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PS3 finally sold more than 360 in Europe

PS3Hype writes: 'The PS3 is selling strong those last days. In Europe the PS3 sold this month more that the 360! With a big lineup and good commercials, the PS3 is finally selling strong.'

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UltraNova5256d ago

VGChartz.com? well lets wait for Sony's announcement just to be sure ;)

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Pennywise5256d ago

I thought Sony announced this over a year ago.

Mr_Bun5256d ago

I'm pretty sure it was only the UK that the PS3 trailed...but the rest of Europe it led

Pennywise5256d ago

Thats what I thought... Nice to see you join the fun Mr Bun!

mikeslemonade5256d ago

Yea the PS3 has been outselling 360 in Europe since 2007. But in the UK the 360 typically sells more, but UK is only one country in Europe.

swift5255d ago

the U.K: is actually 4 country´s....England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales...

therealwillie5255d ago

northern ireland... not ireland

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Icyhot5256d ago (Edited 5256d ago )

Judging by the fact that PS3 landed a year and a half later, it's a massive achievement. The gap is gonna take a huge leap once GT5 comes out.

EDIT: below, PS3 always was in the lead in Europe. In fact I posted the numbers a month back I'll try to search it if I can, but PS3 always was in the lead especially after the Slim came out. 360 is doing well in UK, but as usual, PS3 is dominating rest of Europe.

Wrathman5256d ago

yeah i thought this was already known months ago.but the numbers from mainland europe are so tiny and insignificant.the uk has a massive 360 lead.japan is the real battle ground.in the 3 territories the xbox leads in 2.but the japanese market is so one sided it equalises the others.basically in english speaking countries the xbox leads.and when your playing online..that matters.

kerrak5256d ago (Edited 5256d ago )

Funny how you dismiss mainland Europe as a territory. lol.

Is uk the biggest console market in Europe? yes
Is uk bigger than the rest of Europe? No

According to vgchartz:

UK: 31% of Total Europe Wii+360+ps3 sold units.
France + Germany: 32%
Fra+Ger+Spain+Italy: 51%
Mainland Europe: 69%
Mainland Europe more than doubles uk market.

If we are talking worlwide
America (USA+Canada+Mexico+Others): 48%
Mainland Europe: 22%
Japan: 12%
UK: 10%
Others (Australia and others): 7%

Note: wii included or excluded (if you wanted to make a ps3/360 face to face), overall percentages are very similar.

Add the fact the in Europe there was a 1,5 years lead, and sure you'll get the picture right. You see it, uk is important, but much less than you thought.

mookins5256d ago

Europe was okay when the 360 was winning. But now the PS3 gains some ground, it doesn't matter?

Wow.

zag5255d ago (Edited 5255d ago )

The funny thing is that the Europe market is the worlds largest games/console market probably for everything else as well really in the world.

Yet the US market is what most companies fuss over.

I think the US market is only half the size of the Europe market.

UK isn't a separate market it's a part of the Europe market.

MasFlowKiller5256d ago

Is it 2009?
Ohh it finally outsold the 360 in Europe using VGChartz number,

This is great news, that means that VGChartz number are only one year behind official Microsoft and Sony Numbers.

Hey every improvement to VGChartz is a good improvement.

simplyRealistic185256d ago

Hate To Say This But Im Miss This Little Bit**ing about Vg Charts being Wrong Or Not

Chubear5256d ago

what you mean excuses?

The 360 DID come out a whole year ahead with no competition but it's been losing ground instead of gaining as a console that came out a year before should.

Go back and look at the PS2 in year5 and the Xbox in year4. Go see the gap the 360 SHOULD have over the PS3 and the Xbox didn't have 1/100th the kind of insane FUD the PS3 had to deal with.

vhero5256d ago

This was obviously coming soon anyway with MS only running the show in UK as its the only place they pump money into the 360 other than US. They pick their battles and it's not gonna work as my beloved Man City found out this season Money doesn't buy you success.

avengers19785256d ago

@alpha-male so your saying that a year lead on the shelves did nothing to help the 360 have better YtD sales over the PS3. In the 3 short years the PS3 have been out it is almost caught up to the 360, witch is going to be 5 years old this fall.
I'm pretty sure you meant to say the year lead is the only reason for the 360 being ahead of the PS3.

Death24945256d ago

IF people actually go to the article and read it. Then they would understand that the reason behind VGChartz delay is because they're using sold to consumer numbers which release a month and a half behind the actual month. Now there is no denying that the ps3 has officially taken Europe. Sony will have to wait until Wii reaches saturation before making it's move against Nintendo.

Congrats Sony, and Alpha-Male you seemed like a logical person but you just proved that you're nothing more than a fanboy in the end. People if you own a 360 then pick up Alan Wake, that game is really freaking fun.
(gonna play on friend's 360)

Pennywise5256d ago

Crab, don't ignore the numbers. Sony has been ahead in EU for about a year...

arsenal555256d ago

Yep... PS3 has been ahead for awhile. Only a matter of time now until we see ps3 ahead of 360 in worldwide sales. only around 4 million away from 360. This year or next we shall see :)

ub3r_fry5255d ago

PS3 is smashing ass worldwide baby!!

Spiderman5256d ago

Wow I came on this site and saw it was all different, and thought i was on the wrong site.

Then I saw the word "finally" in a title involving PS3 sales.

I then knew I had to be on N4G.

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AngryTypingGuy5256d ago

I was under the impression that the PS3 was outselling the 360 in Europe for a while. I didn't realize that the 360 was doing that well in Europe.

mastiffchild5255d ago

I think there's some confusion here and I wouldn't trust anyone saying this has only JUST happened in any way. Signs were that this happened quite a while back(and we'll ignore both Sony and MS statements last year as they covered a way wider area than just the EU(i.e Africa etc))but the plain fact is the figures in the EU and beyond are harder to get together and apparently a l;ot of stores aren't klinked even now-I was told, IIRC, that the largest retailer in both Poland and Hungary aren't feeding into any EU wide figures as of yet for instance.

As guesswork, though, the PS3 has always done pretty well on the mainland(though even less well in the UK than in the US!)and I'd have thought, even with the extra 6month headstart 360 had it should have been overhauled some tme ago. We in the UK are often a little too fond of stating how we are the third biggest single nation market for video games these days but we shouldn't forget that next to the rest of the EU we're pretty small beans(still less than a third I believe). As a resuklt I doubt the 360 lead here makes TOO much difference overall. It'll be pretty close, mind.

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jashwin5256d ago

Yaaaay! This is good news! I don't trust VGChartz completely but their scores are approximate. Waiting for an official announcement from sony.

Gamester1015256d ago (Edited 5256d ago )

This is VG Chartz. But the chances are that they're behind rather than ahead (VG Chartz I mean). I expect this happened a short while ago at least.

jjesso19935256d ago

vgchartz ? well it would make sence of alot of my friends a getting ps3's these days back when ps3 first came out round where i live you got ripped for having ps3 one and not 360.

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Nintendo Accused of 'Bullying' in Weak Patent Dispute Over Palworld

The article discusses a claim by an intellectual property (IP) expert that Nintendo likely does not hold patents strong enough to prevent the game developer Pocketpair from creating Palworld, a game that some believe resembles Pokémon. The expert suggests that Nintendo's legal challenges against Palworld could amount to nothing more than corporate bullying, as the patents Nintendo might be relying on are not robust enough to stand up to legal scrutiny. The situation could be seen as an example of a large corporation trying to exert undue influence over a smaller competitor.

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-Foxtrot2d ago

Crazy how far they are willing to go over nothing rather than tell Game Freak to get their shit together and sort the quality of the mainline games out.

Personally I'd drop the two game bullshit, make a full on complete game, and take their time making the best game they can without relying on a silly battle gimmick they'll ditch after one game. Gimmicks out of battle is what they should be focusing on, beauty contests, berry making, secret bases, the underground, Seasons, events during day / night and post game content like travelling to a new location or something.

porkChop2d ago

That's the thing, this is why we're now seeing more serious competitors in the genre. Game Freak has just been coasting by, doing the bare minimum in innovation for the last 20+ years. They need to get with the times. Hire more devs, give more dev time to foster creativity, etc. But now that they can't get away with that bare minimum they're trying to sue their competitors out of existence. It's disgusting.

Cacabunga1d 1h ago

Nintendo risks big with this one.. it’s means competition to pokemon and that they dont want

gold_drake2d ago

been saying this since sun and moon.

gamefreak just isnt used to, still isnt used to, the console market. they did well on the handheld space but as a complete 3d developer z they fail miserable

the last two pkmn gens look like gamecube games. not to mention the bugs at launch.

but uve seen the ridiculous anount of copies sold at launch too.

Profchaos1d 20h ago (Edited 1d 20h ago )

Realistically though palworld Pokemon with guns featured so many themes and concepts that Nintendont
There's no way they would make a game where you could use realistic weapons or have pals slaving away.

They're not the same genre at all they just feature similar characters

Markdn1d 5h ago

Can't hide plagerism I guess, Palworld had it easy, even flaunting it, they deserve ever thing Nintendo decides to throw at them.

FinalFantasyFanatic1d 17h ago

I pretty much agree, two editions of the same game shouldn't even been a thing at this point. The foundations are solid, but the lack of content and having a lived in world really let the latest games down.

Profchaos1d 10h ago (Edited 1d 10h ago )

Two editions worked way back in the day as a gimmick hey your mate has different Pokemon in blue than you have in red so trade them but nowadays it's pointless we don't have any of those limitations system links not really a thing anymore and two editions feels exploitive nowadays like they are targeting kids to double dip

badz1491d 16h ago

why would they do that when the fanbase is still willing to buy whatever low-effort and low-cost crap they are churning out? they are out to make as much money as possible with as little investment as possible and say what you want but GF is excellent at that front mainly because the fanbase allows them to. Nintendo is saying nothing because they are making money.

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Valkyrye2d ago

posting articles from msn.com now seriously?

MaximusPrime_2d ago

The article is actually Gamesradar's. MSN just used their page like a URL shortened link.

Pyrofire951d 22h ago

Yeah, they've been bullies.

MeteorPanda1d 22h ago

It's straight up bullying with mooney and using the government laws as a tool to do so. They should be fined.

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Dragon’s Dogma 2 Shouldn’t Let Its PS5 Pro Update Arrive Empty-Handed

Entering Q4 and with the impending release of the PS5 Pro and major AAA titles this holiday season, Dragon's Dogma 2 has a golden opportunity for DLC.

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Eonjay2d ago

I have to disagree. Personally, I feel like DD2 still needs a lot of optimization. I really dislike games that try to sell a bunch of DLC when their game is still a mess.

Redgrave2d ago

This, RDR2, Bloodborne.... and of course, Life of Black Tiger.

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Anniversary: Nintendo Is 135 Years Old Today

Where does the time go?

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