'PS3 overtakes Xbox 360 Userbase'..... Wait what?

[WilliamRLBaker]

well MS said that it sold 50 million 360, but how many of them got the rrod?

Fair point, They did add a 3 year warranty onto them though...

yes, but most company's design their products to break JUST AFTER the warranty.

Look it up. My friend was thinking of buying a 360 and refused after he read a leaked article from Microsoft about this devious plan.

um what devious plan? i'm pretty sure i've never heard of and there is no proof Microsoft designed it to break after warranty so they could get more console sales...

 

[mrdude2010]

well MS said that it sold 50 million 360, but how many of them got the rrod?

Fair point, They did add a 3 year warranty onto them though...

so... 2-3 xboxes per user then? easy way to get to 50 million

On #4 here! o/ This one is a slim so hopefully my last

well i knw both 7 people how had 2 or xboxs, im lucky still on me first

i literally know 2 people out of all my friends that have ever had the rrod, (3 including myself), and all of them either got a new one from microsoft or fixed it theirself. also, any xbox made after 2007 seems to be relatively immune to this problem

 

[GeorgW]

Well, it's nice to see PS3s are more popular in Europe.
I like the PS3 a lot more, it's vastly superior in software and the hardware is pretty equal, though 360 has better online. I'm glad it's getting the recognition it deserves.

On #4 here! o/ This one is a slim so hopefully my last

Jesus...

This is also the same reason why the PS2 became the highest selling console ever. I've never known anyone who hadn't needed to replace theirs at least once.

My PS2 works just fine. It wasn't the slime version, it was the old one, and it was bought used. I still play SW:Battlefront 2 with my friends.

The console must be like 8 years old now...

Best game evar!!

Me and my fraind just dusted off his onld PS2 (Fat) and fired it up for the first time in 4 years. Popped in Battlefront 2.
OH THE NOSTALGIA. We sorta grew up playing that, I remember spending many weekends parked infront of his T.V playing that game.

Me too, I was going to play it the other month but then I couldn't find my old PS2. I will find it though, only for that game. It's too damn good not to have a sequel!!!

If his PS2 wouldn`t have worked, we would have bought one from a local gamestop for dirt cheap . `Tis a shame that they snuffed out the sequel. Imagine a space battle in GLORIOUS HD. It would be.... be..... orgasmic.

Wanna help me buy the licence?

Lol. Don`t those things cost.... money? Lots of money?

Yeah... Gimme it!!

Lolz. Sorry man, but I`ve currently got... none. HOly shit. Im flat broke. God I thought i had a $20 somewhere. why can` it be thursday. I get paid on thursday ._.

Then win the lottery... My God man, it's not rocket science!

 

[Lokithrsourcerer]

got to say I don't see any reason to care unless you have stocks in either company

 

[BlueberryMUNCH]

This is also the same reason why the PS2 became the highest selling console ever. I've never known anyone who hadn't needed to replace theirs at least once.

I'm still on my first PS2! I never even knew that they were notorious for breaking o___________o

 

[HalfChance]

On #4 here! o/ This one is a slim so hopefully my last

Same here. I'm on my 4th sexbox. These slim ones still feel very, very hot after a couple of hours of game play, Even with the games installed onto the hard drive.

 

[GeorgW]

Well, it's nice to see PS3s are more popular in Europe.
I like the PS3 a lot more, it's vastly superior in software and the hardware is pretty equal, though 360 has better online. I'm glad it's getting the recognition it deserves.

On #4 here! o/ This one is a slim so hopefully my last

Jesus...

This is also the same reason why the PS2 became the highest selling console ever. I've never known anyone who hadn't needed to replace theirs at least once.

My PS2 works just fine. It wasn't the slime version, it was the old one, and it was bought used. I still play SW:Battlefront 2 with my friends.

The console must be like 8 years old now...

Best game evar!!

Me and my fraind just dusted off his onld PS2 (Fat) and fired it up for the first time in 4 years. Popped in Battlefront 2.
OH THE NOSTALGIA. We sorta grew up playing that, I remember spending many weekends parked infront of his T.V playing that game.

Me too, I was going to play it the other month but then I couldn't find my old PS2. I will find it though, only for that game. It's too damn good not to have a sequel!!!

If his PS2 wouldn`t have worked, we would have bought one from a local gamestop for dirt cheap . `Tis a shame that they snuffed out the sequel. Imagine a space battle in GLORIOUS HD. It would be.... be..... orgasmic.

Wanna help me buy the licence?

Lol. Don`t those things cost.... money? Lots of money?

Yeah... Gimme it!!

Lolz. Sorry man, but I`ve currently got... none. HOly shit. Im flat broke. God I thought i had a $20 somewhere. why can` it be thursday. I get paid on thursday ._.

Then win the lottery... My God man, it's not rocket science!

Can`t. Afford. Lotery tickets!

Then steal a Ferrari! Come on, it's not that hard! Just get me my money!!

 

[General BrEeZy]

im still playing xbox though.
when i get several hundred dollars in the future, i definitely wont buy a PS3 anyways.
well, maybe for little big planet. and mgs4, but thats all.

 

[Azaraxzealot]

Oh, goodie. One flamewar ends and another comes and replaces it almost the next day.

If anyone happens to be wondering I bought my PS3 on launch day and its still working perfectly.

EDIT: Oh and...

i'm still looking into buying a PS3, so far i have 2 360s but i was worried about the PS3 fat's YLOD, is it something i should worry about?

My fat PS3 has done nothing but work as directed scince buying, but there was the original fat ones then the cut down fat ones.

Still according to its Wikipedia page the PS3 has had, at worst, a 10% failure rate (In 2009). Not including the leap-year bug.

Id say that buying an unboxed fat PS3 is safe, a used one however, might be different.

is it just the normal risk of buying used or is it buying used from an unlicensed retailer that's bad?

Normal risks. Unlicensed risk factors are unknown to me.

like buying it refurbished from gamestop would be "licensed"

and buying from a guy on craigslist would be "unlicensed"

 

[Cade the Imperfect]

How many people that own xbox 360 are on live? safe to say 90% easy, but chances are some arn't

Playstation allows for multiple free accounts


i can see where the idea of "more users" comes from

 

[Macrobstar]

Why can't we all just accept the fact that the Wii is better than both of them.

Why can't you all accept that the virtual boy is the best!

 

[GonzoGamer]

On #4 here! o/ This one is a slim so hopefully my last

Jesus...

This is also the same reason why the PS2 became the highest selling console ever. I've never known anyone who hadn't needed to replace theirs at least once.

I didn't have to... ever.
I heard all sorts of horror stories about the ps2 so I waited until they fixed it.

I can see replacing it if you have a good library but I would've given up after the third one and sold the library. That's just absurd.

This is why I'm staying out of next gen's consoles. I'm tired of trying to figure out which one will break constantly, which one will get terrible support, and which one will only have one good game on it.

 

[Lokithrsourcerer]

Why can't we all just accept the fact that the Wii is better than both of them.

Why can't you all accept that the virtual boy is the best!

and so the age old debate rages on...

I agree with Ernie Spectrum forever!! ;p

EDIT: apologies for the size I couldn't figure out how to change it (not sure it would have been readable if I did)

 

[Nomanslander]

Well, this is the year for the PS3, look at all the titles coming out.

As for my 360, it's going to be collecting dust if Gears 3 is all they have...=/

 

[irishdude]

well MS said that it sold 50 million 360, but how many of them got the rrod?

Fair point, They did add a 3 year warranty onto them though...

so... 2-3 xboxes per user then? easy way to get to 50 million

On #4 here! o/ This one is a slim so hopefully my last

well i knw both 7 people how had 2 or xboxs, im lucky still on me first

Are you drunk?

well am irish so i must be, that should be who instead of how my bad, was typing on a phone when i wrote that comment.

 

[irishdude]

How many people that own xbox 360 are on live? safe to say 90% easy, but chances are some arn't

Playstation allows for multiple free accounts


i can see where the idea of "more users" comes from

well didnt they give out some numbers that there are about 25 million plus xbox live memberships

 

[Puzzlenaut]

Whoever loses, Nintendo wins.

And Microsoft comes second.

...Sony, you dun goofed. You should set the cyber-police on M$ for cheating >.> (but careful they don't back-trace you)

 

[The-Epicly-Named-Man]

On #4 here! o/ This one is a slim so hopefully my last

Jesus...

This is also the same reason why the PS2 became the highest selling console ever. I've never known anyone who hadn't needed to replace theirs at least once.

I never had to replace mine although I only played it about once a month.

 

[Tzatziki3301]

ironically, it is US devil-company GameStop dictating the European sales figures. Dunno where they get their numbers from, but I know my 360 to PS3 software sales ratio is roughly 4:3 Xbox to PS3 on a solid chart title, and those games with heavier emphasis on online play tend to go nearer 5:3.

Yes, this doesn't necessarily mean there are fewer PS3 'users' than 360, but it does imply more than a few picked it up but don't actually play many (if any) games with it.

With Blu-Ray players dropping in price now, I wouldn't be surprised if the number of 'non-gamer' owners stagnates, or drops.

 

[MrGFunk]

Yes! I wondered when this subject was going to come back up.

When will the war be over and we count up all the consoles for the win?