Xbox 360 60GB Sales Appear "Sluggish" in UK According to Major Retailers

Sources from major game retailers GAME and Gamestation are reporting that sales for the latest SKU in the Xbox 360's lineup have been have been slower than anticipated.

The GAME source also said that the new PS3 SKU will debut in the UK tomorrow rather than the listed date of 29/8.

[LightningPS3]

WTF. Too much bad news recently.

Edit: I'm just kidding. I don't even believe this crap.

[mohib-uddin7986532]

Remember this is the Xbox 360 60 GB

Not X360 as a whole

[TOO PAWNED]

bad news or good news should not be reason to sell or buy console dude.

[Caxtus750]

@1

Denial? Why would you not believe it? It isn't as if a product not selling is so beyond comprehension that you are forced to think it is fake. It is only a games console after all.

I think consumers are looking for a price drop rather than a bigger hard drive. If consumers wont pay £200 for 20GB then they wont pay £200 for 60GB. 40GB is nothing to them.

They are waiting for the price to fall.

[AAACE5]

Lost respect when I saw the words "have been have been"

With no price cut, and without the new games that are coming down the pipe... this is no surprise! Now if they get the rumored price cut in sept., plus some of the titles released in sept. and sales still don't rise... Then MS has a real problem!

Plus, europe seems to like the Ps3 more than the 360. With it's nice design and great technology and some games that people are looking foward to... I think MS may have to do alot more to ramp up sales in that area, such as a price cut and more games on the platinum hits list or something.

[mohib-uddin7986532]

Oh i forget something? 20GB Premium is now 60GB

So the 60GB is the new premium !
Wow this is bad especially for the uk since its the only EU country 360 sometimes outsells PS3

[orakga]

That's basically what I've been saying about the 160GB PS3 as well. It appears that neither MS nor Sony have a clue as to what's keeping the rest of the world from purchasing their products; PRICEPOINT!!

Sure, "more choices" are better than no choice, but when all the choices are too expensive for the average gamer, who cares of the new $500, $600, $700 model is the "best deal evar!!11!!1!@", right?

The only people who would notice the benefit already bought their systems anyway.

[CrazzyMan]

so what do you people expect now? =))
j/k

anyway, it`s strange, there was no big boost after 20GB model going 299$ in USA, and now new 60GB model also isn`t getting great sales either..

while new core 80GB PS3 model is getting better acceptance atleast on amazon, it has far better place in best sellers, then the new x360 60GB model. Same goes for uk.
looks like, price is no more a factor for x360.

[LossTheEarthbreaker]

"Now if they get the rumored price cut in sept., plus some of the titles released in sept. and sales still don't rise... Then MS has a real problem!"

Damn right.

They forgot all about keeping their exclusives close and continually releasing.

Even Nintendo has three times the amount of exclusives upcoming.

MS has really started to show their true colors in this industry.

They are here for the $$$$.

I'll still buy Infinite Undiscovery, Star Ocean 4, and Tales of Vesperia.

Maybe even Banjo if it's good.

Halo Wars can go fack right off. The 360's lineup is terrible compared to the competitors.'

(Gears 2 will be on PC, so who f'ing cares, especially when the sequel looks exactly like the first game)

@CrazzyMan above: I just had my 360 RROD for the second time and I won't get it back (could be a brand-new console, could be the same with a replaced dvd-drive and motherboard) til tomorrow. They haven't fixed the RROD problem in the old consoles. Eventually, all old ones will RROD and then it will be "fixed," unless you work in the department to do with money in the Xbox division. MS has spent well over a billion recovering from RROD.

They did, however, extend the warranty for people who have this problem

Their customer service also kicks ass.

I weep for when I have to call Sony to get a replacement PS3. (lol, like that would ever happen for free)

[TheMART]

To the one above me:

So Nintendo will release exclusives, but who cares, all games are bad on the PS3 besides a handfull of 1st party games. So they'll probably release a lot of sh!tty games. NICE

"They are here for the $$$$."

Surprise surprise! THEY'RE ALL IN HERE FOR THE $$$$$
Why do you think Nintendo moves so many boxes with Wii's? Yes even the good old Sony wants your dollars/euros'

Gears 2 on PC, why are you so sure? Epic sales with UT3 on the PC sucked donkey balls. They already announced the Unreal Enige 4 to be console only, not on PC anymore. They easily could keep Gears 2 XBOX 360 exclusive so the game won't spread on PC's illegaly so fast. Furthermore, with Gears 1 they got PC gamers to get to know the new IP. Imagine if they gonna sell Gears 2 on 360 only. All those PC gamers that loved Gears 1 will buy a 360 if Gears 2 won't come over to the PC!

[orakga]

My comment was not meant to compare the PS3 price against the 360 price. Rather, what I was saying that BOTH consoles need to focus on bringing the price down, rather than adding more harddrive space to justify their respective "high" price.

Look, people who still haven't bought a PS3 or 360 are clearly not serious (console) gamers, right? They are either parents who are looking at the next X-Mas present or people who can't afford to (or simply don't want to) spend over $300 for a videogaming system. And for them, the extra harddrive space is not going to make them change their mind.

THAT was the point.

[fermcr]

@TheMART at Xboxkings

Yes it's true... i am one of them

Played Gears and fable in the pc and loved them, and i just got a xbox for gears 2 and fable 2... among others.

[SpaZaA]

Unfortunately for many within the next year the 3 year warranty will expire, look to your last comment as to how Microsofts customer service and cost of repair will be after that point.

I expect my PS3 to work for at least 6 more years, right next to my still working 1st SKU PS2.

[season007]

all games?

whatever, i don't want to comment on the "all games are bad on PS3" side coz its obviously wrong...

On the other side hey, Sony does get enough first party game to fill your hands FULL...not just a few of them

make sure you know what you talking about the FART

[SmartPS3Owner]

I'm a Smart PS3 owner, no one wants a piece of junk.

[TOO PAWNED]

at least Europeans wont but i dont agree that 360 is junk, it is good system worthy opponent.

[theKiller]

seriously did any body think other wise?? i just said this few moments ago in the 360 news about the price cuts before i see this news and here it comes true!!

360 = epic fail just like the epic RROD!!!
i feel sorry for the bots and MS!! they r loosing even their own homeland to the power of the blue!!
ps3 is sh*ting on 360 now

why so serious bots??

@ken
LOL!! yup but i think he was sh*ting on a special 360 that doesnt do this......

[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi]

"Updates:
Apologies about the wording of "have been have been" error.
Didn't notice it in time. :( "

Don't worry, it sounds better when you say it Twice!!! ;-D

"Sources from major game retailers GAME and Gamestation are reporting that sales for the latest SKU in the Xbox 360's lineup...
have been
have been
have been
have been
have been
have been
have been(sounds better each time!!!) ;-D
slower than anticipated"

Hmm...Strange that??? Because a xBot on this a few days ago(who stole my Bubble because he has 100 other names i bet)said when the xBox 360 60GB comes out in the U.K it will sell LOADS???(And he was making out it will be up there with the Wii!!!) ;-D
Ooooops!!! Don't look like it...er...erm...whatever his name was!!!
;-D

@theKiller ;) That Dogs gonna Burn it's @SS!!! ;-D

[Caxtus750]

@ 1.3

Point taken haha. I couldnt edit it in time.

[kalistyles]

Do it! You wont regret that move.

[LossTheEarthbreaker]

til you want to play Geometry Wars, Braid, or... JRPG's.

to Mao below:

Truth. There's very little to look forward to on the 360, which sucks.

Good thing my friends and I still play Geometry Wars 2 every weekend since release. Don't think that'll last through the year, though.

It's really unfortunate, they need some exclusives to compete.

Anyone who has both knows what the deal is, like Mao here. PS3 is where you go in multi-platform titles now.

360 has to announce NEW games to become competitive again.

[Mao]

360 = RPG machine

PS3 = multiplayer/entertainment application machine

Works good folks!

[mohib-uddin7986532]

I see a "downfall of xbox360 video of hitler" in the future?

[mohib-uddin7986532]

However i have to admit i have bad eyesite

[Microsoft_Spokesman]

Why are you talking to yourself?

[NewSchoolGamer]

yeah a video of that would be epic. I can only imagine Hitler going on and on about the wide vareity of games that were on the xbox360, lol.

[bluecapone]

people are waiting for that 80gb ps3

[juuken]

Yep.

Microsoft should do a real pricecut because they're not convincing anyone on why they should buy a 360.

[LossTheEarthbreaker]

They just do not have an advantage anymore.

Anyone who knows the upcoming releases knows this is true.

MS has started showing their true colors in this industry and that color is GREEN.

They aren't here for the gamer, they're here for the dollar.

That's why they have 6 exclusives over the next 18 months and Sony has over quadruple (4x) that. Even Nintendo has three times that number.

[Mike134nl]

People might be waiting for price cut.

[cmrbe]

because its not being sold in the Kitchen appliance section. The x360 make goo toasters and ovens.

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

I assume something similar will happen to the new ps3 model, people don't seem to want more storage 200 Pounds is pretty major not cheap at all. I can't see ps3 doing better, unless of course LBP has something major to do with this. which would makes sense seeing as Europe is really hyped for LBP.

[Aclay]

I think that once the 80GB PS3 drops in Europe it will have a pretty good reception at retail because the 40GB PS3 has been the only PS3 model avaliable in Europe since last year when Sony discontinued the 60GB model and I'm pretty sure that Europe will jump over the 80GB PS3 once it hits because I'm pretty sure they've been wanting another PS3 model with more hard drive space... plus, the 80GB PS3 will be offered at the same price as the old 40GB model, so how could the demand for it not go up if you get more hard drive space for the same price?

The difference between the 360 and PS3 in Europe is that there has been multiple models of the 360's to choose from, but in Europe for nearly a year now, the 40GB PS3 has been pretty much the ONLY choice.

As far as the 60GB 360... in Europe... well, I guess Microsoft will have to wait and see what happens. If Microsoft offers the 60GB 360 in Europe for the same price as the 20GB model over there, then I guess demand for it would go up.

[alakazzam]

if the ps3 was the same price as it is in america it would have sold so many more by now. its roughly £100 ($200) more expensive to buy a ps3 in europe than it is in america. Any one know why that is? coz it really annoys me. ITS THE SAME F*****G CONSOLE.

[Caxtus750]

Sadly the EU tax the hell out of everything.

and have you adjusted it for inflation?

[Microsoft_Spokesman]

The new 80gig PS3 JUST cam out and it's number 15 in the Amazon sales charts. So how can it be just like the 360?

[Hububla]

Sorry wrong post

[reincarnated]

i said it before and ill say it again.. im not buying a 360 untill it drops down to 150... then it will be WORTH IT... i mean buying something that cost you a lot of money and that will over heat is just stupid and i know people will say to send it back and get it fixed but that will get so annoying especially that it will most likely occur twice and lets not forget the dvd drives are crappy.. its either the rrod, cannot read disk errors or the disk drive just doesnt want to open!!!!

[Microsoft_Spokesman]

Well the closest it will be to 150$ is 199$. But that deal sucks because they don't give you a Hard Drive (something you need for next gen gaming).

BELOW: Why are defending the 360 with your life? LOL.

[AAACE5]

"I mean buying something that cost alot of money and will overheat on you is just stupid!"....Tell that to the thousands or millions of Harley riders out there!

Change your picture, you are a disrespect to Tupac! Seeing his picture, and reading your comment just don't go together! Please change it!

Oh yeah... some of those problems you mentioned about the 360 plagued the ps2, and caused people th have to purchase multiple consoles, which is why the ps2 sold 100+ million (I know cause I bought 5, and others I know have bought 7-8. So don't hate on the 360, just because the ps2's same issues weren't in the spotlight like the 360's is!

Every sony fanboy/girl hates when I make that comment, but if the ps2 really did sale to 130 million individual people... Why have they only sold 14 million as of now!

Before Ken Kutaragi announced a price, he made the comment "I want people to put in overtime just to afford this console!" If there were 130 million individual ps2 owners, the ps2 should still be sold out til this day! But almost 2 years later, Ken being shown the door, several Sku's and price cuts... and still not the leader!

Have you ever thought that the ps3 isn't selling great because it's hard for people to accept spending $400-$600, and remembering how many ps2's they had to buy?

I didn't mean to turn this into a ps2-3 rant, but some people are delusional, and need a little clarity. I still plan on buying a ps3, so don't get confused and think this is a fanboy comment or anything!

[LossTheEarthbreaker]

Before the PS3 had the games it does now and the games it had on the horizon, the 360 was worth that purchase, even with RROD (granted, MS's customer service helped with the RROD problem, but nevertheless, the sh*t is still happening and very annoying).

Just because it was released a year earlier for the most part (which MS has now spent a billion dollars rectifying, due to RROD).

Money aside, the 360 now really blows for the money.

Most of the games are on PS3 and there's tons of games on the horizon exclusive to Sony.

MS facked up.

@badz below: I agree. bubble.

[badz149]

relax dude, why are so seem mad? PS2 sold 130+ million worldwide and PS3 is only in it's 2nd year, you wnat it to sell 130 millions already? even the PS2 itself did't sell that much during the early years. no one was saying 130 millions individuals actually bought a PS2, hell myself bought 3!(not because of any problem, but just wanted to use it at different places)

now, the PS3 price point is indeed quite high and many will think twice to buy it! but I remember back then in 2002, the PS2 cost 39,900yen or around $399! do you see the similarity between PS2 and PS3 now? the PS3 is selling identically to PS2 in its early days but it looks bad because 360 had a year headstart and the fact that the Wii is doing extremely good!

give it some time and you'll see Sony will follow suit with the price drop and PS3 sales will spike. the games are here and lots still coming. it's interesting battle between PS3 and 360 and honestly, my money is on PS3 - maybe because I have only PS3!

[orakga]

Thank you. You saved me the trouble of saying the same thing.
People don't realize how long it took the PS2 to reach its current status.

Their sales peaked during the FIFTH YEAR.

[Hububla]

"Have you ever thought that the ps3 isn't selling great because it's hard for people to accept spending $400-$600, and remembering how many ps2's they had to buy?"

Dude i dont know where you have been but the PS3 outsold the 360 worldwide all year... and only lost in america once...

[Microsoft_Spokesman]

It's not selling because people are buying the PS3 ;).

BELOW:
"...Finally a MS employee that speaks the truth."

It was hard, but I did it :).

[cmrbe]

that as well. Finally a MS employee that speaks the truth.

[Chubear]

shall set you free.. to play beyond.

[Cajun Chicken]

Us from the UK have common sense and don't go around spending money we don't have for forced online gaming like stubborn fools!

[rbluetank]

Now pufff, pufff passs.. my dead hommie...

[EnforcerOfTheTruth]

Well what did you expect, this thing is dying haha

[PirateThom]

It's still just considered to be a 360 for the same price. Extra storage doesn't really mean a lot to most people, unless it's for a computer. It's selling at the same rate the old Pro was.

[pp]

You call this news it hasn't even been out that long and straight away xbox360 sales seem to be sluggish at least give it a month before you start calling it sluggish and you think this is worse wait till the ps3 comes out now that will be SLUGGISH

[Microsoft_Spokesman]

The new 80gig PS3 JUST came out, and it's number 15 in the Amazon sales chart ;).

[morganfell]

It is already out in the US you dummy. At Amazon.com the PS3 new 80GB is 15 as of this post. The other PS3 models are at 30 and 32.

The 360 20GB is at 62 and the 360 60GB is MIA because it can't make it into the top 100. Sucks to be you.

[AIi_The_Brit]

haha microsoft_spokesman just owned pp

[crck]

People that have waited this long (almost 3 years) probably won't buy much stuff online anyway so whats the point of a bigger drive? I don't think the $50 price drop in the US on that model will help much either. Since the $50 drop on the 20 gb model didn't move a lot of extra consoles. MS's last chance is the $199 arcade model in the US. I think that may shift some units. But at only $70 more then a PS2 (which doesn't even come with a memory card) it better or it may be time to start auditioning some fat ladies to sing.

[Microsoft_Spokesman]

When the 199$ Aracade X360 comes out, it will still suck. Because it will be missing the Hard Drive, which costs like 120$ if you wanna buy it separately.

[cmrbe]

an oven for a gaming console. Even then its an unreliable oven that could burn your house down.

[Microsoft_Spokesman]

I am sick of people bashing the 360 so much! For the last time, it's not an oven. It is a microwave! A microwave, you hear?

[morganfell]

Thanks for the info. I was wondering why kept over cooking meat when I used the 360 as the heat source in my smoker.

[Cajun Chicken]

That was the most hillarious thing I've read all day.

[divideby0]

it will pickup on the holidays, especially with more discounts and the price drops lower, than watch all the kiddies jump on Live...

[u are my game slaves]

at the 360

:'( :'( :'( :'(

i can see there faces

well if the new pricecut dose not help nothing will and they know it,pls dont give me that gears of war 2 crap..the people who bought gears of 1 will by gears 2 but it not to many people will by a 360 for that because they have just seen what the ps3 CELL can do with heavy rain!!! yh gears 2 will be amaiIng but it will not move to many console like lots of pple think...

[name]

The new 80 gb ps3 is actually selling quite well. Yeah I know, I'm an opportunist.

[Microsoft_Spokesman]

Number 15 in the Amazon sales charts when it just came out. :D.

[Rageanitus]

1) ppl are waiting for the actual price drop
2)ppl are waiting for what sony is gonna do with their pricing
3) the percieved value is actually shot for many for the xbox.

[Covenant]

Methinks people are awaiting the price cut...we'll see what things are like in about six weeks.

[badkolo]

without tv ads 360's wont sell much, at least sony makes good tv ads showingwhats coming and the pricpoint.
ms does not, besides us who else knows about the pricedrop , no one ecept us gamers and a few others, and thats becuase ms wont let the public know since they lack any type of advertising.

i bet no one will know about the new dash except us gamers, there wont be one tv spot, there never was and most likely never will be

the ps3 will continue to keep its strong sales becuase its the newer system with a HIGHER PRICE POINT tht includes wifi and blueray and free online, while others might look at the 360 as older tech, just dvd and no wifi no bluetooth and live is also 50 bucks, to many people the ps3 simply looks like the better deal, to the masses the ps3 is newer and gives you more.

then some can argue about the lack of games and missing online features and many can easily laugh that arguemnet off and point to the ps2 and ps1 and say dont worry its coming and coming hard very soon, you know why cause thats how sony systems work, start slow and 3 years later its #1.

[Ikanago]

Most people (myself included) already have 360s. Mine's a launch model.

I mean there have been so many 360 models released that I think it's a bit unrealistic to think that there's going to be a huge surge in sales for a three year old system.

Plus you can always upgrade the HDD size in the 360 for much less than it would cost to buy a new system.

[ReBurn]

Why would people buy them now when they know the price is about to drop.

[PirateThom]

Do they? Because I wasn't aware Microsoft had officially announced a price drop. A price drop is coming, but I doubt the public know about it.

[ReBurn]

They do. There are enough rumors floating from reliable sources that anyone wanting to spend the money will be doing their homework. Rumors alone will suppress sales.

[PiTCHBLaCK]

Not everyone does there homework, sure true gamers
like us will, but not people who lack internet access, or
people who hate to read, Like my Brother inlaw, he bought
a Wii because it was cheap, He thinks it was the best system
ever because it is Nintendo.

Now he doesn't even buy games for it, his mother in-law who is
almost 60 years old plays it way more then everyone else in his
family(combined).

MS needs to advertise the price cut and not depend on the
word of mouth.

[RedVsBlue]

The 60 gig hard drive is pointless because all they had to do was make the 120 gig one cheaper

[silverchode]

sluggish in the U.S.A too
http://i81.photobucket.com/...

[Brock Danger]

Not really surprising news, the xbox has been out a good while now and the amount of people left who don't own the console is constantly getting smaller, leading to less sales. Someone mentioned earlier that a 60 GB HDD isn't going to move consoles to the people who remain unconvinced, which is true, but what will make a difference is when the price drops to the magical $200 mark (september?). Things should get more interesting at that point.

[resistance100]

No aiming at you personally, but why does everyone seem to think that an american price drop will affect Uk sales?

The 60GB 360 is only a tiny bit more expensive than the Wii (£180 compared with £199) over here, and that hasn't helped.

360 sales are sluggish because theres a smaller and smaller reason to actually buy the console all the time.

The 360 had a major price drop in uk/europe at easter, you really think they would drop the price over here again so soon after

[SSCOOLCHEA]

i will trade it in for golf balls

[Kaleidoscope]

It does not surprise me honestly, that Xbox360 60GB console sales drop.
Because, I think too many gamers in UK have suffer from the evil rrod and discscratch. That's why the PS3 will eventually triumph. If Microsoft do not fix her machine as soon as possible.

Do you people think the same as Iam?

[kewlkat007]

I'll let others worry about the numbers. I bought a console to enjoy the games and I have been so far, with plenty coming out this holiday.

I think this holiday with the new XBL dash and features, Netflix, and the price-cut with the games the 360 will sell good. regardless the 360 always will sell as a Gaming Machine first and foremost. There is not much skewing of the fanbase.

[SkolarVisari]

Aren't people just waiting for the real price drop?

[ThatCanadianGuy]

Poor 360 fanboys cant face the fact that their precious console is dieing.

Im guessing they were all pist off that PS2 killed their xbox.
So they wish for PS3 to fail.360 had a good sprint.2007 was year of the 360.But this year,and years to come for it look pretty bleak.

I fear for the safety of the xbots.They should be put on suicide watch.Or just swallow their pride and buy a real next gen system.

[Cajun Chicken]

Microsoft killed the XBOX, it could of survived along with the PS2 because it was, actually, superior in technology and graphics but MS chose not and in a matter of months it became a fossil in my house, just as I was enjoying it.
This my friends, is another reason I am biased against MS.

The 360 is spiritually nothing like the XBOX, in fact if you look at the thing, it doesn't even look anything like the previous console as if they wanted to just make people forget about the existence of the XBOX and throw away its already recognised image, to gain a new superficial one.

Why aren't my favorite games from XBOX working on 360?
Oh, that's right...you gave up on the XBOX owner ages ago, told them to move on, upgrade and force them to be charged to play and socialise with friends online and blinded them with lies.

I mean these are the guys that threw aside Oddworld, WTF? WHY?

EDIT: This does not mean I was a XBOX fanboy back then, the games and better graphics on the system grabbed me. I still supported my PS2 for Jak and Daxter, Tekken and Time Crisis.
It may of been HUGE but MS had no real reason to just execute it that way, they could of done a PS2/PS3 situation having both co-exist until people upgraded.

[ThatCanadianGuy]

I completly agree! i used to love playing battlefield 2 on XBL last gen.I played it almost daily for a year straight.

Then rumors were going around of the xbox360..and slowly but surely
no new games were coming out..all the servers were being shut down one at a time.They just fazed it out.I lost alot of good freinds on xbl.One of the reasons i dont like microsoft.

But i have to disagree about it being better then PS2
i was playing some old games on xbox the other day actually (scarface)
And it just seemed so old and faded compared to the PS2 graphics.
Plus SOTC,ICO,MGS3 and GOW2 are other reasons i prefered the PS2.

[Cajun Chicken]

Were Armed and Dangerous, Serious Sam, Serious Sam 2, Psi-Ops, Oddworld Strangers Wraith, Oddworld Munche's Oddysee, UC1, UC2 and Crimson Skies.

Yeah, a few of those are supported on 360, but jeez, the frame rate is bad; Take Armed and Dangerous, its unplayable at points. Munches Oddysee has god awful audio you can't hear properly and the game skips, Psi-Ops doesn't work, so I had to buy it for PS2 and found it a very equal experience.

GoW turned me back straight onto Sony in an instant and at the same time I discovered the Ratchet and Clank series, due to me sticking only to Jak games all those years ago.

I have a 360 now, but I'll be honest; I hate it. There's only a wafer thin amount of games and features the things useful for, then on the other hand, my PS3 has everything I loved about a Sony console but more built into it and it functions brilliantly with the PSP.

[PiTCHBLaCK]

Bubbles up+

I Totally agree, The XBOX was more powerful
then the PS2, it also had a hard drive(MS's best
inovation), The PS2 however had a much bigger game
Library.

MS Fazing out the XBOX hurt them VERY badly.
My XBOX to is now a Fossil, so I put it in
storage now to help me remember a great system.

MS Fazing out the XBOX so quickly was the biggest
blunder in the gaming Industry.

[LeoSlim]

To be Honest I really don't think Microsoft realizes how much of a credit crunch people in England or UK are having at this present time. Theres been a HUGE inflation on everything; Food, Petrol, Housing, Bills, Alc near enough everything. So I'm not suprised by the poor sales.

[Cajun Chicken]

All the more reason to buy a PS3 as an console due to it having a Blu-Ray player, internet browser, easily upgradable hard drives, region free games and most importantly a perfectly playable free online service that does the trick.

Not being a salesman here, but really, doesn't that justify the purchase if you're going to buy a console these coming months in the UK?

MS are going to find a lot of 'Live subscriptions canceled in the UK this year, due to all the inflation; something MS overlooked.

[patterson]

Here in the U.S. we're migrating over to digital only television. The goal date is Feb 2009.

And so the topic comes up, "What am I gonna need?" Well, an HDTV! (being the most obvious upgrade), so more and more people look into finally buying an HDTV, and let's face it, in this economy that's not a cheap upgrade necessarily, so people have to be more savvy about their purchases and do their homework.

While doing their homework, they find out about Blu-ray and home theater receivers that do DTS Master Audio (along with other hi-def codecs), HDMI, etc... and of course a PS3 inevitably enters the picture because it's known to be the best value Blu-ray player on the market.

It plays games, Blu-ray movies, acts as a media center for stored music and videos, web surfing, the list goes on and on...

When someone is going to upgrade to an HDTV, they want some nice elements that are going to compliment their setup. A PS3 is a very nice addition that sits proudly in any home theater.

It runs quiet. Has very powerful processing under the hood. And looks damn sexy next to a brand new HDTV, where an XBOX360 has developed the reputation of a console that's in a teenagers bedroom getting packed up for RROD service. Not as one of your home theater center pieces.

I mean if you're going to spend your hard earned money on nice things, you're going to want quality and 360 has blown it in that regard. That's why even with the price cuts, Microsoft still can't seem to get more sales.

People are doing their homework and price isn't everything.

[patterson]

In U.S. we're transitioning over to digital only television. The goal date is Feb 2009.

And so the topic comes up, "What am I gonna need?" Well, an HDTV! (being the most obvious upgrade), so more and more people look into finally buying an HDTV, and let's face it, in this economy that's not a cheap upgrade necessarily, so people have to be more saavy about their purchases and do their homework.

While doing their homework, they find out about Blu-ray and home theatre receivers that do DTS Master Audio (along with other hi-def codecs), HDMI, etc... and of course a PS3 inevitably enters the picture because it's known to be the best value Blu-ray player on the market.

It plays games, Blu-ray movies, acts as a media center for stored music and videos, web surfing, the list goes on and on...

When someone is going to upgrade to HDTV, they want some nice elements that are going to compliment their setup. A PS3 is a very nice addition that sits proudly in any home theatre.

It runs quiet. Has very powerful processing under the hood. And looks damn sexy next to a brand new HDTV, where an XBOX360 has developed the repuation of a console that's in a teenagers bedroom getting packed up for RROD service.

I mean if you're going to spend your hard earned money on nice things, you're going to want quality and 360 has blown it in that regard. That's why even with the price cuts, Microsoft still can't seem to get more sales.

People are doing their homework and price isn't everything.

[badkolo]

well i agree to an extent but then everything you said goes out the window once you bring the wii into the picture and you cant exclude it, its a new system , its beating the other 2.

price matters( to an extent)
and yes i agree the ps3 is regarded as the better system in terms of what it has built in and in terms of being better built.

sony has the name to sustain its sales for years to come while ms is still battling on to get into the door and they have done so with the 360.

as for sales being slow, well it could be contributed to the slow economy, but ps3 is selling so what gives, it could be becuase it lacks blueray and free online and the word is getting around, or it could be that many people think it still might have issues and they all know how noisy the 360 is, so even at a cheaper price it pales in comparison to the ps3 .

or it could be summer time and people are waiting, and once the real price drop comes and once the season starts and ads start and more games start arriving and then the sales spur will continue, who knows?

[Dzpool]

an HDTV for the digital television you only need a digital reciever like a digital cable box from your cable provider or digital reciver from your satilite provider or the digitl converters for people without cable or satilite

[thereapersson]

But most consumers are too stupid to realize that. They will see the announcement and think "OH SH*T, BETTER RUN OUT AND BUY AN HDTV!", even though they don't really need to. I definitely see more people buy high-end televisions than a year ago, and my friend who works at Costco says that a lot more people have been making large purchases that have to do with video equipment such as HDTV's and Blu-Ray players. I think consumers are just doing what companies are hoping they will do, and that is buy a whole new set instead of just a converter box for their old TV.

[Doofy]

the xbox sucks no brainer duh

[cmrbe]

only xbots buy it.

[MRMagoo123]

I cant believe after all that ms has done to there loyal fans they still buy 360s its crazy and i think the ppl that buy them should be seen to by a doctor and given tablets to help them cope.Then once there fixed they can think straight and buy a ps3.Funny how times have changed since i first bought my ps3 at the midnight launch on the 23rd or march last year its been a good year and now the ps3 is finally being recognised for what it is an amazingly built console,bluray player and home entertainment system everything i could want.

[PiTCHBLaCK]

You know what's even stranger?
I Heard some people who already own a XBOX 360 say
that they'll buy multiple 360 systems and multiple
360 games just to boost the 360 sales, to me it
sounds like MS is pimping, of course them people
could have just being sarcastic. :)

[CouchKing0]

The Xbox 360 sales have always been sluggish, I don't know why people are so surprised.

Besides, consumers would rather spend they're hard earned money on a quality product like the PS3, with great exclusives out already and more on the way.

Cry more bots...AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HA

[thereapersson]

The sales of the 360 are such that most people already own one, so a new SKU isn't exactly going to create a massive spike in hardware sales. It was different with the PS3 because of the relatively low sales numbers (at the time of each respective SKU), so that's why we saw higher numbers for the PS3 during a certain period of time when compared to the 360.

I'm not sure if I like the spin of this article or not...

[AAACE5]

Well if I offended anyone... I am sorry!

I didn't mean for my comment to sound angry, but with all the irritating fanboy comments in here... I might have lost the main point I was trying to reach in my last comment!