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Playstation 3, A Casualty of war?

Casualty of war?
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By Henning Molbaek
 FIRST ONLINE Jan 18, 2008
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According to NPD the Xbox 360 sold 1.3 million consoles in December compared with 798,000 for the Playstation 3. The Wii sold 1.35 million.

Total install base in the US of the XBOX 360 is 9.2 million consoles. Playstation 3 has 3.3 million and the Wii 7.4 million.

The bestselling game Call of Duty 4 (that was released on both platforms, the best selling overall game was Halo3) sold 1.5 million on XBOX 360 outselling the Playstation 3 version by a factor of 3:1.

The problem third party developers have had with the Playstation 3 also showed in the statistics. 33 third party games had made it into the top 10 of the best selling on all platforms. Only five Playstation 3 games did the same.

Consumers spend $13.7 billion on the Video Game Console Industry (not including PC games) in 2007. $4.8 billion was on the XBOX 360, $3.5 on the Wii and $2.2 on the Playstation 3.

While Sony is clearly in front with Blu-ray in the HD format war they seem to be loosing in equal numbers when it comes to next generation games.

Could they have risked the Playstation as a gaming console in order to win the next generation HD movie format?

Source: NPD

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Friday, January 18, 2008
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Well the PS3 is the number 1 counsel in my house being that my XBOX 360 took a plunge into the red ring of death a few months ago.... tragic shame. Does anyone have the stats of how many 360's died in consumers homes in 2007 versus the death tolls of Playstation 3, 2, and even the Wii that year?
[Post edited by Kris on Jan 18, 2008]
Friday, January 18, 2008
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Your XBOX 360 is under warranty. Why not get it fixed?

For games you just can't beat it.
[Post edited by Henning on Jan 18, 2008]
Friday, January 18, 2008
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I agree with henning... FREE RROD repairs for 3 years after the purchase date.
Friday, January 18, 2008
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Didn't get it fixed because I have had bad luck with repairs/warranty's. Long long frustrating story. Would pick up a new system (mayber the Elite, or the new systems with the HDMI motherboard buit in... Love the black style though) if Gears of War 2 would happen sometime soon. I have heard rumors Gears 2 could be coming out on PS3, and if so... wont bother buying another 360, or at least anytime soon?
[Post edited by Kris on Jan 18, 2008]
Friday, January 18, 2008
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Must be an Apple troll trying to put down Microsoft again. They disguise themselves very well - hate anything having to do with Microsoft's success. Probably doesn't even own one.
Friday, January 18, 2008
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Hey Leon with the cool 69 attached to your member name. Cool guy. Anyway's, why would I ever put down microsoft? I mean give it up to Bill and his team for creating Vista and the Zune. What a success those have been since they came out. And I can really care less about Apple. I own a 30gb Ipod, and probably spend no more than 20 dollars a month on Itunes. Apple fan boy over here... not really.
[Post edited by Kris on Jan 18, 2008]
Friday, January 18, 2008
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UK buyers, great news if you're looking to buy a HD DVD player.
Amazon.co.uk are selling Toshiba HD-EP30 for £149.99...
Friday, January 18, 2008
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Hey Kris- Thanks for the cool post. I'm glad to hear from somebody with a good sense of reasoning. My apologies . Like you, I want whatever's a great product no matter who makes it. Peace.
Friday, January 18, 2008
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Here are the worldwide console sales figures for December

Nintendo DS - 6,638,408
Nintendo Wii - 3,569,138
Sony PSP - 2,340,850
Sony PS3 - 2,000,575
Xbox 360 - 1,945,393
Sony PS2 - 1,899,588

and here are the worldwide figures for the first 2 weeks of January

Nintendo DS - 1,194,285
Nintendo Wii - 785,919
Sony PSP - 603,655
Sony PS3 - 421,129
Sony PS2 - 346,977
Xbox 360 - 339,928

Things tend to look a bit different when you are in possession of all the facts don't they?
Friday, January 18, 2008
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Ugo, where did you get those numbers? Can you give us a link to those numbers?

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