Xbox 360 Fanboy

What is funny is all the analyists stating the PS3 would outsell the 360 in July due to the price cut and the 360's bad press.

Now lets hope that MS can reinvigorate their market with their price cut, the unholy excellent games coming out this fall, and them addressing the RROD issue.

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I just want to point out, not that everyone already didn't know this...

But VGChartz.com was off by a huge margin of error. They were not even close to the numbers generated by a real market analyst firm, so you can stop digging them. In fact, I suggest Bury + Lame all stories with VGChartz in them.

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Dodge Neons and Saturns sell a WHOLE lot more than BMW's and Cadillacs. Britney Spears sells a whole lot more than Stevie Wonder and hot dogs sell a whole lot more than lobster.

At the end of the day, Nintendo is a family-fun-night based system and the 360 is a badass machine that hates everybody an has nightmares of slaughtering pregnant teens. We win.

PS

Who the fuck is actually buying PS2's and PSP's still? Seriously, I love my psp (shame) and the PS2 was a great system as well, but WTF? eat ass

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ROFLMAO.. hibernation is my hero

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Let me reiterate the question: who the f**k is buying PSPs? Horrible little machines.

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Whos buying ps2s? That machine is like 8 years old now, and compared to todays games, complete crap (sure it was great at the time). I just see buying a ps2 now as a waste of money, especially when there is a plethora of used consoles you can buy on ebay for like $40 or less

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LOL mike and Hibernation are my heroes.

I'd honestly want to know who really IS buying PS2's? I mean...next gen is out...get with the program.

To all the analysts that predicted that the PS3 would massively outsell the 360 due to its bad press and the PS3's price drop: I'm glad you were wrong. The 360 MONSTERS the PS3 AGAIN.

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87k GBA's???? Are these people just unaware of the DS?

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i think the Ps2 is a great buy for parents to introduce games to their kids vs. expensive consoles that take much more attention and care (scratched discs anyone?)

it's also still a great buy for the true casual gamer who plays quick games like DDR or even Guitar Hero.

overall untill the new systems gain a price over the PS2, the PS2 will continue to reign supreme.

now the PS3 on the other hand...whoa boy, don't wanna touch that for another 3 years!

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Well played Hibernation.. well played.

I think Kotaku put it best:

"When the 360 becomes world-famous for simply not working, plus you drop your prices by $100 and still can't outsell it, there's only so much spin you can put on something before you just can't spin it any further."

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Yeah, no matter how you try o spin this, it ain't rosy for anyone but nintendo.

MS needs to get aggressive fast or they ps3 might catch them, it is already running the risk of negating their lead in the US by sales abroad.

Sony- when they cut their price (sorry, have a fire sale) and the other guy's console randomly dies every 6th months and you STILL can't beat them, you suck.

With the price drop and bioshock and Halo 3 and the new HDDVD situation, the 360 could start really moving again.

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Dead plasma...DEFINITELY true.

While people MIGHT know about the problem, it still got the 360 publicity, and the fact that the console is covered by a 3 year limited warranty is good enough for about 90% of potential consumers. And then drop the price by $100 and people just really don't have an excuse anymore.

I'm reluctant to say this, but until Sony's pricing of the PS3 is anywhere close to the 360, AND get the "total quality" of games remotely close to the 360's there's NO way the ps3 will prevail.

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Everyone: Mark My Words.

Halo 3 will help Microsoft DEVOUR the PoS3. You could probably put up Heavenly Sword, Lair, and that piece-of-shit-whose-name-I-can't-remember-but-is- supposed-to-be-the-Halo-3-killer game and they STILL would not match up to the VASTNESS and HUGENESS of Halo 3.

(I know hugeness is not a word.)

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The PS2 continues to sell because it has a library of about 3,000 games, and about 100 of them are decent. The 360 still has yet to come into it's own as far as variety and good games go. The PS2 is a safe, cheap, good bet.

The 360 is a very expensive, non-mass marketable gamble.

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"Halo 3 will help Microsoft DEVOUR the PoS3. You could probably put up Heavenly Sword, Lair, and that piece-of-shit-whose-name-I-can't-remember-but-is- supposed-to-be-the-Halo-3-killer game and they STILL would not match up to the VASTNESS and HUGENESS of Halo 3."


Your bias is showing!

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lets see here.
ps3 had a price drop+360 gets a ton of bad press=360 wins? wow ps3, you just suck.

are there any games coming out for the ps3 this year? ive heard of alot of titles that are coming out next year, but microsoft is going to own the ps3 so bad this year, it is not even funny. price drop anyone? lets see next months sales.
oh and also, halo 3. nuff said.

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I think the PS3's are pretty impressive, considering the fact that the PS3 is twice as expensive as a Wii and doesn't have any system selling games like Nintendo (Wii Sports) and MS (Forza, Gears, Bioshock). Once the number of quality PS3 titles goes up and the price comes down to $400 or below, the PS3 will become a steady seller.

I still don't think that the Wii's succes will last that long. I bought a Wii today (yes, the hype also got me) but I'm not that impressed. It really is in a completely different league compared to my PS3 and Xbox 360. The UI feels like a toy compared to the PS3s XMB, the graphics are PS2/Xbox quality and I'm not convinced by the controller so far. It feels akward instead of adding a new dimension to playing games. I'm going to keep it for Super Mario Galaxies but I don't see it getting quality playing time like my PS3 (6 games, 9 Blu-Ray movies) or my 360 (28 games so far).

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Well, the 360 has alot of technical problems from being overplayed to the point that the insides melt. Unfortunately, Sony and Nintendo havent been played enough to truely evaluate the power of their innards. Of course my Notorious B.I.G - Ready to Die CD skips like crazy. Ive listened to it atleast 500 times. However, I cant say the same about my Four Non Blondes album. Should I blame the manufactuers for my Biggie CD skipping? No, its my fault.

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Can someone please tell me who is still buying PS2's. Seriously, what's the point? I can't believe that 222,000 PS2's were sold last month.

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@3, thanks to you Hibernation, I spat out my coffee... took a no-doz instead. WEEEE!!!!!!

Seriously, you summed up all the comments I would make on this article, so I guess I'll get back to work now... thanks... a lot...

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