PS4 Soundly Beats Xbox One and Wii U in Google Popularity; Wii U Overtook Xbox One on Youtube at E3

The first half of the 2014 is now behind our backs, and all the big three (Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo) have published their financial and sales reports with a rather wide range of results, but what about one of the most basic indexes of popularity on the internet? PS4 Beats the Xbox One and the Wii U rather soundly on google and youtube searches, but there are some surprises.

[Bizzare21]

Are we seriously doing search comparisons now? smh

[ThinkThink]

Gee, can't wait for the yahoo and bing analysis. Looking forward to a months worth of news stories. :(

[BG11579]

Yep this goes along with company news that informed how many bullets were fired in games, distances that players ran or how many zombies were killed.

[dantesparda]

@Bizzare

You do know that this isnt new right? This started last gen with the PS3/360, where MS fanboys would use this against Sony fanboys. So unfortunately for the MS fanboys, what goes around comes around.

[MRMagoo123]

we have been doing them for years, go back to the ps3/360 gen and check the articles then too. Are you new?

I am not saying they are worth reading or not because some ppl like them some ppl dont but they have been on this site for a loooooong time.

[Sayai jin]

MrMagoo - These articles were ridiculous back last gen as well. Along with those Sony is Doomed articles...utterly ridiculous.

These articles get the arcade Rambos beating their chest.

[BX81]

Crap then, crap now.

[jebabcock]

There are two things on this site I detest.. misinformation and ignorance...

reports on sales or other legitimate statistics are viable news pieces even when they tell what we don't want to hear. And when we put them all together they can help us understand the market.

I invested money in a console. Popularity and sales mean I can expect a much better chance of getting solid titles from all devs. So yes I want the ps4 to do well. If they soundly beat the competition, then even exclusive titles are likely to find their way to the ps4....

So yeah I think these articles are interesting and should be published especially when they support the console I invested in... It isn't a difficult concept to grasp.. it has nothing to do with being a fanboy...

[Pinkdolphinyfg]

Anything that asserts any kind of dominence over xbox (even stupid ones like these) gets an article why is that surprising?

[lelo]

Microsoft is going to have a very hard time recovering the Xbox One. All the work they had with the X360 went down the drain in the first few months after announcing the X1. Unless Microsoft does something drastic, I don't think the X1 will have 1/2 the sales of the PS4 at the end of this console generation.

If Microsoft were smart they would finance 100% of a few games that a lot of people are interested, like Shenmue 3, Lost Odyssey 2, Beyond Good and Evil 2, etc... the way Nintendo did with Bayonetta 2. Maybe that way they could interest other people to purchase the X1 beside the die hard xbox fans that only like Halo, Forza and Gears.

[medman]

What you say makes sense for the gaming division, but Microsoft investors and shareholders wouldn't have it. They will sell the division off if the expenditures keep outpacing profits, as has been the case for awhile now. The gaming division is a small piece of the Microsoft pie, and what is worrying for xbox only gamers is the head of the company and the shareholders seem to be stepping away from the division more and more each operating quarter. I really don't want to see Microsoft sell xbox, I would like to see them invest more in it and offer better services and hardware, but that is not the way it seems to be trending inside that company, with the scuttling of xbox entertainment and their vision of what entertainment on the xbox one would be also recently axed. I own a ps4, 360, and ps3 at the moment, and will probably buy a wii u and maybe an xbone in 2015, but if I'm being honest the wii u has more in store for 2015 that I'm excited about right now than what I've seen from Microsoft. That has to change if they are going to get back in this fight, because right now Sony are handing it to them worldwide. And though I own a ps4 and am happy Sony is doing well with it, gaming as a whole would suffer if Microsoft doesn't succeed also.

[Hello_World]

This is a news website, it reports on everything related to gaming...even which brands are searched for the most on Google.

It must hurt for some seeing Xbone lose across the board.

[Pogmathoin]

Clearly this is great news. I can hold my head high..

[Angels3785]

Not surprising...reflective of sales as well.

[Sayai jin]

Articles like these are getting old and ridiculous. Scratch that; they have always been ridiculous.

[Multiplatguy]

I wouldn't expect them to go away any time soon. Just going by the comment section of these articles, this is the type of "news" that the typical user of this site likes.

Just look at all the disagrees on Bizzare for pointing out it's a bit silly that we have degraded to making news out of which is the more popular google search..

[Sayai jin]

Indeed. I understand what you are saying.

Online gaming news is ruled by arcade Rambos (fanboys) and articles like these throws gasoline on a fire.

[Steptoe]

Oooh! I'm so popular! Someone give me a cherry! News like this make Sony lazy.

[Starks]

I like this gif someone linked in there:
http://postimg.org/image/8h...

[Macdaddy71]

It's only time the X1 will sell like ps4, I know don't want to hear it but it's true...let the 360 gamers upgrade the. We will see the real numbers, cause we all know the 360 sold n was way better then the ps3,
Just think of all the 360 sold???? Millions, n when them owners buy X1's wow watch out Sony!!! It's coming trust me...
I have both..
Look how many are being sold online!!! X1 would be with ps4 if we go off that

[mike_honcho]

hey buddy just wanted to give you a heads up on the 360/ps3 sales portion of your comment.. ps3 is outselling 360 world wide..

http://www.vgchartz.com/ana...

albeit not by much and not in North America.. also while your there take note of the xb1/ps4 difference.. you would be hard pressed not to agree that a lot of those ps4s are 360 users.. I know I meet them all the time playing online..

[AceBlazer13]

The ps3 is a much better console than he 360 especially if you compare them in recent years. What exactly was the last true exclusive on 360? Your logic can be spun and say 360 owners were so unimpressed that they jumped to PlayStation or abandoned Xbox. Not every one is a fan of buying a console 3 times.

[Gore-Content]

Enjoy your 3rd place xbox gamers.

[user7402931]

thats awesome

[jnemesh]

This is turning into a feedback loop at this point. Xbox One sales tank, news stories are written, potential customers see negative news and decide not to buy the XB1 after all...wash, rinse, repeat!

[Spotie]

Much like last gen.

Except now that Microsoft is on the short end of the stick, it's immature and everyone should be tired of it.

Convenient.

[MRMagoo123]

Yeh kinda odd, I remember back when I joined in 2007 I think it was and there was maybe 1 out of 400 articles that tried to defend the ps3 from attacks constantly coming from all and any media along with fanboys, yet that was fair game then, now its not fair and MS are scared little guys that are being bullied apparently.

I am not saying I think this is an article worth having or not, but the people that are saying to give it a rest should have been doing the same last gen but from what I can see the users that used to bag ps3 every chance they got are now the ones telling ppl to just leave MS alone.

[jnemesh]

Damn tablet....accidentally hit disagree... When I actually agree, sorry!

Thing is, though... You might be able to dismiss one or two articles... Especially the one from small blogs.... But when mainstream media, like Forbes and other respected publications start reporting on the Xbox one's multiple failures and shortcomings, it can't be ignored... Nor can the fact that such stories become self fulfilling as the general public become more aware with each story that the Xbox is inferior.

[maniacmayhem]

And much like last gen.

When Sony was on the other end, you and other sony fanboys kept screaming the media is biased, and called to have these types of articles stopped from being submitted.

How very convenient that now everything is okay.

[Goku781]

Xbox One less than a Wii U.....start over all ready MS this is embarrassing!

[Jaqen_Hghar]

No a man has WiiU (along with PS4) and it's a great little system with fun games like DKC, MArio 3d, Mario Kart, WW HD, and superior Rayman Legends

[Emanno]

I wish Sony had enough money to buy Nintendo.
Don't care for Xbox unless a new handheld console appears, that will never happen lol

[KaladinStormblessed]

Nintendo would never agree with it. And I don't want to see nintendo games on a ps consoles. If anyone wants to play nintendo games, then buy a wiiu. That simple. The same goes for sony/Microsoft games. And no, I'm not dissing the ps4.

[MegaRay]

Merge? Maybe. Buy? Impossible.

[Max-Zorin]

Nintendo don't need to be bought by anyone.

[mixolydian_id]

Well... if I'd have known... I would've spammed the search engine relentlessly.

[solboogie]

I work at a toy company and although PS4 is popular more and more coworker are dicovering and loving the WiiU. I predict the U-turn will continue and WiiU will compete for the top spot after the holidays.

[Hanso]

lol keep dreaming

[KaladinStormblessed]

He's saying the wii u will compete with the ps4 for top stop, not that it's going to get top spot. I do believe with smash, hyrule warriors, bayonetta, and C.T. Treasure tracker the wii u may provide some good competition to Microsoft and sony. And that's not mentioning any multiplats, which I believe is actually just watch dogs and possibly advanced warfare. So nevermind, not really any multiplats.

[SynestheticRoar]

I said it years ago, the WiiU is Microsoft competion. Not Sony.

[mysteryraz11]

wii u is a toy

[deafdani]

So are the PS4 and Xbox One and every single videogame console ever made. What's your point? Did you somehow manage to miss the GAME part in videoGAME console?

You sound pretty insecure about your own adulthood.

[mysteryraz11]

wii u is for kids and ppl love rehashs I dont consider it a next gen console

[JediDiah]

Wana see Xbox on top? Have an EA only on Xbox deal....that would do it.

[chikane]

nice ps4 and wii-u for the win

[horndog]

This is what happens when ps4 gamers don't get EA ACCESS options and are sick of playing indies. It's going to be a long summer for these poor sheeps.

[Hanso]

i guess this is why you 2 bubbles lol.

[smashs]

Wii U is the king, you know it.