ps3 outsells 360

Nodiggidy123 · 27 May 2013 at 22:06

http://n4g.com/news/1265658/ps3-overtakes-360-in-worldwide-sales-lifetime

As a owner of both consoles, I've got to hand it to Sony. Pretty impressive considering the head start Xbox got.

Moothead2 · 27 May 2013 at 22:08

Not bad after a disastrous launch and being at a year disadvantage.

ps3ud0 · 27 May 2013 at 22:16

Eh I thought this happened a few months ago? Nintendo > * though this gen

ps3ud0

Phatjayunoi · 27 May 2013 at 22:43

I think it was since last December or Winter 2012 that I heard PS3 finally took over 360 worldwide sales. But if that's to be trusted (I mean it's VGChartz, not my personal trusted source tbh), then not to surprising if sales numbers have been keeping it up.

Main U.S market is where the 360 gets the larger majority of it's sales, whereas the rest of the world, PS3 has usually been in the lead.

Take a hint Microsoft, there is a bigger world outside of Murika /takes jab at XBO U.S centric conference.

Of course, Nintendo and Wii is still Numbah Uno!

jamesy505 · 28 May 2013 at 00:22

Apparently there has only been about 1m xbox 360's sold in Japan, so not surprising the PS3 has sold more overall considering how small the Xbox market share is there.

Phatjayunoi · 28 May 2013 at 01:13

Yep, and Microsoft probably couldn't care less any more, even perhaps for the XBO too.

slinxy · 28 May 2013 at 09:33

I would like to see the actual owners numbers rather than the sales figures, as I'm not sure how accurate the sales figure tells the story. Xbox has had its numbers majorly hiked up with the RROD and the playstation has had the YLOD to help its numbers.

Its some money going into consoles gaming, I myself have over 20 titles for the PS3, countless number of PS1 and PSN games titles. So IF I only had one PS3 console, and that YLOD on me. I would certainly get another rather than think that was fun, now what do I do with all the games.

Also, not sure how many PS3s are actually used for gaming, the people that I know mainly have xbox's for gaming and if they do have a ps3 as well. That is mainly used as a multimedia system, something that M$ are trying to get into with their xbone.

robgmun · 28 May 2013 at 11:27

slinxy said:
Xbox has had its numbers majorly hiked up with the RROD and the playstation has had the YLOD to help its numbers.

The RROD problem was hitting 20-30% of consoles at one point, YLOD was less then 1%

Fars · 28 May 2013 at 18:02

slinxy said:
I would like to see the actual owners numbers rather than the sales figures

Sadly I don't think we'll ever truly know. But I agree that info would be great.

I do know one thing though, since their launch my Wife and I have owned 6 Xbox's between us and only 1 PS3. And none of those systems have ever broken we've just upgraded or traded in.

Psycho Sonny · 28 May 2013 at 18:42

robgmun said:
The RROD problem was hitting 20-30% of consoles at one point, YLOD was less then 1%

i would say RROD hit 75% of consoles manufactured within the first year or two.

we are now on our 6th, and i know people who have been through multiples too, not just 2 or 3.

we have actually had 5 die on us, to say it hits 20-30% either means we were extremely unlucky or those figures are completely wrong, obviously MS would want to try and keep the figure as low as possible and wouldn't publish the real figures imo.

Wyrdo · 28 May 2013 at 19:02

Nodiggidy123 said:
http://n4g.com/news/1265658/ps3-overtakes-360-in-worldwide-sales-lifetime

As a owner of both consoles, I've got to hand it to Sony. Pretty impressive considering the head start Xbox got.

That link is asking me to login.

PS3 overtook shipped units vs Xbox 360 at the end of last year, apparently the 360 overtook it again recently I'm sure.

Not sure what your link says

Dannyb01y · 28 May 2013 at 19:05

Wyrdo said:
That link is asking me to login.

PS3 overtook shipped units vs Xbox 360 at the end of last year, apparently the 360 overtook it again recently I'm sure.

Not sure what your link says

It said PS3 was 2000 units ahead.

Not sure if it was "shipped" or "sold" though.

Wyrdo · 28 May 2013 at 19:13

Dannyb01y said:
It said PS3 was 2000 units ahead.

Not sure if it was "shipped" or "sold" though.

Ah fair enough, not much in it but they've done well considering the head start the 360 had.

Woden · 28 May 2013 at 19:16

How many bought it purely as a Blueray player? My PS3 hasn't seen a game since I first got it. Just Bluerays, iPlayer and Netflix.

Nodiggidy123 · 28 May 2013 at 19:26

Wyrdo said:
That link is asking me to login.

PS3 overtook shipped units vs Xbox 360 at the end of last year, apparently the 360 overtook it again recently I'm sure.

Not sure what your link says

Strange as it worked fine last night.

Psycho Sonny · 28 May 2013 at 20:05

Woden said:
How many bought it purely as a Blueray player? My PS3 hasn't seen a game since I first got it. Just Bluerays, iPlayer and Netflix.

well originally blu ray players were extremely expensive and didn't guarantee updates to future blu ray spec's or hdmi spec's.

the ps3 overcame a lot of this because it's firmware was updated regularly and therefore so was the firmware of the blu ray player.

so this was actually a smart move, but recently blu ray players can be bought for peanuts, therefore no longer a smart move unless you actually use the console side.

Streeteh · 29 May 2013 at 12:52

Woden said:
How many bought it purely as a Blueray player? My PS3 hasn't seen a game since I first got it. Just Bluerays, iPlayer and Netflix.

Shame, you're missing out on some really fantastic titles then. Uncharted 1, 2 and 3 alone are worth a shout.

Syph · 29 May 2013 at 13:00

Do people still care about sales? As long as the games I like to play exist, I will buy them, regardless of the console they're on. I don't enjoy them more or less knowing it's on the best (or worst!) selling console.

I would have missed out on some serious classics if I didn't own the PS3 and a Wii. I missed some games I would have enjoyed on the Xbox - but finances nix'd that one.

Streeteh · 29 May 2013 at 13:04

Syph said:
Do people still care about sales?

Yes as competitive sales prevent stagnation of the industry. Look at the PS4; Sony and developers are constantly harping on about how they approached the PS4 development differently as a result of its decline in success in comparison to the PS2. A large part of that will be due to the increased competition from both Nintendo and Microsoft.

Syph · 29 May 2013 at 13:09

I just feel like it's not our job to care. I'm well aware that healthy competition keeps the industry moving. But, the last time I was actually bothered who was top, was when I owned a SNES and my mate had a Mega Drive!