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Sony: We will pass Xbox 360 in sales soon
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article published on 3 February, 2010
According to an interview with IGN, Sony senior VP of marketing Peter Dille says the company is on the fast track to passing the Xbox 360 in sales soon, also saying that the PS3 will still be around in 10 years, and the 360 will not.
"We can be passionate fans, but I don't think they'll be around in 10 years so I'm very confident we'll pass them within that time frame," says Dille. "I ... [ read the full article ]
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emugamer
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8. February 2010 @ 12:24 |
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Originally posted by chris4160:
Collectors item etc. The way I see the slim is basically a gimmick to attract more attention. I know of a lot of cases where people traded in there ps2 to get a slim. I think that the slim is meant to be like the elite; better. Certainly if people did research they would discoer that the slim is inferior in most aspects excluding price. Probably too many people wouldn't have done this though.
Collector's item? That's just silly to consider as a number padding factor. Sorry, but we'll have to agree to disagree on that one. The same can be said about Elite owners buying the Arcade as a collectors item, in which case, this type of "padding" cancels out.
Educate me on the inferiority of the slim. It doesn't support another OS, and supposedly movie load times are slightly slower - oh and it can't be stood up vertically. But it is quieter, lower profile and dissipates less heat. Don't bother complaining about the matte finish or how ugly you think it is.
Originally posted by chris4160:
Or they could have bought a ps3. The rrod works in both ways tbh.
Again we will agree to disagree. IMO, That scenario is less likely. I just find it hard to believe. I couldn't convince my friends to change teams even after their 3rd 360. They are already heavily invested in it - subscription, stats, online game clans etc. And then you have people who use modded systems. Shelling out the cash for a new console is pennies to them compared to the savings they see pirating games. I'm not saying that switching to a PS3 can't happen. Just that there are too many factors that would make it less likely, and that it would hardly be a reason to eliminate rrod as a number padding contributor.
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Morreale
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8. February 2010 @ 17:32 |
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Originally posted by emugamer:
Again we will agree to disagree. IMO, That scenario is less likely. I just find it hard to believe. I couldn't convince my friends to change teams even after their 3rd 360. They are already heavily invested in it - subscription, stats, online game clans etc. And then you have people who use modded systems. Shelling out the cash for a new console is pennies to them compared to the savings they see pirating games. I'm not saying that switching to a PS3 can't happen. Just that there are too many factors that would make it less likely, and that it would hardly be a reason to eliminate rrod as a number padding contributor.
100% agreed here. Tried to get my friend on his 4th 360 to switch and he almost did but no... He'll probably get one this year though.
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8. February 2010 @ 18:39 |
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that's one of my reasons for staying on team 360 my gamer score is 36,185 it took me a long time to get that high i thought about switching now that the ps3 price is sweet it make me want to own both.
todd logan
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Gnawnivek
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8. February 2010 @ 21:11 |
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Originally posted by Se7ven:
that's one of my reasons for staying on team 360 my gamer score is 36,185 it took me a long time to get that high i thought about switching now that the ps3 price is sweet it make me want to own both.
36,185 achievement points roughly equal to level 16 or 17 on PSN, which is pretty impressive. It's a ballpark estimate, so don't get carried away... On PSN, there's this trophy system, Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum. Each trophies contribute some points to a level. Earlier levels are easy, but it gets harder as you go along. If you get every achievement points in a game, that's 1000, which equivalent to ONE Platinum trophy and whatever other trophies set in the game. It's quite a feat to obtain a platinum trophy (a lot of work in most cases).
The thing i like about the PSN system is that, you can actually see the number of platinum trophies. In the Xbox 360 world, the total is just a number. I know the higher it is, the impressive you're as a gamer. However, for achievements, it doesn't reward you sweetly as trophies when you finish a game 100% (1000 points that's it, but the PS3 gives you a platinum for achieving that feat).
If you're a RPG fan, the PSN leveling up system is a very cool way to keep track of the achievements. I know it's just a number, but man, everything else is a number right? I'm just saying i like the trophy system better.
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Morreale
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9. February 2010 @ 00:22 |
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Originally posted by Se7ven:
that's one of my reasons for staying on team 360 my gamer score is 36,185 it took me a long time to get that high i thought about switching now that the ps3 price is sweet it make me want to own both.
36,185 achievement points roughly equal to level 16 or 17 on PSN, which is pretty impressive. It's a ballpark estimate, so don't get carried away... On PSN, there's this trophy system, Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum. Each trophies contribute some points to a level. Earlier levels are easy, but it gets harder as you go along. If you get every achievement points in a game, that's 1000, which equivalent to ONE Platinum trophy and whatever other trophies set in the game. It's quite a feat to obtain a platinum trophy (a lot of work in most cases).
The thing i like about the PSN system is that, you can actually see the number of platinum trophies. In the Xbox 360 world, the total is just a number. I know the higher it is, the impressive you're as a gamer. However, for achievements, it doesn't reward you sweetly as trophies when you finish a game 100% (1000 points that's it, but the PS3 gives you a platinum for achieving that feat).
If you're a RPG fan, the PSN leveling up system is a very cool way to keep track of the achievements. I know it's just a number, but man, everything else is a number right? I'm just saying i like the trophy system better.
I like it better cause it more like Pokemon :D
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xnonsuchx
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9. February 2010 @ 00:39 |
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Originally posted by emugamer:
Educate me on the inferiority of the slim. It doesn't support another OS, and supposedly movie load times are slightly slower - oh and it can't be stood up vertically. But it is quieter, lower profile and dissipates less heat. Don't bother complaining about the matte finish or how ugly you think it is.
...w/o the US$19.99 official vertical stand or some other method.
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