PS3 set to take #1 Holiday Spot

PS3Addiction.com writes:

" Since all three major consoles flooded the market in 2006, Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo have done there best to set themselves apart from the competition. microsoft launched the 360 a year prior to the others and has relied heavily on their online service, creating a next gen void that could only be filled by the 360. An ingenious move that made the 360 a key name in this generations war. The Wii has profited from the casual market, creating some of the funnest first party titles to ever hit a Nintendo system, and although 3rd parties have failed to grasp the system and continue to create some of the worst games to ever grace a console in any generation (right up there with E.T.), it continues to gain appeal in family households. Sony has created an all-in-one entertainment center, with the best Blu-Ray player on the market and free online service that is very close to equalling what the Xbox 360 can offer. The console has also taken gaming to new heights with some of the most advanced games in the market, both graphically and story wise."

[Lord Shuhei Yoshida]

Sony to take #1

Nintendo to take #2

Microsoft to take away 360 and leave the console business in shame

[Mr PS3]

And they can take the Fuc*ing BoTs with em !!!

[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi]

'Microsoft to take away 360 and leave the console business in shame'

What a lovely thought!!! ;-P Let's HOPE SO!!!;)

If i want to play BORING P.C games i'll get a P.C!!! ;-D
Not buy a xBox 360 to play them on???
+PAY 2 PLAY Online??? WTF???

[---------Nona-------]

The great Kutaragi :O!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*Bows* I will serve you in any way you wish Master

[Lord Shuhei Yoshida]

@Ken

Indeed Kutaragi-san.

Unfortunately I will be missing out on playing the superior version of Rage on my PC and my PS3 because of the 360 and its weak limitations from the DVD9.I will not be playing beyond but I will be playing behind like the xbots do.

[Lord Shuhei Yoshida]

edit:Double post

[juuken]

Amen.

Sony has a near unstoppable lineup this year and The Dark Knight is coming out as well.

[ProfessionalTroll]

Nothing but the truth

[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi]

@(((((((((Nona))))))))) ;) Cool way you done your Name;) Good that.
Just keep Defending the PS3;) from all these Nasty internet LIES. That's all i ask!!! ;-D

@Lord Shuhei Yoshida ;) I will send you a PS3!!! ;)

[Sanzee]

Little Sony Fan, come back when you have a real analyst saying this. I'm an Xbox fan and if I had a webstite called "Xbox Addiction" and I wrote that the 360 will own this holiday season, I guess that makes me a qualified analyst, and in NO way a console fan? You poor kids are depending on your own fansites for assurance.

Can't you get some evidence from somewhere outward. So far, all your die-hard fans are making these statements. Is it to comfort yourselves? Really, what the hell is going on?

[TheOtherGuy]

"Sony to take #1

Nintendo to take #2

Microsoft to take away 360 and leave the console business in shame "

Couldn't have said it any BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pixelsword]

Like Dark Night and The Darkness?

Or Fallout 3 and the Simpsons episode with Fallout Boy?

Ha! that would be sweet.

[Pain]

Microsoft to take away 360 and leave the console business in shame.

-im hoping for a "give Money back to shareholders and Close up M$ altogether"
After Sony and Apple gang-bang M$ 3 ways from Sunday, thats my X-mass wish.

[nbsmatambo]

"It seems the folks that own the Playstation 3 system not only act more mature, but play a bit more mature as well with less profanic phrases muttered"

wat is he saying lol..

When i play Burnout online i hear these idiots with headset using profanity all the time..

i cant say anything about LIVE bcuz ive never played it with a headset..

"Many will argue the last point with the fact that the PS3 requires install times for a large number of games. What gamers need to realize is that these make load times during gameplay significantly less, and often times faster than there 360 counterparts."

wat gamers need to realize is that they r forced to install something bcuz some devs r too lazy to optimize everything to run smoothly (im talking about Burnout & Uncharted + various other games that dont require installs)

[Anton Chigurh]

Currently, the xbox360 got better and more AAA titles than any console in this generation. however, the PS3 has some good game like MGS , Uncharted and more coming this holiday but. I think the xbox will win this holiday thanx to the price cut, huge library and online

definitely , good time for gamers

[cahill]

All of AAA titles like Uncharted /MGS4 are true exclusives unlike Mass effect/Gears 1 or Bioshock

PS3 has undoubtedly the best library this Fall
Ofcourse PS3 will win in WW sales vs x360 this Fall but in USA too we will have to wait and see

MGS4 got 10/10 from IGN and Famitsu. No x360 game will ever get that

[r2kcipher]

when u say "I think the xbox will win this holiday" ur just talking about the 360 selling more in the us.. right? i hope so because the chances of it out selling anywhere else would be slim..

[CrazzyMan]

"the xbox360 got better and more AAA titles than any console in this generation."
@Anton Chigurh, looks like, new PS3 consumers doesn`t agree with you, otherwise WHY for almost whole year PS3 would OUTSELL x360 worldwide???
It`s all about games. So far, that means, that with a higher price ps3 still has more to offer in terms of game quality. It`s consumer who decides.

All what x360 has this Fall, is:
Gears 2 - will buy mostly same geow crowd.
Fable 2 - actually, i don`t think it will pass 1 mln. this year, very low chance.
Banjoo - i doubt this will be a big seller too.
And if you insist L4D, which also will be available on PC(and later maybe ps3), hard to call a system seller.

Price - price could be a BIG factor in USA, where they have some problems with economy.
But Europe and Japan.. in Europe it was:
200 euro - Arcade
270 euro - 60GB Pro
370 euro - 120GB Elite
AND still PS3 was outselling x360.

Now it`s
180, 240, 300 vs 400 costing PS3. It will be a HARD one.) Though LBP bundle could make wonders, as GT5 prologue bundle did during first Euro price cut this year. It`s all about GAMES after all.

Japan.. x360 is just dead there, and after little price cut spike, it will go back to below 4k sales.

So far, Europe+Japan > NA. This will be a tough one.
However, PS3 this year has one advantage, year ago it was blu-ray vs hd-dvd, THIS year it`s only about blu-ray. And This standar becomes more popular every day. That fact could boost sales greatly this Christmas, after all, PS3 is not just a console, it`s a MEDIA center, which ALL Family members can use. =)

Resistance 2 - has potential to get new crowd, thnx to improved graphics and improved Online features(co-op modes, 60 player online).
LBP - this could be just another Mario of this gen.
Motorstorm:PR - barely a system seller.
Naruto ltimate Storm - though, it`s hard to call it a system seller, but Revolutionary cell shading graphics can easy draw new crowd.
Valkyrie Chronicle and Socom - could also get some new consumers.)

So far, time will show. But there are so many factors this Fall. =)
I wouldn`t be suprised, if ALL systems this Christmas would be sold out. :)

[Shadow Flare]

---Wii---

Doesn't need a price cut or any real new games this christmas because demand IS THERE. It's got so much hype and it is the console to get for most of the population. It will do fine like it always does

---Xbox 360---

Needed another price cut this year because demand IS NOT THERE. Wii outsells it, the more expensive ps3 has been continously outselling it worldwide, so it needed another price cut. It has a decent line-up of games for x-mas, and with the lowered price, stands a good chance of selling high numbers. In america. If it falls short of ps3 again this year, not many options are left for this console. It's already cheaper then a wii.

---PS3---

Won't get a price drop because like Sony have stated, they need to focus on making money from the ps3 now. The machine is cheaper to build now, and Sony will just ride out christmas to get as many sales as they can with the current price point. Sony shouldn't need to worry about dropping the price because the stella line up of upcoming games (headed by LittleBigPlanet) will do the job in bringing in sales. After they've couped in the earnings over the christmas period, then i believe Sony will drop the price in Q1/2 2009

As for worldwide sales, i look back to 2007. Where Xbox 360 had "teh best gamez eva" and ps3 had only a few. Yet even with the release of Halo 3, ps3 outsold 360 last year at a higher price point. Why would Sony, now in a better position, not do the same this year?

2008:
-Wii (1st)
-PS3 (2nd)
-360 (3rd)

[Chitown71291]

1st: PS3 with 140+million
2nd: Wii with 80-90 million
3rd: Xbox 360 with 40-50 million

PS3 isn't going to start selling like the Wii until fall 2009/ early 2010. XBox 360 will be selling at the rate it is now. And for the Wii it will have a price drop next year, but won't be selling as much as it is now. I see PS3 at the $300 price point next year, with GT5 and Final Fantasy XIII ( both additions ) coming out next year. And I don't know if you realize this, but GT5 is our TRUE system seller. Each Gran Turismo has sold about 10 mil each. And Final Fantasy in Japan..............do I need to say more. Wii will look a fad when PS3 gets Home started, and blu-ray advertised properly, as next year more HDTV's will be in homes. XBOX 360 will probally have Halo 4 and Project Gotham, but will they have a true massive title on their hand. Like God of War 3, WarDevil, Gran Turismo 5, iNfAMOUS, Killzone 2, Final Fantasy XIII, White Knight Story, Metal Gear Solid 4 re-release( it's coming.....trust me!). I mean come on, who the hell is going to buy a Wii, when you can get more bang for your buck.

[gaffyh]

PS3Addiction.com talking about PS3 being number 1 in the holiday sales, is like Bruceongames talking about the 360 being number 1 in holiday sales...

...biased.

[Anton Chigurh]

@ above

I came to here to talk about games not hardware sales or the xbox is dead in Japan Or Europe lol whatever

[GiantEnemyCrab]

@1.7: Bingo!! We have a winner!

"Currently PS3 has the best catalog of AAA titles"

hahahaha.. I can't stop laughing at that one cahill.

[Lifendz]

if you can't afford a PS3, or your parents refuse to pay the extra 200 when the comp is cheaper than I feel for you. But 360 isn't a bad consolation prize. In fact, I may pick up a 360 this Holiday season for Gears 2. But Sony's lineup this holiday season should all sell A MILI A MILI A MILI.....couldn't resist.

[leyego]

personaly i don't give a sh!t if ps3 wins, i don't give a sh!t if xbox wins, i don't give a sh!t if wii wins.

just give me kingdom hearts 3, final fantasy 13 and v13, metal gear, suikoden 6, God of war, street fighter, prince of persia, a new shadow hearts, and for the love of god make a new chrono game.
plus more that i can't think of right now.

thats y i have a ps3 right now, most of the games i want are on it.

if the xbox somehow gets suikoden 6 or any other of the games i want then i would go out and buy it just for that(those) game(s).
i would have even went out and bought a wii for kingdom hearts 3 if it was to be on the wii only.

only noobs care about console sales. its still to early, 90% of the games we love arnt even announced yet. so its anyones game.

this is truely my fault for even considering a next gen console this early. i should have waited another 4-5 years like i did with the ps2 b4 i jumped in.

[jaysquared]

Can somebody please explain to me whats so cool about LBP? from watching all the game videos I dont get why every PS3 fans are proclaiming to be the next coming of christ. I mean yeah it has pretty graphics. But that's about it.

[ASSKICKING4U]

ohh men.., I have both consoles and there is no better console for me than the 360, they say more mature people play the PS3 because they use less profanic phrases??, Thats because they dont have a headset, actually it feels more like you are playing in mute town in most games. The free online play, hey let me tell you a very famous frase "you get what you pay for", that should take care of that. And last, the most important of all the reasons, GAMES. All you get from sony are promises and promises games keep getting delayed, trophies are only for a few games, Home is coming?? I've been hearing that for some time now, you want bad ass get a 360.

[Mhassan]

Although i can't say anything about LIVE but i don't think that PSN has more mature people, Just few weeks ago i was kicked out of a Warhawk match just for killing the host far oo many times..i mean WTF man...but anyway..this arguement needs to be changed a bit.

[soxfan2005]

There are no accurate sales charts for Europe as a whole, as there is for the US (NPD). PS3 fans just want to believe that the PS3 is ahead of 360 there. Spread a rumor long enough and people will start to believe it, true or not.

[Jake1111]

" I have both consoles and there is no better console for me than the 360, "

There is no way you own both systems and have played the best games on both systems and you still make this statement. It is commical.

I have all 3 systems. The PS3 is the only system I play now. I was amazed by Drakes, Warhawk, R&C, Heavenly, GT5 and I am now playing big boss hard on MGSIV. After completing it prior.

I dont even have interest in anything at this point on the 360. I played GOW to death and now I am trading my 360 in before it craps out.

The games are amazing. Sony is just starting to shine.

Lovin life!

Jake

[HB-Sauce]

I think the PS3's success hinges on LittleBigPlanet. If LBP isn't a critical and commercial success then it will really hurt the PS3's holiday sales.

[PirateThom]

Meh, I disagree, PlayStation's sucess is never linked to one game, it's linked to a number of different games across numerous genres.

Ask PS3 owners their more anticipated game this next few months, you'll get a wide range of responses.

[DavidMacDougall]

I dissagree there is more than LBP and LBP is completely brand new.

Killzone is going to be one of the best looking FPS of 2009.

GT5 "THE" best driving game only on ps3

Resistance 2 with its 60 player online and 8 player co-op nothing the 360 can match

The way 360 is starting to show its age because of storage space most games in the future will be held back or on several discs will the ps3 right now is future proof

[jwatt]

I agree with both you guys that there is usually a wide variety of games that people want but I really do think the big thing for Sony this holiday season is LittleBigPlanet. Plus I think out of all the games coming out LBP can sell the most worldwide.

I also think all the consoles are going to sell well and even if the ps3 doesn't sell the most I think it's going to do well considering that it is the most expensive.

[juuken]

I disagree as well. You're forgetting other games that can play a role in the PS3's success.

Socom: Confrontation
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm (Naruto is very popular in Japan and can move consoles)
Resistance 2
Motorstorm: Pacific
Valkyria Chronicles
White Knight Chronicles (Can move consoles in Japan as well)

And next year is going to be even more insane.

[Narutone66]

I'm more a driving gamer, even bought a G25 steering wheel just for GT5P. Keeping an eye for LBP and Eyepet though, my son and daughter kept asking when will it be out.

[HB-Sauce]

I do agree that Playstation does have a wide variety of games that bring in the audience and the previous playstations they haven't relied on one game/franchise to sell consoles but I'm talking about success this holiday season. There will be PS3s moved this holiday for sure but if Sony wants to push the most units LBP is gonna have to set the world on fire. I know Resistance 2, Motorstorm: Pacific Rift, and other games will move consoles but wouldn't you agree that LBP has the *most* potential to shift consoles this holiday season? If Little Big Planet turns out to be the success that everyone wants it to be, it will make the 08 PS3 line-up look that much sweeter to people who want to buy in seeing as they can pick up 2 to 3 other quality titles (depending on prefernces they may pick up more) with LBP.

[himdeel]

...of the PS3 is tied to one title every time an exclusive pops up. That my friends is absolutely ridiculous. Similarly it's like saying the 360 is dead in Fable 2 doesn't sell 1 million copies in the first day.

While you could legitimately say SONY has a lot riding on LBP it's not the second coming of Christ, it's just imo a really interesting new IP. Also imo SONY would like to use LBP to bring in various segments of the market that want something different as far as gaming is concerned...oh yeah and make a lot of the money WHILE milking LBP for all it's worth.

[THC CELL]

ps3 ftw

[cleanhealthy12]

im selling my ps3 & games for a 360

[LinuxGuru]

As if you even have a PS3.

Go ahead, Microsoft would love to have you in their camp.

http://www.kmfms.com/whatsb...

Go ahead and read that. Tell me what you think about Microsoft afterward.

[TANOD]

YOU DONT OWN A PS3
YOU OWN AN OVEN AKA ELECTRIC HEATER AKA TRASH BOX 360

[cleanhealthy12]

@ 3.2- like i care about the companies like a little nerd, its about games, and 360's games >> Ps3's

@3.3- look & stfu

http://i34.tinypic.com/2lke...

http://i37.tinypic.com/f521...

im trying to get rid of that POS as fast as possible to have enough for 360s awesome games

[NipGrip]

Sorry for your loss, clean. You're making a huge mistake, but hey enjoy.

[jessupj]

What do you have to look forward to on the 360? gears and fable 2 is about it. There's so much great stuff coming out of the ps3 yet your about to sell it. But 16 year old boys are drawn to the 360 like a magnet for some weird reason. You might realise your mistake 6 months from now.

[tocrazed4you]

All up to LBP for appeal to every market, Resistance 2 for shooters, Motorstorm 2 for racing, Socom for Shooting, Naruto Ultimate Ninja for fighting,and lastly the two rpgs valkyria and eternal sonata. OOo and bioshock to help make the ps3 sell tons!!! Price drop wouldn't hurt either. I am telling you if the price is 300 bucks ps3 will win the holiday season hands down, unless the wii still appeals to families and little kids.

[fafoon]

Can't Argue with that !!

You can take that to the Bank !!

You can bet your house on this one !!

A forgone conclusion !!

Without doubt !!

Pick one of the Above

[RememberThe357]

For a second there I thought they were going to give concrete reasons, not the PS3 in better reason. Sure, as PS3 owners we see the tremendous value of our console, but how does that translate into sales? I'm just tired of these fanboy sites giving people the "I love my PS3, so you should get one" reasons for why the PS3 will do better in a given time frame. Personally I want some numbers to back up claims of who will win out this holiday season.

[cahill]

PS3 has the best lineup AS OF NOW and also for Fall 08

in USA is RESISTANCE 2

in JAPAN is WKS

in EUROPE is MOTORSTORM 2

all PS3 exclusives

LBP is the biggest game of Fall 2008

Dark Knight Blu Ray will also sell atleast a million PS3s worldwide

I mean there is no reason why you shouldnt chose a ps3 now

[RememberThe357]

Didn't mean to reply to your comment, don't know how that happened. My bad that was supposed to be in independent comment.

[ASSKICKING4U]

For games get a 360, for a blueray player get a ps3, most people are getting the ps3 because they see it as a great blueray player value, not a gaming machine, noticed how games sales are often better on the 360, and games is where the bussines is. So how good is to sell more ps3's if you guys dont buy any games.

[NipGrip]

Where is proof of that please besides it just being said to be said? I've heard 360 folks say that quite a bit but never has it been ever backed up. It's FUD spread by MS is all and the facts are the PS3 has more *true* exclusives you have to own a PS3 to play. Not a PC. No Uncharted on PC. No MGS4 on it either. This holidays, the PS3 is going to slaughter the 360 in terms of exclusives and on into 2009.

I'll say it again as for the 360, the Emperor has no clothes.

[gaffyh]

Asskicking - Multi-plat 360 games get more sales because of the larger install base as of now, and MS hyping up the games for their system.

I hate it when fanboys say people buy PS3s for a bluray player, are you retarded or something? PS3 is a games machine first, but the bluray movie playback as an extra feature, if you say it like that then the 360 is a dvd player or the PS2 was just a dvd player that plays games.

btw, I own a PS3 and I do not own a single Blu-Ray movie, though I have rented a couple.

[arika]

finally an article that makes sense!

[v1c1ous]

neglecting to take the wii into consideration.

even without "games", it's managed to buttrape every other console on the market.

brisk confidence, or selective predictions?

[Lord Shuhei Yoshida]

That was rather useless.Thank you for spamming

[jessupj]

Because the wii has a different target audience. A person looking to get a wii is not going to care about the other 2 and vise versa. How many soccer mum's do you think would buy a ps3 or 360 for them selves? I'd say close to none. How many core gamers yet to enter the current gaming market are tosing the idea of a wii or ps3? Again, very few. The wii is going to win in it's category because it has no competition. And it's either the ps3 or 360 to win in their own category

[NewSchoolGamer]

the PS3 selling more this holiday season "worldwide" and maybe in NA if LBP does well and is advertised well.

A price cut would seal the deal and Sony would have this holiday season in the bag no matter what=.

EDIT: V1icious

I think the reason for that is that the wii has been forgotten as a gaming console and now regarded as that new casual craze that consumers who have no clue what they are looking at are buying.

[lnfinite]

Fantastic Article that Raises Valid and Truthful Points,the Author of the Article has Shown what True Video Game Journalism should be like

[---------Nona-------]

Definitely,he managed to articulately explain how Sony would smack the sh*t out of the xbox 360 and wii

['_']

{lol bend over microsoft and take it like a b****}

[Aquanox]

As soon as I read the title I thought "This must be a sony fanboy website"

Then I mouse over the source and it says "ps3addiction.com" ... the irony.

Every serious publication points out that Sony will be in trouble if they don't perform a price cut, and this looks farer than ever right now. As yahoo said: Profit or Marketshare?

[ProfessionalTroll]

Rarely do you find such well written articles,kudos to the author

[zimbo007]

kudos to author

[lnfinite]

"Sony to take #1

Nintendo to take #2

Microsoft to take away 360 and leave the console business in shame "

Quoted For Truth

[TheOtherGuy]

Thats right xbots,YOU CANT HANDLE THE TRUTH XD XD XD XD XD XD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MaximusPrime]

looks like PS3 will probably win this. Wii would be close 2nd. xbox 360 will be....urm..... 3rd? no 5th after PSP and DS

[waltercross]

Yeah, I Think that if the PS3 Sales Increase
I see the PSP sales Increase to, they go Hand in Glove.

[leyego]

can't believe u got so many agrees from that.

the ps3 wont win this holiday. price has a huge effect on people face it. anyone who says otherwise is blinded by fanboyism.

keep telling urselves that the ps3 will win, it wont.
my guess is that this holiday everything will go up, everything will be in demand. i expect it to be just like any other month except a huge rise in every systems sales.
bottem line : IF nintendo has enough wiis on the self, they will outsell everyone.

[Drealmcc0y]

Whats the biggest game this holiday?
O thats right Gears 2.

Edit: Lord

Wasnt that what the PS3 fanboys said last time
"Resistance will blow away Gears with teh power of teh cell and blu ray, with 40 players online against a measly 8."

PS3 fanboys were right.
.... o wait no they wasnt Gears got GOTY and Resistance was a big fat FLOP! BWAHAHA.
How the PS brand has fallen! They hype sequels to flops! KillZone 1, biggest flop of last generation!

Maximus Prime:
Is that why Gears has sold outsold every single PS3 exclusive to date?