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Force Unleashed Sales Lead On Xbox 360

LucasArts' Star Wars: The Force Unleashed has stormed the UK, taking the number one spots in the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2 and PSP charts.

The Xbox 360 SKU accounted for 48 per cent of all sales, while 30 per cent of units sold were on the PlayStation 3 and 15 per cent on the Wii. The remaning sales were split between PS2, PSP and DS.

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Killjoy30005694d ago (Edited 5694d ago )

Not a surprise, as multi-plats always were the 360's expertise...

Too bad I can't say the same for exclusives...

HipHopGamerShowFan5694d ago

I bet in the rest of Europe the PS3 version led in sales.

fufotrufo5694d ago (Edited 5694d ago )

If sales is what you are talking about..Gears of War 2 sales are going to disagree with you ..veryy soon

Killjoy30005694d ago

Not only led in sales, but in the development to. It's clear that the PS3 version is the better of the two anyways, just like GTA 4.

sak5005694d ago

Yea i'm sure ps3 exclusives have all crossed 6 million sales just like Gears, Halo3 etc on 360.

/sarc

Killjoy30005694d ago (Edited 5694d ago )

When there are so many Xbox users and so little games, 2 exclusives will almost have to cross that mark, I suppose. There are just too many PS3 exclusives that can sell that many. Why? Because all PS3 gamers are gonna be broke!!! Don't worry though, because you'll have enough money set aside after buying Gears to get another year of Live so you can jump online with your product.

And BTW, I was talking about Microsoft's field of profession, not sales. I clearly stated their expertise was multi-plats and not exclusive games.

JokesOnYou5694d ago (Edited 5694d ago )

I don't know I could be wrong but I *heard there is this little 360 *exclusive game that holds some quite impressive sales records. Hell depending on the week it can still be found within the top 25 on Amazon and other best selling game lists even 1 yr after release. Damm!, still can't remember the name of that game, but I think theres a soldier named Master Spartan, or Master Sergeant, or hmmm lets see... I think its Master Chief maybe...errr whatever but from what I hear it was a pretty successful exclusive for micro, and although other exclusive have not been able to match that amazing level of success I think compared to other consoles 360 exclusives have performed very well across the board.

JOY

edit: killjoy= And BTW, I was talking about Microsoft's field of profession, not sales. I clearly stated their expertise was multi-plats and not exclusive games.

the more you talk the more ridiculous it sounds: ...."Microsoft's field of profession, not sales" ha ha first of all that makes your first comment even weaker since this thread is about a multiplatform games *sales*, also micro's first and foremost a "software" company so I don't get your point about multiplats being their "field of profession"= NO, but if you are implying that the 360 design is better suited for game devs when dev time and money is a factor then yes the 360 this is a strength of the 360, thats a bonus NOT a negative factor, especially when multiplats make up the bulk of games on any console, then when you add the fact that micro has more of the highly rated exclusives it still seems to me that your comment is more fanboyism and not based on any revelant facts.

JOY

UltimateIdiot9115694d ago

Star Wars was on my list but with MM9, WipEout HD, LittleBigPlanet, SCIV (still didn't get a chance to get it), Valkyria Chronicles, possibly Mirror's Edge, possibly Socom and what ever good PSN download, I don't think I can afford to buy Star Wars. I'm sure a lot of other PS3 owners have a huge list of fall/winter game list to choose Star Wars.

solidjun55694d ago (Edited 5694d ago )

because your obvious fanboyism never shines through.

/sarcasm.

I'm merely responding to your comment "your fanboyism is showing". Which is weird cause your shows all the freaking time. Also, everyone here buys games for both systems. It's not mutually exclusive to one system.

JokesOnYou5694d ago (Edited 5694d ago )

I'm definitely glad I own a 360, I'm a big Halo fan= now that definitely makes me a 360 fanboy....wait, wait however I do own a ps3= I think that makes me a Gamer too, Wow! my Mommy was right Iam special, ha ha but then again I own every big 360 exclusive and I buy all the good multiplats on 360 just for the achievements, ha ha damm, I guess that makes me a huge 360 fanboy again, dammit. Now that I'm done sharing my sins, no matter what name you call me it still doesn't change the LOGIC of my post, if so please do explain or just continue to call me names if that what makes you feel better.

JOY

fufotrufo5694d ago (Edited 5694d ago )

@killoy
well..this thread IS about sales..not development :S

anyway..enlighten me on how is GTA 4 is better on ps3?

Graphics wise?

http://i34.tinypic.com/107j...

don't think so

Online ?

Don't think so

Sales?

Don't think so

how is that superior development?

Martini5694d ago

Killjoy this one is for you, write it down -

"It is often better to keep one's mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt."

:)

leila015694d ago

The 360 is getting even more RPGs (Japanese support) according to a news I read a little while ago.
It's selling very well across the globe. And now, I'm hearing (although it's nothing new...) that it sells more games than it's competitors!

This is great news for the 360 owners, developers will keep supporting the console til the 720 is out.

Glad to be a gamer5694d ago

Don't bother posting much anymore becasue of the complete bias and lack of any worthwhile disscussions on this site.

Seems like most o0f the like minded people like you and meus also don't bother to much anymore.

As for the rest of you (exc a few select cases) don't you ever get tired of this constant Battle of downplaying the 360 acheivments and praising anything Ps3 related??

Both consoles have good points and bad points and both are selling well hence most 3rd party games being multiplat and coming out on both consoles (unless MS pay for exc)

Im finally biting the bullet and getting a Ps3 in October for lbp and wipe out hd and ill be buying games for the 360/ps3 this christmas as they both have a great line up this christmas. : 0

I suggest those that have not got a 360 yet jump in this christmas as at the price of the arcade/pro theres alot of great gaming to be had past/present and future.

I bet that this christmas even witht he strong lineups of both consoles that the 360 wins the war comfortably as i betting alot of ps3 gamers will pick up a 360 at the current price (i know 2 that are) and the massive popultation of teenage gamers with limited funds will pick one up or get one for christmas.

£300 is a good price for a Ps3 considering the no of uses it has but if you have a computer(most people), no hd tv (most people) and want a new game console to play games on then it ends up beig more exspensive without any benefits.

AAACE55694d ago

Ahhh... Europe and Japan... a Ps3 fanboys crutch!

If sales for something aren't what you want to hear in america... depend on euro and japan to make it better! Sales for the Ps3 games are a work in progress... no need to defend it everytime they don't beat the competition!

Remember, there was a time when companies thought that 360 gamers were the only ones who bought games, but now you don't hear those comments anymore.

Get out there and buy more games and encourage other Ps3 owners to buy games! Exclusives are good, but you have to push any game released on the Ps3, multiplat or not.

Looking at the list on metacritic.com, since madden came out, and including all the games scheduled to come out this month... the 360 has about 50 games! The ps3 are closer to 25 games.

Those little games that get overlooked by alot of other games are the pioneer games which helped the Ps2 console sale as much as it did. But now those games are showing their face on the 360.

You guys have to get out there and make those games sale so that those little games show up on the Ps3! If you only worry about exclusives and high profile titles... then you will make sony the next nintendo, meaning people only buy their system for their exclusives and 3rd party games don't stand a chance!

himdeel5693d ago (Edited 5693d ago )

...is bigger then the next gen fan base. Given that fact, the 360 "should" have the higher sales numbers for this type of game. The Star Wars franchise history and the number of 360's out there makes it a clear cut conclusion.

At this point this generation it would seem weird if the PS3 sold more units of a multiplatform game. If the PS3 every does in the next two years that would be a clearer indication that MS has saturated their target market. It "could" also be an indication that the PS3 has a higher if not equal number of consoles in all markets relative to the 360.

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DavidMacDougall5694d ago (Edited 5694d ago )

Yeah but MGS4 sold better on the ps3 cant remember how well it sold on the 360 i can remember they all wanted it so it probably sold good.

But multi platform games always sell better on xbot360 it has more people its simple maths

Irishrocket695694d ago (Edited 5694d ago )

MGS4 didn't sell well on the PS3 (bargain bin after three weeks), X360 sales will double it. Your bad!

Freezingduck5694d ago

Bargain bin after...wait...no one buys this game

Kaneda5694d ago

Isn't this game is the only decent game so far for Xbox 360 this year? :) of course more people gonna buy on 360.. PS3 people are saving money for SOCOM, LBP, and R2...

Obama5694d ago

@irishredneck

Come back when force has sold 5 million on the 360.

Irishrocket695693d ago

Has any game sold 5 million on the POS3, oh wait no, but I guess you like to exaggerate number, like 58 states and stuff!

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chrisnick5694d ago

right there......one too many chromosomes.

cmrbe5694d ago

I am sure he doesn't understand what you are talking about.

blooodFrenzy925694d ago

what are you talking about!! we are in the next gen now. i agree the ps2 was great but were no longer in the past and all eyes are now on the next gen. so i really dont understand what point you were trying to make

Killjoy30005694d ago

I changed my comment, as I felt it was severely off-topic.

Lord Shuhei Yoshida5694d ago

Yes.Crap games sell well on crap systems lol

Xbots dont have games to play :)

Stryfeno25694d ago

Maybe if they made it into a Blu-ray movie it would of sold better.

Shadow Man5694d ago

Couldn't manage to spin this good news so he insults the 360.

Shane Kim5694d ago

Agree with Lord Shuhei, only dumb@ss bots will buy this lousy game. I mean they allready bought a xbox, so what would stop them from buying flops?

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Pacific Rim Pinball comes to Pinball FX

This could be fun as they make great tables. Go big or go extinct. Prime your senses for a neural handshake and step into the cockpit of a Jaeger. It is on you to cancel the apocalypse when Pacific Rim Pinball comes to Pinball FX on May 16.

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Microsoft’s Surface and Xbox hardware revenues take a big hit in Q3

Microsoft just posted the third quarter of its 2024 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $61.9 billion in revenue and a net income of $21.9 billion during Q3. Revenue is up 17 percent, and net income has increased by 20 percent.

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darthv7215h ago

Xbox content + services up 62% while hardware down 31%... seems about right with the way they tout you don't need the hardware to play. People can play on their phones or smart tv or other means. I don't hardly play on my consoles directly since getting devices like the logitech g-cloud and ps portal. Which is to also say I have been playing more digital than physical because of these devices.

solideagle2h ago

you should apply in MS PR team buddy, I think you will do a great job in my humble opinion :)

Sonic188112m ago

I thought darthv72 and Obscure_Observer already work for Microsoft 🤔

Cacabunga2h ago

I can tell people like you are an absolute minority..

If service is up means their fans and fanboys accepted this model and subscribed to it. The near future you will see a big decline because the service is saturated.

shinoff21831h ago

But that's been ms for years. When things aren't going their way they try to change the way things are said. For instance console sales are down, they stop telling how many sold instead telling us how many hours spent in halo or headshots. So it makes sense console sales down just say people are playing on more devices then previous. What they won't say is how many xbox players jumped ship to ps5.

Cacabunga31m ago

Hardware sales are so bad that Sony and Nintendo are blowing the sales off the water with their hardware.

If Xbox are losers, others aren’t..
Xbox already tried everything with Xbox live then subscriptions went down so much that they had to find something else. Their fans subscribed then reached saturation rather quickly.

Hardware and exclusive games is where it’s at! Keep gamers excited, announce decent software and people will support you

purple1015h ago

Xbox hardware revenue tanks to lowest point of Xbox Series generation

Profchaos4h ago

I'm not surprised surface is struggling they aren't relevant anymore

XBManiac4h ago

Too expensive hardware when others offer the same or more for less? Good work, Green Team.

SimpleDad3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

"Despite some early successes for Xbox games on rival platforms, Xbox hardware is down by a massive 31 percent this quarter."
"Without Activision Blizzard, Microsoft’s overall gaming revenue would have actually declined this quarter."
"Xbox content and services would have only been up a single percent without Activision Blizzard..."
"It looks like next quarter is going to be a similar story for gaming at Microsoft, too."

That is crazy... so A/B/K is carrying the whole Xbox gaming.
Oh and Microsoft will be fine. Windows, Office and Cloud are growing with each pc purchase.

purple1013h ago

Activision: "we gonna need a bigger rucksack/backpack please"

Microsoft: "why's that"

Activision: "to carry yo' weak ass'

Profchaos2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

Top brass have also wanted to start seeing returns on the 100 billion they have put into various Xbox related moves so seeing more multiplatform games is highly likely especially from abk

It's basically saying that PlayStation is the reason Xbox is afloat right now thinks to Ps5 versions of COD

Kornholic1h ago

So basically PS and PC gamers' money is keeping Xbox on life support.

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Why Monopolies In Gaming Must Not Be Allowed

As of right now, there are no monopolies in the games industry, and for the sake of the medium as a whole, they never should either.

thorstein14h ago

Shouldn't be allowed in any field.

Inverno10h ago

And yet the biggest tech companies in America are essentially that. They buy up all the small comps only to kill them off and steal what they have, and if they can't buy em they bleed them to death.

jwillj2k49h ago

Eventually they’ll realize the value is with the employee not the company. Buying an IP means nothing if the people who contributed are let go. They’ll get it one day.

MrCrimson8h ago

tech is different because they buy threats and then kill them. Twitter bought Vine and did nothing with it. Despite people seemingly liking it. Could've had tiktok a decade before bytedance. go figure.

Zenzuu9h ago

Monopolies shouldn't be allowed regardless. Not just for gaming.

MrCrimson8h ago

They buy IPs not talent. That's why these buyouts never work and the IPs die. Right now it's too expensive to develop games - but I expect that to shift maybe as AI tools can make it easier. The best games have been indie games for awhile as big developers fuck their ips to death with "games as a service" -