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MICROSOFT 750,000 Xbox 360 video-game consoles during the week of Black Friday, according to its internal statistics.
This number beat the company’s own expectations on the week that includes the US’s traditional shopping spree day (after Thanksgiving), but it didn’t indicate by how much.
Not bad for a console that debuted seven years ago.
Compare this to the Wii U’s initial sales of 400,000 units and the Nintendo 3DS’s sale of 250,000 units.
Meanwhile, there was good news for Google as it put its Nexus 4 Android out for sale again in the US. Shoppers who went to the Google Play store briefly saw an 8 GB model going for $299, shipping in 4-5 weeks.
In less than half an hour, it was sold out again.
LG makes the Nexus 4 for Google, which chooses manufacturing partners to make Nexus-branded Android phones and tablets.
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Green thumb for Xbox red thump for playstation … This decides everything
ps3 for me still wins,free online gaming
free online & bluray are the only good things about playstation.i was tempted to switch over after 3 separate xbox consoles got the RROD.it was so annoying but xbox has a better choice of games & i prefer the joypads.it just about wins in my book.i heard apple are considering getting into the gaming console market.interesting to see how that turns out.
Yeah, joypads a big plus for me on the xbox! Playstation ones feel like you’ll break them in half and I get blisters very easily using them!
Better choice of games?
I think the PS3 clearly has a better selection of exclusives.
PS3:
God of War series
Killzone 2,3
Heavy Rain
Little Big Planet 1, 2
Uncharted 1,2,3
Gran Turismo 5
inFamous 1,2
Ratchet & Clank series
Mod Nation Racers
The Last of Us
BEYOND
LBP Karting
PS All-Stars Battle Royale
Sly 4
Twisted Metal
Xbox 360:
Forza 3,4
Fable 2,3
Halo series
Gears of War series
Alan Wake
Mass Effect 1
Viva Pinata series
Seriously, just stop.
And the next Xbox is due out 1st quarter 2014 so just over a year away
There’s still many years of life left in the 360 though. So many in the market they can’t abandon it quickly. Just look at what MS did with XP!
I’d say a lot will have to do with price, if the new one is cheap there will be at best 12-18 months life in the 360. If the new one is expensive I’d say 3-4 years.
Just look at the Xbox V Xbox 360 and then the ps2 V ps3
Nope its rumoured to be out Xmas 2013. Early 2014 doesn’t even make sence, not after xmas.
Time to buy shares
They don’t even compare lads, PS3 is the superior machine, the best thing about it is the exclusive games, so many more quality titles compared to Xbox, then there’s blu-ray, free online.
Of course Xbox is cheaper so they sell more but you get what you pay for.
Obviously as one of the above comments show, more journal users use Xbox so thumbs down shall be ignored!
your comprehensive games list at the top of the thread is butt water Julian..also fails to address the massive cheating and modding that goes on ps3s free gaming service.. not to mention its been hacked twice and personal data compromised
Ps3 is not better than x360 and x360 is not better than ps3. They are equal systems basically with some exclusive only games on both.
What turns me slightly towards x360 is awesome kinect sensor while ps3 has got ps move which is not on par with kinect technology.
Also xbox live gold may be paid service but it’s only like 5 eur a month and it’s just better than free ps3 service, so worth small price.
Finally search for your android or iphone app called smart glass. To manage and interact x360 from smartphone.
Ps3 is good, but technologically / by innovation xbox360 has clearly edge here.
How wrong you are! When Call of Duty Black Ops 2 came out a couple of weeks back a leaked copy was available a week before release date on the 360 as was Halo 4. The 360 has more modified consoles to play pirated games!
Butt water? That’s your best response?
My point still stands, Playstation owe more studios therefore put out more exclusives.
PS3 is to Xbox as Gran Turismo is to Forza.
Simples!
As far as their motion controllers yes Kinect is probably better, I wouldn’t know, never played them, if you enjoy those type of games u should check out the Wii.
I problem with the Playstation 3 is that you can’t listen to tunes when playing FIFA or whatever. Nothing like listening to Damien Rice when you are on a kill frenzy in GTA!
How about a burning question PS3 or Xbox?
Get both, simple.
I have both but any multiple platform game and it is Xbox easily…. Ps 3 just does not have it for me…. Only a handful of games interest me on it…. Good bluray though….
Both!
Ps3 every time
Xbox 360 or PS3. I feel I am part of a dying breed of PC gamers!
Oh yeah I’m LOVING the new Aftermath maps on Battlefield 3!!!!!!
best maps so far, the attention to detail is amazing, if next gen can play like PC plays BF3 now ill be happy!
Thank God I don’t have to wait any longer for them!!!!!
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