Week recap: PS3 Dualshock 3; Xbox 360 last; Wii Wheel

Week in review. Stories include:

Sony this week announced the release of the Dualshock 3 controller one week early. The peripheral includes rumble functionality not found in the Sixaxis controller.

Sales for Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 fell further in Japan in the latest retail data. The product ranked last in overall hardware sales.

Sales for the Wii Wheel peripheral spiked this week upon availability at Amazon. The peripheral is compatible with Mario Kart Wii.

[Varsarus]

lmao.

[Hellsvacancy]

lol

[ForTheFallen]

another defeat for the 360.

When will it be enough?

[Surfman]

never enough

[vloeistof]

like pain of ff x-2 would say

well well

[Nitrowolf2]

i fell as though ms is having allot of problems this week

[joebahrjoebahr]

is this whole site about videogames and technology or just a site that thrives off of ps3 fanboys

[SWORDF1SH]

please have a word with yourself. this site has xbox fanboys and sony fanboys. i admit sony fanboys are about a little more now but that because the xbox fanboys have little to slag off on the song machine. i dont like blind fanboyism but the xbox fanboys deserve what they are gettin at the moment because of the barriage of sh#t the slung at sony through 2006 and 2007.

[poopsack]

wait so your complaining because the title of the article says the truth you dont want to hear? and that makes it another ps3 fanboy article?

[SWORDF1SH]

i think it was more directed at the people who are makin the comments to this article

[2 cents]

Just because MS screwed things up and the x360 is taking a beating does`t mean that this site is ps3 biased. I remember last year the things were the other way around when the ps3 negative news never seemed to stop.
This is a gaming site and it brings both positive and negative news.

[xbox3shitty]

"but...........but
Teh Hironobu Sakaguchi
LO>>>>FF
cry on >>>>>>>FF
*insert unproven RRODbox RPG* >>>> PS3"

so much for having the most RPG's eh xbots?

[Hockey11]

You symbols should be < not > Because your saying all those 360 rpgs are better than FF and we all know that is not true.

[xbox3shitty]

Durrrrrrrrrrr!!
those are typical xbots comments

"*You* symbols should be < not > Because your saying all those 360 rpgs are better than FF and we all know that is not true."

hawhawhaw

[Real gamer 4 life]

Nothing is going microsoft's way. I wonder what is wrong withing the combany.

[Sir Ken Kutaragi 4]

;-D

[joebahrjoebahr]

people arguing over electronics is gay.

thats my point.

[SWORDF1SH]

but youre still arguing about it??

[Blademask]

This site probably caused 4 to 5 thousand PS3 fans to commit suicide due to the rampant pwnage of the ps3 in 07.

Lair stories 247, framerate problem games 247, developers questioning the ps3's hardware 247, Stories saying the PS3 is going to not make it out of 07 alive 247, stories about how completely utterly useless the PS3 is for games 247, How the PS3 sold 200 units worldwide, dead last 247.

I think every single Post by Bloodmask/TheMart's blogs were approved instantly. Basically just "So day 300, the PS3 still sucks!"

We all sat through the gang rape that this site gave the PS3 in 07. Its only fair that the same applies when its the PS3's turn to spit on its hands.

I'd rather both sides just give eachother props, then we could get back to gaming. But you do have to understand that people are looking to get digital revenge lol.

[tehReaper]

The thing is, the PS3 hasn't really proved anything to turn the tides. Yeah, it's picking up sales now, it outsold the 360 in 2007(because of Japan and Europe), and it has a great lineup for this year. That is what is to be expected from a gaming console. The Xbox 360 is an underdog. Sony has been making electronics and gaming stuff for years. They have experience. Sony should be selling faster than what they are. They should of had games and features they promised long ago out by now. Sony caused their own bad news. Just like Microsoft did recently with the hardware failures(aka RROD).

Don't get me wrong, I have all the current consoles and I am not biased. I'm just a neutral gamer. I think based on what the facts are. It's okay to give 360 fanboys hell about the RROD because Microsoft did that to themselves, they took shortcuts.

But seriously, the 360 losing in Japan is expected. Most Japanese do NOT like American products. End of story. Did Microsoft do this to themselves? No. Microsoft made a console that revolved around an online community. Something that isn't as popular in Japan as you think. The Wii is selling like hotcakes there, yet Nintendo's online isn't the best. Notice a difference? The Playstation brand has been popular in Japan..because...well..guess what? Japan is its' hometown.

The PS3 fanboys run around more on sites like these because they have already beaten the best single-player games out now. PS3's online isn't as engaging as the 360's yet, so less are on it. We're still waiting on the features and more games to become available.

In a nutshell, the whole fanboy thing is just dumb. Both consoles have their own points and are both awesome machines. This is really getting worse than politics.

[joebahrjoebahr]

haha i own both systems and i am not trying to argue. but this isn't the only site that i have been a member of where the ps3 owners have been hostile. i was just wondering initially in my first post if this was a biased website. thats all . nothign more or less.

and yes part of me is hostile due to my heartbreak caused by the ps3. there i said it are you happy! hahha

[DARK WITNESS]

ok, sorry i have not read the whole article, but from what is in the title its saying sale of 360 fell " in Japan "...

ok, when were they ever that high ? it says it " rank last ", was it ever ranked higher then that ? was it ever 1st, 2nd, or 3rd ?

its always been last, the only thing that could sell less is probably the old xbox. 360 has never done well so what is the defeat there.

[Angelitos]

The 360 is dead

[tehReaper]

WTF? Just last year people were saying the PS3 was dead. Is it? No.

These are Japanese sale figures. The Japanese do NOT like American products. End of story.

[headblackman]

thats sad that they've got to use japan in order to make the better of the 3 systems look bad :/ considering that they dont like anything american but he our music and clothes so to me i really feel th this comparison is totally unfair.