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PS3 outsells Xbox 360 in the US News
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Robert Purchese
PlayStation 3 has surged ahead of Xbox 360 in the US this month, with over 20,000 more units sold.
According to NPD data for May, Sony shifted 208,700 consoles while Microsoft sold 186,000.
Despite the rush to pick up Grand Theft Auto IV, which finished top of the charts, Nintendo managed to thump its hardware competitors.
The Wii racked up an enormous 675,000 sales. The DS was in second, selling 452,600 units.
Nintendo was helped largely by games featuring a peripheral of some sort: Mario Kart with the Wii wheel, Wii Fit with the Balance Board and Wii Play with the Wiimote took two, three, and five, respectively.
Further down were the still-to-be-released-in-Europe Super Smash Bros. Brawl at seven and Guitar Hero III on Wii at eight.
The only games not for Nintendo platforms in the top 10 were Grand Theft Auto IV at one (Xbox 360) and four (PS3), and PS2 movie tie-in Iron Man on at seven.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness and Explorers of Time for DS rounded that chart off at nine and 10, respectively.
Although not present in the top 10, Guitar Hero III continues to outsell Rock Band in the US - with 2.5 million lifetime sales to 1.3 million, respectively.
Total sales for the month, compared to last year, were up 37 per cent, hitting a whopping USD 1.12 billion.
Here's those hardware sales figures in full:
- Wii - 675,100
- Nintendo DS - 452,600
- PlayStation 3 - 208,700
- Xbox 360 - 186,600
- PSP - 182,300
- PS2 - 132,000
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alimokrane
13/06/08 @ 08:30
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It's time for a price cut for Both PS3 and Xbox 360 clearly. GTA hasnt done th trick and I am sure MGS4 wont either.
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seasidebaz
13/06/08 @ 08:32
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"MGS4 has done the trick then"
It wasn't out for the period that these numbers were produced... |
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CannonAnBall
13/06/08 @ 08:33
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Give the 360 another price cut? I thought you could pick one up for Ł150?
Soon it'll be 'get a free Xbox360 with this game'!! ;-) |
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Its funny to watch all the fanboys every time these numbers come out. PS3 is going to out sell the 360 next month as well because of MGS4. 360 also has a good winter come up with a lot of good titles, so i would expect to see it do better than the PS3 then.
I have to say I was expecting to see the 360 and PS3 doing 500,000+ each after GTAIV. |
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monkie_king
13/06/08 @ 08:42
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Yeah, where's swam when you need him.
THIS SHOULD BE HIS MOMENT OF GLORY! |
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I just don't understand it. The shit games to good games ratio of the DS and the Wii is absolutely apalling.
I'm starting to believe that this "casual gaming" will be the death of hardcore games =o( Why would publishers invest money in hardcore games when a million mindless drones will stumble into their nearest Game (no doubt drooling and screaming "BRAAINNNS!!") and buy their over-priced, under-produced SHIT! /rant over. |
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CannonAnBall
13/06/08 @ 08:54
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Just out of interest...
....is the Wii that much better? Why is it selling that much more than anything else? |
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CannonAnBall
13/06/08 @ 08:57
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just so you know...
...I bought a DS for my girlfriend. ...I bought a Wii for my mum. |
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escapedape
13/06/08 @ 09:04
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I think swam spontaneously combusted over on a 360-related thread yesterday.
Bit of a shame because his head-in-sand rants were awesome. Wasn't my fault. Ahem. |
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To be expected really. The 360 may be at the near impulse but price here in europe but, it's still about 50 dollars too much stateside. I also think Microsoft need to consolidate it's range to just 1 machine now. Prices are such that simply having the elite for a single (lower) price will make all the difference. Maybe they will do this when the roumoured cooler and quieter model appears.
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penguin_overlord
13/06/08 @ 09:12
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I think it's further proof again that a lot of people just aren't bothered about the jump to HD and that Microsoft's exclusivity on GTA4 DLC was not money well spent. It's hard to see how the 360 can regain ground this year as so many of the big hitters are for the PS3. They could cut the cost again but that is clearly not the issue as there's already a big price difference between both consoles and the PS3 is still doing better.
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mossychops001
13/06/08 @ 09:36
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I wonder how much the HD WII will cost?
Because Nindendo will have to build it sooner than they think. |
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PlugMonkey
13/06/08 @ 09:37
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I just don't understand it. The shit games to good games ratio of the DS and the Wii is absolutely apalling.
The shit games to good games ratio of every system is absolutely appalling. Especially true of the PC in fact - the home of hardcore gaming. The only determining factor of this is hardware units sold. The PC is the single most common system and so gets the most shovelware. Then the Wii and the DS. If you were making a low budget game which was going to sell small numbers purely on customer stupidity, why would you release it on a niche system? YOU WOULDN'T! You have to look at the good games, not the bad ones, and the Wii and DS both have plenty. Honestly, I can't believe the number of people now coming out with this "Waah! Waah! 'Casual' games are destroying everything! The sky is falling in!" bullshit. If some games start going back to a good-old-days 8-bit level of complexity, and thereby attract more people into joining in my hobby, then that can only be a good thing for everyone. |
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mossychops001
13/06/08 @ 09:37
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I wonder how much the HD WII will cost?
Because Nindendo will have to build it sooner than they think. |
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@redneon
"The shit games to good games ratio of the DS and the Wii is absolutely apalling." Really daft comment that. Nobody cares about ratios. Just if there are enough good games. Doesn't matter if there's a billion crap wii games, there's still mario galaxy, mario kart, metroid, smash bros, zelda, wii sports... plenty. |
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escapedape
13/06/08 @ 09:46
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@ mossychops
I don't think so. The ongoing success of the Wii shows that the majority of consumers really aren't bothered about HD. Reminds me of the success of the original Game Boy vs Lynx vs Game Gear etc. Showing my age but I remember everyone thinking Nintendo were crazy to stick with a monochrome machine. And that hardly ended in failure did it? |
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PlugMonkey
13/06/08 @ 09:49
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escapedape - I agree. I think the HD focus is a cycle too early. Most people I know don't have it and don't much care.
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There are clearly 2 markets, one for a younger audience, the console to have in the kids bedroom (that's the Wii), and then the living room console, for the + 25 "kids" (that's the 360). Imo (er... I can be wrong, as usual).
Then you have the contemplative market (the "oh look it's a Sony!), but let disregard that, this is a video-games site. edit: shitty english, and ;)
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BadBoyBonner
13/06/08 @ 09:58
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I wonder how much the HD WII will cost?
Because Nindendo will have to build it sooner than they think. I thought that too until I played Mario Kart on Monday for the first time (hides head in shame for not playing earlier). The graphics on it are so far ahead of anything else on the system (when it is being run at 50" progressive) that it defies belief. Only other game to come close was Sonic - both using some trickery to give an anti-aliased image or the "illusion" of one ( not sure if they are using the de-flicker call or theGX ProgSoft call - combined with depth blur-fade and near bloom-blur) but the results speak for themselves - more so when they are running so smoothly. Hope Nintendo share the graphical "wealth" with other developers on their system. |
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In terms of business, "HD" doesn't seem to be doing very well. Most people are happy with DVD rather than BD and the "general public" are falling over themselves to get a Wii and DS as they're not seen as "geeky" but cool and stylish instead (rather like how everyone wants iPods but not other players).
I know a lot of people who wouldn't be seen dead with a PS3 or 360. They've all either got a Wii or want a Wii. There are massive sales to be had from the non-gaming public and the profits are high from the low development costs of SDTV gaming. The only other people I know with BD or HD-DVD players are people I've met on forums. None of my "real life" friends have bothered, gamers or otherwise (all happy with upscaling DVDs). HD is nothing this generation. |
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penguin_overlord
13/06/08 @ 10:06
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I think we can expect a much bigger sales difference in June and early July for the PS3 over the 360 with the impact of MGS4. It's true that it's no Halo but without any significant 360 releases during this period, all attention will be on the PS3. It's no longer possible for people to say there are no decent games on the PS3. It's now a very attractive purchase for many people. Expect the PS3 outselling the 360 to be the norm, as it has been for most of this year.
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