Software sales rebound in September, PS3 may top hardware - Analysts

Sorry, 250gb. Typo.

Finally, the it's the PS3's time to shine. It's shaping up to be an excellent year for Sony; lots of great new games (Uncharted 2, Ratchet and Clank, anybody?), a price drop, confimed 350gb model, and Blu-Ray keeps picking up power. It's an excellent time to be a PS3 owner, if I may say so myself. :)

For some reason the new PS3 $299 price doesn't look as scary as the previous $399 price.

PS3 will b KING !!!!

Nice to see The Beatles do so well. I thought GH 5 would outsell but I guess not. Then again the overall quality and feel of The Beatles is amazing.

PS3 Rules. No doubt about it.

I own a PS3 and a Wii. I want a 360. The only reason I don't have one is, as a young teenager, I don't have the finances for XBL. Nor do I have the ability to get Halo/GOW/other M games. Which, admittedly, sucks. But that doesn't mean I hate my PS3, or my Wii (which I haven't played in a while). These flame wars are just pointless. I bet that most of the 360/PS3 fanboys out there only have the one system, and don't have anything else to do. If I get thumbs-downed for this, it only further proves my point.

The late bloomer rises. I am for the first time tempted to buy a PS3. But I will wait, for at least another year.

Fans boys pls get out off here

Told you loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong tme ago PS3 is the king of console, l got the eye camera today, it blew the xbox cam right out of the door, keep watching and learn Micro$oft. I got all 3 console at home, but my tv only got 2 input, guess what, I pluged in PS3 ad Wii, xbox was left out and I am ok with that.

These analysts never know what they're talking about. Sony's price drop will probably increase sales drastically, but I don't know about outselling both the 460 and Wii... If people had half a brain though, they'd start getting the PS3 instead of a normal Bluray player and we'd see a lot higher numbers. I'll be getting mine soon, completing my trio for this generation of consoles. Either way, hopefully they're right and the gaming industry picks up a bit towards the winter/holidays.

can someone please explain to why fanboys of different consoles hate each other and their consoles so much. i own an xbox 360 and i love it to death but i really want a ps3 as well.in my opinion xbox live is better than ps3s online network but i want someone who isn't a fanboy to tell me which is better Xbox or ps3.

Good going Sony, now please fix my poor broken phatty for free ;_; I've played it for 2 loyal years ;_;

lets look at the facts every system has thier pros and cons as such at this point in time to still be arguing over which console is better is pointless whatever console u own enjoy it bottom line 360(halo/xboxlive/)wii(mario/familyfun)ps3(gow3/uncharted2/killzone2)the ps3 slim price drop was much needed,the wii price drop wasnt deep enough and the 360 will drop again in the near future so whatever u own enjoy and lets hope the make good games because in the end its about the games!

I'm with sluffmochildeater, I own an Xbox and I've recently bought a PS3 Slim (which I'm very pleased with). I'll probably only be buying exclusive games for my PS3 because thats what i bought it for, that and its blu-ray player. All multi-format games like CoD and Batman etc. I will get for my Xbox as I prefer the controller and most of my mates own and play online with their 360's. I think after the surge in PS3 Slim sales dies down a bit you'll find that Xbox will still be there selling consoles and chugging out quality games, and all the Sony Fan boys who are shouting about the death of the 360 will be proven wrong. Long live gaming and games consoles, down with Fan boys!

I got a ps3..and umm..I WANT VOICE CONFERENCES AND VOICE MESSAGES NOW!!

[quote="TevoxZi"] GT5 being longer in development gives it more time to get better [/quote] Just like Duke Nukem Forever!

I own a 360 and a PS3. They are both wonderful, but I play non-exlusives on my 360 - XBox Live is just a better system than PSN. No contest. I sold my Wii to a 55-year old man off of craigslist who was really excited about Wii Golf.

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I can't believe people are still arguing over which console is better. I own all three consoles and the only reason I play non exclusives on my 360 is because I like the controller and my friends have 360s. I'm sure other people play their PS3 more for the same reason. Outside of that the games are basically the same experience. They all have their small benefits and flaws.

TevoxZi I agree with yours views man cause like Xbox really has bad graphics and the detail mask it but if you stare at a multi platform game you'll see that the ps3 version has actual 3D detail and clarity while xbox version uses lots of flat art on character models and background to make it look next gen.

@darklight4 Well, I personally don't have anything against Xbox 360 nor it's owners, seeing my cousin owns one and they're just consoles to keep people entertained. I just don't like Microsoft, because of the way they act all greedy, which is why I'll never buy a Microsoft product again, seeing I once bought a webcam from them and pretty much instantly changed it for a Logitech webcam. Their Windows OS is pretty good though, but even that's flawed in it's own many ways. Specs are specs, they won't change no matter what fanboys say. PS3 is stronger than Xbox 360, but the advantage of the specs is up to the gamedevelopers.. Thanks for agreeing with me, take care. :)

@TevoxZi well said i agree with you 100% PS3 is more powerful than the 360 but i own both consoles and well you can clearly tell the difference in performance but i enjoy both consoles equally but unfortunatly fanboys just wont listen to facts

@MagicOneUp [quote="MagicOneUp"]@TevoxZi ok dude, how can you explain why most 360 ports to the ps3 are running at lower resolution, slower frame rates ect... when IF the ps3 is much powerful in term of hardware structures? shouldn't it be done with ease? blu ray has more capability, arent most of the data are compressed? i mean by your explanations, games on the ps3 should be 3 times longer, audio should be all dts 7.1? so far i have not seen on the ps3, maybe sony is keeping it for its 'future proof' console.... by that time i will be playing 720.[/quote] Because, it's harder to develop for PS3's architecture, isn't it obvious? If it's harder, then it's harder to advantage. Synergistic Processing Elements aren't often used elsewhere than on PS3, like CPU cores those are very often (actually pretty much always the ones most used in PC gaming.) Don't believe me? Then see for yourself that Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (2007) -game for example used only 25-30% of PS3's CPU specs and it's still one visually awesome looking game. Besides, making multiplatform games too different from each others, would cost a lot of time and money for the game developers to do, besides making them too different would get some fanboy whines too. :p Which is why the only games truly trying to advantage BD and PS3's specs are the exclusive -games and when game porting turns from PS3 to Xbox 360. There's no IF. - Parts 2006 are better than Parts 2005. - The more the parts cost the better they are. Uncharted 2, MGS4, Killzone 2, LittleBigPlanet are few examples of games that wouldn't be able to be run on Xbox 360, because of the disc-capacity. Uncharted 2 is also specwise impossible for 360. Maybe you'll be playing 720, but I know for sure that I'll never be touching a Microsoft console seeing how crappy they've been. [quote="MagicOneUp"]Natal is the future, the 'wand' thing is the past. i can see sony made a last minute attachment attempt like their 'sixaxis' with their wand. more exclusives for ps3? i pre ordered forza3, GT5 for you? is that game has a released date yet, i mean its be announced back in 2006! Allen Wake just has more action than Heavy Rain.... i'm playing Star Ocean for a second time now, oh, it'll be release on the ps3... next... year... i clocked Gears2 about 4 time now.... playing Halo odst and cant wait for Reach....[/quote] PS2 EyeToy wasn't revolutionary in the prev. gen, so what makes you think Natal will be in this generation? Besides M$'s webcams have sucked so far, so what makes you think their motion controller, which is a camera will be much better as quality? You can only play casual games and racing on Natal, so if you're a casual gamer, you'll probably have fun, but it's pretty much impossible to play FPS -type games on Natal, because you can't turn 180 degrees, change weapons properly, someone can bypass the room and f--- the game up with. You can't even move with the camera, light adjustments can f--- it up with. Trust me, Natal won't be revolutionary. Besides most gamers rather stick with controllers than switch to motion controls. GT5 being longer in development gives it more time to get better, besides GT5 itself has more than Forza 2 and 3's cars combined. Also, Halo is one milked franchise. :) [quote="MagicOneUp"] why is the ps3 is the most expensive console on earth? wifi built in[/quote] Because better parts cost more money to make. You obviously haven't bought PC parts. [quote="MagicOneUp"] i dont want/need blu ray movies [/quote] Why don't people realize BluRay is also used for gaming, thanks to it's capacity. Get some facts straight, before you start talking rubbish. Oh and; [quote="MagicOneUp"]i'm playing Star Ocean for a second time now, oh, it'll be release on the ps3... next... year.. [/quote] Only shows that 360's exclusives are timed. Conviction will probably end up coming out on PS3 as well, just like how Splinter Cell: Double Agent did.

"xbox360 hdd is puny even at 250gb, mine was filled with less than 8 games..." - Hmmm... can someone smell bullsh*t.

it's not big enough and never will be, unless users are allowed to upgrade it themselves just like on the PS3 (where u could upgrade to whatever u want, always cheaper than on the xbox360 without voiding warranty.)

my 120GB drives was full within 4hours...

@MagicOneUp the xbox360 hdd is puny even at 250gb, mine was filled with less than 8 games... and it isn't memory it's a HDD, which is not user upgradeable with a non-Microsoft part (without voiding warrenty) for the price of 1 xbox360's 120GB drive i can buy 3x250GB laptop drives for the PS3, also go back-up save-games to an external hdd on the xbox360 (something which can easily be done on the PS3).. 50GB blu-ray storage for games is important, unless u like discs-swaps which is going to happen ALLOT, and yes i also own an xbox360 because i am not such a poor bastard as others here. all the things i can do standard and free on the PS3, cost money on the xbox360 and that's ridicules.

@mark_unix why paid for things you don't need? the 360 hdd is a huge memory card and plus if you want, you can install the 'whole' game on it. bet you cant with the ps3. plus its not mandatory to pre install like mgs4.... blu ray is standard i heard and dosnt cost a dime? why is the ps3 is the most expensive console on earth? wifi built in? same story.... i connect my 360 to my laptop which dosnt cost me a cent. i dont want/need blu ray movies, i say its the same as dvds when you sit 8 meters away to enjoy a movie from the tv. @Flint247 you dont go for any team, you dosnt have a fave game, you listen to all kinds of rubbish.... when you go to a basketball match, you dosnt cheer for any team, you dosnt belongs to anything. you have no intrest, no hobby and probably dosnt have a fav net girl....

@ AlfaxD_Centauro Natal is the future, the 'wand' thing is the past. i can see sony made a last minute attachment attempt like their 'sixaxis' with their wand. more exclusives for ps3? i pre ordered forza3, GT5 for you? is that game has a released date yet, i mean its be announced back in 2006! Allen Wake just has more action than Heavy Rain.... i'm playing Star Ocean for a second time now, oh, it'll be release on the ps3... next... year... i clocked Gears2 about 4 time now.... playing Halo odst and cant wait for Reach....

@TevoxZi ok dude, how can you explain why most 360 ports to the ps3 are running at lower resolution, slower frame rates ect... when IF the ps3 is much powerful in term of hardware structures? shouldn't it be done with ease? blu ray has more capability, arent most of the data are compressed? i mean by your explanations, games on the ps3 should be 3 times longer, audio should be all dts 7.1? so far i have not seen on the ps3, maybe sony is keeping it for its 'future proof' console.... by that time i will be playing 720.

*sigh* I am probably one of the few people that actually enjoys PS3, Wii, and 360, instead of being a "one-system Fanboy".

facts are facts

Joshua250 Posted Oct 10, 2009 6:55 pm GMT I completely agree that the pricing is broken on the Xbox. But you're focusing on the wrong issue; anyone can easily see that the peripherals are overpriced. Even though Microsoft sells rather inexpensive parts for royalty rates, the Xbox still sells far more than the Playstation. It has to do with better business and better software. I'm you really havent checked sales lately have you? go on vg chartz and you will find the ps3 has been outselling the 360 everywhere since the price drop and this week in software sales ps3 has outsold the 360 too, don't post bulll poo mate cause i can smell it all over you

@rolla020980 [quote="rolla020980"] They do not perform very well in random scenarios such as physics calculations [/quote] Then explain and why IBM Supercomputers use CBE. eDRAM only being 10MB is a bottleneck. [quote="rolla020980"]and DDR2 available for the CPU.[/quote] Says where? It uses shared 512MB of GDDR3 700MHz VRAM on both CPU & GPU. 1080p [1920x1080 -resolution in progressive] is upscaled on both PS3 and Xbox 360 no further discussion about that. Parts 2006 vs. 2005. I really don't believe in the older parts being better than the newer ones, as technology goes further and better parts cost more money to make. The biggest difference between PS3 and Xbox 360 is BluRay with it's 50GB Capacity, while DVD-DL only has 8.5GB. When that runs out, you have to start compressing games which kills A/V -quality.

OK, to resolve the CPU argument: PS3 has 1 hose with water going through 7 tubes, then back to 1 hose. XBOX 360 has 3 hoses that go into 3 tubes, then back into 6 hoses. Where would you think the bottleneck would be? Besides, Cell processors were invented for predictable programming in servers. They do not perform very well in random scenarios such as physics calculations. 3 general purpose cores with 6 hardware threads is much better at random processing. As far as the GPUs are concerned, there is no"3D-Mark-Like" application for the consoles that can give an apples to apples comparison, so I am staying out of that. As far as RAM, the PS3 has XDR, which is great at 16GB/s bandwidth (the GDDR3 for video is 22.4GB/s). However, the XBOX 360's EDRAM for video buffering is 256GB/s. Remember, XDR in the PS3 runs at 3.2GHz and the EDRAM in the 360 runs at 3.2GHz, the EDRAM has a much wider path, so more data can be sent per clock cycle. Plus, on the PS3, the XDR is connected to the CPU, which gives the CPU fast RAM speed, but it is unavailable directly to the GPU, which uses GDDR3. The 360 has the EDRAM dedicated to the video, and DDR2 available for the CPU. For those of you who think more is always better, 1080P, or 1920x1080 resolution uses slightly over 2 MB/frame. So, in order to max the XBOXs 10 MB of RAM at 256GB/s, you would have to be running at about 1,049,000 frames per second (do the math).

@MagicOneUp. Perhaps you are the most ignorant in this comments =(.

Also PS3 have more exclusives than Xbox 360 for 2009 and 2010. And more projects for Hardware and interaction. Xbox 360 only Project Natal. But yeah, is not even a surprise. Xbox 360 still failing with RROD with new chip Jasper and loosing millions $$$ with Non original Games =(.

Every news article about the Playstation everyone argues that the developers will start taking better advantage of the hardware which will inevitably lead to a sales spike. Every. News. Update. So, it's been three years. Where's the sales spike? It's not about the graphics, it's about the experience. Sure, Playstation has some pretty excellent exclusives. Judging from the videos I've seen and reviews I've read both Uncharted games easily look like the best gaming experience offered on any of the three consoles. However, those are only two games. As a whole, the Playstation suffers compared to both the 360 and the Wii. And that's why, it's in last place.

maybe your right

The price was the main stopping point for a lot of folk so when Sony dropped the price, many people including myself got a PS3.

the PS3 is the more powerful console but XBOX 360 is still good i dont know why people just quit complaining and enjoy playing them does it really matter which is better

The PS3 may top hardware... then again it may not. Who knows ay?

@MagicOneUp your comments are so dumb, im sorry. You keep on commenting with false information and keep on getting corrected by people who know what they are talking about. Give it up, and stop acting like you got a magiconeup your.....you know. @Thatguysawesome Or play it with your girlfriend. My girlfriend cant get enough of killzone 2.

I completely agree that the pricing is broken on the Xbox. But you're focusing on the wrong issue; anyone can easily see that the peripherals are overpriced. Even though Microsoft sells rather inexpensive parts for royalty rates, the Xbox still sells far more than the Playstation. It has to do with better business and better software.

The ps3 will never overtake the wii, but will beat the 360. Shme because the wii is a really bad system.

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All consoles are great ya fools! I'm on my 2nd Wii, 4th xbox360, and soon to be 2nd PS3! And i still consider myself a casual gamer.....with a problem lol! Enjoy them all for what they have, I do and I'm loving it! Either that, or you could get a girlfriend!

gamesw being cheaply ported to the Ps3? that might be in the most of multiplat games because they dont care about the consumer, great games that look the same( 5% difference you cant tell that one is better than the other) Look BETTER ON THE ps3. saying that xbox have better color is really stupid stupid, because you can change Them from the FREAKING TV!

I own both the PS3 and XBOX 360, I like them both as much.