is slightly ahead to be honest anyway.
you idiot you don't know anything if you think the 360 is the best console this generation
Its so close it doesnt even matter anyway.
Im half tempted to say the Ps3 is the worst just to get on your nerves!
Hey Don't knock the 'Strad. I have some very misty-eyed memories of playing Brian Bloodaxe and Trolley Wally. and don't forget Codename Matt. Classics. Xbox 4 the win. Vote Obama.
Ah jeez... When did Suivaloom crawl back out from his cave? Bugger off you simple-minded troll.
Anyway, I can't help thinking the momentum the 360 has gained may be hampered somewhat by Chris Moyles spending a fairly large part of this mornings' breakfast show complaining that he'd got RROD'd (5th time no less) the night before just 5 minutes into firing up COD5.
I mean, I know not everyone in the world listens to that show and its hardly gonna drive MS out business, but there's about 7 million people that listen in each morning. I bet there were plenty of prospective 360 buyers listening that weren't aware of just how prevalent the rrod issue has been. If even half of that 7 million people pass the information onto friends and relatives who're thinking of buying 360's this Christmas well... let's just say I bet MS were spitting fire when they heard about the Moyles' rant this morning.
The games industry has the most out-spoken, nonsense spouting people of any industry i know. Be it console manufacturers, publishers or developers so many of them speak so much s**t its unreal.
Its like everyone in the industry are 8 year olds with their silly comments and exaggerated statements all trying to get one over eachother. No wonder the industry doesn't get taken seriously by the general public when we have idiots like this regurgitating the same childish s**te every month.
Its also laughable some of the comments from some users on here defending there beloved brand!
/rant over.
Now i have that off my chest, i admit im a fanboy.... a games fanboy. Im enjoying playing all the great games on my PC, my 360, my psp, my PS2 (still) and the PS3 i get to play at work.
Well said, ive seen "top four" Prem mangers spout less s**te than Gaming PR guys when losing badly to someone they shouldnt have.
I wonder if the rumor that Sony may charge for PSN has affected their sales?
well congrats, YOUR WINNING!!!! hell ya! winning what im not too sure but whatever. this is also only coz of the price cut and many many pepl being suckered into buying the arcade version
Grand turismo 5 = 2011 so please feel free to hold you're breath!
Yakuza 3 = jap onry!
God of War III = 2012 so please feel free to hold you're breath again!
Team ICO bombshell announcement = they have all been sacked!
BBC secret game = torchwood a game in which you play captin jack shirt lifting the ps3 fanboy half wits until they realize the ps3 is for watching blu-ray films only!
to those that get up in arms over the whole fact mirosoft had a one year head start id like to point out that the original xbox had the lowest install base and the ps2 had the highest and still counting
Another day, another scuffle with 'the sony crew'.
Best way to describe 'THE FANBOY MASSIVE'. They are to gamers what chavs are to society a pathetic blight that should be rounded up and put into work camps.
well done Microsoft. Sony and Nintendo have had a foot in the market for many years, so the gaming world will add more value if another company has something to give.
Microsoft has toppled the hard drive rules, they have brought on line gaming to an un-matched value. and brought development costs down to an all time low. they have also brought back bedroom developers through XNA and Xbox Live Arcade. its no wonder that developers and gamers alike love what Microsoft are doing for the industry. we did say this market was Sony's to lose, and they have lost massive market share which they will never get back. its better because the gaming world is more equal now. gamers have more choice.
and by a considerable margin - didn't PES 2009 also lead on PS3? Yes. The fact that Tomb Raider comes with exclusive DLC on 360 yet still outsells on PS3 I think paints a rather worrying picture for MS as regards exclusive DLC.
i don't think the exclusive dlc on the 360 was very well publisised. I'm guessing alot of people think that tomb raider is more of a PS game. If you'd played all the others on sony's pad why change?
Funny that its seen as a PS game considering the first was out on the saturn ages before the plkaystation. Looked a hell of a lot better too.
Why don't we just cut and paste all these stupid comments for all of C&VG's stories? Or do we do that already?
Let me join this pathetic fanboy fray just for fun!
The only thing MS are winning is the 'Obnoxious chest beating - willy waving - obsessed with all things Sony - ignore Wii in all sales stories - rip customers off for every penny - spend millions on DLC - buy JRPG's - shoddy hardware - forget that 360 came out over a year before PS3 -' award for excellence.
Well done MS, you make me proud to be a 360 owner.
Hey Don't knock the 'Strad. I have some very misty-eyed memories of playing Brian Bloodaxe and Trolley Wally. and don't forget Codename Matt. Classics. Xbox 4 the win. Vote Obama.
i don't think the exclusive dlc on the 360 was very well publisised. I'm guessing alot of people think that tomb raider is more of a PS game. If you'd played all the others on sony's pad why change?
Funny that its seen as a PS game considering the first was out on the saturn ages before the plkaystation. Looked a hell of a lot better too.
Or people simply preferred Call Of Duty 5 over Ms Croft.
You can't quite help feel Lara's never really quite recovered from Angel Of Darkness.
and by a considerable margin - didn't PES 2009 also lead on PS3? Yes. The fact that Tomb Raider comes with exclusive DLC on 360 yet still outsells on PS3 I think paints a rather worrying picture for MS as regards exclusive DLC.
You can make things like this mean anything you want. You *could* say that the PS3 is more prevalent than the 360. Or, you *could* say that 360 owners have many more, and much better games to choose from, and so overlooked Tomb Raider. Or, you *could* say that Tomb Raider is largely seen as a Playstation title.
Like I said, anything you want. Sales figures are meaningless to all but those that make cash from em.
microsoft: "we are winning" FINE PRINT: "because our system is the cheapest and most prone to breaking " and we can always earn more money when they get those red lights after their warranty expires " lol just so were clear, i have a 360 and love it just as much as my PS3, but this crap is just getting out of hand
microsoft: "we are winning" FINE PRINT: "because our system is the cheapest and most prone to breaking " and we can always earn more money when they get those red lights after their warranty expires " lol just so were clear, i have a 360 and love it just as much as my PS3, but this crap is just getting out of hand
So long as everyone also accepts that's why the PS2 came out top last-gen...
The C64 was much more reliable than the Spectrum (the Speccy had quite a history of machines which would crash due to faulty memory chips being sold, and breaking down). The C64 was technically superior, offering more colours, better sound, and hardware sprites. It had a few cool games like Uridium well before the Speccy though.
However, an awful lot of Spectrum games played better and were often superior in other ways simply by being coded better due to having a simpler architecture, which included a less 'cutting edge' CPU.
There's possibly a dig at LordVonPS3's belief that a (questionable in my opinion) technical advantage for the PS3 makes up for it's other deficiencies, and his favouritism of the Speccy over the C64 being a touch contradictory buried in there. If noticed it, it was purely coincidental.
In my very long years of geekdom I've had A 'good old' white zx80 (god knows what it did?) A zx81... Oh those later days when it got Jet Pack A 16 k spectrum (Then got the ram pack - which was held on by celotape for 48K... Oh the memories!!!) A C64... The disk drive and blocky RPGs...ahhhh An Atari ST (Now we're getting serious) ... A great time... ELITE! A mega drive... Hmmm - Hazy days a bit like fast food suddenly Saturn!!! Hurrah!!! oh... never mind (I'm getting hazy now but think...) Playstation - cor a new boy... but soon to be king Dreamcast then Playstation 2 (amazing times) ...
And now I have a 360 and call me fanboy but no experience, game or memories has touched the time of my gaming life this machine has given me... I care not one toss who or what microsoft are... They have delivered... They desearve to do well with this machine - warts and all.
The king is dead... long live the pretender of the week...
The only reason the xbox is winning is the same reason why Boxters outsell 911's its cheaper you are not getting a better machine. Its a shame that the richest company on the face of the planet could have created something truly grate but decided to spend no time on R&D throw together a bunch of unreliable old technology, where as sony did not.
In short all your doing when you buy an xbox is showing the world your against innovation in consoles and not only that going with the cheaper option your stating your life hasn't turned out quite as well as you would have liked.
What console did exxonmobil create then? Must've missed that.
And the 360 is no more for/against innovation than the PS3, what are you thinking man?? Is the PS3 a better made product? Yes. Is is quieter? Yes. Are any of these more innovative than the 360? No.
As much as people hate to admit it, the only company who have really gone for something new this gen is Nintendo. And seemingly 99% of people on these forums hate them for it now. That's what innovating does for your fan base!
And I don't want to offend people here, as there are plenty of sensible posters who seem to like cars, but when did gaming become the second hobby of donut making, mid teen picking up, I'm-gonna-buy-a-suped-up-GaryBoy-machine-that-looks-like-a-taiko-remote-control-car-that-I-will-never-be-able-to-drive-at-the-speeds-its-designed-for car owners?
No wonder there are so many pro PS3 fans on here, they just want to quote stats and figures, totally ignoring whether these stats actually make them better! One man's Cell Processor is another mans twin over head cam, V8, MPH, BHP etc etc teenage-mum catcher.
> throw together a bunch of unreliable old technology,
Hmm, so the unified shader architecture in the 360's GPU was ATI's 'old technology' was it? The Tri-core PowerPC CPU was IBM's 'old technology' was it?
I think you'll find both were developed for the 360 and were the first iteration of either technology.
The fact that the CPU is programmed in a more traditional way and isn't some exercise in transistor counts, operation counts and "potential" performance must mean it's rubbish..
Grand turismo 5 = 2011 so please feel free to hold you're breath!
Yakuza 3 = jap onry!
God of War III = 2012 so please feel free to hold you're breath again!
Team ICO bombshell announcement = they have all been sacked!
BBC secret game = torchwood a game in which you play captin jack shirt lifting the ps3 fanboy half wits until they realize the ps3 is for watching blu-ray films only!
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jesus, mary n joseph... tell me whats superb about it? the machine itself is a fault-riddled unreliable experiment. one at the cost of people LIKE YOU! and you still lap it up. says it all. your one of they people who take s**t and smile. 
