American Chart for Week Ending 15th December 2007 (360 and PS3 outsell Wii?)

VGChartz Reports for the Week ending Dec 15, 2007, American Sales were as follows:

DS: 704,805
360: 330,501
PS2: 253,824
PSP: 251,689
PS3: 192,730
Wii: 173,798

Is that all Wii were available or is VGChartz undertracking Wii's on the market? 170K (30% decline) seems strange....

Unreal Tournament III openned up PS3 with 69,768, which basically has outsold PC counter-part.

Half-Life 2: The Orange Box sold 36,490

[Relcom]

Where all these gay VG charts get released and everyone goes
B-A-N-A-N-A-S.

I know people wanna say yeah the Wii fad is passing (me included) but its simply a supply issue. Because the demand is sure there.

[unlimited]

Wii is selling less due to shortages. The 360 isnt really blowing out the PS3 in sales..If you look at world wide sales the PS3 is actually selling a little better then their enemy(360). I expect this Christmas to be a battle..I think Sony have to do really good through out 0'8 they have to out sell the 360 every month. I am certain with all the heavy hitter games coming out it will happen.

[Gondee]

Is i just me or was UT3 a AAA title? isnt it suposed to sell millions?

Just a side note. But with the looks of 360 gamers i think UT3 would have sold a million copies first day on 360. Who else thinks that to?

[Kr155]

The Ps3 version was a limited release. They rushed it out for Christmas cool thing is even with the limited release it outsold it's pc counterpart. To be honest though I don't care if it sells millions (of course Sony might) The game is funner than Halo.

[Ju]

The US market is still huge - at least for 360 sales. 2M 360 software titles a week is immense, vs. 664 in the EU (and somebody above mentioned that. The PS3 sold 711k SW titles last week, that is, more PS3 SW then 360 in EU).

Also, 330k units sold. But, actually I am impressed, that the European market either seems to catch up or is bigger then expected. The PS3 sold more units (192k) in the US then 360 in Europe (172k). OTHO, the PS3 did not sell more units (255k) in Europe then 360 in the US (330k). But 255k units a week is a pretty respectable number - and the PS3 sold more in EU then in US (total numbers), also, the installbase is growing faster in EU then in the US, and is about on par already (with about ~5 month lesser sales).

US is 360 land. No doubt about it. Might also be some form of patriotism. Probably. Or the market is simply more price driven then elsewhere.

[godofthunder10]

i went to best buy yesterday to buy allpro football for the 360 because it was on sell for $10 and while i was there i seen 4 people buying 360s and not 1 buying a ps3,now i was only there for about 20 to 30 minutes so they might have sold a lot of ps3 later on.while i was there they had $500 br players on sell for $145 and if i would've had the money i would've bought it but christmas broke me.
the only reason that i could think they was on sell was maybe they was the older models and the new br disc that's coming out want play in them so they are trying to sell them befor the new br disc comes out and they will be obsolete but it was still worth the money just because for regular dvds because it was the one that the front comes down when you press a button and it had a blue glow to it ,so it would've made my home intertainment system look better.

[Snukadaman]

selling 69k...im sure most of you thought it would be in the 100ks at least....again ps3 owners show why its just not worth it to have exclusives....america is smart...people aint falling for hyperbole and waiting. and like every week..another excuse..some people cant admit to games being on their system being a flop....every week the excuse changes...first it was ratchet and clank and uncharted selling just 2 days...but next week we will see the same numbers or lower.

[Cyrus365]

Hopefully I don't get slack for this news story as for the worldwide number, honest mistake, I didn't know it didn't include the japanese numbers.

Strange about the Wii numbers though, is that all they had supply for this week?

[Genuine]

Don't sweat it, we all make mistakes sometimes. Don't pay any attention to TANOD, he seriously seems to have issues.

[iceice123]

Playstation 3. We hardly knew you. :'(
360: 330,501

PS3: 192,730

[Cyrus365]

Not really considering Ps3 outsells 360 in europe and Japan, my other new report (Not including Japan) shows 360 has about 50K lead over Ps3, and then if you include the Japan numbers, that obviously skrinks significantly, to almost selling on par to one another.

[xsteinbachx]

why do people always disagree especially when they don't understand?

[chrno6]

Another delusional 360 fanoby thinking that America represents the whole world.

[lonestarmt]

your brain. We hardly knew you :(

look at the world wide sales lol

[iceice123]

Another blind lemming who thinks Japan represents the world.

[crazypuppet]

so even though the ps3 outsold the xbox 360 in europe by 80k the 360 outsold the ps3 is america by 140k which means the xbox 360 sold 60k more then teh ps3 this month(i swear to god if anyone calls me a xboxbot because i dont even have a ps3 and a 360)

[TANOD]

we hardly knew you

PS3 has surpassed x360 in EU and JAPAN (even in terms of total sales in just 6 months)

192k is a very good number

VGCHARTS numbers also understimate ps3 sales....so wait for NPD before bullcrapping

[TheXgamerLive]

But yes the ps3 is the better seller only in hardware only in Japan, in Japan the Xbox 360 still outsells the ps3 in games and this includes Europe too.

So he's basically right, bye bye ps3, ..........................naaa , the ps3 will continue to hang in there.

[Lucreto]

RIP 360/Wii/PS3 actually none at all.

360 has the US market but Ps3 has the Japanese Market and it will gain control of the European market before the summer.

I leave out the Wii as I don't think a 89 year old women count as gamers.

How exactly is the US market bigger?

[WilliamRLBaker]

except cyrus the ps3 doesn't outsell the 360, all those other countries mean nothing, the UK is a bunch of different countries, its sales alone outpace all other countries combined over there.

learn your figures.

[salgoods]

Ladies and gentleman,

LETS GET READY TO R-U-M-B-L-E!!

[Relcom]

I got popcorn and the refresh button ready. This will keep me entertained at work.

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

Wii shortages.

[MK_Red]

Well, Wii Sports is also at 173k. I find it hard to believe that PS3 and 360 outselling Wii in this week but I really really hope it's true. PS360 FTW!
Now all that I wish for is for Mass Effect and Assassin's Creed's sales to increase.

[Relcom]

While i'd love for the Wii phase to pass. Its simply a supply issue. The demand is there.

[MK_Red]

True. The Wii Phase is still insanely strong and this is either issue of supply or mistake of VGC.
But hey, I can't help but let my anti-Nintendo fanboyish side speak for itself ;)

[Relcom]

Cause i'm about ready for Wii owners to wake up.

[IntelligentAj]

Yeah I doubt this is true. There are shortages but I think the demand will continue to be strong, especially since the children want their Wii(over the 360 and PS3).

[Jack T]

Unreal Tournament 3 may have had a limited run on PS3. Even so, it still didn't sell the whole allocation. I think Mark Rein feels even more of a tit than he usualy is. If he hadn't wasted all that time and money on PS3 development then Unreal on 360 would have hit about 800,000 already.

[Ju]

UT3...that might be true. Because if it would have hit the 360 you can bet the 360press would have praised the game into gamers heaven. 10/10, so its a PS3 top game at 8/10 and underhyped. As usual.

[dragunrising]

I'm confused that UT3 (PS3) had such a lackluster start. I finally decided to get a PS3 (check out my gamer tag) and purchased the game. Not too many people are only yet...hopefully that changes. Its very suprising that Uncharted dropped off the charts so soon. The demo is amazing btw...

[Ju]

I haven't got UT3 yet. But its the next on my GF list. 5% + 5 GF$ should make this a nice "keeper" - need to finish AC first, which, actually, starts to bore me. One district after another, which pretty much looks the same to kill more knights , bla bla. And it sells more then UC - at least in the US, not in Europe, though. Marketing! (Sony, do ask Ubi how to do it!). I am broke. But I am saving money for another PS3. But Jan. will again be tough: UT3, Haze and Burnout. WTF. Need a raise.

[lonestarmt]

ok if wii sold that low in america that means it sold something like 400k in europe since in a earlier post for US/europe sales they state wii sold sometihng like 570k. Strange. So europe gets more wii's than america? This is either a sign VG charts can't be trusted, or the wii shortage is really bad.

[MK_Red]

... or people have finally realised that PS3 and 360 are the consoles worth their money. ;)

But really, I agree with you. It's either a huge VGChartz mistake or a huge Wii Shortage problem.

[Cyrus365]

I was just going to post that. SO Europe got about 400 K Wii, and Americas got about 175 K, that doesn't make sense at all.

[lonestarmt]

agree with you Mk-red, o I wish it was true, but logically its most likely a supply issue.

[Ju]

Eur 249 beeing US$ 359. Where would you allocate your shipments into if you don't have enough ??? 50% more profit in Europe ATM.

[Capt CHAOS]

Woos. WTF, F***,

There's I've just summed up the remainder of this thread.

Oh..

And PLAY B3YOND
and PLAY B3HIND

[DJ]

being posted? They're not even accurate.

[Bladestar]

...mmm... they may not be 100% accurate... well.. not even NPD is.. since NDP only capture 70% of retail data and leave out many other retailers like wallmart and others... but... it's a lot more accurate than the typical Sony fanboy statistic report, "PS3 has surpassed x360 in EU and JAPAN" or "the PS3 has surpassed x360 in other planets in our solar system and it will soon expand to other galaxy clusters.."

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

Wii would be selling like 500k if it wasn't for shortages.

[jackdoe]

So odd with the Wii sales. Guess Nintendo is really losing a billion dollars worth of sales with these shortages. Also, what I find funny is that UTIII PS3 outsold the PC version. Also, Orange Box PS3 will not sell well after all the bad press it garnered.

[MK_Red]

WTF!? Why Uncharted and UT3 PS3 sales so low? Come on people, I don't have a PS3 yet but both will become must-haves the moment I get one.

[Cyrus365]

I agree, whats up with PS3 owners. Uncharted is one of the best games on the console, it should be doing better. It deserves better. It should be out selling Mass effect atleast.

[jackdoe]

The UT3 release was relatively low key which would explain the sales. It was also only released in the US. I bought Uncharted just the other day, so add one more unit to the sales, and I'll be picking up UT3 in a few days.

[eagle21]

PS2 is kicking pure butt for an 7 year old huh? I just ordered Uncharted and UT3 Mkred, UT3 was in very limited supply for some reason last week. Dude, you gotta get a PS3 bro! lol

[MK_Red]

Cyrus365, while I pray that Uncharted sales increase, I've got to say that Mass Effect deserves to be selling good and Wii Play, Mario and Sonic and SMG are the games that should be outsold by both Uncharted and Mass Effect.

Glad to your you all going for UDF and UT3.

eagle21, I know. I definitly have to get a PS3 but sadly due to some money and job problems I have to wait until Feb or March :(

[waitbeyond]

Wow, even a pathetic game like Kane & Lynch (360) and
Rayman (Wii) beat Uncharted and Rock Band (PS3).
Where is R & C on the list?
I'm all about competition, but this is ridiculous.
Can't compete if your first party AAA games can't even hit the top 5.

[power of Green]

As long as Japanese Devs know the money is in the western markets why does selling consoles in Japan even matter?. Why does Japan matter they don't even play the same games as we do unless they're talored to the west.

[lonestarmt]

who cares if they are not west style? its a matter of taste. I'm glad, because they the video game market will be filled with nothing but shooting and sport games. Have you seen the numbers for pokemon, dragon quest, final fantasy, monster hunter, GT, and crisis core? shoot man if you saw those numbers you wouldn't be saying that.

[Cyrus365]

That's an ignorant comment.

Do you think a game like Dynasty Warrior 6 will have as big sales in the US as it does in Japan? on either the PS3 or 360? Doubt it.

OR a better example PES 08, it's doing well over in Japan, and Europe, and not so well in the Americas, partly due to Soccer games not appealing to the american audience. So Konami, won't be like hmm 360 sold 10 million in America, therefore PES will do well on that system.

Games like Pokemon, Monster Hunters, Final Fantasy, Dragon Warrior, do much better in their home terrority (Hence why they would care how well a console sales are in japan) vs. how it does in other terrorities.

[lonestarmt]

haha you did not just say leaps of the FPS. you still just walk or run around with a gun in your hand and shoot stuff. Please don't go there. lol

you don't play a lot of Japan games do you. Hate or love the wii it did something different. Who got us metal gear , final fantasy, devil may cry? who invented tatics games? ICO?Phoenix wright game?. Your sanbox games, have been cloned over and over again, and reused over and over again just as much as Japan's traditional Rpg type battle system. Don't even get me started on FPS. Both sides do it.

[celticlonewolf]

Over at vgcharts the reason that the wii numbers are so low is basicly because there was no shipment last week to stores cause they were going to give a huge shipment this week instead. Now not sure about the truth in that Im just saying what was wrote on the boards over there. I do know that my local walmart didnt have any wii come in last week but right at the start so who knows.

[jackdoe]

Ugh, I can just see the headlines if this is true. "Woman killed by stampeding crowd for a Wii during the last week before Christmas."

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

Even PS3's game sales are getting a little bit better. It's slow and 360 games still dominate the top side of the sales charts.

But PS3 titles are there, they have 10 in the top 50. They aren't the ones you would expect, like Sadly Uncharted didn't do as good as they hoped.

Even though I'm a 360 owner now, I have to admit that the PS3 is getting a little more respectable. It's still not good enough for my taste however.

[TANOD]

worldwide

RATCHET is also over 500k

HS is over 600k as well

look at the charts before trashtalking

Uncharted,Ratchet and HS--all will hit 1m in lfetime sales

[KingKirchner]

He wasn't trashtalking, he said they were getting better. You don't have to be so defensive.

[Ju]

Actually, both, AC and COD4 broke the 1M barrier this week in global sales for the PS3. Respectable. And both overtook Motorstorm. Those and Resistance being million sellers on the PS3. (BTW FIFA08 is at 800K).

[grimygunz]

had a shortage last week due to many Big retailers such as CC, Toys'r us and Best buy stock pilling for this week staring on sunday 16th. Expect next week Wii numbers to be astronomical at 500k in US alone.

[lodossrage]

So you guys should really look at those numbers again friday or saturday.

[BIoodmask]

isn't 100% accurate but these sales could very well be true. With the Wii supply not up to the demand consumers would have to opt for another console for a gift.

The next step up is the 360 it starts at just $280, and the Wii at $250. Perhaps 360 sales are cannibalizing on the Wii sales bc the Wii is in such short supply.

The 360 is after all very popular in North America.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

I am sure VG Chartz is off but not enough to swing one console up or down. I say this mostly due to what I have been noticing on Amazon US lately. That is on the best seller list the 360 has overtaken the Wii this holiday...that and the PS3 while technically not higher than the Wii does have two scu's ranked fairly high so their combined sales could be over taking the Wii too.

[salgoods]

im impressed. not a single negative thing to say about the ps3? not gloating or 360 is that, 360 is that. great post man. great post. and i do agree. any parent looking for a wii and cant find one will most likely look at a 360.

[MK_Red]

Accurate or not, VGCharts really needs to remove bundled games from software charts. Seriously, Marvel UA, Forza 2, Wii Sports and many others are bundle sales and don't belong there.
With them removed, ME and AC would enter the top 10 and rightfully so.

[Relcom]

They are killing in overall sales. PS3 will never fail because of all the other sales they make in the videogame industry. So this FANBOY statement "the PS3 is doomed" is a ridiculous notion and very uninformed.

[salgoods]

now we have the 360 outselling the ps3 worldwide by 50k NOT including Japan, so we can safely assume the 2 systems are selling on par with each other on a worldwide scale...

BUT...(drum roll please)..................

What do you think will happen will ps3's heavy hitters come out? you know MGS, Final Fantasy, etc. you know the list?

***EDIT***

at the troll below me, do you think the ps3 will be the only system whose nubmers drop off after the holiday. if anything the 360 has the most potential to drop off, way off, right after the holiday. why you ask? well their great games will be a few months older and please name one potential mega hit next year, not named Gears of War 2. please enlighten me? and do you really think even the mighty Gears of War 2 can possibly handle MGS? check past numbers on that one. chew on them a while before responding

***EDIT # 2 TO MY BOY BELOW ME***

i never said teh ps3 will continue to sell like it is now. obviously all sales aer due to the xmas rush. BUT even with MS heavy hitters out, it still is getting a fierce fight from the ps3. now once Sony's heavy hitters come out, do you really think the 360 will put up as fierce a fight?

oh and you only mention MGS. dare i call out games like GT5, God of War 3, Final Fantasy, lets stop here...see because the aforementioned games are called PROVEN franchises, or as we say in spades, definites...now lets continue...LBP (maybe), Haze (maybe), Killzone 2 (maybe) or as we say in spades, there are possibles. and before you mention Fable, Alan Wake (i think you forgot that one), NG2, please post the previous sales numbers for these games, because good games they are but blockbusters they are not. i dont think office cooler talk and school yard buzz will be about these "hotly" anticipated games. i had to chuckle. HOTLY. NOTLY!

oh and yes Gears 2 will sell more than Gears 1 did. happy now? BUT MGS #'s there is no freaking way. do you know the #'s MGS puts up? i dont think you do bud.

[BLaZiN PRopHeT]

what do you think will happen when the holiday season is over and the ps3 numbers go back to normal?

Edit: no i dont fanboy. just pointing out that the numbers will go back down. the 360 numbers will go back down also.

the difference is i understand that you just assume that the ps3 will continue to sell the way it is.

um NG2, Fable 2 maybe? with the way 360 owners buy games yea i do think Gears can hold up 2 MGS4. altho i believe MGS will outsell it gears but gears will sell more than the original did.

Edit again i didnt mention any other games because this would just turn into a list war. you asked for games that could stack up to MGS and i gave you some.

and yea i do because all MS has to do it cut price again. i mean look what a 50$ price cut did last time. doing it again will send sales up.

and like i said the way 360 owners buy game any one of MS exclusives and hold its own against sonys. except FF its just a beast.

[Eternal E 808]

yes it will have some sort of an impact but not as great as you ps3 fans make it out to be and dont even make me start.lol

[salgoods]

do you also have the mega-million lottery numbers too? because your fortune telling skills are top notch. ***sarcasim like a motherf.....***

[lonestarmt]

rpgs not system sellers? sigh.. I agree rpgs don't sell as well as other games, but dude your wrong on almost everything eastern. haha

just look what ff7 did to playsation! and what ff X did to ps2? thats why there are three rpgs in the top five best selling games of all time?? haha

[WilliamRLBaker]

ummm lone...ff7 TO DATE has sold 9.5 million units...on a system that sold...111m million at last count.....yeah it did...well not much... why did the ps1 get so high in sales?

We'll you have the fact that sony likes to consider rebuys as sales, oh and replacement of broken units...ect then you have the fact that the ps1 came out at a time when people we're sick of nintendo it was a kids system and more mature games we're being released on the ps1.

Devs we're sick of nintendo's practices which they'd been complaining about for years (sonyfanboys wanna sit and talk about microsoft practices but they never mention nintendos attempts to put multiple companies out of buisness for releaseing cheat devices for the nintendo and super nintendo...ect)

Nintendon made a stupid move by picking cartridges..... so yeah the Ps1 wasn't made what it was by ff7. RPGS over here account for less sales then pretty much all other genre's.

[lonestarmt]

nice baker, not buying it. You can't give the total numbers of PS sales then compare that to ff 7 sales. Look at the history. PS one wasn't selling very well until 7 came out, like its second year. (just like final fantasy x and maybe 13 hmm interesting) Then that sky rocketed the sales, and it never looked back. So yeah HUGE impact. In fact the only reason I got a PS over a saturn was because of ff 7.

[IQUITN4G]

It doesn't suprise me that Unreal appears not to be selling very well considering it's not really a well known name outside PC - even if it is selling maybe better than the pc one

There's one fact that i think some people miss.PS3 should be burying the 360 considering how strong the brand was.Even with the 360's year headstart this shouldn't be happening and i guess it shows how things change when real competition enters the market - that and that Nintendo has found it's feet again.It's very hard making up on lost ground and as Nintendo showed, it isn't that easy to reclaim.

If PS3 sales are only on par or even just a little bit better than 360's, then the fact is that's quite a blow to Sony no matter how you look at it.

Below
So much lead thrown away and for whatever the reason, that's got to hurt Sony.Bad luck and vulture like media has contributed to Sony's previously unstoppable brand but that's my point, even with all of this, PS3 should be pounding the competition.Arrogance of any company to the point of absolute lies about it's upcoming games is also a reason why some people have a hard time accepting PS3.For this last reason in particular i find 3rd place satisfyingly funny.

[salgoods]

actually this post gets under my skin a little.

the 360 has:

-a 1 year head start
-the most AAA games
-double the install base
-better online experience
-savy marketing compared to ps3 (until as of late)
AND
-shall we not forget a cheaper price point

the ps3 has had negative press even before they came out. due to sony arrogance and many other factors. you say the ps3 should bury the 360? off brand loyalty? brand loyalty died many seasons ago. now its about the next best thing. ppl buy flash in the pants things all the time. NOW at this time the 360 is a better gaming machine. for right now. i bought a ps3 because in the long run the ps3 will be the better gaming machine with better games. that is my opinion. the 360 hardware failure rate scared me. and the fact their BEST games are FPS also. if you name the 5 BEST 360 games that are exclusive, you get mostly FPS (Gears, Bioshock, Halo 3). and even the most anticipated 360 game coming out next year (Gears of War 2) is a FPS. Not a lot of variety among the top quality 360 games. different story on the ps3.

bottom line is the 360 and ps3 selling on par worldwide should be a blow to MS, not Sony.

[Snukadaman]

you seem too be another tanod/nasim follower...but what this guy says makes sense dont it...the ps3 was suppose too blow the xbox 360 out of the water with 2007 sales..dont you agree...it supposedly being the superior console...but even with a year...theres not many games that show their dominance over the xbox 360...with blu-ray being the only excuse on a game that cant be done on xbox 360...anything is possible graphically. you can biatch and moan all you want but alot of people are not falling for sonys bullsheit.

[Bladestar]

Epic should really think about what they just did by releasing UT on the PS3 instead of doing releasing it on the PS3 and the xbox 360 or just the xbox 360...

"Unreal Tournament III openned up PS3 with 69,768"... Are you listening Epic?

Here is a calculation for you Epic...

1,000,000 Gears (2 weeks).
0,069,760 UT3 (1 week).
-------------------------
0,930,240 <---- Take this number.

multiply it by $60 and tatoo the result it in your forehead as a reminder of the money you are NOT going to get, followed by "don't $h!t where you eat." I hope xbox 360 owners ignore UT3 when it comes out.. as a reminder to Epic to show some respect to the millions of xbox 360 fans that (actually buy games and not blu-ray movies).

[Genuine]

I won't be buying any multi-plats that were developed with the ps3 as the lead platform. Xbox and Gamecube owners got screwed last gen by the inferior ps2 being the lead platform. Any multi-plat that is ported from the non-gaming hardware of the ps3 won't be what it could have been on the 360.

[karlostomy]

well said!

Epic sold <70000 of UT3 on the PS3? across the world?
strike me pink. That is woefully poor!
Haven't they hyped that game for ps3 since 2005?

Blade, I hope it sells like hotcakes on the 360. This will surely drive the point home for developers forever?

[Genuine]

360 is a $100 across the board price cut from burying both the ps3 and ps2 in the U.S. That would put the seperate sku's at $179/$250/$379.

[Cyrus365]

Another thing lost in all this is, the resurgence of PS2, it can possibly outsell all consoles globally except maybe the Wii (This includes 360 and Ps3).

That's pretty damn impressive for a 7 year old console. My question is how is it selling so well, there are already 120+ million owners, are there still more people to sell to? Or are some people re-buying it? Maybe some people are buying 40 gig ps3 and Ps2 Slim combo?

Edit to Responnd 25.1

Because some regions only have 40 gigs models available I guess, 60 gigs are hard to find or don't exist in europe anymore for example. But your right, it'd make sense to get 80 gig model which comes with a game over getting 40 and PS2, unless you wanted to get the 40 gig model since the Cell is using 65 nm and uses less power, quieter, less heat...but none of the Ps3 have heat issues of that sorts anyways.

[BLaZiN PRopHeT]

why buy both when you can spend less and just get an 89/60 GB ps3

[PS3 Limps on and on]

Sony has to see what happends if they cut off the PS2.

Once they have MGS4 and some of those other games and the PS3 price point is better.

[mistertwoturbo]

I think when sony cut's off the PS2, they should drop the price down to $299 or something. by then it will sell like hot cakes. and not just hot cakes, hot cakes that is rubbed on a hot naked woman.

[DaEnforcer]

No no VGChartz didn't make a mistake and Wii shortages are almoust non existant. I'm pretty sure the masses finally found out what the Wii really is - a last gen console with a next gen sticker just cause of the controller and with crappy 3rd party games while I'm at it. The 1st party also isn't what it once was, Wii-Fit turned out more like a Wii-Flop, the sales are of course high because of all this hype, but that's good, sooner or later the folks will recognise what a crap they bought. Gaming is relaxing and if you wanna do some sports then do this outside and not infront of a goddamn TV.

[AnimeRaven]

look at what came out in the same year as Gears. Not a dang thing. I still remember very clearly how much I hated owning a 360 until Gears came out. That was the ONLY game that the system had that was all around good. Every dang one of you that had 360's at launch it took at least 7 months before we got something good. I am so tired of hearing this bull crap. Hell Gears is still better than Halo 3. Even Bioshock is better than Halo 3. And a lot of people made a huge deal out of that one.

If you do a limited release on a dang game your not going to have massive sales for a week. On the Uncharted sales for some reason my store hasn't even had it for 2 weeks. I really haven't looked at other stores for it.

And a side note why do you even care? It isn't like you make any money off these sales. You are the one fueling the hole war anyways right? I do think the PS3 sales on games is sad as hell. But a lot of people don't just buy games because they are out like I do. Take a person playing Call of Duty 4. It takes them awhile to get tired of it. I like to finish a game before I start another one. Take Mass Effect I played it about 32 hours before I beat the game. Then I sold it and moved on to the next title. I am now playing Uncharted. Then I move to Unreal 3. The only game that was a big title I didn't buy this year was Orange Box because they can keep that crap. PC version was a heck of a lot better than both the 360 and PS3 version.

Sorry to rant but had to be said for my own peace of mind.

[ISA_Scum]

Well, at least I know people will be playing UT3 and Orange Box online when I get the games.

[jorellpogi]

Another round of unreliable numbers from VGCharts.

[Covenant]

Uncharted is...uncharted. WTF? Maybe people armed with gift cards and brand-new PS3s will give it some love after Christmas. Ditto Ratchet, and Mass Effect, which is doing well, but I expected it to do better.

And it looks like UT3 for PS3 is only doing marginally better than the PC version. Not enough advertising? Or has the UT series run its course? We'll see what happens when the 360 version comes out.

Look at those 360 software sales...almost more than the PS2, PS3, and PSP combined. (No, I'm not trying to troll/flame...but that IS an impressive attach rate). Like I've said before, if there's one thing that we 360 owners do, and do a lot, is buy games. Lots of them.

[sephy 9 2 5]

Japan numbers did go up....so despite such a big decline %; I'm assuming the supply went elsewhere, hence the drop.

[bootsielon]

PS2 is still going strong. I doubt those will update to 360. When PS3 reaches 299 or 199 in a year or two, many of those will convert to PS3.

[ReBurn]

So much for spelling and grammar. The submission quality is going down the drain.

[mrguru]

those xbox numbers look wayy inflated

[xboxdread]

inflated is your brain, these are the mighty numbers of the xbox you don't need to think much about it

[FirstknighT]

70,000 copies of UT3??? Another ps3 sales flop. What's wrong with you guys??? You write essays on how these games are soooooo good yet you don't even buy them. Crazy sony boys.

[CrazzyMan]

There are around 2 mln. of Motorstorm and Resistance sold.
There over 1 mln. of Assasin`s creed and CoD4.
There are around 700k of Heavenly Sword.
There are about 500k of Ratchet.
There about 400k of Uncharted (and this game selling for less then 1 month worldwide).

With only around 8 mln. ps3 sold worldwide. These games are HIGH quality titles, so when PS3 sales will double, don`t be surprised, when sales of these game will double too.
PS3 is Coming. =)

[rawd]

I still can't believe people are playing freakin' Super Mario Bros in 2007, on a console with 1999 graphics

[Night4ll]

If you've played Metroid Prime 3, Mario, and Zack and Wiki you would know that the Wii is capable of amazing graphics (not on a PS3 level). I enjoy my PS3 (Burnout is going to be amazing), but I have many games on the Wii that I'm enjoying.

I really don't think the Wii is a fad unlike almost everyone else on this site. Honestly I play it a lot more than my PS3.

[xboxrumble]

"Here is a calculation for you Epic...

1,000,000 Gears (2 weeks).
0,069,760 UT3 (1 week).
-------------------------
0,930,240 <---- Take this number. "

just priceless..Epic be a fool not to release a shooter on the Xbox. UT3 will surpass PS3 UT sales in a matter of a month and it will be like 6 months after.

I know the 360 version is done since the PC version is all set. Hey Gears of War sold consoles, I don't know if UT3 will do the same or at least where you could tell a difference.

CrazzyMan above

Resistance:FOM - only sold well becasue it had no competition with other titles. Same as motorstorm, that game has no replay value.

Lair, R&C, Warhawk, uncharted, as you can see I wouldn't say are selling like wildfire. Well there is more of a selection now on the PS3 and these just are not killer games. I predict the first killer title will be MGS for the ps3.

[caffman]

don't PS3 players buy games?? I buy at least 2 360 games a month! I'm not flaming I just want to know as it really puzzles me

[sak500]

Because 70% of them are bought by movie buffs just like ken wanted, Remember Ken's words " 5 million will be sold without games".

BD doing its work. Those people are not bothered about games.

[socsca]

Why doesn't the PS3 sell better in America? I mean, I live in Europe where it costs a LOT more and still sells better (relatively). I know average income in ("western")Europe is pretty high and Sony has something of a traditional foothold here but dude... I know a lot of people here who wouldn't give up a chance to buy a PS3 for 399 $, that's what the xbox 360 ARCADE costs in Sweden where I live. Hell, the high-end PS3 with its supposedly high price tag over there is cheaper than the 40 gb one here.

And don't give me the "no games" crap, there are good games for the ps3, besides a lot of people bought their 360s before there were any good games out (including me).

Please enlighten me.

PS, and to those that think anyone paying 599 $ for a PS3 is retarded I can point out that i payed the current equivalent of 897 USD (5999 swedish kronor) for the "starters pack" (two controls + RFOM & Motorstorm). So I guess I'm really really retarded. Fanboys please don't respond.

[Snukadaman]

Most all multiplatform games are terrible on the ps3....as a example lets use madden 08...now since most americans are into football as people in europe are into soccer...most people buy each years version of madden without seeing upgrades...like every year...once it was known madden 08 was terrible most people stuck with their ps2's or upgraded too xbox 360...now keep in mind the ps3 was suppose too be superior in every way too xbox 360..that superiority has not shown in any game whatsoever...and looking at the sales charts of most ps3 exclusives there seems too be nothing worth buying in north america...also people are not buying into this hi-def new format war that blu-ray and hd-dvd are having...I think the thought of having too purchase copies of movies they allready own on dvd put off alot of people....with some not knowing both formats upconvert those older movies.