Mattrick says Xbox 360 WILL outsell PS3 this generation |
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| BY Mike Wehner Jul. 14th, 2008 | More on: |
Just minutes ago, Microsoft’s Don Mattrick called the game in regards to the fight between the PS3 and Xbox 360. He has officially announced that the Xbox 360 WILL sell more units than the PS3 when all is said and done this console generation. Those are some pretty big words from a company that has some very real competition from their Blu-ray equipped adversary.
Do you guys think it was a good idea to call out the competition in this relatively early state of the console fight? The Xbox 360 has 12 million Xbox LIVE registered users, so that’s a pretty good start, but we’re not so sure it’s over just yet…
July 14th, 2008
at 6:59 pm
LOL XBOX 360 fails, PS3 is slowly killing the 360 and will dominate the market by 2009.
WE LOVE SONY
July 14th, 2008
at 7:10 pm
Of course it will outsell the PS3, its cheap, and it has the same games as the PS3. Since when did we stop caring about games, and started caring about “Avatars” and motion controlled bullshit?
July 14th, 2008
at 7:39 pm
The PS3 is outselling the 360 almost everywhere. Maybe not North America, but system sales are close. MS certainly is putting out a lot of spin lately. I think this guy’s got his foot in his mouth to make such a statement.
July 14th, 2008
at 8:15 pm
With Sony now outselling MS in every market, including the USA, this seems like a foolish statement. Unless MS can pull something incredible out of its hat immediately, it looks like it will end up firmly in third place this generation — a respectable third place, but third place nonetheless.
July 14th, 2008
at 8:55 pm
hahaha. M$ wishes.
PS3 ROCKS!!!!!!!!
July 14th, 2008
at 8:57 pm
The only reason M$ think there are selling more 360s is because of this…. if you bought one back in 2006 without the HD, you must be upgrading to an elite soon or have already. And with new ‘upgrades’ of 360 each flipping year they are bound to shift more. In reality a lot of their loyal customers are ‘forced’ to upgrade or buy at least 2 consoles! I wouldn’y buy a 360 now because in 6 months time I reckon they’ll annouce a 360 with 200gig HD and bluray. Honestly, would love to know how many 360 owners have upgraded to 360v2, v3, v4 , etc and how many are living with the RROD. Gotta be the most expensive console ever made if you consider having one for longer than two years. At least the Wii and PS3 will last easily 5 years plus. Save your bucks for games and movies - not damn upgrades and faulty equipment.
July 14th, 2008
at 9:53 pm
Sony is outselling the 360 by a considerable margin this year. The PS3 will be around for five years. The 360 will be replaced and discontinued in 2 years.
July 14th, 2008
at 10:17 pm
A bold prediction that will come back to haunt them spawn memes everywhere.
July 15th, 2008
at 12:15 am
@Jimmy
So unlike me you obviously bought a PS3 that wasn’t a 20G. Maybe you bought the often coveted 60G before it got discontinued. No? You went cheap didn’t you, the 40G? Maybe the 80G. Before you start spewing fanboy crap, look at it equal. I bought my PS3 first and my 360 second. Sony has done nothing but promise with only 2 quality games the 360 doesn’t have (Uncharted and MGS4). If you bring up Resistance, then you should be the typical Xbot, since isn’t that all they ever play? I have never had a single issue with my 360 (bought Nov 27, 2006 - 8 days after my launch day PS3). I wish I could say the same about my PS3, but I wouldn’t feel comfortable since it’s never on.
October 25th, 2008
at 8:53 am
Oh come on, the PS3 is clearly better but it will NOT outsell the 360 unless Sony does a damned price drop! Plus. MS is from America so the Americans get the 360 for the sake of it. If you look at the sales, 360 is selling 6 million more in the US than the PS3. In Japan, the PS3 has dominated the sales. In other places, the PS3 is just slightly lagging behind the 360. Maybe 40,000 consoles in other areas but the US sales has simply crushed the PS3.
Solution to own the 360:
O Price drop.
O Try hard to keep exclusives!
O Don’t make Home cost any.
O Use full power of PS3.
O Use full power of Blu-Ray disc!
O Last but not least, Steal 360 exclusives like 360 stole PS3 ones!
I mean, how awkward is this ‘ Tekken 6 on 360!’ And WTF!?
‘Resident Evil 5. Will be available only on the PS Thr.. Oh wait, Sony managed to lose another exclusive.’
‘GTA IV on 360. DMC4 on 360. Creed on 360′ and more. Glad we haven’t lost MGS4 (YET!)
It’d be great if this happened:
Halo 3 on PS3!
Gears 1/2 on PS3!
Crackdown on PS3!
Lost Planet on PS3!
God of War 3 will blow the 360 away and the sales of PS3 WILL go up. If Sony loses GoW3 or MGS4, PS3 will be destroyed.
Also, Resistance 2 will boost sales of PS3, 60 Multi-Player online? 8 freaking online co-op? Wow, this will give the PS3 a big backup!
October 26th, 2008
at 5:17 am
Home is being released between October + November, as guaranteed by a member of the Home software. I hope that it will be successful and RIP XBL apart!
Next is exclusives, though we’ve lost a lot of exclusives, R:2, KZ2 and the upcoming GoW3 will crush 360 games.
Next is price.. If the PS3’s price won’t drop 360 will win the market, even though PS3 has killed most of it’s key features off!
If Sony drops the price, even by £50 surely the PS3 will dominate the sales.
The Wii is getting old and sales will surely decrease in 2009.
November 10th, 2008
at 12:33 pm
You’re right, the PS3 won’t outsell 360 unless Sony does something about the price. And yeah, the PS3 has killed of many features off. I mean..
X Blu-Ray,
X Great online content
X Free Online.
X Built in WiFi.
X MGS4 (key feature, 50% of me wanted PS3 because completing the MGS series is my dream)
X Great exclusives.
And more. 360 will outsell PS3. Unless… MGS5. If Kojima continues a surprising MGS5, surely, I mean SURELY, past MGS players will want to complete the sequel.