Price cut boosts 360 sales by 32 per cent Comments by Robert Purchese

@Garulon
"I'm starting to warm to the Avatars since I found out you can make them dizzy by spinning them around. Am I a fanboi?

Worried,
Europe"

Dear Worried,

you have no need to be worried. Many people are Avatar curious it doesn't mean anything negative and is perfectly normal. And if you are fully "pro"Avatar, well, your parents will still love you and your true friends will accept you. For further information see http://www.avatarcurious.com.

Yours,
Sneetch.

''Some people need to open their eyes and shut the fuck up. (captainrentboy) ''

Naaaa, it's amusing to take the piss out of folk such as yourself, what with getting soo worked up over silly console wars and what not :)

Some bitter fanboys in this thread...

@simakperrce

It's good to know because the following ensure that many more games will be developed over the next few years:

- The console is adequately specced and powered for modern games.
- Games development is relatively easy for the platform
- There is a large and ever growing userbase of the console
- 360 users are buying plenty of games for their systems
- The online service is well populated - people influence each other into buying games, and the service cuts piracy

It makes no difference if no one else buys my model of toaster or dishwasher, as long as I bought a functional product.

If both 360 and PS3 are neck to neck then it can only be good for us consumers...

I do hold a grudge though especially after previousy statements/comments made by Sony and their treatment of importers. I would like to see Sony come out of this with a bit of a bloody nose so they learn from their mistakes and act a little more sensible next generation.

^what a bitter tosser!

Why does this wind you up so much?!

The console is selling very well after its price was cut - now its sales across Europe have passed 6 million.

That's it! If it's fake news, then it wont be in a few days, when it passes 6 million!

What's your fucking problem?

@ Arbiter

You have just forfeited your right to complain about any pro-360/anti-PS3 posting in PS3 threads. There is no pro-360 bias in that article, just as there is no pro-PS3 bias here:

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?art...

EG have also played a large part in the SOCOM beta, so they obviously get paid money under the table from Sony too, right? Right?

Well played, my man. You've finally proved to me beyond any doubt that you are not a reasonable person with a leaning towards Sony products, but a blindly devoted fan, who sees attacks on his beloved company when in fact there are none. Bravo.

"You people are so dimwitted all I can say is you're going to get what you deserve. I work in the insustry so quite frankly, brainwashed drones who slurp up every piece of spin are good for my job prospects. Keep spreading the word kiddies! "

Could someone run that through a translator for me please?


If EG are biased how comes they didn't post about the 360 selling 28,000 consoles in Japan last week, maybe even beating the Wii?

@ SpaceMidget75

Probably because they haven't received that press release yet. But Arbiter no doubt thinks EG employs hordes of Microsoft fanboys, ferreting out all 360 news around the world, presenting it on a platter made from burned, twisted UMDs.

>Could someone run that through a translator for me please?

Hmmm I work in a games shop putting games in plastic bags and I think 360 is shit because my XP crashed once a few years ago and I lost all my porn.

"You people are so dimwitted all I can say is you're going to get what you deserve. "
More idiotic that you? What would our punishment be mighty lord?

"I work in the insustry so quite frankly"
I bet at least 40% of the people here work in the industry (as of this year that includes me \0/), what's your point?

", brainwashed drones who slurp up every piece of spin are good for my job prospects. Keep spreading the word kiddies!"
Definition of IRONY. You would not in a million years post this furiously in a similar ps3 article. In fact, the fact that you post so passionately so many times hints at a deep rooted zealot character. Want to talk about your issues?


"I do find it interesting though that has not only the title of this article been changed, its whole SUBJECT has been not so subtly altered. The announcement that the 360 has passed 6 million units (according to Microsoft one assumes, as no tracking body has been credited for this particular figure) was made yesterday, and clearly refers to the improvements shown from the first EU-wide price cuts made earlier this year. While today the announcement was made by chart-track that in the UK sales are up 32% this weekend following the most recent price cuts.

So, there are performance changes caused by two separate price-cuts over two very different timecales (months versus a single weekend) somehow conflated together into one piece of giant "news"."

Wtf exactly is your point? WTF does it infuriate you so much? They sold more, deal with it.

You call the rest fanboys but something sadder than a fanboy is a fanboy with serious denial issues (you in this case).

Get what we deserve? Care to elaborate?

What an arsehole.

All of you people buying DVD players / computers - you'll get what you deserve!!!!

OK, then... *cough*knobhead!

Hahaha, are you serious? Does he work in a games shop and then claim to work in the games industry?

Then he is right, we all DO get what we deserve.

/looks at job
/looks at bank balance
/lols at arbiter

"Hmmm I work in a games shop putting games in plastic bags and I think 360 is shit because my XP crashed once a few years ago and I lost all my porn. "

LOL

Cheers Dizzy.

evilfoxhound had better be saying that to get a rise, because otherwise, any credibility he had is also going straight out the bloomin' window.

Well he's right to be fair. I'M a cheap bastard ;)

But then that's what a mortgage, 2 kids and their stay at home mother make you.

@Dizzy

Sounds about right!

"Proof that the british public are cheap bastards."

Yup - but also that they know a good deal when they see one. When it comes to gaming outside the novelty Wii factor, you have a choice between paying (Amazon) £150 for a 360 or £285-295 for a PS3. Given how similar they are in the eyes of the public (ie you can play GTA IV and Force Unleashed on both of them and they look the same), despite what Sony's marketing machine would like people to believe, that's a pretty hard thing to ignore. Blu-Ray was a nice bonus and probably just about justified a £80-100 markup, but it starts to get shaky at this kind of price difference. I think Sony will find it hard to continue the gains it has made earlier in the year if doesn't make at least *some* price move before xmas, LBP / Home or no.

@ miiiguel

Yeah, I could use the memory card (as I do already), but I'm lazy - hence the multiple 360s in the first place (no. 3 is on it's way, as is PS3 no. 1 :-) )

I mean, my WHS will be on 24/7, so they could surely just write a plug-in for it, possibly using some of the Games for Windows - Live +whatever they call it tech.

@ evilfoxhound

I knew I remembered seeing a post like this from you on the PS3 price-drop:

"This should be good for sales. I personally know about five PS2 owners who are just waiting for the price to drop a little. They should have done it a few months ago though. "

So, you were calling them 'cheap bastards' too at that point, yeah? ;-)

...shows how Xbox 360 is changing the way consumers experience entertainment...

A.D. 180..."Are you not entertained?"

A.D. 2008 "Are you not experiencing entertainment?"

"The funniest part of all this is that I'm not disputing the facts, or even criticizing Microsoft or the the 360! "

For once....

Sony will need to respond. Luxury goods were fine a few years back, but are getting stung by the current climate. Many families are tightening their belts at the moment, and £129 vs. £299 is a no brainer.

"The original title was the 360's performance has "surged" to 6 million units, by way of comparison Kotaku's equivalent piece used the adjective "jogged". Both of these are positive, but only one is hyperbole. "

Yea we are just taking the piss out of you at the moment. Prodding a bear when he is angry ;)

Anyway Arbiter.... the press always likes to use "hyperbole" words in headings, that is the nature of the beast. But seriously.. you can't quote Kotaku and be serious :) I think you are having a bad hair day getting upset about this EG article.

@Abiter

No no that's fine. Fair enough.

Now given this is the nth time you complained about EG doing this, could you do everyone a favour and either drop it or fuck off elsewhere?

Edit:Spelling

I think the most telling thing is that he never, ever gets his knickers in a twist when a story or headline or anything is even slightly possible of being misconstrued as pro-PS3/anti-360 and there are several, purely down to the vagaries of the written English language. He only ever gets upset when it's perceived to be anti-his beloved-that-he-denies-he-loves. See MGS 4 review comments for some rather excellent examples of mouth-frothingness.

"And now if Sony had half a brain they'd drop the PS3 down to the premiums price and slaughter the 360.

Yeah, it'd cost em a bit upfront, but it'd be HUGE long-term.

Of course, this is sony. So they won't. Cause smarts aren't their strong point. "

They don't have the cash in the bank to do big loss-leaders anymore I wouldn't think ...

@ evilfoxhound

Depends on your perspective :-P

"I would congratulate them if I actually knew what they were on before the price drop, if it was 5.99 million consoles a week ago then it's not that impressive :) "

I know, utter fukin bollocks journalism again from EG, we have noooo idea where that number is coming from ...

@Arbiter

Whether you have valid points or not, you still come off as an arrogant wanker, thus people don't give a shit about what you say.

Try NOT being a wanker for once in your miserable life, you might get less scathing replies and who knows, maybe even taken seriously.

@ evilfoxhound

Well, I have all non-friends blocked by default, unless I'm in a masochistic mood. Once the pary feature comes out, I doubt I'll ever wander into the horrors of the game channel chat ever again.

"The momentum doesnt need to continue till christmas, its all about waiting for when the parents of all the little timmys around the world eventually snap and are forced to buy a new 'console thing' for them....reckon about the arse end of nov for that 'surge'.... "

Yes, end of November for the quite-povs and middle of Xmas for the uber-povs ...

"We're now the best-value next-gen console on the market with an entry-level ERP of GBP 129.99, and consumers have clearly responded to that offering.

Does MS not realise that it is no longer next gen but this gen! i do have a 360 as well but it was next gen year 3 years ago!!

/me wonders how many of the extra 32% of sales is from current Xbox owners buying a second one :)

Only reason i say this is that when the price cut was announced there were many people on the forums saying they would get another...

Sony need to drop the price imho.. .hope they do it soon (I already have one, but I agree with the sentiment that people will buy cheap for xmas).

Yeah, I'm also hoping for a 299 euro PS3 before Christmas, preferably before Halloween. LBP as a pack-in would be nice too. ;)

Seriously though, if it drops to 299 I may well get a second one.

@Spacemidget

So, you'd rather the problem persists and the person who points it out leaves than, something radical like, I dunno', FIXING the problem!

Thanks for demonstrating what I meant by people "getting what they deserve".

No, because I don't really see there being a problem. I'm intelligent enough to read between the lines if I need to.

Look the fact is, I'd already read this news on about four different sites and the fact remains on all them that the 360 hit 6 million sales in Europe. When I read the same thing here, I got the same information. No more, no less - just different words.

Your rattling on about EG bias is becoming tedious to say the least.

And to any of you pointing out that:

- 6 million doesn't mean anything unless you know how many the sold before.
- 32% doesn't mean anything because they could have sold 2 the week before.

Grow the fuck up.

- MS have (possibly) sold 6 million in Europe now. It's just a landmark figure.
- I think it's safe to say MS sold a few more than 2 consoles. You're not make a point because we all know that all 3 companies are shifting 1000's of units every week so 32% increase is probably significant.

At the end of the day I think you're all (I hope) smart enough to read that article and glean what info from it you need. In my case, nothing particulary important.

Complaining about it is a bit silly really.

"Does MS not realise that it is no longer next gen but this gen! i do have a 360 as well but it was next gen year 3 years ago!! "

I don't think Sony has said that the next gen has started yet.

ROFL. My thread is about 30 posts short... gotta love that /ignore list.

Spot the PS3 fan boy... LOL

@Confounder - The Xbox 360 may have a lot of shooters but it has a bigger and more varied selection of high quality games than the PS3 IMO by virtue of it being out a year longer. It'll be some time before the PS3 can match the 360's games catalogue IMO, if it ever does. And I'm saying that as an owner of both machines. Oh and I don't particularly like shooters or online games either! :P

The Xbox 360 isn't just the best value console around, it's easily the best current gen console for games, period. The Wii doesn't even come close (I own it too) and the PS3 is still playing catchup (e.g. BioShock etc.). Sure the 360's build quality has been flaky (to say the least, I've been through six!) but I can't deny that it's given me a lot of entertainment despite the issues.

In an ideal world, the Xbox 360 would be the market leader but perhaps because of the hardware issues Microsoft are paying the price by being second. Whatever, at least they won't be stupid enough enough to rush the 360's successor out without testing it thoroughly next time... ;)

@Arbiter

"Do you honestly think I give a give a damn what you or the rest of the Xbot republican guard think of me after all this time?"

How very typical of you to take a comment on simple civility and turn it toward fanboyism. Bravo.

Hot diggidy!

This is turning into a humdinger!

Darren, I would get out now, reason has left the building!

"Spot the PS3 fan boy"

Which one?:)

If you want a cheap system with poor build quality and lots of unimaginative, brain cell killing FPS then buy a Xbox 360. If you want the best variety of games and a great entertainment system, get a PS3.

Do people honestly still use this argument and expect it to hold water?

Back in the day all the 'chavs' had PS2s whereas the X-box was seen as a bit elitist.

My how the times changed

"Well if you don't see it being a problem *quite clearly* there can't be one.... eh genius?

Don't like what I write, / ignore me. It's that simple."

Yep, I pretty confident there's no problem.

I refuse to ignore people just in case I miss some comedy gold.

"xbox is so cheap now I was thinking of getting one to heat the utility room"

lol


Seriously, though, fix the RROD issues, then advertise that.

"You lot are too stupid for words, seriously. "

hah!

@Arbiter

"You did call me an "arrogant wanker" !"

Yes I did, right after you made a post that made you sound like an arrogant wanker.

"As usual arbiter has some good points, spoiled by the rabid fanboys who hateanyone dissenting in a XBOX forum. "

The SDf are a paranoid, hypocritical bunch aren't they.

"Engage me in a civilized manner and I'll play nice."

Please, if you add any more irony, the universe will implode!

"Well if you don't see it being a problem *quite clearly* there can't be one.... eh genius?"

And because you see as a problem, quite clearly it is one.

"Don't like what I write, / ignore me. It's that simple. "

Yes, so you can ramble on? No, you should use your brain before you post, if you don't be ready to be torn to shreds.

Strangely, I had a 'friend' who used a Turnip of Doom for HIS enjoyment.







...I never went to his house for dinner.

It's amusing when people break out the dictionaries in an attempt to sound important.

:p