$400 40 gig rumor.

Halo 3 is not selling well in Japan. 60K doesn't even cover the huge advertising blitz over there. The sold 5000 Xbox 360s on their Halo launch week. You can't spin that into a success story.

Microsoft would be better just packing up over there, use all the money they are wasting on Japanese ports and games specifically to get Japan on their side and focus it all on the European market where it could make a difference one way or another.

They don't have to win Japan to get the Japanese devs. They have to achieve as much userbase as possible OUTSIDE of Japan so Japanese devs will find it more profitable to develop for other markets. Microsoft is doing everything it can in the US already, but they're never going to dominate so much that it will make up for Japan.(Long term here, consider the year head start and look at the numbers on both markets.) If the 360 totally dominates Europe then it gets all the dev support it wants without Japan. At the moment they're completely wasting their time there.
 
"Although Halo 3 tops the sales list this week, it is the lowest selling week of the year. In addition the two Pokemon titles are the same (ie: Blue version v. Red version). If combined their sales would amount to 101,000 copies."

I guess its cool that some people bought it in Japan though. But I dont think that means its doing 'great' or that it will in any way outsell MGS :o
 
I didnt say great in my post. I said well. And i meant well based on history compared to the xbox and past halo over there. Sales are slowly going up in Japan with the xbox and halo3 sold more then any other halo over there.


People can hate and bash on halo all they want, but numbers don't lie and alot of people must think it's fun. I'm sure they don't sit down to play it just because they want to look cool.
 
Also it will outsell MGS. Xbox has over 11 million units out. The PS3 has only 4+ million units but still aways away from 5. Majority of xbox users will get or already have halo 3. If the majority of PS3 users get MGS... IT WONT BE CLOSE lol. Halo by a longshot and even 3 years down the road.
 
Noone said Halo sucks. Halo's story in comparison to Metal Gear's is of course a joke because Halo is meant for Multiplayer only, and Metal Gear is made for Single Player. I think Halo is a great PC game, I see absolutely no reason for it to be on Xbox, but hey whatever makes money.

As for PS3 sales, if you look at the lineup and what this topic is about, its hard to think that nobody is gonna buy it.

Halo 3 is a good seller no doubt, but in game development etc its hard to compare the 2.
 
Mooshywooshy said:
Noone said Halo sucks. Halo's story in comparison to Metal Gear's is of course a joke because Halo is meant for Multiplayer only, and Metal Gear is made for Single Player. I think Halo is a great PC game, I see absolutely no reason for it to be on Xbox, but hey whatever makes money.

As for PS3 sales, if you look at the lineup and what this topic is about, its hard to think that nobody is gonna buy it.

Halo 3 is a good seller no doubt, but in game development etc its hard to compare the 2.
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Are you saying PS3 doesn't have good upcoming games coming out?
 
Im not denying MGS isnt a better game. It's more complex, deep story and the 2 are completely different overall. Im just talking about money and sales. Multiplayer games are more popular now. Hell games get low ratings if it doesn't have online capabilities. Im just stating the Halo franchise will now outsell the MGS franchise. One system has over 6 million more users....



As far as sales and which system will make the most money and sale the most...Microsoft and Sony aren't even leaders (well microsoft still is but soon that wont be the case). Nintendo and the Wii have almost caught up to units sold by the xbox. I think they are short like 400k units which isnt much at all. The Wii makes like $50-60 a system which is more then the other systems and cost less. They sale more units every month world wide. Like their games or not..Nintendo has taken back the market they lost back in 96. If the Wii or Xbox didnt sale a single unit for over a year, the PS3 still wouldnt catch up to the two.


Plus Nintendo has so much $$ from the DS and Wii now lol..they make the most moolah out of all the contenders.
 
Clocian said:
Are you saying PS3 doesn't have good upcoming games coming out?
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No im saying As for PS3 sales, if you look at the lineup and what this topic is about, its hard to think that nobody is gonna buy it.

As in since its gonna be a reasonable price, and has awesome games coming out, its hard to believe nobody will buy it. (aka people will buy it, its silly to think anything else.)
 
Oh im not game racist here, I know all the systems have insanely great games coming out later on, but I don't think PS3 will absolutely fail, and certainly not because other systems have good games coming out as well.
 
Mooshywooshy said:
Oh im not game racist here, I know all the systems have insanely great games coming out later on, but I don't think PS3 will absolutely fail, and certainly not because other systems have good games coming out as well.
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I think the majority of the western world gaming community has traded their love of story in for a hope of being a pro fragger. Especially after reading the article posted in the 360 forum under the name "final fantasy?" So with this, I don't think the majority of the people in America or even Europe are goin' to bite on the PS3 until it finds its Halo or Gears of War. I think UT3 -would- be the test -if- it was exclusive but I see the 360 only owners just waiting it out. The good thing for Sony here is that people who don't feel like updating their rig anymore will probably go ahead and get a PS3 instead of a 360 and waiting a few more months. They got the sweet end of that stick but it's hard to even guess at that number.
 
Strid forgot Killzone 2 and Timesplitter (was it? I can't remember) Time.. something *thinks* grrr my failing memory
 
I have heard the the 40gig model is just a rumor, but a 120gig version is in the works. This was only from a SonyRep who I bumped into during my own runs, so not sure the validity of this.
 
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