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Don't believe the hype: PS3 users aren't switching to Xbox 360

"Yesterday, Edge reported that the PlayStation Network outage is negatively affecting PS3, with gamers trading in their consoles -- half for cash, the rest for Xbox 360. Today, the story is being picked up everywhere, it seems, and repeated as gospel. One problem: Edge's report is largely about the United Kingdom (there was one Belgian retailer quoted). What about the United States? Based on a massive poll conducted by Betanews and calls to a half-dozen GameStops, there is no evidence of mass consumer exodus from PlayStation 3 to Xbox 360 -- at least in the States."

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Dante1124739d ago

Edge were making out like this was worldwide. Didn't know it was just for the UK.

mikeslemonade4739d ago

I bought 45 PS3s to counter act this movement.

ikkeweer4739d ago

just ordered 100 360's, just to make the article relevant again. Sucks I got no money left to buy games for it though.

jke824738d ago

@persistant thug

ZIINNNGGG!!

DatNJDom814738d ago (Edited 4738d ago )

Edge is a known PS3 hater. I feel bad for whomever listens to them. Only an idiot will trade in a PS3 for an xbox.

MonkeyBoy924738d ago

Silly move for anyone who does sell there Ps3 to be honest, with all of the amazing games coming out for the system anybody who sold it will more than likely buy it back again! Extra sales for Sony... Hairy muff!

nveenio4738d ago

Don't believe the hype? What hype? Oh, you mean "REPORTS"...

Seriously, gaming needs a dictionary really bad. And thesaurus.

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thugbob4739d ago

The RROD didn't cause 360 users worldwide to switch to the PS3. So when edge was claiming that PS3 users were switching to Xbox 360 I was kind of scratching my head.

Spitfire_Riggz4739d ago

Well RROD caused me to switch =) dunno about worldwide though

sobekflakmonkey4739d ago

RROD didnt make me switch or trade in for a PS3, I just went out and bought a PS3 also...then a Wii...and then a really sick gaming pc...soooo now I just have everything lol

Anon19744738d ago

I suffered my first rrod before the PS3 even came out. Aside from having to pay $170 to get it fixed (one of two charges of $170 for two separate rrod that took me almost two years to get refunded back when the warranties were extended) Microsoft patched up my 360 fairly quickly. When I suffered my second rrod - I had a PS3 by that point but it was still pretty new and there weren't many games out for it, but I started playing PS2 games again. By my 3rd faulty Xbox - the PS3 had become my main gaming platform.

I'm now on my 4th 360 and the thing just collects dust. I brush it off about once a year now for games like Halo Reach and now I'm waiting for Gears 3 before I turn it on again. Really, after Gears I can't see anything on the horizon that would tempt me to go back. I was a huge fan of the original Xbox and loved my 360 and recommended them to friends. I wonder how many other fans like me Microsoft lost due to their own poor planning, inadequate testing and greed?

madpuppy4738d ago

After 3 dead 360's I now own 2 PS3's one for my theater room and one for my bedroom. Thanks MS for your poor quality control!!

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starchild4739d ago

Why would something like that make a person switch consoles so fast? It sucks, but it is temporary.

I didn't switch to 360. I already had a 360, PC and PS3. But I wouldn't have switched even if PS3 was my only platform. All platforms go through bad patches.

MariaHelFutura4739d ago

I already own a 360, but I bought a new PS3 today. (my PS3 died)

saladthieves4738d ago

R.I.P. to your PS3 then. 200? - 2011.
Mine recently also passed away, been with me from April 2007 - April 2011.

sobekflakmonkey4739d ago

That guy is an idiot, he just sounds like an immature child crying because he cant have what he wants when he wants it..

kikizoo4739d ago (Edited 4739d ago )

Edge : well known ms/nintendo whore, against sony.

"The RROD didn't cause 360 users worldwide to switch to the PS3"

hmm, yes, a little, but it was more because of better exclusives, graphics, free online, bluray, etc, the only reason xbox is selling (even if ps3 sold more each year), it's because you can play for free !

rob60214739d ago (Edited 4739d ago )

I'd go as far to say Edge get's their original stories and 'unnamed' sources directly from (probably) Microsoft's PR department - whether they know it's MS or not I don't know - but they sure do print the stories. Part of responsible journalism includes investigating your stories in search of the truth. They quote percentages to hide the real figures just like Sony or Microsoft's PR would.

Yesterday we learned Smear campaigns really happen and exactly how. http://news.yahoo.com/s/dai...

jke824738d ago (Edited 4738d ago )

//edited out

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n4gisatroll4739d ago

Everyone wants to discredit Sony. I just don't understand the hatred.

Greywulf4739d ago (Edited 4739d ago )

I'm with you. I'm irritated at the hackers for taking down the network...

I'm irritated when some gas station steals my cc and i need to get another one...

But I'd never trade in my PS3 for a 360 BASED ON ONLINE ALONE. If I wanted online play, and ONLY online play with its shallow list of exclusives, you'd have one already? Wouldn't you? XBL is a superior service. But both offer the same general online play experience.

They are making it out to seem that all PS3 owners are just waiting on Sony to screw up to buy a 360. GT5 & Life outside of gaming has kept me busy. Still game on the PC/Netflix as well...

I wonder why EDGE rates games with no single player so harshly, if all that matters is online gaming. Since no one can enjoy single player gaming?

Fuck edge.

CameronL994739d ago

Completely agree, EDGE is soooo trying to be controversial by giving amazing games really bad scores just for the attention, they're trying to use the Simon Cowel and Howard Stern method of getting people to pay attention to them - by being controversial. That crappy site Destructoid does the same thing, all flame bait articles.
I just think this whole thing with PSN is hilarious, I personally hate online gamers, they cheat, they scream racist and sexist nonsense, they're bigoted low IQ'd morons, and I'm glad they're now forced to get a life for a couple of weeks. But really who am I kidding, offline games will take up more than enough of your time in the mean time.

RBlaze4739d ago

@cameronL99

Edge were marking all games like that for a long LONG time, before Simon Cowell appeared (I'm fairly sure anyway!). And that's a fairly large number of people you're grouping into the definition of online gamers!!

To be honest, this is another flame bait article from a site begging for hits. I understand that there are times when we should have lots of news about a particular subject on n4g... and the PSN downtime is clearly something that people are interested in so all the news on that is understandable! But it is getting nearly impossible to sift through all the rubbish to find ACTUAL GAMING NEWS!

Please stop posting and approving this flame stuff! By all means, post about PSN because a lot of the PS3 guys will be interested in when it comes back! But this is pointless!

cliffbo4739d ago

Edge has double standards all the time they put down most ps3 games unless they are close personnel friends with the devs they do it with the Wii too.

they also praise 360 titles over and above what they should overlooking flaws that they would consider unacceptable on other platforms.

they WERE a decent unbiased publication once but have steadily gone downhill for sometime descending to even fanboy status now.

RBlaze4739d ago

@cliffbo

Fair point, mate... Tbh, I haven't read an Edge article in a long LONG time so I have no idea what they are like now...

But back when I did read them (before the 360 and PS3), they were good... Marked harshly but fairly. If they've changed now then it is a shame :(

rob60214739d ago

@RBlaze

The thing is you don't have to read an 'edge' article to become a victim of media manipulation. EDGE is cited as a source in Most Tech sites ranging from Kotaku, Cnet, ZD, ars technica.. ect ect. ect. So Edge actually has a broad reaching power in this regard.

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Jocosta4739d ago

For me its not really Sony, its their fans. I have a story, but it would be a wall of text. Lets just say a game store clerk got fired over the altercation.

bub164739d ago (Edited 4739d ago )

you don't understand the hatred? WHAT SONY JUST LOST 77MILLION PEOPLES ACCOUNT INFORMATION + PERSONAL DETAILS AND YET TO BE SEEN CREDIT/DEBIT CARDS!!!!

any company who uses outdated firewalls and cant even be bothered to encrypt your password! does not even deserve to be running

bub164739d ago (Edited 4739d ago )

@Persistantthug

because their lack of security?

i say "lost" because it was only a matter of time before this happend. Sony were basicly giving it away!

blackburn104739d ago (Edited 4739d ago )

Get current if your going to spout hate. The credit cards were encrypted, there is no proof that their firewall were outdated, there is nothing anyone can do with your personal info anyway, passwords will be changed as soon as the system comes back up, Sony has a protection plan in place for anyone who is concerned and no bank has reported any form of fraud or credit theft. So keep hating on the people who were sucker punched by hackers instead of the hackers themselves. It's no big deal. Lots of pointless, endless Sony hate this gen. A little more won't hurt

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Lekumkee4739d ago

FACT!! Not a single one of my gaming buddies who owns a ps3 only has traded their systems in. Do I believe that there are ppl that did trade their systems? Of course I do, I just don't believe that there's a mass exodus like Edge(haters) is making it out to be, not even close.

Iroquois_Pliskin4739d ago

yeah, i bought Edge magazine and i hated it so bad! There wasnt a single ps3 news on that piece of crap! so i bought instead Play Mag

lol i traded in my ps3... to get a new one!

Troll_Police4739d ago

If you trade your PS3 for an Xbox Gamestop should give you money and the Xbox.

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Fallout 4 Xbox Series X|S Review | TheXboxHub

Richard writes: "Now was the right time to release the Fallout 4 Xbox Series X|S update. It just could have been more."

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anast1d 5h ago (Edited 1d 5h ago )

They aren't going to give more. We are talking about a company that has rereleased an 13 year old game at least 5 times.

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Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, Homeworld 3, and More Exciting Games Coming Out in May

Things are heating up in May a bit with Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, the Paper Mario TTYD remake, and a ton of promising indies. We pick the most interesting May games, from AAA to indie, so you can make sense of everything coming out.

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shinoff21831d 18h ago (Edited 1d 18h ago )

Doesn't seem to be that bad of a month. Got a bit of something for everyone.

Please do not support braid anniversary edition. Don't support Phil phish, he's a very despicable person, a a cry baby.

One example

https://youtu.be/yKUGwlFJAH...

Tacoboto1d 17h ago

Wrong developer. Phil Phish was the developer behind Fez.

Jonathan Blow was behind Braid. If you're gonna cancel culture, don't take down the wrong indie...

CrimsonWing691d 9h ago

Man, I don’t know why, but it also irks me when people try to tell others what to do. Fez was an awesome game, I couldn’t care less if the dev was a douche.

This is just extra cringe since the person actually doesn’t know what they’re talking about 🤦‍♂️

remixx1161d ago

Welcome to the internet crimson

shinoff218318h ago(Edited 18h ago)

I wasn't cancel culturing shit. Phil phish is a complete douche. Did you bother to watch the video? Probably not.

I was wrong but call me cancel culture is just plain dumb also

Also crimson.

As you I'm human and we make mistakes. That was a mistake I mixed the games up. Shit happens. So go cringe yourself

Honest mistake, if you can watch that video and support the guy. Then I guess your in the same camp

Tacoboto17h ago

You were wrong and that's that. Don't be so angry.

And yeah, that is a case example of cancel culture. It was a dozen years ago, he's apologized since, had Japanese developers rationalize with his remark, barely has done anything in the industry since Fez, and yet here you are, not even remembering the one game he made...

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Keoken Interactive lays off majority of team after failing to find funding at GDC

Deliver Us Mars developer Keoken Interactive has laid off the majority of its staff after struggling to secure funding …

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mastershredder1d 21h ago

The industry model and standards and who's in place to approve/disapprove have changed ^ what Keoken is feeling now is much like the Mobile burst 15 years ago. Expect more to come out of your own finances. Investors are treating games like movies and now (thank$ a lot for involving yourself hollywood) only the big (and money blind) investors get involved, effectively killing a lot of content that would come out with proper non-gate-kept and/or with incentivized funding.

Markdn1d 20h ago

And when you only make a fraction of your games worth on gamepass you suffer

Tacoboto1d 17h ago

Palworld and Manor Lords are so suffering.

RiseNShine1d 9h ago (Edited 1d 9h ago )

Sorry but i couldn't care less, Deliver us Mars was as woke game as they come, climate change disaster, all female cast plus only a comic relief indian guy (it takes only 5 minutes into the game for the main female character to say how smart she is compared to the guy), evil white guys, ugly females, then add generic gameplay and puzzles (how many times do you have to cut things with a laser for gods sake), you can't change anything in how the events develop so 0 agency in the story, sub par graphics even while using UE4. So well, go woke go broke, that's how it works.

Miacosa1d 5h ago (Edited 1d 5h ago )

That stinks but with a 68 average critic rating on their games probably made it difficult for people to invest considering there is a bloat of games getting made these days.

ROCKY281d 1h ago

You guys will be back with team strength and funding !