NPD: February sees 34 percent US sales spike

American game market bucks recession, beats analyst expectations with $1.33 billion haul; PS3 bests 360 for second month running; COD4, DMC4 top games.

With stocks falling, housing values plummeting, and the Federal Reserve dishing out emergency loans, most economists agree most parts of the US economy are on the verge of a recession. Conversely, the game industry is on the rebound, according to the latest report from the NPD group. After a mixed January, US retail sales of game software, hardware, and accessories shot up 34 percent in February, topping $1.33 billion and beating analyst expectations.

See that case? It's full of money.

"Even following a red-hot 2007, the video games industry shows no sign of letting up as year-to-date sales through February are up 12 percent over last year," said NPD analyst Anita Frazier. "Taking the extra week of sales included in the 2007 figures, on a comparable week's basis, 2008 is up approximately 26 percent over last year (through February)."

Of the various sectors, software generated the most revenue, rising 47 percent to nearly $669 million. The month's best-selling title was once again the Xbox 360 edition of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, which moved 296,200 units during the month. Hot on its heels was the hellfire-kissed Devil May Cry 4, which sold 295,200 on the 360 (2nd) and 233,500 units on the PlayStation 3 (4th). DMC4's massive combined 528,7000-unit haul made it the best-selling domestic multiplatform game of the month, all but ensuring a Devil May Cry 5 somewhere down the line.

Coming in third was the ubiquitous Wii Play, which sold just shy of 290,000 units by virtue of being bundled with the Wii Remote. Another Wii game, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, came in fifth with 222,900 units sold. Rounding out the top 10 were Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (DS, 205,600 units), Lost Odyssey (360, 203,600 units), Turok (360, 197,700 units), the PS2 version of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (183,00 units), and Rock Band (360, 161,800 units).

On the hardware front, Nintendo was once again the undisputed victor, with the DS selling 587,600 units and the Wii 432,000. However, the Xbox 360, the third-place finisher for most of 2007, finished at the bottom of the pack once again, coming in fifth with 254,600 units. It was bested by both the PlayStation 2's 351,800 units and 280,000 units of the Blu-ray-disc-playing PlayStation 3, which was boosted by the lighting-quick implosion of the rival HD DVD format last month. Last and, numerically speaking, least was the PlayStation Portable with 243,100 units.

"While hardware inventory issues at retail may still be lingering post-holiday, the fact that all now-gen systems generated significant year-over-year hardware sales increases indicates the situation is coming into balance faster than it did last year," said Frazier. "I was most surprised by the PS2 hardware sales numbers this month. While it certainly has earned its spot among the now-gen slate of console systems because of it staying power in the marketplace, the fact that it realized such significant growth this month is really a testament to its broad adoption and the response of consumers to promotional activity at retail."

Even before NPD released its report to the press, the big three console makers were filling inboxes worldwide with their own spin on the matter. Saying it was "extending its lead" in overall sales, Microsoft claimed that "$332 million was spent on the Xbox 360 platform this month, capturing 39 percent of this generation's ecosystem." The software giant also claimed that the US installed base for the 360 is 9.6 million versus the Wii's 8.1 million and the PS3's 3.8 million.

Unsurprisingly, Sony made much of the PS3's trumping of the 360 for the second month in a row, and played up that sales of the console have increased 120 percent year over year. It also reminded the world of several exclusives for the platform, Gran Turismo 5 prologue (April 15) and Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (June 12). Sony also announced there are 3.3 million registered PlayStation Network visitors in North America who have downloaded 56 million pieces of content.

Finally, Nintendo took the obvious approach, noting that 47.6 percent of all hardware sold in the US in February bore its logo. Software sales weren't too shabby, either. "Nintendo DS games topped all software sales, with more than 3.6 million units sold," the company crowed in a statement. "Consumers purchased nearly 2.9 million software units for Wii. Four of every 10 games sold were for Nintendo systems."

US VIDEO GAMES INDUSTRY - FEBRUARY 2008

Software: $668.7m (+47%)
Hardware: $480.0 million (+19%)
Accessories: $185.3m (+36%)
Total Games: $1.33 billion (+34%)

TOP-SELLING HARDWARE - FEBRUARY 2008

Nintendo DS 587,600
Wii 432,000
PlayStation 2 351,800
PlayStation 3 280,800
Xbox 360 254,600
PlayStation Portable 243,100

TOP-SELLING SOFTWARE - FEBRUARY 2008

Title / Publisher / Release Date / Units
1) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare* (360) / Activision / 7-Nov 296.2K
2) Devil May Cry 4* (360) / Capcom 8-Feb / 295.2k
3) Wii Play w/ Remote* (Wii) / Nintendo / 7-Feb / 289.7K
4) Devil May Cry 4* (PS3) / Capcom / 8-Feb / 233.5K
5) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock* (Wii) / Activision / 7-Oct / 222.9K
6) Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (DS) / Sega / 8-Jan / 205.6K
7) Lost Odyssey (360) / Microsoft / 8-Feb / 203.6K
8) Turok (360) / Touchstone / 8-Jan / 197.7K
9) Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock* (PS2) / Activision / 7-Oct / 183.8K
10) Rock Band* (360) / MTV Games, Electronic Arts / 7-Nov / 161.8K

*Includes Collector's, Limited, Legendary, Bundles (Guitars) Editions

695 Comments

  • darkride66 posted Mar 17, 2008 7:38 am PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    darkride66

    Posted Mar 17, 2008 7:38 am PT (hide)

    I agree with Homerj. If you think there's nothing but shooters out for the 360, you're either a fanboy or you just aren't paying attention.

  • darkride66 posted Mar 17, 2008 7:29 am PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    darkride66

    Posted Mar 17, 2008 7:29 am PT (hide)

    Yuck_Too. No, not sarcasm, not an exaggeration. Last Feb the PS3 moved 246951 consoles worldwide. This year, 739971. That's a 200% increase over Feb sales last year. That's not spin, that's just math. Let me reiterate, I don't think we'll see this type of growth year over year, no matter how the chart looks but even if you consider the PS3's growth to be half that next year, overcoming the 360 with 20% growth year over year isn't so far fetched.
    brianpoetzel. From what I see, NPD isn't using the last week's data of Feb, probably because that week ended in March. I imagine they'll tack that data onto their March numbers. That puts NPD PS3 numbers at 280k vs vgchartz 249k. Looks like vgchartz is 31000 consoles shy of the NPD numbers. It wouldn't be the first time vgchartz has been slightly off the NPD numbers, and they're pretty good at finding out where they're off and correcting. Again, at the end of the day vgchartz seems in line with the offical ship numbers from the console makers, and they're the ones who would know over any other source.

  • Homerj

    Posted Mar 17, 2008 7:23 am PT

    "you mean shooters? cause from what ive seen thats all 360 has basically."

    Like the oft criticized yet seldom seen "360 fanboy" argument of "no games on PS3".....this Sony fanboy talking point is just plain uninformed and completely ignores reality. Lest you forget, besides FF13 and GT5 (one more if you want to count the GT5 tech demo they are charging for)...the slate of exclusives for the PS3 that will lead to its supposed dominance in 08 are overwhelmingly shooters. Action, racing, rpg, jrpg genres are all much more widely represented in the 360 catalog than the PS3. I think it stems from ignorance (ie Halo is the only game on 360)....but yet the converse...believing that MGS is the only game on PS3 is met with howls of protest....hmmm.

  • Homerj

    Posted Mar 17, 2008 7:03 am PT

    "wow lost odyssey is in the top 10. i didnt see that coming. I guess thats a good thing. I like the game I hope we get more."

    Not a huge surpise actually. Although some of the early reviews that trashed LO because it was a game encroaching on territory "owned" by Square and Sony may have dinged early sales, this has been countered by very strong word-of-mouth by gamers (many of the reviewers are backpedalling and making excuses because the tide of public opinion is very much against their original reviews...not mentioning any names nudge...wink).

  • bardkieran

    Posted Mar 17, 2008 6:18 am PT

    Ah gotta love people who don't understand the meaning of "fad". A fad is something that lasts a short time and then dies away, usually in less than a year. The Wii has proven beyond the shadow of a doubt, that it clearly is not a fad, but a growing trend. Hardware and software sales for the system increase, as well as the amount of 3rd party developers releasing games for the system.

    The bottom line, at the end of the day, is market share. Right now, The XB360 and the Wii have the dominant market share. This is where developers are going to focus their games to, and focus less from the trailing system, which is the PS3.

    As for the one PS3 fanboy's comments of "I played the Wii and the motion sensing sucks"... While that may be your opinion, it definitely is part of a minority of people out there. The majority of people who have gamed on the Wii enjoy the control scheme. As for the graphics, looking at games like Umbrella Chronicles and Metroid Prime 3, I'd say they are a far cry from blocky.

    Yet, at the end of the day, the truth is that the 3rd part support has surpassed the PS3 3rd party support as well as proven to drive a bigger profit by making Wii games as opposed to PS3 games. If you need a proof of this, check out the Guitar Hero 3 sales between the two systems.

    The Wii is doing well and will continue to be high in demand for the remainder of the year, showing similar charts in NPD as this article has shown.

  • Yuck_Too

    Posted Mar 17, 2008 5:57 am PT

    dark

    I gave you the benefit of the doubt on the 190% / month as sarcasm. However I did work out the math based on a more appropriate increase and decrease.

    Long story short...if the 360 stopped selling consoles today and the PS3 continued at their current numbers it will take a little over 2-years for them to catch up in sales numbers.

    Spin whatever numbers you like that is the absolute best case and not even you can argue it will happen that way.

    Then again there is the 360 price cut in conjunction with GTA4 bundle so we'll be able to argue a whole new set of percentages at that point.

  • brianpoetzel

    Posted Mar 17, 2008 5:56 am PT

    @darkride. I just did a quick filter on vgchartz for units sold in Feb. Vgchartz is off by several hundred thousand units each as compared to the npd numbers. Several hundred thousand each. That's HUGE. And that's just for Feb. Use the npd numbers for accurate stats. They are generally regarded as the most reputable.

  • darkride66 posted Mar 17, 2008 5:51 am PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    darkride66

    Posted Mar 17, 2008 5:51 am PT (hide)

    Yuck_Too. I'm surprised at your criticisms, I considered you one of the more level headed around these parts. As we've discussed in the past I'm also one of the early adopters of new tech, like yourself. I speak from experience when I discuss consoles, but unlike yourself I don't have a hate on for any one particular company. In referencing sales numbers my attempt is not to make myself out to be some Sony fanboy, because I'm not. My intent is to provide perspective in this debate. Clearly if growth in PS3 sales continues it's will not take 20 years for the system to catch up. In fact, if growth continues at this rate, it will be caught up next year, however the thought of PS3 sales continuing to grow at 190% into next year is unrealistic. Did you work out those numbers, even out of curiosity? 190% of 10 million means 19 million more consoles sold by next year, 23% of 17 million for the 360 will only add another 4 million for the 360. Now, like I said it's pretty unlikely, but that's what the numbers point towards. We refer to the PS3 "threat" because that's clearly how 360 fanboys view it, for god knows what reason. I've asked before, How does it in any way affect 360 owners if the PS3 starts selling better? What does it matter? And yet here you are, arguing that somehow we're in the wrong. You're posts are usually well thought out and informed, even if I tend to disagree with you. This criticism can easily be turned right back on you.

  • Humorguy_basic

    Posted Mar 17, 2008 1:46 am PT

    You can call the Wii and DS and PS2 sales as fads if you want - but the fact is, we don't know how many PS3 sales are just for the blue ray player for movies now, so we can't say it's sales are just for gaming any more. We can also talk about lower price being an incentive. But most people know what they will be getting in games when they buy a console, so are also voting for the games. You could argue that people voted for Halo as well as the XBox when it came out. The games and the consoles are tightly woven together and it's been the case for quite a while now that shallow, highly graphical games (Crysis?) have not sold well, but games with lesser graphics but better gameplay have done better (STALKER, The Witcher? at least on PC)) We see gameplay becoming more and more important, and that's at least part of the reason the PS2 is still doing well, the DS is doing extremely well, and the Wii is doing fantastic! And I say this as a PC gamer who has never played on console and just saying it as it is!

  • L1qu1dSword

    Posted Mar 16, 2008 11:11 pm PT

    the ps3 sold only like 30 k more then 360 in hardware. that's not really that good considering they are still behind by several million. 360 continues software domination.

  • DiscGuru101

    Posted Mar 16, 2008 11:07 pm PT

    360 is still blowing the PS3 out of the water in software sales. Proving the sales spike is a movie rental thing. Gamers buy Wii and 360 software. Period.

  • biomutt

    Posted Mar 16, 2008 6:51 pm PT

    @Humorguy_basic & others claiming the Wii to be the winner of this console war~

    First of all, yes the Wii is going to have the highest rate of sales seeing as it is a cheaper piece of hardware with half the price of the 360 and PS3 (because the Wii is just that, CHEAP); secondly, Nintendo fanboys have to say that graphics are in no way a part in immersion and fun when it comes to gaming seeing as Nintendo products haven't boasted anything new in the graphics department since 2001 with the release of the Gamecube. But it's not true. The Wii ATTEMPTS to bring about a new way to play, seeing as for the last few years we have been playing with generic controllers and the likes; but they failed. I have played the Wii before and I find it to be truly disappointing, the motion sensing controller is in no way immersive and the blocky out of date graphics in no way make me feel that the Wii is starting a revolution, my Wii owning friends always play w/gamecube controllers because the motion sensing is just plain awful and really NOT fun, while Microsoft and Sony are smart; they don't leave up to the controller to revolutionize gameplay. No. They leave it up to the glossy, realistic games that combine that glossy realism with superb controls and gameplay that will keep you glued to your television until you run out of sick days.

    That and the abundant features that 360 and PS3 pack (namely 360, sorry PS3 fanboys, you have to own it to understand), the incredible online multiplayer, the presence of 8 foot kickass cyborgs kicking the asses of other 8 foot cyborgs online and enough Final Fantasy games to fill a cupboard, combined with the fact the Wii is itself a novelty, you get: failure to revolutionize an industry, and money well spent. Figure out which one is which (360 and PS3, to those that can't put it together).

    Put this together with the comments of "09231991" and "Petri87" and you have fact.

  • mergirox

    Posted Mar 16, 2008 6:06 pm PT

    The Wii is on top yet again.........

    March, April and June are gonna be great figures when it comes to systems due to SSBB, GTA IV, Mario Kart Wii GT5 Prologue, MGS 4
    Which are all great games.............
    (Im trying to not be biost in my future posts )

    Lets hope I can start a trend..............

  • Petri87

    Posted Mar 16, 2008 4:21 pm PT

    @Humorguy_basic - Well even if the Wii is selling the most you still get more out of the 360 and PS3 that have several times more great games whitle the Wii have only about 5 and all are Nintendo games. The third party support for the Wii still sucks *** while the 360 and PS3 are getting great games almost every month.
    On the handheld front the DS is a clear winner whit great third party support and great games for it while the PSP only get ports but has some real gems too.
    And if your wondering i own both handhelds and bothe 360 and PS3. I dont own the Wii and probebly wont own it untill the price goeas down to 150 or something like that. Simply because the Wii is a fad and is only fun if you have friends to play whit and to be honest i dont have any friends that even might consider coming over to play the Wii constanly if there isn't any alcohol involved and even that you cant do every day since you have work.
    So Im not going to spend 250 on a device that i wont use more then once a month or so.

  • dragonpuppy

    Posted Mar 16, 2008 2:18 pm PT

    @quanloco

    Uhhh....you do know that if you play on Hard Mode in MGS, anytime you are seen it's an automatic game over right? On Splinter Cell level compared to the whole game where if you are seen it's over. Now really, which one looks harder now?

  • gkclassof2005

    Posted Mar 16, 2008 11:49 am PT

    ps3 for the win.

  • Humorguy_basic

    Posted Mar 16, 2008 10:15 am PT

    Nothing about PC gaming at all in this article. PC gaming - practically invisible now. Also, a warning to the 360, PS3 and hardcore PC gamers that all believe that high end graphics are the be all and end all - well, 360 is flat in the water, PS3 still hasn't taken off, and PC gaming is nowhere to be seen. Meanwhile, all those non high end graphics machines that have non high end graphic games, like the PS2, DS and Wii all have resounding success month after month (or, for the PS2, STILL selling more than the PS3!!!)

    There is a revolution taking place in video gaming. It is the end of an era. Gamers are showing with their wallets, that the graphic/game quality of the PS2, the Wii and the DS is good enough, thank you very much. PC gamers are leaving PC gaming because they think their current PC is good enough and they WILL NOT upgrade any more, believing their PC's are now good enough.

    The winners this year will be the companies that release games with gameplay first and foremost. And on PC, games that run on current PC's.

    If they don't they are doomed. There is a new consumer out there, and he's happy with what he now has and just wants quality games for it. Graphics are the not the reason he buys games any more, and even on the 360, PS3 and PC, if it doesn't have the gameplay it no longer matter how good it looks!

  • t37nguye

    Posted Mar 16, 2008 9:26 am PT

    xspawn69: "IF" they continue at that rate....

    see the "IF" here? Fortunately the PS3 sale will not continue at that rate but will "INCREASE" every month, especially in June when MGS4 + PS3 bundle come out. I know a lot of 360 onwers who said they are waiting for this bundle to purchase a PS3. Just wait and see.

  • darkride66

    Posted Mar 16, 2008 9:01 am PT

    xspawn69 calculated "if they continue at that rate, it should only take about 277 months... or 23 years."
    Cute. Something that fanboys miss in their rush to jump all over these figures to try to sluff them off is the worldwide sales figures which show the PS3 with a clear lead in sales for months now, and the fact that the PS3 sales are accelerating rapidly while 360 sales growth is falling. Funny, I don't see in your little formula the calculation for accelerated sales vs slowing sales. Where did you calculate the 190% rise worldwide in PS3 sales between Feb last year to Feb this year vs the 360's 23% growth? I guess that just makes your equation flat out wrong, doesn't it? Now I'm not suggesting it's realistic to expect next year PS3 sales will be up another 190%, I'm just pointing out that this growth is being ignored by the bleating sheep that somehow feel threatened if one company's sales go up vs another companies sales, also going up, as if somehow Sony's fortune improving means people will come over to their homes and take their 360's away. I don't understand this paranoia. Take a deep breath, calm yourself and repeat "PS3's selling better does not impact my life. PS3's selling better do not impact my life."
    I could probably use the same therapy "It's not my job to educate fanboys who lack analytical skills. Their worship of this console or that console and subsequent goat sacrifice does not directly affect my life, only the goats."

  • darkride66

    Posted Mar 16, 2008 8:58 am PT

    quanloco asked "darkride name 1 game multiplat that has sold better and if vgcharts is so accurate then why doesn't gamespot, ign, 1up, ect ever talk about it."
    I never claimed there were any multiplat titles selling better on the PS3, I was pointing out PS3 multiplat titles that are selling pretty much neck and neck with their 360 counterparts, and that's pretty impressive given the 360's 7 million console lead worldwide. Off the top of my head, Burnout and DMC4.
    As for vgchartz.com - a couple of points. I use vhchartz because there really isn't anything else to use for these figures. If you have something better, lay it on me. Also, having tracked sales figures out of interest for some time, vgchartz methods of obtaining samples seems very accurate. I've never seen them differ much from the figures NPD puts out in America, UK charts or Famitsu's Japan numbers. Given that vgchartz also coincides with the official shipped numbers from all three console makers, they seem to be doing a bang up job. Brianpoetzel mentioned vgchartz uses "guess work". Of course they do. How else can they provide these numbers, unless they have a workforce of thousands counting at every store, or unless they have agreements with every single outlet that sells consoles. That's not going to happen. The only one out there that accurately knows what's leaving the factories is the console makers themselves and they seem to be in agreement with vgchartz.com. It reminds me of politics. So often opposition parties criticize just for the sake of criticizing, but at the end of the day they don't have a better idea. If you have a better site, I'd love to have a look.

  • xspawn69 posted Mar 16, 2008 8:24 am PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    xspawn69

    Posted Mar 16, 2008 8:24 am PT (hide)

    wow... PS3 sold 25k more consols this month. They should be catching up quick. if they continue at that rate, it should only take about 277 months... or 23 years. Good luck with that 10 year lifespan. ((11.9m -4.25m) / 25k) = # of months until PS3 catches the 360

  • brianpoetzel

    Posted Mar 16, 2008 6:49 am PT

    Yeah iguanabob. vgchartz even admits it uses guess work to come up with it's numbers. They take a small random sample of the market and then scale it up. And they ask publishers to give an estimate on units sold.

  • IguanaBob

    Posted Mar 16, 2008 4:36 am PT

    That's the thing... vgchartz.com never disclose any info on how they obtain their sales data. How do you know they have good credentials if they just said they do? Directly from retailers??? How can you believe them if those retailers they mention CANNOT be named?

    NPD group however, fully provide realistic numbers and have been ranked 14th among the top 25 market research companies, with clients like Panasonic, Nintendo, JVC, Nestle, Hasbro.

    Not some low budget looking website with boatload of ads every where you go. Who CANNOT even mention one of their client's name...

    Look it up and see the difference between the two.
    http://www.npd.com/

    http://vgchartz.com/

  • quanloco

    Posted Mar 15, 2008 11:32 pm PT

    darkride name 1 game multiplat that has sold better and if vgcharts is so accurate then why doesn't gamespot, ign, 1up, ect ever talk about it.

  • darkride66 posted Mar 15, 2008 10:50 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    darkride66

    Posted Mar 15, 2008 10:50 pm PT (hide)

    quanloco stated "games will always sell better on the 360 which means devs will support the system that sells games."
    Hmmm. Haven't been checking game sales, have you? Here's some interesting tidbits. Go to vgchartz.com and check games sales. Grab a few titles from the 360's first year and a few from the PS3's first year. Surprised how similar they are? Now check the worldwide numbers for some newer games, like Burnout and DMC4. Would you look at that. The PS3 versions are selling neck and neck with their 360 counterparts. What have we learned from this? We've learned that there's not much difference between first year sales between the 360 and the PS3, in either hardware or software, however, newer games seem to be selling just fine compared to the 360 version if you look beyond the US borders for the complete picture.

  • Hector_01

    Posted Mar 15, 2008 9:57 pm PT

    Console wars = Absolute waste of time.

    Everytime a sales report is out, along comes the fanboys for each console. Its sad really but anyway. Nothing really surprising in these sales figures. Although the amount of money nintendo are making in their hardware sales must be huge. HD dvd being fazed out seems to be helpin the ps3 sales as well. Again nothing really surprising.

  • andremafia

    Posted Mar 15, 2008 8:55 pm PT

    good for bussiness

  • quanloco

    Posted Mar 15, 2008 7:57 pm PT

    camaroz first off my evo8 smokes camaros all day long. second speculation is not fact. splinter cell is more of a stealth game than any msg game. I remember in splinter cell games having missions where you can't be seen by an enemy if you are the level has to be started over. In mgs if they see you you run away, or hide then they forget about you, that does not sound like stealth to me. you ps3 fanboys are delusional. everything you guys say is your opinion none of it is fact. the fact is 360 sells more software, has more software, has better online function and a way better interface. Remember this too how many ps3's are going to people who just want a blu-ray player which means they will never plays games which means games will always sell better on the 360 which means devs will support the system that sells games.

  • racastro65

    Posted Mar 15, 2008 7:07 pm PT

    yeah, at that rate PS3 might catch up to the 360 in about.....one decade

  • carljohnson3456

    Posted Mar 15, 2008 6:40 pm PT

    "IguanaBob gkclassof2005 : "ps3 is better. ive stated the facts."

    Ummm really ?

    http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/lostplanet/review.html

    I've stated the facts too."

    Well, actually, both of what you just stated were complete opinions... whether it was gkclass or Gamespot review, they're both opinions. It's a matter of preference. The PS3 is better in my opinion, but obviously the 360 is better in your's.

  • louisfoxton

    Posted Mar 15, 2008 4:40 pm PT

    nintendo and sony rocks

  • IguanaBob

    Posted Mar 15, 2008 4:21 pm PT

    gkclassof2005 : "ps3 is better. ive stated the facts."

    Ummm really ?

    http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/lostplanet/review.html

    I've stated the facts too.

  • gkclassof2005

    Posted Mar 15, 2008 4:12 pm PT

    ps3 is better. ive stated the facts.

  • ChrisJ2004

    Posted Mar 15, 2008 2:41 pm PT

    GAAAH!!! When will "gamers" be gamers and not fanboys?

  • carljohnson3456

    Posted Mar 15, 2008 2:22 pm PT

    "Yuck_Too Amazing...go PS3!

    It outsold the 360 by 26,200 units (which is a little less then last month but no matter)...at that rate Sony will catch up and destroy the Xbox in only 22-more-years!"

    The fact you're being sarcastic tells me that you actually see the threat of the PS3 to the 360 too. 22 more years? Ha. Think about it. The PS3 and 360 are on par in terms of sales in there life cycles. You act like the 360 is outselling the PS3 10-to-1. It isnt, and now, the PS3 is actually outselling the 360! I'm not saying that trend will continue, or that Sony is going to dominate, but the PS3 is catching up, and the only reason the 360 is ahead in the first place is that extra year headstart they had in the beginning... you remember... 2006? It's not like Microsoft is the only brand leader... between the PSP, PS2, and PS3 (two of which outsold the 360 last month), Sony is sittin pretty this gen. Especially considering that even their last gen machine is still selling so well in this next gen.

  • kosterivo

    Posted Mar 15, 2008 2:00 pm PT

    I have a Playstation 3 a Playstation 2 a Nintendo64 a Gamecube a WII and a Xbox360. I always loved the Playstation2 above all the rest after a while when the nex gen gamesystems came i loved the Xbox360 but now i´m hooked on the Playstation3 with all there great games. I still buy Xbox360 games and all but hey what can i say i always was more a Sony fan than a Microsoft one. Playstation3 Rules !!

  • 4killer

    Posted Mar 15, 2008 12:51 pm PT

    looks like an alrite game

  • Peng33

    Posted Mar 15, 2008 12:44 pm PT

    Personally, I could care less about the PS3 being in last place, sales-wise, amongst now-generation consoles. I managed to score a brand new 60 gig PS3 in January of this year, and since I bought it, I think I've only turned on my 360 about 7-8 times, and that was pretty much only to play Rock Band and the new DLC. And I do not even have any Blu-Ray discs yet. I do not own a computer, although I have access to one upstairs, so I LOVE being able to browse the internet and download stuff from the comfort of my couch, as opposed to hunching over a desk and keyboard.

    I'll grant you, I've only purchased 2 retail PS3 games, but have downloaded a few (flOw, Everyday shooter, some of the "interactive art" ones), but to me, I LOVE the multimedia capabilities of the PS3. The PS3 IS what Sony claimed the PS2 would be, which is a multimedia hub in the living room. I'm a bit older now, and all the little "extra" things you can do with consoles now sometimes interest me more than the games themselves. I currently have about 25-30 Xbox 360 retail games and about 15 Arcade games downloaded (I bought my 360 last August), but as of right now, the PS3 is holding my interest MUCH more than the 360. And Home and LBP have not even been released yet...

    That being said, ever since the days of the N64, I've always supported the underdog, but not even really making a conscious decision to do so. It's just kinda what happened. I had an N64, a Dreamcast, the original Xbox, and now a PS3 (granted, I eventually bought a PS2 last gen LATE in its life cycle-2005....ever since the PS1 was released, I've always had an extreme distaste for Sony's gaming platforms...the PS2 purchase was merely to play the NIS games and RPG Maker 3....but now I'm throwing my full support behind the PS3).

    So if Sony does not "win" this generation, I'll still be happy with my PS3 purchase. In fact, I kinda hope they do not "win," and my streak for underdog preference will continue unabated.

  • thebeast619

    Posted Mar 15, 2008 12:37 pm PT

    just face it 360 fanboys the ps3 is better

  • darkride66

    Posted Mar 15, 2008 12:34 pm PT

    darthyoda03 asked "What's wrong with you PS3 fanboys? You think selling 25,000 and 30,000 this last 2 months means that PS3 is better than 360?"
    There's nothing wrong with us, and we're not in any type of denial, we just see things the way they are. There's a shift that's been happening worldwide. The industry knows it. MS knows it (hence their price cut). The only people in denial seem to be MS fanboys. Have you looked at the worldwide figures for the period you're talking about, not just the US? Not only has the PS3 caught up, but it's been doing quite well for 4 months now. It's worldwide sales, which had been on par with what the 360 had been doing since launch, have now surpassed it, and their growth is accelerating much more quickly than the 360 did. If Sony can keep up this pace there's no reason why they couldn't pull ahead this console gen. Healthy competition between the consoles isn't bad for the industry, it just seems to cheese off MS fans for some reason. What do you care if the PS3 picks up steam? Will it in any way hurt the excellent gaming that 360 fans have enjoyed thus far? Will it have any impact on your gaming life at all?
    Novemeber 07: PS3 1.37 Million vs 360 1.4 million
    December 07: PS3 2.04 million vs 360 1.94 million
    Jan 08: PS3 1.02 million vs 360 0.69 million
    Feb 08: PS3 0.93 million vs 360 0.67 million (vgchartz.com)

  • ghost867

    Posted Mar 15, 2008 10:33 am PT

    The 360 hardware shortages are a joke, seems like excuses to me. I've been in and out of GameStop, EB, Circuit City, and Best Buy, and not once in the last two months have I see anybody buying a 360. Microsoft, you'll have you're month to shine April when GTA IV ships, until then, do everybody a favor and let it go.

    I expected the Wii and DS to take the top two spots, and would of guessed the DS would have been number one. PS2 beat the PS3 again? Jeez, people really love their Guitar Heros. The PSP is rounding out the last spot, but just barely. Any chance Patapon boosted sales? Yea I guess not.... I can hope can't I? Though honestly, I think March will be huge for the PSP with God of War and Final Fantasy VII.

    Software wise, I'm not surprised at all. DMC4, on both consoles, took top spots in the top 5. Also note how incredibly close the PS3 and 360 numbers are, even though there are so many more 360s out there. Like I've said before, the former 3:1 and 2:1 software ratio is now closing to 1:1 with the third party stuff.

    As for Call of Duty 4, not surprised, that game has such hype right now. It's awesome, I play it a good bit, but definitely overrated. The gameplay is fun, and it clicks, but it lacks the balance, or interface that Halo 3 has. Though the reason why it's beating Halo 3 with online time is because Halo 3 doesn't have the gameplay that's fun and clicks like COD4. It's as simple as that.

    Not surprised to see Wii Play, Mario and Sonic, and GH3 on the Wii in the top 10. The first two of which were pretty awful games, and sold well mostly because the majority of the Wii demographic is casual gamers, and their taste in games is pretty bad, and pretty simplified. Once they get one or two games, they're not buying anything else. So as long as new hardware sells, you'll have one or two games per unit for that month, plus a few more for the small hardcore demographic.

    Kinda surprised to see Lost Odyssey and Turok up there. IMO they don't deserve it at all. Though it is nice to see Rock Band up there again. Still, Guitar Hero 3 is beating it by a long shot, due to brand recognition, price, and availability on the consoles. But still, Rock Band is going strong.

    As to the people saying the PS2 is selling for some bizarre reason, that's just crazy. The PS2 is selling because of games like Gutiar Hero. It's the cheapest way to get Guitar Hero and a huge library of other games if you don't have a console. NO other reason.

    Also, I've heard some people saying how great the 360 is as an RPG console, mostly due to Lost Odyssey releasing, I think you need to take a look at the Sony camp. They'll always have the true Japanese support. The 360 only has one quality RPG out at the moment, and that's Mass Effect. Then you have Fable 2 in the Fall. Both of which are Western RPGs. Lost Odyssey, and especially Blue Dragon are average-mediocre RPGs, they just don't cut it against stuff like Disgaea 3, Final Fantasy XII and Versus XIII, Persona 3, Star Ocean 4, Valkyrie of the Battlefield, and White Knight Chronicles. All of which are PS3 exclusive. Not to mention the games that are multiplatform, and the games that are coming down the line.

  • kejigoto

    Posted Mar 15, 2008 10:04 am PT

    @ hovanPS3

    And what's the excuse for why Sony can't catch Nintendo then? Are you gonna talk up that 10 year life span for a system nonsense again? Or is gonna be that Nintendo is just marketing to kids and elderly people and not true hardcore gamers? Or are you gonna use the excuse that Nintendo and Sony shouldn't be compared because the Wii is using last gen graphics therefore its not really in this generation? Yea Microsoft has a couple of excuses for why their numbers are currently down, but if come April sales are over Sony's then it wasn't really an excuse, it was just a simple shortage from the holidays. Not everyone got to enjoy terrible sales over a year and through the holidays like Sony did.

    I'm seeing Microsoft outperform Sony right now in just about every way, but Sony recently came up because the PS3 is the cheapest Bluray player on the market. Just wait for this holiday season when Bluray players are about $200 and we'll see just how much the PS3 sales shoot up. Sony still has a huge gap to cover between them and Microsoft and an even bigger one to catch Nintendo, which only selling 30k more consoles in a month than Microsoft won't close that gap anytime soon and selling nearly half of what Nintendo sold is only making that gap bigger and bigger. Either way you look at it though, Nintendo and Microsoft are still way ahead and Sony, so enjoy the minor victory of selling merely 30,000 units over Microsoft and selling 150,000 units under Nintendo, I'm sure that it amounts to something.

  • darkride66 posted Mar 15, 2008 9:26 am PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    darkride66

    Posted Mar 15, 2008 9:26 am PT (hide)

    KikoJones mentioned "Yeah, I think that while you watch crappy low definition downloadable content on the Xbox I will be watching full glorious 1080p content on the Blu-ray player of my PS3 plus pure digital sound."
    In addition to that, XBL video marketplace will never be anything more than a glorified rental store. Digital downloads will not catch on until the quality improves and they allow people to actually own the media they purchase. Until then, I'll rent a Blu-Ray from Blockbuster any day, because I've witnessed the difference between XBL movies and actual Blu-Ray. XBL movies are nothing to sneeze at, but they do lack the quality of the disc. That and my Blockbuster has far more variety. Now, I could see if I had a broken leg and couldn't go to the store, then maybe XBL video would be worth it.

  • brianpoetzel

    Posted Mar 15, 2008 8:56 am PT

    I'm not sure if you guys notice this or not so I'll point it out. Most of you that are calling people fanboys, sound like raging fanboys yourselves. Just an FYI.

  • KikoJones

    Posted Mar 15, 2008 8:55 am PT

    rodd76dog said "Xbox has down-loadable movies for $2. That is the future. GO buy your blue-ray players and watch movies dont forget to return them after you rent them cause you cant afford them. While I just keep clicking on movies I want to watch for half the price any time I want and no need to return. Think about it."

    Yeah, I think that while you watch crappy low definition downloadable content on the Xbox I will be watching full glorious 1080p content on the Blu-ray player of my PS3 plus pure digital sound. Add 1080p and uncompressed sound and digital downloads are decades away. The bandwidth is just not there yet and won't be for a looooong time. You get what you pay for and now that Blu-ray won, it's just a matter of time until Blu-rays match DVDs in price.

  • hovanPS3

    Posted Mar 15, 2008 8:50 am PT

    It will be a slow decent for the 360. Once PS3 sales reach and PASS X360, ohhhhh how we will LAUGH at you FANBOYS. I wonder what crappy excuse will you come up with then. Shortages won't work anymore.
    LOL...Shortages. You guys are PUPPETS to M$crosoft.

  • hovanPS3

    Posted Mar 15, 2008 8:42 am PT

    MS = KING of excuses...

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