January 2010 NPD Numbers Are In

The NPD numbers for January 2010 are in. What consoles took the top spot and what games had people opening their wallets?

[Time Lord]

It's that time of the month again.

[Pein]

look closely

[Megaton]

Sales: serious business that directly impacts the level of fun we can have with games.

[Genesis5]

Didn't Greenburg once say. "It dosen't matter who sells more in January. It's the holdays that count."

[lelo2play]

Great numbers for Wii and DS (as usual)...
Good numbers for X360 and PS3...
Not so good numbers for PSP...
... numbers for the PS2 are from a console that's ending it's life cycle. PS2 had a great life.

Nintendo this generation is murdering the competition.

PS: As for the 2 million proclaimed for Mass Effect 2 sales, you have to take in account the rest of the world and also the PC sales numbers.

As for MAG i expected it to be in the top 10... and it's not. I guess bad numbers for MAG.

[II-Reaper-II]

Vgchartz had The PS3 at 350,000 for the month and they r not usually that far off from npd,very strange?Also i remember people were saying that ME2 sold 2 million in 1 week and now we know it was a lie because it sold 600,000+ in the U.S and it sells a little less in europe lol.Somebody overstating facts like always?huh

[bioshock1221]

Yep it is. I can't believe army of two 40th day sold so well. I was expecting it to bomb and where is bayonneta and MAG. Why don't they ever release the top 20 instead I would like to see how both did.

At above ^^^ Mass Effect 2 sold 2 million worldwide and this is just for america so it's possible it sold 2 million worldwide.

[ape007]

happy being a gamer :)

hope bioshock 2 do great cause I played it 4 like 2 hours and it rocked

ROCKED

[infamousinfolite]

is clearly beating the ps3 in sales.

[JokesOnYou]

MW2 is a great game, despite all the haters on n4g(not that they really matter anyway) its by far ps3's best selling game and 360's 2nd best selling game for the month....the game is just so much fun. I'm dissapointed Bayonetta isn't on the list, the gameplay in that game is second to none when it comes to action games, even edging out the great Ninja Gaiden. btw, Zipper has to be dissapointed MAG is a no show on the charts.

wii dominating as usual, 360 showing its strength and ps3 hangin in there.....great time to be a gamer.

JOY

[FlipMode]

It looks like these sales are going to be pretty even from now on.

[ape007]

yeah lol

mw2 Rocks and numbers prove that

anyway peace and game on dude :)

[CrazzyMan]

x360 won this month vs ps3 in NA.
Deal with that.

Though, WorldWide it`s PS3 all the way.
However, x360 is still a STRONG competitor in NA, which won`t be defeated so easily like in Japan or Europe.

This month Heavy Rain and next month FFXIII with God of War 3. It will be interesting to see, how x360 will deal with that in NA. =)
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[TOO PAWNED]

MAG flopped, not in top 10, yeah yeah i know it had 4-5 days on sale, but so did ME2 and look at it . RPG doing those numbers

[xTruthx]

@TOO PAWNED
Mag is a new IP, mass effect inst and if its not like cod, that u need t camp do be good it wont sell as much

JokesOnYou it sold well cus people though it was going to be as good as cod4 but it clearly isn't. Full of glitches and is made for camping which makes the game horrible. I got nukes in CTF, sabotage, and dm always cus I did the same crap over and over, you only need a harrier, chopper gunner and ull get te nuke, its retarded. Now they will release a new cod on December with all the problems fixed. Activition is a joke.

[BulletToothtony]

when the ps3 passes the 360's numbers worldwide i think there is gonna be a lot of suicides..

[mint royale]

Congrats all 3 but especially nintendo. I guess they'll wish this gen will never end. If you talk about sales without mentioning them then you are kidding yourself.

[JokesOnYou]

"JokesOnYou it sold well cus people though it was going to be as good as cod4" -xTruthx

lol, you might be able to use that excuse at launch but the game came out in Novemeber and its still the best selling ps3 game for January, its likely to be for February and yet you think people are still buying it because IW is tricking them into thinking its as good as COD4, lol just NO, people are buying it still because its getting alot of playtime and gamers tend to buy things when the word of mouth gets out about a good game, if the game was anywhere near as bad as n4g elites said people would be trading it in and definitely not still playing it in the millions and buying huge quantities of it right now. If you personally think the flaws equal a bad game that's fine but that makes you a very tiny insignificant minority for the rest of the world MW2 kick ass, so just deal with reality and go play whatever you like.

@ ape007, It's good to see there are a few of us MW2 supporters/gamers left on n4g....either way if I see you online don't expect any special treatment, fcking headshots for me are like Spinach to Popeye.

JOY

[Blaster_Master]

I just caught a trojan virus loading up this page. Not cool.

[xTruthx]

jokes do you even have a ps3 ? I have over 60 friends and almost every 1 was playing it when it came out, now only 5 or 8 still play it. if it was that good i doubt over 30 pep would stop playing it.

[silvacrest]

looks like ME2 made a difference(established franchise), unfortunately MAG didn't (online only new IP)

[RememberThe357]

All this arguing over Sony and MS, and Nintendo is blowing everyone out of the water.

MAG didn't even make it into the top ten. Maybe Sony should have advertised. I still need to pick the game up though, the beta was a blast and the final release looks even better.

Mass Effect 2 deserve every sale it gets, that game is amazing.

MW2 doesn't deserve those sales at all IMO, there are much better games out there. Hell, Playing MW2 made me want to go back to COD4.

[Lemmiwinks]

MAG is cool game but its not for everyone, including me, when will 360 owners understand that every gamer doesnt have to flock to one game lol. we ps3 owners flock to games we like and usually we get spread out. or were just smart consumers going through rough times and even tho were not buying games we still have the option to buy really good games and we have a superior piece of hardware....times are tough not everyone has parents to buy there games for them, if my parents help me its to buy groceries, and gas for my car, not buy me the new bioshock 2 or battle field bad company 2...the 360 is beating the ps3 by 60000 approx, well guess what in europe and japan combined the ps3 gains more then 60000 so the 360 is actually losing to the ps3 if you really want to get a numbery and technical...personally i dont care just thought you want to know the truth.....ohh yeah and to get the whole 1 year headstart to be far how bout when microsoft stops making the 360 like the xbox 1, and sony continues to support the ps3 we will dedicate that year to give the ps3 a fair chance to completely pass the 360 if it hasnt happend all ready...and no one can say its not fair, cuz logically it will be fair. like honestly ask yourselves this what true next generation console that starts off at 600 (that exclaims the Wii it started at 279.00 in a recession lol) and can come out of a year behind and 10 mil or so behind....the fact that the ps3 is pumping out better quality , more exclusives graphically, exclude personally gaming preference each to their own right....is something to be proud about..you can play the total sales number game and disregard the year and 10 mil head start as a factor all you want, but when it comes right down to it the ps3 has been out selling the 360 world wide since the slim launched.....america or canada isnt the fin world... i live in canada by the way.... and also it has been outselling the 360 overall if you put there launches side by side....i hate the numbers game i dont believe that it really matters to me, but i do believe in the truth.

edit 4 disagrees but no one to say why im wrong...man N4g really has to make that in denial button lol

[KingME]

Why do you sound so butt hurt?

[callahan09]

The most telling thing about these numbers to me is that Darksiders outsold Bayonetta. Sad. I just beat Bayonetta today for the first time, and I must say, that game is utterly brilliant. Should have made the top 10 if gamers knew 1 god damn thing about good games to spend their money on, but obviously they don't, so whatever. Sales are meaningless about quality.

Edit: Oh and by the way, I beat Darksiders too. I don't make comparisons or statements about games I haven't played. It was pretty good, but Bayonetta was genius.

[The Lazy One]

ME2 sold ~600k in 5 days on one continent. I'd say it's very possible to sell 2 million globally in 2 weeks.

@DeepInterLudium
I'm sure everyone set on buying a PS3 would rather pick up a different console instead of driving <5 minutes to walmart/best buy/futureshop to buy the console they actually want.

[PoSTedUP]

i use to play sales, now i play games. the time you waste talking about sales--you're letting the sales play You. wake up.

[Saaking]

ME2 seems like it was indeed a system seller. It's sad to see NA is still buying the 360 even though it's much inferior, but atlas NA =/= the world. PS3 sells around 200k+ in Japan and outsells the 360 in NA. I'll go ahead and say the PS3 beat the 360 world wide by a good 250k+.

[kenkaniff]

All I know is that you could not find a PS3 in NYC during the month of January. My friend tried to find one for weeks. She almost ended up going to New Jersey.

[mikeslemonade]

PS3 wins worldwide by like 200,000-250,000 units for January. One week of PS3 japan sales pretty much cancels out the lead the 360 made in one month in America.

[gamer2010]

One week of Japan sales? Come on, show me. That's not what I have seen.

Anyway, good numbers for pretty much all the systems. The Wii is a phenomenon. The 360 continues to sell very strong and the PS3 isn't too far behind.

[jaysquared]

Its sad how Sony fans bring up all the other sales around the world to make the PS3 even in sales.. Last gen sonys console was just killing the competition and now the PS3 is just scrapping by to get into second place.. Sony did really drop the ball with the PS3 hopefully they have learned their lessons that its all about the games and not "movie features" that gamers buy consoles for!

[Parapraxis]

jaysquared, you're full of it.
Sony has brought some of the best games I've ever played. Period.
I've been gaming for almost 25 years.
If Sony "dropped" the ball with PS3, then I guess it's because they've already won the game ...and took home the trophy.

But of course, you probably judge a company solely on financial reports and not the number of HIGH quality exclusives they make every single year, eh.

[Mikeyy]

"All I know is that you could not find a PS3 in NYC during the month of January. My friend tried to find one for weeks. She almost ended up going to New Jersey. "

Almost LOL,

Not even the PS3 could make a New Yorker goto Jersey.

[jaysquared]

"But of course, you probably judge a company solely on financial reports and not the number of HIGH quality exclusives they make every single year, eh."

Isn't that what it comes down to at the end of the day? If Sony isn't making any money on their games or console you think they would still be making them?? You know the PS3 has been a disappoinment compared to the PS2 and many Sony fans know that but are just to butt hurt to admit it. And of course games are a lot better and they should be!! games are like technology they get better and better every year!

[mikeslemonade]

@1.34

Just scrapping in 2nd place? PS3 just hit $299 at its cheapest sku the same price as the PS2 launched. It's just that too many short sighted individuals supported the wrong console this generation. We would have more advanced games like Uncharted 2, but nope you guys are too blind to see the PS3's potential.

[Rampant]

Damn.

Microsoft should just show Sony how a price cut is done and get it over with.

[DelbertGrady]

Funny. I can swear some of you guys had no problem at all "playing the sales game" in some of these articles:

http://n4g.com/ps3/NewsCom-...

http://n4g.com/NewsCom-4744...

http://n4g.com/NewsCom-4722...

http://n4g.com/ps3/NewsCom-...

[jaysquared]

@Mikes

yeah isn't it sad that the more expensive 360 is outselling the PS3 even though the PS3 is the best bang for the buck. I mean c'mon with xbox live $50 a year, wifi $100 rechargable batteries $20 the 360 cost about $400 but its still outselling the cheaper PS3!! The PS3 isn't even close to outselling the wii..

Sony must be kicking themselves this gen.. Going from outselling the competition by more than 5x with the PS2 to coming in third at almost 4 years into the console life.. We all know that the PS3 is a disappoinment to Sony and their fans.. Just accept it and move on..

[Pekka]

@jaysquared: Don't add some useless features to the price of 360. Live and rechargable batteries are necessary (at least if you want to play online, some people don't) but wifi definitely isn't. Most 360 owners use wired connection (better for gaming anyway), only very few 360 owners buys wifi.

[SL1M DADDY]

For North America, yes. World wide... Nope. But in the end, does it matter? At this late in the game it is evident that both consoles will be around for some time and that the PS3 is gaining world wide so much so that it will become second place by the end of the gen... Not a place to brag about IMHO. Both of these consoles should be doing better than the Wii but the casuals sure do have a thing for the redesigned Gamecube.

[vhero]

New Super Mario brothers outsold Mass Effect 2... A 3 month old game outsold a supposedly AAA game on its launch week in 360's supposed highest selling territory? Think of it what you will but that adds even more reason to bring it to PS3 now. Sure Mario had an extra 2 weeks of sales but in reality its not like Mass Effect 2 was out of stock everywhere anybody could have picked up a copy in those 2 weeks. Make of it what you will.. Even Modern Warfare 2 outsold it between both PS3 and 360...

[DARK WITNESS]

" @jaysquared: Don't add some useless features to the price of 360. Live and rechargable batteries are necessary (at least if you want to play online, some people don't) but wifi definitely isn't. Most 360 owners use wired connection (better for gaming anyway), only very few 360 owners buys wifi. "

are you kidding me,,, lolololol

I can't even remember for how long now we have seen arguments with 360 fans saying the 360 is cheaper and ps3 fans arguing that it does not count because you have to take into account all the addon's. So your saying we can now disregard that argument and the 360 fans were correct all along when they said the 360 is cheaper. wow

I don't understand some of you. whenever someone talks about getting games on the 360 cos it's cheaper, people keep pointing out its more expensive because you buy all this other stuff, ok... but then when the sales numbers come up suddenly the 360 is cheaper again. which is it ?

[artsaber]

360 fans are the worst mathematicians on Earth. They cannot figure out the total end cost for their whole console rig to save their mother's life. That is why Microsoft uses a Point System for buying online items.

they have been flip flopping and floundering over their so-called "cheaper" console's complete price since it was launched. They tout it's cheaper even when they had the most expensive rig possible, complete with that brick of a HDDVD external drive. A comparable 360 feature vs feature against the PS3, would cost you double in the end. Don't lie, some of you have that HDDVD drive in your closet... lying to the world and still whispering, "It's cheaper"

[darthv72]

the "period" of the US games industry.

LOL

On topic: The ds numbers look to be combined of ds lite and dsi. Over in jp they break them down into dsl, dsi and dsll. Crazy numbers for wii and ds. You would think they have hit the saturation point but nope.

360 beat ps3 but I wonder why?

@artsaber: I wont hide it. I have the hddvd add-on and lots of movies too. They look the same as bluray at my tv native res of 720p. I use it as my primary dvd upscaler too. Why would it matter to you though? Other "options" are subjective like wifi and rechargable batteries. The wii doesnt require rechargable batteries so why should the 360? Replacing batteries when they die is really a big deal for some people isnt it??? I know it would suck for me to try and replace the battery in my ds3.

Which is cheaper from the perspective of replacing batteries or the entire controller? I will have to say the wifi for the 360 is better than the ps3. Maybe not worth the price of admission but definately better. I get no drops in connection or speed when gaming or netflix (and my 360 is 3 rooms away) where as my ps3 has its issues and in the same room as the router. I have made countless changes to improve signal strength and reliability and still have issues. Now I just use the wifi in the ps3 for remote play and use wired connection for online. Heck, even the wii has better wifi than ps3 (just my personal experience).

Think of it this way, what works for one may not be required for the other. Sony offers wifi and wired and MS offers wired and wifi extra, nintendo offers wifi and wired extra. The last two being optional but not deal breaking. Stop trying to state that a console MUST have the same as what you want in order to be justified. For me its all about the games. The only justification I NEED is good games and go figure...all three have that.

[DARK WITNESS]

@ artsaber

you prove my point exactly. The flip flopping is coming from your friends.

[Darkstorn]

WHAT? How the hell could the 360 outsell the PS3 by so many units right before Heavy Rain, GoW III, MAG, etc.

This isn't making sense.

[Old Greg]

Theres always an excuse.
The amount of hype thats in place for this game, should have garnered it atleast a top 5 spot.
So what happens when its not top 10 for the month of Feb? Maybe then we can all agree it didnt sell very well.

[blackboyunltd]

its working for me, wow super mario wii is a beast

[solar]

sad that UC2 isnt in the software list. come on ps3 owners buy games!! and again the 360 beats the ps3. and why are ppl buy MW2? i see console owners buy any crap with hype and a big name. another sad month for us true gamers.

[trancefreak]

I know nintendo is rockin but I would love an hd console from them. I would really like to play nintendo games in the same capacity as 360 or ps3 games.

Nintendo can support 2 consoles 1 for me and the wii for the uh well the other folks.

Regarding mag though since I love fps games and my ps3s, I just cant see spending 60 bucks on a online only game. IMO it should of priced like socom around 40 us dollars with a headset option. Honestly I have to pass on mag for now so I can GoW 3, heavy rain and bad co 2.
those are my picks and im going to be broke.

I still need to pick up me2 for my xbox jeez need another job for gaming but then i would have no time to play :(

[sukru]

But frankly I'd expect at least a million. I loved the game, and there was much hype, still it only sold twice of MW2 in its third month (or outsold if you also add PS3 version).

[blue7xx7]

It has sold 2 million worldwide apparently this is just for america. Anyways It's kinda disappointing bayonneta is not up there.

[xenogamer]

that low, not low compared to succes, but to overall hype that it was getting it. I havent bought my copy but im going this week end. Really dugg the first one so im pretty excited.

[mrblacknut]

You all are aware that is one week of sales for ME2. The real question is what happen to MAG that was released day and date and had a midnight launch also and didn't hit the top 10.

[Dannagar]

@xenogamer

Those aren't low sales for Mass Effect 2. Just remember that ME2 came out on the 26th of Jan. So those sales are for only the last part of the month.

[Solidus187-SCMilk]

around 600K for just 6 days on sale and this is only in the Americas. Pretty darn good. Also notice taht is just the 360 version and doesnt include the PC version(especially the downloads).

[xaviertooth]

horayy 50k!

now lets look at worldwide sales jan 2010

360 ---------------- ps3

167,716 ----------- 206,467
154,015 ----------- 199,460
153,873 ----------- 212,533
196,593 ----------- 291,107
313,114 ----------- 510,439

that's from vgchartz.

@tdrules: yes i know vgchartz's unreliable. so add few more thousands to ps3 figures then it will be credible.

[tdrules]

since when did VGChartz become a reliable source lmao

[Droid Smasha]

youre trying to hard lol

[5-oj]

Poor bots can't handle the facts HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHA!

[Droid Smasha]

buh..buh..buh only six dayyyyyssss!!!!

[we won]

Now I see why Sony is showing GOW3 toda, it's Sony's attempt to do damage control because of MSFT's event and the hint of PS3 numbers returning to normal.

[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi_]

...was this(the NPD Sales)the 'BIG NEWS' on that 'X10' show then??? ;-D
I have looked at the other stories on this site for something xBox 360 to blow-me-away and most of it we knew already!!! ;-D

+ ONLY 572K??? for 'Mass Effect 2'???
In the eyes of the ChavBot that is a FLOP!!! ;-D

+ Oh well at least the 'PS3' is KILLING the 'xBox 360' in Worldwide sales!!! ;-P

[Wrathman]

blah blah worldwide sales are more than the xbox.well guess wot.it doesnt matter.it will still take 10 years to close the gap at this rate.

poor sony fanboys.

wots next? A SLIM SLIM PS3?

LMFAO!

[Lemmiwinks]

all those natural disasters kill children and pregnant women so if that really is this so called god's work then he really is no better then those dogs you speak of that are in afganizthan.two wrongs dont make a right, i thought the devil was the guy that fights fire with more fire lol get your story straight ill informed christian..haha i love you close minded christians that have no grasp on logic. to be clear by the way there is no proof of existence ever that god ever walked the earth or jesus and the only proof is a 50 version bible lol....that plagerizes the Egyptian religion and Aztecs lol.......as ted would ask marshal can i say it and marshal would say Ill allow it u've just been lawyered lol....im fine with what other people believe i understand why people believe in religion it gives them hope and stregth and makes them be okay with death, but i am not fine with the whole in your face attitude that some christians have keep your religious believes to yourself and ill keep my science to myself....but once that word God slips out your far game.....

[L-Teezy]

@ THE KILLER. omg... u need help man. i reported your extremely offensive comment. go to hell

[gamer2010]

The Killer is a chauvinist and he hates Americans. In fact, that is probably the biggest reason behind why he hates the 360 so much. I reported his offensive comment as well.

[Dark360]

Poor DROIDS but dont worry have fun with the two flops of the month MAG...White Knight Chronicles and the average game called Heavy Rain...

Again Xbox 360 The Real Winner And The Ps3 The Real Loser

...Sorry DROIDS Better Luck Next Time...LOL

[blasian]

while ur still playing ME2 and..... umm... uh....... .... ya i got nothing

[PlayStation X]

lol

[gamer2010]

I'd rather play Mass Effect 2 than 2 mediocre PS3 games.

[Dev8 ing]

You're not done ME2 yet? What are you on like the 10th playthrough now?

[Omega4]

What happened to the PSP seems very very low

[lightningsax]

What happened to games being made for the PSP? That resurgence for the PSPgo is dead now. If they think that Go's will sell for a drop to only $200, they're either fooling themselves or have a zillion games up their sleeve that we don't know about. Let's hope it's the latter, or that the drop's really to at least $150.

I really wish they released more of the PSone classics in NA(come on, Japan has had Einhander for years!) instead of releasing bad PSone games and labeling them "classics." Anyone get a PSPgo because they wanted to play 2Xtreme? If you did, I'm bewildered.

[we won]

I wonder what kind of boost the 360 will get from ME2 in FEB since the game came out at the end of JAN. With a AAA coming out every other month on the 360 expect the numbers to grow or stay strong during slow months. This holiday will be crazy.

[Antan]

Last years totals make for interesting reading.

PlayStation 3 203.2K
Xbox 360 309K

Fast forward 12 months, one has increased.... the other decreased.

Expect Sonys response to be along the lines of "we had X% growth over last year". They will be pleased non the less.

Good numbers all round still, especially considering the credit crunch is still lingering.

[bioshock1221]

lol did you even click on the link both increased over last year.

[Weaksauce1138]

Dont know how you do your math, but to me it looks like they are both increases.

[Antan]

LOL! My bad guys, hey its nearly midnight in the UK!!

Well spotted.....i shall not edit my original post, i shall keep for posterity.

[silvacrest]

im in the UK but i noticed

just sayin....

[Weaksauce1138]

Ouch at lack of MAG. Online only FPS multiplayer for $60 was a rip off. Seems the public agreed.

[Silly gameAr]

That is all.

[DatNJDom81]

ur name says it all.......

[green]

Seems it did not even make ps3 owners buy the game talkeless of 360 owners.

[cereal_killa]

Since when does anyone believe anything HHG says he's nothing but the black version of Patcher.

[callahan09]

I bought MAG and it most certainly was NOT a rip-off. The game is awesome. Also, sales do not equal quality (how many times must this be said?) Want proof? Bayonetta didn't make the top 10 either. Are you going to call that a rip-off, too, because gamers didn't buy it in huge quantities?

[Weaksauce1138]

Hate to break it to you but sales are the biggest thing that matters in an exclusively online game.

[lightningsax]

First-month sales may be important to MAG, but I'm not so sure that it's headed for the graveyard yet. Just taking a look at that game lets me know that this isn't something made for the mainstream - it's something that's made to get a loyal fanbase.

Microtransactions may play a huge role in its sustainability, for better or worse. Big fans that play as part of a loyal squad will probably dole out the cash for new stuff.

[Counter Strike]

And Xbox 360 Slim and Natal havent come out yet ... Feels bad to be at Sony right now.

[Karooo]

i doubt anyone cares.

[Tony-A]

LOL

According to the same source, these are the total sales as of now for 2010 (Feb 6th):

PS3 - 1,445,610
360 - 989,048

PS3 currently outsells 360 by over 450,000 units.

It's February. The 360 hasn't even broken 1,000,000 yet!

[xaviertooth]

having mass effect 2 with a solid fanbase yet it only outsold the ps3 by 50k in US? if i were microsoft i will try hard to think what is going wrong.

[Shadow Man]

It doesn't matter if you win by an inch or a mile; winning's winning.
-The Fast and the Furious

[Tony-A]

So nobody better say Japan doesn't count... or the world doesn't count... or any of that.

Greenburg should take notes from you. He thinks selling 50K more in one country is a win in the war. That's not a win for the war! That's just a victory for the battle!

[LordMarius]

OMGOW
A$$ Defect didn't sell 1 million in the land of the bots, what a flop

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Wow, these numbers surprised me. The margin between 360 and PS3 is actually much greater than Sony's gap when they won Dec.

All systems doing good so these sales numbers don't have the same effect they use too. Developers seem to be supporting all 3 systems and no one is getting an advantage besides in Japan. Where the developers continue to treat the 360 as a second class systems and give all kinds of support to their national heritage of Sony and Nintendo.. But that's what I expect from a bunch of xenophobes..

PS: Where's MAG? 256 players wasn't enough Zipper better make it 500 for MAG2! LMAO

[Major_Tom]

Why is Mass Effect 2 selling so slow? do Xbox 360 gamers not buy games anymore?

[mrblacknut]

The real question is where is MAG lol. Both released at the same time so maybe you can give your analysis on why MAG is no where to be found yet both ME2 and MAG released at the same time. Pleaes, enlighten all of us how both released for one week and one is number 2 and the other is somewhere after 10.

[ThaGeNeCySt]

500k+ in 6 days is slow? lol wow

[Major_Tom]

Playstation games are well known for selling slowly and having a long life, but Mass Effect just dropped the ball entirely. If it doesn't sell three more million copies in 2-3 months it's considered a flop guys.

Those are the facts, and right now it's maybe at 1.5 or 1.6 million, that's pretty awful right there. There's 40+ million Xbox 360 owners, and if only 1.5-2 million of those people buy Mass Effect 2, that's just awful.

BUY YOUR GAMES XBOX FANS!

[Xi]

lets break it down.

of top 10 games sold, 4 360 games are ranked in the top 10, 5 are wii games and 1 is a playstation game.

If it was the case that 360 owners weren't buying games anymore, one would assume that those numbers would be slightly different...

It's probably due to the release date of ME2, I can't purchase the game until I'm given adaquate time to complete the title. So I'm waiting for spring break, my guess many other have had a similar plan considering that ME2 recently passed 2 million copies.

ps. they have the wrong release date, mass effect was released the 24th not the 10th.

[ThaGeNeCySt]

oh ok. That makes sense. +bubbles /s

[TheBand1t]

When Uncharted 2 did 500K in roughly the same time, 360 fanboys called it a flop.

So....that is what Tom is poking at.

[LordMarius]

Major Tom you speak the truth
bubbles

[green]

Uncharted 2 release date = oct 13th 2009,17 days of sales - 537,000. http://www.neoseeker.com/ne...

ME2 release date = Jan 24th 2010, 6 days of sales - 572,000. I don't see how 11extra days in the charts can be regarded as roughly the same thing.And if anyone can keep a straight face and call Mass Effect 2 a flop, then what will you call MAG? It's not even in the top 10.

[wpggamer]

Look at the top ten. You should be asking if PS3 gamers buy games. Such a troll you are, FACT.

Blah blah blah, FACT.

You'd probably vote for sarah palin.

@below, no it's because he's slow

[mrblacknut]

By that logic Major Tom, MAG is a flop lol.

By the way Uncharted took 2 months to get to 2million worldwide and it took ME2 only a week to do the same thing. Kinda like how Green pointed out Uncharted selling in the middle of the month vs ME2 at the end of the month. I win though because I got Uncharted 2 and ME2 and enjoy them both so oh well lol.

[silvacrest]

im not bashing MAG, im a sony fan but an online only FPS is gonna alienate alot of people, being full price and a new IP didn't help either

hopefully, if MAG 2 comes zipper will know what to improve or add

[RememberThe357]

If he's a Sony fan he's going to vote for Sara Palin? WTF? That was one hell of a mental leap buddy.

@silvacrest: On top of that, MAG is being sold full price with no head set or anything. Who the hell made that decision? If it came with a head set I'd of bought it day one. But now I'm going to get it from GameFly for $45.59.

[duplissi]

@xi

your forgetting that there are twice as many 360s as ps3s in north america.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Show me any game billed as an RPG that has done 500k+ in 6 days in NA that doesn't have the name Fantasy in it.

I am really curious to see the breakdown between 360 and PC. To be fair to MAG it was only on 1 platform while ME2 was on both 360/PC.

That last comment about MAG sounded really fanboy from me.. I don't mean to diss MAG because it's obvious they are trying to push the genre on consoles and those that have played have said it's great. It's actually a shame that it didn't sell well. I don't want to see any dev punished in sales when they are clearly trying to push the genre. Sony didn't give it the best marketing campaign either.

[callahan09]

Why is everyone asking "Where is MAG?" I pose this question to you: Where is Bayonetta!?!?!?!?

[Xi]

That's all fine and well, but that would only account for the sales of each game individually, not for the overall quantity of games, or it'd account for overall number of games, but not for individual sales, not both.

Ie, double the 360s would mean double the sales of modern warefare 2 compared to the ps3, not double the sales of modern warfare 2 and double the number of games in the top 10, because then that's actually quadrupling the total number of sales.

[Solidus187-SCMilk]

Id imagine if you add the WW sales of the 360 and the PC sales(including the DD versions, its a hell of alot for such a short time.

Calahan- people are asking where is MAG BECAUSE ITS AN ONLINE FPS IN THE AMERICAS. YOu know the most popular type of game over here.

The bandit- If thats what hes getting at hes WRONG. Uncharted 2 came out on OCt. 13. It was on sale for 19 days in October(the beginning of the holiday season). Me2 was only on sale for 6 days in Jan. and still sold more.

Xi- ME2 was released on the 26th.

Green- not every month has exactly 30 days in it.

[Consoldtobots]

"That last comment about MAG sounded really fanboy from me"

when have you EVER stopped being a 360 fanboy? you're not fooling anybody kid.

[5-oj]

Ass Defect = FLOP! confirmed...

Poor bots still has no exclusives. :(

[LordMarius]

i know rite

[Stryfeno2]

Didn't Hiphopgamer say "now that Sony have the PS3 Slim, expect the PS3 to sell more then the 360 in the US from now on"

Tsk, tsk, tsk...typical delusional Droid.

[Satan The Gamer]

By 50k? lmao
i guess those days of the 360 outselling the ps3 by 100 and 200k are gone. Sony can easily make up for this in japan and in europe.

[gamer2010]

It' still not enough to catch up to the 360.

[Halo3 MLG Pro]

Looks like Sony needs another price cut. Maybe a Slimmer Slim would have to do. LOL!

MAG????? More proof that ps3 games don't sell. :) Just wait til Heavy Rain comes out. Nobody is going to buy that snore fest.

[thereapersson]

Here is MLG Pro with the blatant troll attempt of the year!

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

There is no need for this attacks, but got to admit Missing Action Game is kind of funny.

Will they even have enough players to play 128 v 128? j/k

The real question is why is MW2 outselling MAG on the PS3?

[Halo3 MLG Pro]

-Missing Action Game????? LMFAO!!!! Comment of the Day!!!

-And once again, we have realperson adding nothing to the article. Just his usual useless comments.

-yeah it's not really surprising seeing MW2 outsell MAG. MW2 even with all its glitches is still a much funner and better game than MAG. I'm sure the rabid sony fans on here deep inside feel the same way but won't show it on here and still scream "OMG BUYING TIS DAY ONE!" Sony fans are all talk and no action. Just wait till Heavy Rain comes out.

[RememberThe357]

That is comment of the day...? You are so freakin lame it's not even funny...

I can't even see you playing MAG and it seems that any level of intelligence in gameplay would put you off immediately so I would expect you to like it in the first place. And FYI "funner" is not a word the correct vernacular would be "more fun." Yeah, you just got corrected by a dyslexic person...

EDIT @ below: To be honest, you do frustrate me to a point. I remember reading your comment a few moths back and even though I didn't agree with them, I understood them. But now days all you do is troll around and any bit of logic you used to put in your posts is gone. You make dumb ass comments then laugh at people who call you out for how dumb they really are. It's hard to just sit here and not say anything.

[Halo3 MLG Pro]

I know it's hard for many ignorant people on here to believe but English is not everybody's main language. Food for thought 357.

Love seeing all these personal attacks. You can feel their frustration. :)

[silvacrest]

i dont care about MAG or MW2, an endless supply of shooters is not what i want from my PS3

even if heavy rain does not sell to well atleast its actually availible
to think that all i may have to look forward to is shooters for the rest of the year is depressing, oh, and mediocre action (crackdown.....no thanks)

[duplissi]

well people tend to be like sheep... so its not surprising to see mw2 sell so much especially considering the success and quality of cod4, even i got caught up in the hype for it i bought it on day one. it was the single biggest letdown of any game i have ever played. the story was sh*t multiplayer was more of the same but with glitches. but thats how most anything that is mainstream works- it always puts everything else in its shadow because the masses will buy into it and think its wonderful because they are told so. just look at top movies, music and tv shows.

[callahan09]

People shouldn't be worried about where MAG is, they should be worried about where Bayonetta is. I saw the MAG commercial on TV like 3 times, I saw the Bayonetta commercial on TV like 20 times, I never saw MAG ads in the magazines, but Bayonetta had ads all over the magazines, even in non-gaming ones like Entertainment Weekly, Sports Illustrated, Rolling Stone, and Playboy. Bayonetta got incredible reviews, and it was out for more than half of the month whereas MAG was only out for less than 1 week. So why didn't Bayonetta make the list? That's the real question.

[Sez]

have a bubble for that one. that made my day. "Missing in Action Game". lmfao

[callahan09]

Why do disagrees follow everywhere I go? Come on, seriously. MAG is a new IP, it can only be played online, it didn't get much advertising, it didn't get praised to the heavens by the reviews, meanwhile Bayonetta, while also a new IP, is not restricted by being online only, got crazy advertising, and got crazy praise from every single review calling it a must-play game of the year candidate. Bayonetta was also available for more of January than MAG was. The only reason people are bringing up MAG not making the list is because they want to fuel the fanboy fires and start flame wars and yadda yadda yadda, but it's quite clear that the more sad thing is that Bayonetta didn't sell enough to make the list. THAT is what people should be concerned about, but nobody brings that up besides me, it seems.

[snesfangirl]

we have thereaperson or whatever, calling out one person, but conveniently closes his eyes to all the known "ps3 supporters" that are trolling this thread.

typical of him though

good numbers for january i think, considering it was january...

[strickers]

You really are a giant ass HaloMLGpro

[lightningsax]

It's tough to sell Bayonetta on the premise that it's something it's not. Consumers saw through that - it's not some T&A fest, and if you want that, there's the internet. It's a hardcore and extremely Japanese action title with enough old in-jokes to qualify for Mystery Science Theater 3000 status on its tax records. It's also a beautiful game, but they weren't selling that in the ads. That's why I love the game, but that's also why I understand when it doesn't sell well in the States. It did well in Japan.

The game also got some deservedly horrible press on the PS3 side due to Sega's apparent ineptitude in porting a game. Sony had to fly in to save the day - just to fix those loading times. Plus, the reviews that rightfully bashed the loading times were much more visible than the news stories that Sony had released an update. Add that to the fact that many gamers aren't connected to the internet (and I have no clue why that is), and you've got a disaster.

That whole situation stinks, because the fighting system is a sight to behold, and so is the art direction, no matter what console. It's an awesome game that will be totally overlooked here.

Plus, they made X360 the native platform. Given the way I just described Bayonetta above, who came up with the amazing idea to sell it primarily on a console with a market that doesn't favor these types of games?

[FlipMode]

These same people trying to claim ownage, are the same ones who last month said that the 50k PS3 beat the 360 by was not that big of a deal.

[gamer2010]

That's because the PS3 just had the hugest marketing push + console redesign + big price drop ever, so people expected it to far outsell the 360, but it didn't.

The context is what makes the reactions different.

[5-oj]

M$ = The laughing stock of the gaming industry, the 360 released one year earlier & lost to the Wii & barely outselling the PS3...

B b b b but M$ has exclusivez, LMAO! :D

[TheBand1t]

So.....pretty much what I thought last year when the Slim was announced? That sales would fluctuate between the two? (And the Wii would still kill in sales)

[GiantEnemyCrab]

But none of them are hurting or anything close to what I would call a failure.. I think MS and Sony will be trading back and forth for #2 the rest of this gen in month to month NPD sales.

While Nintendo laughs at everyone.

[Dance]

We should be playing our games instead of worrying about sales

[lightningsax]

What are you doing on this site? You should be playing your games instead of posting on a forum! Go! Quickly! It's apparently your moral obligation!

Sales may not be directly related to gaming on the surface, but they're a predictor of what big businesses will fund next, therefore being a predictor on the future of gaming.

Think about it - if the Wii didn't sell well, would this year be centered around motion controls? What kind of an experience would Modern Warfare 2 be without the huge success of COD4?

Games are centered around big businesses these days, and no matter what fanboys will tell you, they're out for profits and profits alone. Sales drive those profits, so companies will invest in what drives sales.

It's also a quick and easy barometer of consumer behavior. We can rant all we want about this or that obscure game here, but it's good to get an idea of what the rest of the universe is playing sometimes. For me, it's always nice to get a slap to the back of the head from Nintendo when I view these numbers. Here I am discussing game mechanics differences between Bayonetta and Dante's Inferno while Nintendo is swimming in many different forms of currency in a Pacific Ocean-sized pool.

[DARK WITNESS]

@ lightningsax

ok, I have been on this site for a while...

Who are you ? where did you come from ?

Your well presented argument without any form of name calling, bashing etc, is not really the norm around here. Are you one of those " real " gamers we keep hearing about, lololol

too much logic.. ok ok, i am just joking. I read your last few posts, well said and bubble to you man.

[5-oj]

Looks like 360 owners don't buy games after all barely shooters only, oh well...

Sadly M$ can't beat Sony everywhere else.

[kabala]

Looks like PS3 owners don't buy games after all barely shooters only since COD is the only game up there.

[Risky_24]

Lol. Perfect execution.

[devsgreat]

since when U.S. became the world?

[blasian]

they just dont think that much to realize that

[xg-ei8ht]

Halo3 MLG Pro

What are you 12.lol

Hey guess what, M.A.G takes skillz.
Hey guess what, Heavy Rain is a different genre.

Hey guess what Mass effect is still a shooter, in rpg clothes. You all know it to be true.

I read that nothing actually changes the outcome. Then what is the point.

But i do love what M$ does with you guys.

Give you scraps, no new AAA i.p's, then when they know its time, they bring a decent game out. Mass Effect Snooze, erm 2.

First game was boring enough, nearly as bad as oblivion.

They'll keep you waiting alil while longer then once Reach is cancelled for May, they'll try and save it for later.

[Halo3 MLG Pro]

LOL! See what I mean??? Frustration at its finest. Keep throwing the personal attacks. Just shows that my words are getting to you. :)

[silvacrest]

are you saying thats why you type like that? to "effect" random people on the internet?

[RememberThe357]

Lame...

[TheTruth2009]

It's over.

Don't you understand? I know that it's difficult for PS3 Fans to understand that their childhood happened a decade or two ago and Playstation is no longer relevant, but you all need to "Alan Wake-Up" to reality... :-)

It's over.

The Playstation 3 was philosophically a great idea. Try to create a powerful device that will have second-to-none graphical capability using Cell Technology, make the new device backwards-compatible to usher in the PS2 users to the HD phenomenon, use their First Party Studios for updating classic titles on the new platform, institute Home into the device for social networking, and install a BluRay Player into the device to implement a new way to watch HD movies. It'll be genius.

FAIL.

The graphics pale in comparison to Microsoft's XBOX360 on 98% of the titles released.
BluRay is gaining steam, but Instant Downloading is growing at a strong pace also.
Backwards Compatibility was stripped from the device to make it cheaper.
The First Party Studios have produced flop after flop for games.
The PS2's biggest franchises jumped ship and went to XBOX360.
And Home is a Ghost Town, and every "woman" on it is a man posed as a woman.

Not to mention, after a STAGGERING price drop, a slimming down of the console, and heavy marketing, the console barely closed the gap by 2 million units in a down year for Microsoft in 2009. Wow.

And MAG, White Knight Chronicles, and Heavy Rain will make NO impact on sales for the console in Quarter One of 2010. After getting killed by the critics or being too "niche" for the mainstream.

It's over.

NO ONE CARES about Playstation 3.

And these NPD results prove that not only will you NEVER penetrate the largest market in the world, but your exclusives fall short AGAIN.

It's OVER. Sorry.

Now continue with your excuses while I sit back and laugh at each post entered in this thread throughout the day.

(Grabs Coffee & Smiles)

P.S. Oh yeah... Where's M.A.G.? Oh wait... Here it is. :-)
http://www.metacritic.com/g...

[Pumbli]

(Reads TheTruth2009's Comment & Laughs)

Funny stuff as usual man.

[wpggamer]

It must be because of all the banned 360's. Or the Modern Warfare effect. Or RROD. Or, oh well, could go all day like this.

Great numbers for Ninty, DS is such a monster. ME2 is doing good, rpg's without any online are not a must buy on launch, IMHO. I'm waiting a bit for my copy, as i just have too many games atm. Probably wait till the late summer or fall.

[Arnon]

?

http://www.1up.com/do/newsS...

[Mo0eY]

http://i50.tinypic.com/hskg...

[blasian]

"And these NPD results prove that not only will you NEVER penetrate the largest market in the world, but your exclusives fall short AGAIN"

it was penetrated last month... but i guess you forgot

Edit: lol who took away truths bubble

[dtrain21]

Can't wait to play my exclusive FLOPS on the PS3

360 is the definitive console this gen

[CernaML]

Yeah. I bet you can't wait to play Halo which is the only game that doesn't flop on any console apparently.

[PLAYSTATIONGENRATION]

All consoles did good for the month after Christmas.... February will be a great month for both

[IQUITN4G]

PS3 catching up to 360 at break neck speed

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Not that it really matters but how does selling less consoles in Jan. equate to catching up at break neck speed?

[silvacrest]

i dont no if that was sarcasm or not but regardless

japan makes up the numbers....for the PS3

[OC_MurphysLaw]

No I agree, Japan definitely helps narrow that gap to basically balance the two out and depending on the state of Europe sales it certainly could be leaning Sony's way.

I really just took exception to the comment of "break neck speed" since more or less they are in a dead heat world wide these days.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

You have to remember that ME2 came out on the 26th so it didnt even get a full week of sales into NPD's. 500+k for less than a week for an RPG is nice. NPD also doesnt account for some major retailers like Wallmart, so again...NPD numbers will be down from what EA might be saying.

[galmi]

I love fanboys, now that the numbers are out pple still dont wanna accept somethings, what you gotta realize is, numbers that care about what you think, good sales for both major consoles (360, ps3), though expected some higher games sales for ps3 but with only cod6 within the top ten, that's like an...ouch!! Well lets see how feb. ends, where will heavy rain n mag stack up to?

[silvacrest]

if your gonna go on about numbers you need to look at the bigger picture

this is just north america
japans numbers always make any gap between the ps3 and 360 even or in favour of the PS3 then theres europe which i cant comment on

[siyrobbo]

360 is ahead of ps3 in america, but not worldwide

even though i have no proof to back up my statement, i dont have any links or official data, or anything like that, i know in my heart that sony are ahead

Even tho the majority of the time i claim sales do not matter, and that i cant play sales, i always turn up in a sales thread to make my little comments

for i am a sony fan

and i need to make my point heard

[silvacrest]

just adding japans numbers alone already councils the NPD gap

a article on n4g recently stated the ps3 leads in europe

[GiantEnemyCrab]

oops. Hit disagree before my sarcasm detector went off..

"but not worldwide

even though i have no proof to back up my statement, i dont have any links or official data, or anything like that, i know in my heart that sony are ahead "

QFT!

[jalen247]

I guess Mass Effect 2 might have moved a few xbox 360s.

[JRisburning]

Where is MAG? With all the preorders it has, and the schit of a game MW2 still makes it? Oh well, regardless NA is not the world. Good numbers anyway.

Jim Rome...Out.

[Marty8370]

Since when did NPD become a reliable source either.

Considering sales from two of the largest retailers in the world(Walmsrt & Amazon) arn't included. How can it be reliable. It's mere guess work, just like all other sources.

[bubb13gum]

I dont care what the console sales are...actually I want Sony in Last place because they will work harder and I benefit. Same reason I preferred xbox to ps2...now the roles have reversed...who cares enjoy the games...gamers win helloooo? If the 360 outsells the ps3 will sony leave the industry nooooooooooo...If ps3 makes a comeback will microsoft leave the industry nooooooooooooooooooooooo...so who cares. Get a life guys...nobody is doing dreamcast numbers so its all good. Bioware Masseffect bluray pleaaaaaaaaaaaaase.

[Conando]

When the PS3 beats the 360 in sales, the PS3 fanboys brag about it. When the 360 beats the PS3 in sales, the PS3 fanboys say they want the PS3 in last place, so Sony works harder.

Delusion at its finest.

[kabala]

It doesn't matter who is ahead really. I have been playing games since pong. Fanboyism has been around for years but you know what I don't care the least. All my boys had a Atari 2600 then one got a 5200 I had a Intellivison, 2 of them had Colecovisions and two had Odyssey 2s and of course we talked smack for fun but it didn't stop us from playing all the consoles. It continued through the Snes/Genesis era, PS1/N64/Saturn era and so forth. People enjoy your consoles and games. This is not serious just fun amongst gamers. By the way I do own all 3 but the PS3 is my favorite and i'm getting Heavy Rain loved the demo. Peace!

[mrmikew2018]

I had Atari 2600 as well. I had almost everything, Turbo Grafix-16, Turbo Grafix-CD, Super Nintendo, N64, Sega Genesis, Gameboy, Gameboy Advance, PS1/PS2/PS3, Xbox/Xbox 360. The best era was SNES vs. Sega Genesis, I miss those days. The technology was limited back then, so developers put they all into their products. I remember me and my boys use to get into friendly arguments about which system was better, I always pick the TG-16, that was my favorite one. These gamers nowadays, are just ignorant, they count sells and pixels instead of enjoying the game. Oh well, I got to get back into Dante's Inferno.

[SUPREME RULER]

sony got world wide sale. japan will make the difference in a week are two!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the crap box is competing with the ps3 over there!!!!!!!!!

sony have Europe!!!!!!!!!!!! i have nothing to worrie about.

[stonecold1]

and europe the xbox 360 is last in those places

[caffman]

Think you'll find that the 360 is ahead of the PS3 here

[tinybigman]

live for NPD can sleep well tonight. being an american i find it really, really SAD that americans care what sales what when there's worst stuff happening in the country and around the world.

if any one of you think these 3 companies are even leaving the business then your as stupid as you sound on this site.

edit
wow you 2 above go way back like me i had the atari 2600, coleco vision, genesis, nes, snes, turbo graf 16, neo geo, ps1, 2, 3, gamecube, xbox, and 360. i skipped dreamcast and n64 but did play zelda OoT, and Mario 64.

[kabala]

I'm with you to bro. I didn't mention the Colecovision Adam computer I had and the Bally Astrocade, Vetrex , Turbo Graphic with the cd add on and I even bought a Atari 7800. I love games but what I don't like is when people talk junk. Xbox fans love fps and you know what according to NPD PS3 fans do too but you know what it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. I remember I was the only one with a SNES among my boys cause everyone else had a Genesis. All we played on the Genesis was Madden, Sonic, the strike series from EA, Streets of Rage 1,2,3 & the import but I was at home also having fun with Super Mario World, Castlevania, Final fantasy, Actraiser, Mario RPG ect. If I was like some of these guys I would of sworn the Genesis was kicking the SNES butt because everyone I knew had one! The thing i'm getting at is play what you want screw what people say and enjoy yourself! Isn't that reason we play is to have fun?

[tinybigman]

Actraiser was the sh*t back then. i have that on my wii now.

and yes i agree with both of you. if you really love games you'd own each system because they all have great games on them. i know i own all 3 because of said reason.

[jalen247]

Actraiser is one of my favorite games of all time.

[kabala]

Actraiser is awesome!

[tinybigman]

man those were simpler times when it was all just about the damn games.

i may make fun of the 360 with my friends but i wouldnt deny that it has great games just like ps3 and the wii (1st party only) 3rd parties dropped the damn ball bastards.

[Dellis]

Mass Effect didn't have an actual mass effect on the war

how PS3 sold that much at 100 dollars more??, they had a crappy game(MAG), so that isn't the answer, perhaps people want to have PS3s before GOW3 comes out?

[Captain Tuttle]

Such brilliant posts and one bubble? Hard to believe.

[alb1899]

I just keep saying this is the year of 360 don't count that this numbers will change because Alan Wake, Conviction, Halo reach, Natal and lets face it multiplataforms tittles sell better in 360 so wait to see how well will goes to bad company on 360 an you will understand that PS3 is KO this year!
Hoping that next year things change to PS3 but maybe it will be to late because 720!

[Captain Tuttle]

ME 2 :)

[SiteNblog Defender]

Not good for MAG. NA belongs to 360.

[xg-ei8ht]

jez, lighting up, i'm just messing.

I have stocks in...........

The cupboard.

I even have a SS for you.

Could challenge GOW3 creatures. ROFL

http://www.gamersyde.com/po...

[FinalomegaS]

so much love this time of the month lol

[gravv]

january

japan PS3 – 272,512 ; 360 - 24,393
US PS3 - 276.900 ; 360 - 332.800

[Omega Zues]

More numbers...oh boy. Talk about jumping out of bed for right...

>.>

[horndog]

Oh Mag?! Oh MAG where art thou?! Have any of you kind droids seen MAG or White Knights hanging around the NPD top ten?! No you say? Well how odd i could of sworn every droid pre-ordered this great FLOP. There must be some kind of mix up this month.

The hype of the ps3 slim is now over. Slim had little effect in NA and japan just isn't the powerhouse it used to be. Tough times for the ps3 ahead. Oh how times have changed, who would ever thought during the ps2 era that sony would be dead last and fighting for a second place finish with MS while losing money on every console sold on top of the 4.7 billion already lost since the ps3 launch. Wow! who would have ever thougt 4 or 5 years ago that the PS3 was going to FAIL HARD.

[prodg52]

PS3's where I live. Sony must be having supply problems.

[ironmonkey]

just got mag very happy with it traded mw2 and lost odyssey for it.
no regrets. f..k cod

[stonecold1]

of the 360 here in australia newzealand

[happy_gilmore]

i knew that POS won't sell. reviewers were hyping it as though it's the second coming by giving perfect scores to the 3fixme version

[gravv]

to disagree fairy, i didnt make up the numbers its official.. PS3 outsold 360 almost 200k in january if you take japan into account, please dont be hurt with this cause its sad

[baum]

You should change your name to "Nasim 360"

[Xander756]

How many times must the Xbox 360 defeat the PS3 in monthly sales before people stop blindly defending it?

[skatezero246]

really? and since when did the US equal the world? if you look at japan and US for both consoles the ps3 is ahead by rouhly 200,000 units.

[horndog]

get out of here with your words of truth, it's not accepted here. This is droid land where the ps3 is dominating the global console market and MS and Nintendo are at the mercy of the ps3. understand?

[strickers]

360s 48000 lead for the month is offset by Japan easily.I think the PS3 outsold 360 by over 200000 last month.It's almost 10-1 in favour of PS3 there.In UK 360 is king but rest of EU PS3 is,by far.

[Truth4You]

Sony is the new Sega.

PS3 is slipping, big time. PS2 is almost completely dead. And PSP is on life support.

Sony has lost the race in America, aka, the most important market.

[trancefreak]

Mhhh are you typing this from your Microsoft hurrah board meeting? while your there.....

Can you save me a cupcake and a cup of Seattles finest. Thanks in advance.

[Thoreau]

well that statement just prove you can't afford the ps3. i guess you like to pay for online play, dlc, exclusives that get way to much media hype. i beat me2(on the 360-heavens boxer) and i thought the end of the game was garbage.

[awesomeperson]

I seriously laugh my ass off at bots who think America sales = worldwide sales.

[skatezero246]

agreed it's easy to see why they only count US sales because, when they include other countries the ps3 is ahead by a good margin
for example
January console sales
Japan & US= roughly 500,000 units
Japan & US= roughly 300,000 units

[bubb13gum]

I dont care if Sony comes in first or second or third or goes to hell...as long as they keep making the games I like. Is every console sold putting money in my pocket? If the Ps3 wins this gen...what I get bragging rights? Sorry Homie I can careless...Let Sony worry about the competition. So No im not delusional I could careless.

[PStu'rd]

Wait for............

Huh, is there really anything left besides a inferior Baynotetta clone?

PS3 was dead from the beginning. A slightly less powerful 360 for double the pricetag with not even half the games library. Made no sense for anyone besides the sony crowd to waste any time on it. If anyone cared at all for Blu Ray they got a stand alone. Time to go 3rd party sony.

[skatezero246]

it's easy to see why you only have one bubble ... the ps3 is selling on par with the original playstation Sony said it themselves name a Xbox that broke 100 million ... Plystation has 2 and will have 3

speaking of flops how long did the Xbox last? around 4 years? with roughly 30 million now that's what you call a flop

[farrelljade]

its funny when ppl say things like north america being the biggest market for gaming etc!!! well DUH of course it is, it is a continent after all!! japan is not a continent neither is the UK. now if we go by the 3 main continents in terms of gaming, north america, europe and asia, then im sorry folks but the playstation brand is and will continue to outselling the xbox!!

which brings me to saying this, beating your main competitor(nintendo aside) by 50k+ in one CONTINENT when that number is made back up in 2 weeks in ONE COUNTRY(japan)is not worth boasting about at all!!!

them numbers seem even worse when a so-called console seller(mass effect 2) was released in that same period.

[NateDPG]

So ME2 is a flop?

[bjornbear]

but from some very rabid supporters of a corporation's point of view...apparently yes =/ unfortunately, because I think those are great sales for a great game =)

[cygnuszero]

360 beat the PS3 again. And there are actually people on this site that think the 360 is on its last legs. Uh, if thats the case, then the PS3 is dead. IT cant even beat the 360 anymore.

[NateDPG]

Well 360 is only doing well in NA, so in reality NA is 360's last legs.

[True_Religion]

The PS3 is full of flops.

Even a redesign and a pricecut couldnt help sony in NA.

And the 360 is right now the more expensive console.

Crazy.

[Karum]

The performance of the Wii continues to baffle me.

[cygnuszero]

Not sure why it would baffle you. The PS3 and 360 are only stronger versions of last gen machines. People were ready for something new.

[SuperStrokey1123]

Well then the people seem to be more than happy to accept something crappy as "new"

[ReBurn]

Flame suit put on!

Numbers are higher all around for January than I expected, considering we just came off the holiday. I guess people were out spending the money they got as gifts or from returning stuff they didn't want.

[Ashriel]

Great numbers for Mass Effect 2 :D I was worried about the early leak :S

[anaviel]

What is the issue here? Why the flame war about the sales of these systems? 360 outsold the PS3. So what!! It's old news already!!! 360 has been doing that for years now. It's a shame really being that the PS3 offers more multi media options than the 360. More storage on game discs but still hasnt really tapped into using that space to create some amazing games. Some are great!! But IMHO not up to par with what the PS3 should be kicking out with blu ray discs as the media used.

I've commented on this before and I'll say it again a system that can use a disc that holds up to 35gb or more of data should be light years ahead of the competition. But its not and that's a damn shame! I own both systems and I compare the graphics on multi platform games and the differences are not there or too close to tell. That is unacceptable with a system that using blu ray disc. 8gb VS 35gb or more? C'mon!!! Thats crazy for them to be so identical. That's like saying standard dvd movies can be compared to blu ray dvd movies.

PS3 owners, we need to be honest with ourselves and admit that sony let the gamers down to cater to the movie buffs and to push a new media standard. I believe that is why the PS3 has under sold so far because of the lack of difference between the two consoles. The price drop helped but again the difference in graphics and gameplay should be like the difference between standard dvds and blu ray dvds. And its not. Bummer! But it's good to see that all systems are selling well in this economy. Great for gamers.

[1nOnly]

If I were Sony or MS I would be PISSED that I didnt go the Nintendo road. While they're competing with each other, Nintento is just pawning them year after year. Just think about the money put behind the construction of the PS3 and 360 hardware and then think about that the Wii is not even next-gen (compare to the other two). Nintendo is not even putting as much money into their first-party games as Sony and MS are doing. I think that from a business point Sony and MS are a little too late with trying to compete with Nintento with their ARC and Natal. No body is going to care about Arc if they already got a Wii and though Natal is something "new" it's going to have a tough time reaching to the "Wii people" because they wont have legendary titles like Mario, Zelda, Pokemon or Metroid to promote it with and lets face it; no hardcore gamer is going to want to play Halo or Gears with Natal.

I just hope that Nintendo takes that cash they're earning and create one hell of a console for the next generation of consoles that will blow off both the PS4 and the Xbox720.

[bjornbear]

numbaz! =3

such a small gap between the two biggest rival companies? WOW! however, the Wii is still leaving a trail of dust ahead of them =o

damn shovel ware xD

[hoops]

"It's sad to see NA is still buying the 360 even though it's much inferior"

And you work for Sony to care that "it's sad people are still buying the Xbox360" over your girlfriend the PS3 in NA?
Dude you're the saddest Sony fanboy on this site. Really why do you care that Sony is in last place in NA sales hardware and software? If you OWNED Sony they i could understand your reach around status with everything Sony.
Fyi: When this generation is done, Sony and MS will be neck and neck in overall sales...something i am sure that will piss you off...additionally SOny's marketshare will never get back to 70%+ this generation. Enjoy your fanboy nonesense and smile that Nintendo kills them all

[dkgshiz]

yep

[SuperStrokey1123]

people forget things when they are convienient remember?

[farrelljade]

^^^^apparantly not!! or they think north america is the only continent which sells hardware!!

[Domer25]

MAG is an online ONLY game, and expect it to be in the top ten? Cmon lets be real. I will be picking up zipper's game soon.

[Thoreau]

the ps3 has a world wide focus, or we could be stuck playing overhyped games and dlc.

[Treyb3yond]

Why the 360 continues to sell so well in the U.S is becoming as much a mystery to me as the Wii's world wide sales.

I can only add: American product in America. Other than that I'm completely baffled.

[ReBurn]

Then why does the PS3 do so well in Europe? It isn't a European product. Just trying to figure out that logic.

[N4BmpS]

Well his statement is pretty valid Americans do appreciate a game or game console made by them. If Europe had a European system they would go with that but the Europeans are more familiar with the PLAYSTATION console than the XBOX.

[N4BmpS]

Let's see I seen this last night when it was just 11 comments now it's more, I expect to see comments like "Take that PS3 fanboys 360 outsold that crappy system again" or "PS3 was beaten out by a small fraction of a number, it'll still surpass the 360" Let's investigate more.