Hardware sales were up slightly this week on the debuts of Tiger Woods, Tales of Vesperia, and Mario Baseball. The next few weeks should be quite interesting as the impacts of the Xbox 360 price cut become apparent.
After a quiet week in the shadow of the latest Madden, there were five new titles which sold over 40,000 units this week. EA, Nintendo, and Namco-Bandai led the charge, with a new Tiger Woods on multiple platforms, a Mario baseball game on Wii, and Tales of Vesperia for Xbox 360. With the new releases for the week, total hardware sales were up slightly from last week. DS saw the biggest increase for the week, as bundles were introduced to counteract the typical early fall decline in portable sales after the back to school rush. PSP, which had no such measure this week, saw the largest drop of all platforms. In the ongoing PS3 vs. Xbox 360 battle in the Americas, PS3 outsold its main rival another week, though it is important to remember that this is the last week unaffected by the Xbox 360 price drop. Next week, the Xbox 360 should see a slight boost (the price drop went into effect September 5th , VGC data will be through September 6th ) followed by a larger boost the following weeks. The larger boost should jettison Xbox 360 above PS3 once again as the price advantage widens.
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Still have my ps3 copies. Bought it at launch and another one when I found it cheap and in perfect condition about 10 years ago. I wouldn’t buy it on Switch but if they made a PS5 version I would. I still have one of my PS3 Fats hooked up so good to go either way.
Id play it again on the switch. I wished my 360 version was bc but this is still a good way to play.
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People are stupid I get it. No one should feel unsafe,
But I think they need to talk about why they cut so many corners during the development process and why none of their games ever look current. And why they think all of this is okay while they charge full price.
As much as Bethesda deserve criticism, that's not really relevant to the reveal of Fallout 3 in 2007.
Usually, you have good comments but this isn't one of them. It just rides the mob. We can do both condemn the actions and not let them use it for other things.
I can say I received a death threat and everyone needs to shut up. People are not honest and will use horrible things to their advantage.
I love how PS3 kicks xbox 360's ass, sales wise, again in America, and these idiots make an excuse. The sales are already in affect. It did nothing for them cause no one wants to buy a gimped 200 dollar xbox 360 with no hdd in it. They'd rather buy the good one.
Give up, really just give up.
The 360 boost from the price drop didn't happen in a manner that was close to what was predicted. With the evidence clear VGChartz refuses to acknowledge the fact the bounce was there but not in the amount necessary to drive 360 sales beyond PS3 sales. This is the point where VGChartz goes from ignorance - as in being ignorant or unaware of something - to just plain stupid.
The figures for VGChartz are an industry joke and everyone realizes this except the people at VGChartz.
EDIT: Look at Amazon. The PS3 just keeps moving ahead of the Wii - a no game console that that has begun to reach saturation at an early age. A fact that isn't surprising considering that the novelty has worn off and no one wants a multiplatform game on the Wii where they will have to suffer a ridiculously shoehorned control scheme with the accuracy of a daisy air rifle.
The PS3 has stepped up to the 4th place and the Wii has dropped to 10. Meanwhile the 360 peaked at 17 and is now headed for the cellar as it continues to slide towards 30 and that is the Elite. The 60GB has performed even worse having reached the 20s and now dropped steadily into the 40s as it continues it's march to bargain bin heaven on a cloud reserved for has been consoles.
morgenfell the price was not in affect on August 30 if you read article you are just a stupid troll
Please... VG chartz has no clue. Just wait for the NPD once a month.
can kiss my ass.
Thanks for listening.