How Microsoft Sold More Consoles World Wide In 2011, And Why It'll Stay That Way In 2012

Crappyreviews writes:
What will Microsoft do as an encore to being the best selling game console world wide for 2011?

[Cocozero]

A pricecut/Halo 4/Star Wars Kinect are all they need to remain no.1 WW. They had next to nothing in 2011 and came out on top, 2012 should be easy pickings.

[NukaCola]

It's simple. Market in America. That is their money maker. Yes they cleared the numbers WW but it was the American numbers that did it. EU/JP figures didnt show Xbox in number 1 or 2.

[dark-hollow]

A gamer is a gamer and a cusotmer is a customer.

It doesnt matter if they were from usa or europe or mars!!

[SuperLupe]

Excuses excuses.

You wanted WW figures, great, now eat it.

WW = WW. Period.

[EVILDEAD360]

The 360 is in really great position to have a decent year.

The first quarter or so will resemble last year where the momentum of the holiday may keep the numbers similiar, but to predict YOY increase for the first 6 months would be tough.

E3 is the most important factor for what will transpire.

Microsoft won't need a price cut as people are saying. Because the stand alone Kinect will be sold at a lower price which act as a price cut for their main selling bundle.

I like what micrsoft is doing this year in regards to games. They are starting a XBLA campaign here in Feb with Alan Wake and I am Alive leading the way.

I love how Witcher 2 is looking like it has potential to be the best PC to console adaption since Valve gave us the Orange box.

The big boys are dropping AAA monsters from Mass Effect 3 to the new Grand Theft Auto.

I keep saying this..but it is the Wii-U that is the most intersting factor in the equation. If Wii-U still is limited to what we saw at last year's E3 then the 360 is going to dominate the year.

The tablet and Wii-motes simply arent enough to derail Kinect's appeal.

On that note Kinect may have it's best year ever after EA launches Mass Effect 3, Tiger, Fifa, and Madden all Kinect enabled.

Not to mention HBO Go and other Live additions that seem to keep coming.

But, let's face we it..Halo 4 is oging to be monstrous at retail. Not to mention Treyarch comes back with zombies for Black Ops 2 and you have smooth sailing for a pretty good holiday for the 360 next year as well.

If Micrsoft keeps making great moves they are in a good position, but Wii-U is the X-factor.

Evil

[yesmynameissumo]

HBO Go is going to be a great addition to the PS3 too.

[Tonester925]

What does console sales have to do with me? I'm still going to play my PS3 lol

[BitbyDeath]

@EvilDead360,

I agree, hopefully MS will counter Nintendo with a new console announcement.

[stiggs]

"Don't let the numbers fool you, XBOX is struggling."

You are DELUSIONAL.

[kreate]

yea im pretty surprised xbox did this well through out 2011. certainly there's a large fanbase.

i just hope the verizon channels work. i tried it last night and i got a error message saying that i cant view the verizon channels cuz the servers were down. im sure this is a verizon issue and not a xbox live issue but if im paying for the service, it should work.

verizon tv + fios internet + xbox gold = doesnt work .... wtf?? o_0;;

*i took a picture of the error screen as proof that it doesnt work but n4g seems to want me to only add a url instead of a image from my pc.

[DragonKnight]

It's really funny. For 5 years the PS3 has outsold the 360 worldwide and these kinds of articles were nowhere to be seen. In fact, the focus always became NPD numbers and how the 360 is winning in the States. Now one year and the 360 outsells the PS3 by a marginal 800K and it's like it's been happening since day one.

*sigh* Journalism.

[-Alpha]

@DragonKnight

There are tons of articles on worldwide sales. Of course it's a big deal when MS outsells Sony WW--it's news, isn't it? Do you expect nobody to report this unusual trend? If Sony outsells MS in U.S, you can bet you will see the same amount of articles. Don't play the "conspiracy" card

[DragonKnight]

@Alpha: "There are tons of articles on worldwide sales."

Where are the 3 or 4 "in a row" articles about the PS3 outselling the 360 worldwide every year up until now hmm? Yeah, thought so.

"Of course it's a big deal when MS outsells Sony WW--it's news, isn't it? Do you expect nobody to report this unusual trend?"

Did I say that? Nope. I'm commenting on the clear bias.

"If Sony outsells MS in U.S, you can bet you will see the same amount of articles. Don't play the "conspiracy" card."

Didn't realize stating an easily noticed observation was "playing the conspiracy card."

"I'll tell you what I don't understand: When I see a PS3 sales article that positively shows Sony growing and closing the gap, PS3 fans will talk highly of sales. "Sales are great, go Sony!, Move will easily bring in casuals and hardcore gamers alike and close the gap, GT5 will really close the gap"

But the minute sales are going bad for the PS3, I see a total 180 "I play games, not sales", "Sales don't matter to me", "Kinect is the reason", "Xbox has no games"

Stop grouping people. I don't care about the sales, I care about the coverage. The lack of journalistic objectivity and the evidence of clear bias is what I'm commenting on. If I cared about the sales, I'd say the same thing everyone else has been saying. The 360 outsold by a measly 700K and when it can outsell for 5 years straight then come back and talk. But who gives a damn about that when the media picks and chooses what it wants to highlight the most. 700K is not the "gen ending" sales point, yet the articles make it seem like this mega triumph. Why the hyperbole and over exaggeration?

"If I go to a sales thread I expect some proper discussion on sales, but I see anything but that. It really annoys me when people fight about sales when at this point it doesn't matter, and it annoys me even more that people will find every excuse in the book to deny the fact that one product is simply performing well over the other."

Why are you surprised? You know the most annoying thing is people going to sales articles and getting upset that two sides are arguing when it's obvious that that will always happen. One side boasting, the other downplaying, then the roles reverse. What do you expect to happen? The beginning of this gen, the 360 diehards were all too pleased to rub the 360's success in the noses of the PS3 diehards. That stuff isn't forgotten, and then the PS3 diehards did the exact same thing. It's an eye for an eye topic that isn't going to end any time soon, and you'll get nowhere complaining about it.

Simply talk to people you know won't be party to it and have discussions with them. Let the stockholders on N4G duke it out on their own.

[-Alpha]

@Dragon

Sorry I edited that all out because I didn't feel like getting into this, but I guess I have to respond now:

But why do you expect to see articles saying PS3 is outselling 360 worldwide? It's not news, nor is it biased to expect it. A simple "PS3 worldwide sales" on N4G yields results and PS3 fans talking happily about the status of the PS3 brand.

One is new information, the other is an expected trend.

"Stop grouping people"

I'm telling you what I see here: Fans like to talk sales regardless of platform, but not if it doesn't favor what they want the outcome to be. I have seen people expect Move to be the device that brings casuals on to the PS3 by the boatload, sales matter because it's a bragging right, and people love to brag.

"One side boasting, the other downplaying, then the roles reverse"

I agree completely with this and the latter of what you said, though I don't necessarily start the blame on 360 fans-- I recall just as much "Lol Xbox? That thing wont last half of this generation with PS2 around" and later "PS3 will dominate Xbox 360 like last gen, just wait"

The best I can call it is a circle, I don't see reason to put blame one way or another, some people bashed the Xbox when it was announced, others bashed the PlayStation starting this generation, but the comparisons were bound to happen regardless

I am remarking on your excuse that the fact that this happened is journalistically biased as if Xbox outselling the PS3 is supposed to be something common.

Add in the PS3 fans talking all year about the exclusives and consumer variety, about the Move, about the gimmicky death of Kinect, etc. As if not to expect a backlash. Yes, it's a viscous circle, but I don't see why you wont give credit where credit is due. You acknowledge that people reverse roles when it suits them, but I don't see why this should be normal, all it shows me is that people only care about sales if it helps their console ego. To me, if I'm going to talk about sales, I'm going to look at the product more objectively, and as I see it, MS has pushed the Xbox harder while maintaining a balance between core consumers and introducing new fans, while Sony has struggled last year with expanding Move's casual appeal and lack of interest with key franchises like Killzone, SOCOM, and Resistance (both of which sold less than predecessors, and two of which tried to expand appeal by tuning the product towards casuals)

[ShinMaster]

Middle-ground troll.
People have different tastes. They can like or dislike whatever they want. Not everyone is going to like and approve of everything or every system equally and fairly. Let's be real.

If people think that "selling more" means/proves nothing when core games are replaced with casual appeal. So be it. It's how they feel.

To me, it's all about the games and who can deliver best.

P.S. These are just Microsoft's numbers
http://i44.tinypic.com/2i06...
Sony's fiscal year isn't even over yet!

[Agent-86]

What was the author's source of information to claim the 360 sold the most consoles worldwide? In fact, no numbers or sources were even listed. According to this article (link below), the PS3 sold more worldwide (14m vs 13.3m). In fact, it looks like the PS3 sold more than the 360 in every year listed (2009-2011) and the first month of this year. So, may the author explain to me how "it'll stay that way in 2012" when it looks like the 360 has been outsold worldwide for at least the last three years?

http://www.vgchartz.com/art...

[k-dillinger]

the ppl dont realize that ps3 fiscal year isn't over yet so how are they already saying xbox won 2011 we will know on march 31 when Sony has a complete full cycle like Microsoft.

[Anon1974]

Vgchartz are guesstimates and have been proven incorrect, time and time again. Do your homework. There's a reason no one, and I mean no one, in the industry takes that site seriously. Not console makers, not analysts, not developers. They simply aren't accurate. Never have been, even back when ioi was originally banned from the NeoGaf forums for posting his sales guesses and started his little fan site in the first place. They even say right on their own site that the numbers they provide our meant for entertainment purposes and shouldn't be used anything serious.

The only true source of information you'll receive is the numbers from the companies themselves. And they clearly show that for the calendar year, 2011 - the 360 came out on top.

However, the PS3 had been outselling them the 9 months prior before the 360's outstanding holiday season. I think one strong holiday quarter isn't enough to go claiming the 360 is suddenly going to take over. It was one good quarter after years of coming in 3rd place head 2 head against it's rivals. If you're going to try to take a stab at predicting the future, I think some perspective is in order.

[PimpDaddy]

Agent-86: All you have to do is look at the quarterly shipment numbers for 2011 to see which console shipped (sold) more. The totals had Microsoft shipping more consoles in 2011 by 800,000 consoles total.

K-dillinger: For the calendar year of 2011 Microsoft outsold the PS3 by 800,000 units. Microsoft and Sony each have their fiscal years start/end at different quarters during the calendar year. Please stop spinning facts.

Darkride66: The 360 outsold the PS3 in 3 of the 4 quarters according to the financial reports. Sony outsold Microsoft by a significant number in the 3rd quarter of the calendar. That coincided with the 50 dollar price drop on all PS3 SKU. But the 1st, 2nd, and 4th quarter the 360 outsold the PS3. Maybe one year of outselling the PS3 won't determine the future. But I think Microsoft has momentum, Kinect is bringing in a new demographic and keep in mind that Microsoft hasn't dropped the price of the 360 since 2008. I expect a price drop this year to further increase demand. I would not be surprised if the 360 did outsell the PS3 for the full calendar year of 2012.

[Eddie20101]

The only thing that sold the Xbox 360 was them adverting the hell out of Kinect being the next coming. Most of the people that bought into that were the same people that bought into the Wii. So,many of those people moved on from the Wii. Those people for the most part are not hardcore gamers. Also, for a lot of people, after the novelty wares off they don't mess with it much, Me being one of them.

So the Kinect is the biggest reason for the good sales, we all Know how novelty sells (Wii, 3ds, Kinect, Tomogotchi), they sell really well really quickly but they also bottom out really quickly.

For me the best and most accurate ways of playing games is using a good controller or mouse and keyboard. I'm not fond of the Wii mote, Kinect or the move control scemes. to me they are only good for casual games.

[Noticeably_FAT]

The funny part is that all I heard last year was how Sony had all these great exclusives, Microsoft had nothing and then Sony had a price drop and Microsoft didn't match it. So everyone thought Microsoft messed up. Turns out they did the smart thing and had their best year ever and with the more expensive product.

Sony fans must be scratching their heads wondering what Sony has to do to win something these days.

This year Microsoft is sitting pretty because they can do a price drop and really start to get some great numbers. A $149 4 gig Xbox 360 and a $99 Kinect would sell amazingly well.

Also, I forgot about Steel Battalion Heavy Armor and Project Draco, those both look very promising.

I don't see Microsoft letting go of the WW lead anytime soon.

Oh and by the way America=World.

[BitbyDeath]

"and with the more expensive product"

PS3 is still the more expensive product.

[smashcrashbash]

Do you EVER stop trolling about Sony? Anyway I love this gen a lot. They always think nothing could ever happen to destroy or bring down a console. No one probably ever thought that Sony could have taken Sega and Nintendo to the cleaners with the PS1 and PS2. No fanboy could ever see how their chosen system could fall down.

A victory in 2011 automatically means a victory in 2012 and 2013 and 2014 etc. And a high sales in one gen equals high sales next gen. No one remembers the mass migration from Nintendo to Sony or the Wii's sudden rise to power or Sega biting the dust.Sorry but business goes up and down like a yo-yo. Microsoft gaming division could be nothing by next gen.Same goes for everyone else.

[jetlian]

well this is a MS article!!! Wii won casuals yes and now its totally falling off.

Edit; by the end of the year 360 should pass wii software sales even with a 30 million console difference which shows casuals dont spend money long term!

Also 360 has the most pirates and still selling games

[_Aarix_]

For every 1 person on here bashing the ps3 there is 17 bashing the xbox.

[pandaboy]

"America=World"

haha, and Americans wonder why their international reputation is akin to Adolf Hitler.

On topic, a 360 price cut with Halo4 could really crush the ps3 in the North American market. Kinect has won over the casuals there too. Sony will be fine in Europe and Japan however.

[majiebeast]

When i see the republican candidate's for america i can see how the 360 is still leading sales you just dont know any better.

[Bigpappy]

360 guys are Democrats. They pay their taxes and XBL membership for the greater good.

PS3 guys want to depend on corporations to give them online features. We pay or taxes (Membership fee) to insure we get the best online features.

[Tito08]

@ Bigpappy- I'm a democrat as well, & I pay my taxes, but I don't pay for XBL!!!!!!So, what does that have to do with being a democrat????!!!! If that was the case, then PC gaming should be subscription based too!!!!

[Ace_Man_6]

"Oh and by the way America=World."

And you're called 'Noticeably_FAT'… hmm yeah, sounds about right.

[DiRtY]

I think this scenario is likely. They sold crazy numbers with a PS3 that even saw a pricecut.

The only thing that could ruin this is a Xbox 3 announcement. Other than that I don't think Star Wars, Halo, Fable, Steel Battalion, great marketing, price cut, next wave of Kinect titles and thousands of Apps can be stopped.

Especially the Apps will become an important factor for MS and the industry overall.

I think MS is in a comfortable position right now. Sony needs to make a profit better sooner than later. Nintendo has to show us these "OMG-Moments" with the Wii U and they need to make money as well after a year of losses.

Another point is that all the new studios MS opened need time to get their porjects running. So they definitely don't want the next gen to start before fall 2013 for them.

[Shadonic]

< Die hard microsoft fan MWAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAH

[yesmynameissumo]

I'm guessing $50-$75 gift cards every month like they did last year (and so far all of 2012). Even then, they outsold the more expensive blu-ray player by 1.7 million. Not the thrashing you'd expect. It only took them 6yrs to globally outsell their closet competition...

[ZippyZapper]

"Not the thrashing you'd expect. It only took Sony 6yrs to lose globally to their closet competition."

I flipped it for ya :)

[yesmynameissumo]

And yet, you helped make my point valid. Thanks! :)

[DigitalRaptor]

HAHA! What an absolute fail comment ZippyZapper, yet again.

Do you ever read your comments before you post them? You completely proved sumo's point by saying that. Oh Lordy! ;)

[baodeus]

@yesmynameissumo

so what do these numbers says about these arm chair analysts on n4g? What have we heard so much lately on n4g sumo? Like these:

x360 has no games
x360 is dying and need new console
kinect is a gimmick and MS is going casual
vs.
Ps3 have much more values, free online, more quality exclusives, more variety, have a $200 sku as well, better 1:1 motion control, etc....all these good stuff

so if those are true, shouldn't x360 be dead already instead of having their best year ever?

According to the trend then, what do we see?
1. x360 start out w/ more exclusives, variety and games, but the ps3 beaten them for 5 straight year.
2. and now the row reverse and x360 selling better?

so according to n4g analysts then, the more u stop making games, the more u charge for online, the more you abandoning gamers, etc...the better you sell?

Very interesting indeed, perhaps i should adopt that model for my own business then cause obviously, catering to these so call "gamers" aren't helping my business at all. Now i get it.

[X_GAMER_X]

Believe it or not, Microsoft are doing great.

Considering the sales are almost only on two territories (EU and US) dead on japan while Sony and Nintendo on three territories .

Congrats to All of them. They brought great experience this Gen. This gen will be over when a next gen console will be released, And I will be waiting day one :D

[SuperLupe]

Were they stupid last gen ?

[Half-Mafia]

For all the media hyping and Kinect push for the casuals. The 360 only sold .7m more consoles to the media hated PS3.

Both consoles are selling very well. But the media makes it seem like the 360 is killing it.

[badkolo]

but lets be fair, yes ms is in the lead, yes ms is doing well and yes sony better make changes.

and while im a xbox fan we need to be fair, xbox did come out a year earlier which will give it more sales, so while its leading its kind of not fair number wise, sony came out a year later

[Half-Mafia]

To put that into a bit of perspective.

The PS3 came out 1 year later in the US and 16 months later in Europe.

360 has always be alot cheaper.

and if we put the sales of both consoles to the life of the PS3 then (first 5 years of both consoles)

PS3- 62M
360- 55M

you can see why Sony is not panicking over how the PS3 is performing. Compared to how the media thinks the PS3 is doing.

[BLaZiN PRopHeT]

If that's the case take away the japan numbers and see what you get.

[Hicken]

Why the hell would you take away Japan? It's not like the 360 wasn't/isn't being sold there. It's on the market. It's just not selling very well in Japan.

That's COMPLETELY different from the full year or more during which the PS3 WAS NOT BEING SOLD IN MULTIPLE MARKETS. The 360 had, at the least, a 1 year headstart. At the 5-year mark, it had sold 55 million; at the same time in ITS lifespan, the PS3 reached 62 million.

How hard is it to accept that?

[Tito08]

@ Blazin- You seem you are not very smart since what they're talking about is that the 360 is selling terribly in Japan.... How about that, we take the sales of both consoles in Japan off, PS3 is 7 Million, 360 is 1.50!!! Let's rather do different scenarios WW if we take out each region:

Minus Japan:
PS3:62-7=55M
X360:55-1=54M

Or Minus EU
PS3:62-23=39M
X360:55-20=35M

Minus U.S.A.
PS3:62-21=41M
X360:55-36=36M

Minus rest of the world
PS3:62-7=55M
X360:55-6=49M

PS3 is still selling more, & that's without the 360s 1 year headstart either way, LMAO!!!!!!!!!!

[Donyul]

Cool story bro, ill enjoy playing more games on my ps3 and PC while you ms fans enjoy another halo and your kinect casuals and hopefully more then a handful of exclusives. Bottom line is I play games not sales.

[_Aarix_]

You dont have an xbox, so you dont know how awesome games are on there. If all you think there is, is kinect and halo then I laugh at you good sir.

[SITH]

"Microsoft also paid attention to how Sony won the last couple of generations. They relied heavily on 3rd party support."

It was ok for Sony, but not for Microsoft according to a special opposing group. This formula is a winning one that Sony knows how to do, but over saturated their library win first party titles this gen.

[Biggest]

Sony did not rely on 3rd party support. They have NEVER relied on 3rd party support. They worked with 3rd party companies to develop exclusive games. They made their own exclusive games. They have always had a great balance of exclusives and multiplatform games.

[jetlian]

get to naming them!!! You mean now they dont seeing they bought most the exclusive 3rd party teams from yester years

DMC,MGS,REvil, tekken etc were never sony exclusives when these series went MP people flipped out and still do.

[Biggest]

Should I be naming games made by Sony studios, games published by Sony, or games made exclusively for Sony by 3rd parties? All three lists are HUGE on the PSOne alone. I don't have room, so I will list some of the more impressive games:

PSOne
Arc the Lad (1-3 + Collection)
Gran Turismo (1-2)
Hot Shots Golf (1-2)
Intelligent Cube
Jet Moto (1-3)
NFL Gameday Series
NBA Shootout Series
PaRappa the Rapper

PS2
Ape Escape (2-3)
Wipeout Fusion + Pulse
Everquest
Formula 1 ('01-'06)
God of War (1-2)
Killzone
The Mark of Kri
MLB ('04-current)
Siren (1-2)
Syphon Filter (series)

I know that you already know many of those games and the many that I didn't list. Of course you can ignore the games that Sony published for developers that wouldn't have had their games released outside of their native area. If you don't ignore those, they list grows. If you don't ignore the games developed and published by 3rd parties the list grows even more. But if you were to eliminate both versions of 3rd party you would still find dozens of games from Sony themselves. My point stands. Sony did not rely on 3rd party support. They didn't rely on it then. They don't rely on it now.

[TheDivine]

Sony stole the market from nintendo by stealing the 3rd parties in the psx days (ff, mgs, exc). The ps2 won by a landslide because of 3rd paries (ff, mgs, dmc, gta). The 360 won by stealing 3rd parties from sony, without dmc, gta, ff, tekken, resident evil exc the ps3 wouldve demolished everything. Ms already won the war by sony losing virtually all 3rd party exclusives which gained ms more games than ever.

[jetlian]

thanks biggest only series you mentioned in all those games was GT and gow the rest are throw aways same with the series of this gen from sony!!

Another thing why so many mention 360 year start when ps2 had one over gamecube and xbox? They love to say MS gets this and that timed how about sony getting GTA a year before xbox

Sony used 3rd party just like nintendo did in the 80s now MS doing it to sony

[Tito08]

@ Jetlian- In terms of appearing on said platform, There's being 5 Tekkens plus the first Tag Tournament & the one for PSP, 3 Devil May Crys(DMC was originally supposed to be R.E.), 6 MGS(with the exception of Twin Snakes(MGS1 remake) & Substance(Ps2 port for Xbox 1)... The main R.E. games appeared on PS1 first with the exception of Code Veronica & 4,7 Ace Combat Games including those on PSP, those were all indeed Sony exclusives until this gen started, So itn's Gears a Microsoft exclusive still is, or isn't Mass Effect a former Microsoft exclusive game???? no anymore!!!

RE5, Tekken 6, Devil May Cry 4, Ace Combat 6, those are the first games appearing on a Microsoft console after most of them being Sony exclusives, there is a difference between 3rd party multiplats & 3rd party exclusives, there would be nothing wrong if Microsoft had 3rd party exclusives(Gears)!!!!

You're calling Wipeout, MLB(Now One of best baseball & sports games on the market) Everquest, Siren, Mark Of Kri, Intelligent Cube(very good game), Syphon Filter & the rest throw aways, you don't seem to know what you're talking about, or you being living under a cave!!!!

And just simply using PS2 to back your point when no Sony consoles became the first on market, PS1 & PS2 competed with both Sega Saturn & Dreamcast respectively before Nintendo & Microsoft released their consoles, do your self a favor & do research if you think I'm wrong!!!!!

And Microsoft released their 360 console too soon to market, a very few months after they first unveiled it at E3, the Xbox 1 was 3 & a half years old when they announced the 360, while PS2 came out 6 years in Japan & 5 in the US & EU after PS1!!!!!

[jetlian]

maybe you dont understand or didnt read. This has nothing to do with the games being exclusives!!! This was about what SONY as in the company produced as exclusives!!!

These games are 3rd Party exclusives. Sony has no say on were they go. So sony relied on 3rd parties just like MS is doing now!!!

edit; MS price dropped every time sony did which is why they lost so much money on xbox 1 They couldnt keep going so they decided its better to start the next gen where sony has to react to them

saturn and dreamcast came out of nowhere and left just as fast. Dreamcast was early or late if you will. I dont need research I was there

[GamersRulz]

Ok its

5(PS3) 1(360)

lets see if 360 can make it 2 next year.

[PamPoovey]

Here we go with sales again

All we should care about is the company which cares about us and gives us core gamers what we want.

[5119ent]

halo will be your system seller....good luck with that

[Reborn]

I'd hate to be in a boardroom meeting with N4G members. You all are such fantastic experts.

News 4 Shareholders.

We all know all consoles are doing pretty good. Yet, you all fight about it like you have some personal stake in each company. It's even worse when the arguments are terrible.

[joeorc]

Microsoft has done fantastic this generation increasing their market share..but

on the same token:

look at this statement an the OP's while fair read is not quite accurate in his take on who sold more consoles in 2011

"How Microsoft Sold More Consoles World Wide In 2011, And Why It'll Stay That Way In 2012"

now if you want to take just the:

Nintendo Wii
XBOX360
Playstation 3

as what your saying sold more in 2011 calendar year than yes you could make that claim.

but if you want to be truthful an accurate Microsoft did not sell the most "consoles" world wide

both Nintendo an Sony have more Consoles Sold world wide than Microsoft that is just a fact

in order of most "consoles's" sold world wide in 2011

Nintendo
Sony
Microsoft

most sold number of "consoles" world wide is most sold "Consoles" sold world wide

unless you consider the
Nintendo DS, 3DS, DSI NO LONGER GAME CONSOLES?
Sony psp, ps2, an the PSVita yes the PSVita started dec 17th in 2011 so it was released before 2012.

what i just stated is truthful an accurate if i get a disagree than so be it but look up what a "game console is"

"A handheld game console is a lightweight, portable electronic device with a built-in screen, game controls, speakers and replaceable and or rechargeable batteries or battery pack"

page 20 read what it says

http://www.mg-bl.com/filead...

yes handheld game systems do indeed count as game "consoles"

like i said you can disagree all you want does not take away from the fact what i posted is 100% truthful an is a fact.

[Tacklebait]

Thanks for those fun facts. I will never treat a hand held as any less of a console.

Your just presenting an argument unrelated to the purpose of the article.

Its basically saying the xbox 360 has sold more units then the ps3 and nintendo wii.

I wonder where my iphone 4 console fits into the whole grand scheme of things.

[joeorc]

"Your just presenting an argument unrelated to the purpose of the article."

what i posted has everything to do with the core of this article. you cannot claim sold more consoles than other's if you do not count all consoles, that's the point claiming we sold this number of consoles, is ok but cheery picking one section of that market to make one of the companies in the market claiming to have more product sold than the others when you do not count all "consoles" is just plain ignoring just the other game consoles sales to increase "mindshare" of one company over the others which is again ok, thought once again is not the same as "market share" in my opinion. if your going to claim that claim, you have to be truthful an account all game consoles are still game consoles. im only pointing out what's the truth.

he has his opinion but im Saying the facts do not support his Opinion of whats most sold game consoles world wide.

This was not to take away from the fact microsoft has done great this generation in increasing their market share. but on the same token you cannot claim something without having a legitimate question about the claim. being brought up when you choose to not include all game consoles that are currently being sold in the market.

as for your iphone 4 where it stands is its a smartphone an it has many great games. Hell some would even consider the smartphone as their game handheld but by the industry standards group that tracks the progress of electronics already classified what a handheld game console is.

"A handheld game console is a lightweight, portable electronic device with a built-in screen, game controls, speakers and replaceable and or rechargeable batteries or battery pack"

you could say since the touch screen can simulate game controls bridges the gap. some would say its not the same thing.. thats why we have the term "convergence"

smartphones are convergence devices.

[BuffMordecai]

They should definitely not make any more core games, focus 100% on Kinect, make more apps that you have to pay for, and definitely increase the price of xbox live, we should feel honored to pay more for such an outstanding online service. And while they are at it, fill up the dashboard with even more ads, I love those ads. If they do all this, 2012 will be the year of the xbox.

[izumo_lee]

This will be a big test for Microsoft now that they are technically on top (with HD consoles in mind). When you are the leader, staying on top is a lot harder than playing catch up. With it is added pressure to stay there, the ridicule & meticulous dissection they will endure, just like what Sony received this gen.

They basically used Sony's business plan that they used the last 2 gens. Heavy marketing of your product & relying on 3rd party support for their software.

Both Sony & Nintendo will have a lot of work to do to against the Microsoft marketing machine. Being a Sony fan boy i believe Sony have learned a lot this gen in how to & not to handle their console. The Vita being a good start on those lessons learned.

[nigelp520]

I just want a new
KILLER INSTINCT
CRIMSON SKIES dammit

[Rock_On_PS4]

accurate sale figures on Vgchartz contradict the article claims. PS3 outsold the X360 worldwide and heavily outsold it in Europe and Asia-Pacific regions.
The 360 outsold the PS3 in America and UK only.

[mechanicleman]

Here are the reasons

1. RROD
2. cheapness
3. kids want to play COD with there other cheap friends.
3. xbox has been out a year more than PS3.

[spacedelete]

i could say the same thing.

1. PS2 was terrible for reliability
2. PS2 was also cheaper than competition
3. people bought gran tursimo to play with their cheap friends
4. PS2 was out 2 years earlier than gamecube and Xbox

stop being so damn ignorant. sony isn't going to give you a paycheque so stop kissing their backside.

[DebateMaster]

do not compare reliability between ps2 and 360. Just dont.

[Tito08]

@ spacedelete- you're the one who's ignorant:

1-PS2 was far more reliable than 360(I still have mines & works)While I went through 3 Xboxs failures!!!!

2-PS2 was the same price as the Xbox, once Sony dropped the console prices, Microsoft followed suit...

3- Gran Tursimo didn't even have online, & it's not a simple kids game, & isn't a yearly game!!!!

4-PS2 released in 2000, while Gamecube & Xbox in 2001(1 year), & it was competing with the Dreamcast, while 360 released too soon to the market!!!

Learn how to do research, Xbox fanboys are very misinformed!!!!!

[baodeus]

@meniacleman

1. RROD?
- there is something wrong w/ my calendar, it said 2012.
- is that why x360 selling more now because it is more reliable?

2. Cheapness?
- a "true" next gen console (1080p, 60fps, 4D) in $200 range?
- replaceable HDD at a fraction of the price and OMG a BLUERAYYYYY?
- MOVE at 1/3 price of kinect, out 1 or 2 months early -> got outsold almost instantly when kinect release?
- a purchase of every move related controller/accessory (+2 move, navigator, pseye, sharp shooter, etc...) = individual sell to play one game -> higher MOVE sell according to n4g peep? Even with that, how did it go?

3. Kids, Cheap Friends, COD?
- These EXPENSIVE/RICH/HIGH CLASS KIDS opted for a FREE PSN over $4/month (high school lunch = $4/day back in 1994) to miss out on early/quick update/patch/dlc, reliable MP at start, no hassle of communication/connection w/ friends?
- These EXPENSIVE/RICH/HIGH CLASS KIDS pay $2/month for PSN+ while crossing their fingers that they might get some cool free games that they haven't own already, and salivating over coupons/deals of the month/weeks? Who has "cheaper" kids, you tell me.
- 1mil questions. What is the most populated MP game currently on PSN? UC3/KZ3/GT5/Resistance/MAG/SOC OM/LBP or COD?
- According to the praise on n4g, shouldn't people be playing AMAZING SONY exclusives offering instead of this trash called COD? COD is still in the top 10 sold on ps3 World wide while the rest of the AMAZING Sony exclusives just disappear?

I hope your 13 friends can help you out with this one. You can't be serious.

oh yeah, one disagree already. Would you kindly help him out and response with some witty comeback sir?

[mechanicleman]

I honestly didn't understand any of what you said.

[ironmonkey]

doesnt matter who wins, get em both. you win!

[urwifeminder]

Im getting the next ms console they just nail the online with xbl im keen to try the wiiu also.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

Fanboys trying to spin it however they can, but they don't realize this is only a website and anything they say isn't valid in the real world at all. That's what I like about all this, consumers can buy whatever they want and what appeals to them anywhere in the world. I have an idea sense there's an abundance of Sony fanboys on here how bout you all come together and have some air time on TV to try and convince people "Kinect doesn't matter", "Xbox has no games," "XboxLive is a rip off," all the evils of Xbox. I don't see why people stress over sells and profits anyway we're gamers not stock brokers. I'm not thinkin about what PlayStation is doing when I'm gaming? And I'm sure no one else does either, at least I hope not.

[urwifeminder]

This vanished faster than cnets review of vita this article it had 87 comments but a story with 5 comments was headline this site is just weird.