Considering the way that the
Wii flew off shelves last month, this next item probably won't come as a shock to anyone. According to the
Wall Street Journal, both
Nintendo's console and the Xbox 360 trounced the PlayStation 3 in holiday sales, with U.S. sales falling nine percent from this month last year. During this same period, sales doubled for the Wii and rose eight percent for the Xbox 360. Perhaps none of this should be a surprise, as Sony declined to cut prices on their system, while a lack of exclusive game titles and a number of inexpensive
Blu-ray players went a long way towards making the PS3 the least attractive option in an already
difficult retail climate. If anything, it looks like Sony won't be able to rely on the console to help prop up a flagging electronics division that just announced it will be
cutting thousands of jobs in a bid to boost profitability going into 2009. Happy New Year, indeed.
Tags: holidays, microsoft, nintendo, playstation 3, Playstation3, ps3, sales, sony, wii, xbox 360, Xbox360
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Subscribe to commentsKenDec 30th 2008 1:58AM
It will be a very cold day in a very uninviting place the day I purchase a (hardware designed by Microsoft, Firmware and OS written by MS, all games must be licensed by Microsoft and any internet connectivity requires you to purchase time on the "Live" network) game console. Seeing as I still have a Dreamcast, NES, N64, PS1 and PS2, I'll just keep my Wii and PS3 and play the games I already have or can get from the local Buy/Sell/Trade [Games, CDs, DVDs, LPs (yes, LPs)].
matyDec 30th 2008 8:47AM
What's any different to the other consoles?
Do you think the other consoles don't design their own hardware, OS, Firmware and license games? Even the old Genesis/Megadrive had a licensed screen. And with IBM's cell chip in the PS3 you need Sony's licensed architecture just to produce the games. I'm a games developer and these days, there's nothing that doesn't require a license fee. And why shouldn't they be allowed to develop and license their own software? Epic and Valve, the two biggest PC games developers are pushing 360 development, so just because its Microsoft, closed-source and license-funded, doesn't mean it is at all bad.
And Live isn't costly, infact it is a bargain for what you get. And actually connectivity is free and gives you access to to demos and bonus content, films, trailers, gamerpics and what-have-you. Its only the ability to play the games online that you pay for through "gold" membership. Everything else is covered under the free Silver membership.
Get off your high-horse. Xbox is now the cheapest console around, even with Gold XBL included (at least in the UK). Its got some fantastic games and judging from your collection of consoles you are no fanboy and so the fact its designed by Microsoft as you make a point of saying should be no issue to you.
jonDec 30th 2008 10:20AM
i've had my ps3 for over a year, going online pretty often. if i had to monetize that (i.e. paying for xbox live gold) for a year the PS3 over the past year has been a better, cheaper value for my money.
BrianDec 30th 2008 12:12PM
xbox is just better, I have all 3 consoles, and unless you have both ps3 and xbox you should not comment on which is better. Simply put, the 360's seamless connectivity with friends, chat, messaging, game invites, background streaming music while in a game is just so much better and seamless than the ps3, you can't even really compare them, it makes the ps3 look last gen. I'll pay for live forever, like the previous poster said, it's cheap for what you get, they keep the cheaters off (for the most part) lots of updates that don't take an hour to apply like the ps3. BTW I hate microsoft, but they got it right with the 360, and I have to give them credit for it where credit is due.