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UK 360 surges, PSP falls News
PSP Xbox 360 News by Games Industry.biz
Important-looking numbers from Chart-Track show sales for the 360 in the UK are up 260 per cent week-on-week - while the PSP has suffered its worst week since launch.
As reported by MCV, the change in fortunes for both machines is down to hardware line-up changes.
The Elite model and price reductions for existing Premium and Core versions were responsible for the 360 sales surge, which continued into a second week - falling only 20 per cent.
But on the other hand, the imminent launch of the Slim and Lite PSP on 14th September has stopped you lot splashing your cash on the current model.
Unfortunately Chart-Track declined to supply specific sales figures for either Xbox 360 or PSP.
Permanently on the rise at GamesIndustry.biz is fact finding, which is up endless per cent week-on-week.
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souljacker2000
07/09/07 @ 13:54
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MS will go to dominate the world from here on, watch out ninty.... we are coming...er sorry they
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PSP is an interesting device, it sells quite well but it doesn't sell games (not to mention movies, forget that UMD shit...).
Anyway, my gf is in the US and she sees loadsa people with a PSP, but she says they use it like a media device for podcasts and stuff, not really gamers.
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I'd say a price cut combined with Elite launch and Bioshock release was always going to amount to a heft sales increase... the important thing is that it wasn't just a 1 week hit - as the article says, the second week was strong as well.
As a 360 owner who has unforunately suffered RRoD, I can still say it's a cracking machine with a great selection of games (for my taste, anyway - predominently action, racing, shooter... could do with a few more adventure games mind). I'm happy it's benefitting. I'd expect a similar effect when Halo 3 gets released. And, again, for Mass Effect (if it lives up to the hype). Should be big sales for 360 this year. |
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The Bodybuilder
07/09/07 @ 14:16
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>"Bioshock did more for the 360 than any other title until now."
Wasn't the award allocated to gears? |
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Sebo: I can be wrong, but I think it did. As anyone knew the Gears thing, blockbusters, guns, awesome art, focus on MP, typical XBox crowd. Now BioShock brought a new crew to the system. This is worth what is worth, but 3 collegues of mine after spendig almos a week gogling for a new video card to play the best game of the century (so far), ended up buying 360's.
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Will make MS happy, don't see Sony loosing any sleep over it though.
None these figers mean anything on a week to week basis it's when you look at a 6 month or more period that you can't start drawing conclusions. I'm not currently expecting a Sega Saturn or Dreamcast scale demise for Sony. Hopefully by the end of this gen the market will be a little more evenly spread. |
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@biker_bob: I'm sympathetic with your issue, but I have my 360 since 02/Dec/2005 and never had any problem.
My PSP was replaced twice, and I ended up with still 3 dead pixels (Sony only replaces units with more than 5...). 3 dead pixels, no big deal you may say. Yeah, if only they stop staring at me all the freakin time...
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RE: biker_bob
Not that I give too much credence to what that Kato guys says normally, but aren't you the same poster that suffered through multiple 'old' 360 failures? And now, surprise, surprise, you're on your THIRD Elite in TWO weeks? You'll forgive me if I choose to call bullshit on your claims. Maybe Kato was right after all. Maybe you are an anti-MS troll, under the guise of a supposedly disgruntled Xbox 360 'owner'. Maybe you're on some pointless and misguided FUD-spread quest? Maybe not. But at this stage, it's really becoming difficult to seperate fact from fiction with regards your claim. I know MS' hardware is shonky and all, but your occurences just seem a bit out there.... |
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biker_bob: yeah..., I mean I love the machine (360), well not the box, the games (couldn't care less what's in the box), but MS helpdesk can be quite elegant or extremely arrogant, I've been through their service because of a defective Live code (the glue screwed a few chars), and lived both sides.
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in defence of biker_bob the elite does still have the old motherboard (no falcon), it should have a better heatsink dough (not 100% shure).... so the elite is not a better machine, same as the new premiums comming out.
but if you have this much consoles dying on you, you should reconsider placing or air-flow or someting... that's just not bad luck anymore thats just weird. do you actually turn the machine off when you go to bed? i have a premium myself late 2006, a bit noisy but works great so far. biker_bob, you should wait a while for the falcon mobo to get released, won't be long now. |
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"And for those not believing: I'll be appearing soon on Dutch television concerning mine and other similar cases. One guy is on his 8th. I'm not a fanboy nor a troll. Believe what you want to believe. Just watch closely to Radar and Kassa the coming weeks. You'll be amazed."
So, who should we look out for on Dutch TV? A heavy set fellow wearing a leather jacket, a helmet in his hand and 'Bob' tatooed on his forearm? |
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Certainly within my circle of friends, Bioshock has done WAY more for the 360 than GoW ever did.
Example. GoW : Hey, that looks pretty nice - do you get to do anything apart from shoot stuff? Bio : Wow, that looks like a film. How did they make the water so realistic? Can you play some more, i was just getting in to the story. Arghhh.... she's creepy. Must buy this. |
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"My PSP was replaced twice, and I ended up with still 3 dead pixels (Sony only replaces units with more than 5...)."
That sucks... I guess the country you are from have shit consumer rights? If I ever bought a PSP (or other consumer product) with any dead pixels, I would return it to the store for a full refund - no questions asked. Anyway, just got my second PSP today... a PSP "slim" silver with no dead pixels just like my "fat" launch unit ;) |
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Beano: no, no..., it's an EU directive, I checked..., they're only forced to replace LCD devices with more than 5 damaged pixels. Consumers rights associations are trying to impose a percentual value (still sucks, should be zero defect!). Still 5 dead pixels on a PSP isn't the same as in a 24" LCD monitor.
But it really depends on the brand (or item, I guess Sony had too many of these issues to afford to be nice): My father bought a Samsung 32" LCD that came with a sigle dead one and they replaced the TV, and said "sorry, please buy Samsung again".
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