PS3 outsells Wii and XBox 360 in Europe

[mcy_999]

http://vgchartz.com/eweekly.php?date=39369

For the week ending 10/14.

[lokus]

I was going to ask if there are any figures for the PS3. I would be interested in seeing figures across the world for each week past the release of the new PS3 40gb.

[WickyWoo]

It's seriously probably only a momentary bump

360 and PS3 will likely approach parity now though

[dialog_gvf]

Halo 3 has caused the Xbox 360 to kick PS/3's ass in America. Although, as Wicky says, this is probably a temporary blip. But, why isn't Halo interesting elsewhere?

As the OP says, the PS/3 beat the Wii by a bit in Others, and was 2x Xbox sales outside America (Japan + Others).

Also, notice how low the console sales are in Japan.

Gary

[WickyWoo]

Halo is interesting elsewhere.

What we're seeing is the "gotta have it" satisfied, and everyone else is saving for Christmas

[mcy_999]

Halo 3 will give xbox 360 a temporary bump, but the majority of consumers tempts to invest for a longer term values. European are generally cool headed and emphasizes on values. They are not going to buy a machine just for one hot game. PS3 has a lot more features as well as long term staying power than xbox 360 or Wii. It is a multifunction home media center -a HD game console, a top rated BD player, a digital video recorder (with PlayTV), PSP partnership, 3DHOME on-line, 64bit Linux PC (great value for developers). For $399, it is a tremendous bargain even without the on-going FREE discs promotion. For any logical minded person, it is a no-brainer's buying decision. It will cause a major sales surge in the US market also once it is shipped in early November.

[Tulsaboyw]

Having recently gone nuts and bought me a Big 50" TV.

I was leaning toward PS3 per blu-ray ...but

As a programmer and a pc & mac person, Im not interested in what console has the best graphics...but which one has the highest playability.

It so happens that despite the ps3 & xbox being better units...that Wii seems more playable... mostly due to being geared toward simplier games and more interaction.

Im actually figuring on getting both a PS3 and a WII.

Btw, I am a longterm buyer... I do not buy for the heck of it.
Ie; for example both my pc's & tvs are old... TV is 13+ and pc is 12.

despite age my pc is upgraded enough that it outcompetes messy 1.3 ghz pc's ....as proven recently when a friend had a pc 5 times faster yet runing at 10% of my pc...


If Blue-ray was on WII and not just PS3 - would likely go WII only.

[Icemage]

Originally Posted by Tulsaboyw

Having recently gone nuts and bought me a Big 50" TV.

I was leaning toward PS3 per blu-ray ...but

As a programmer and a pc & mac person, Im not interested in what console has the best graphics...but which one has the highest playability.

It so happens that despite the ps3 & xbox being better units...that Wii seems more playable... mostly due to being geared toward simplier games and more interaction.

Im actually figuring on getting both a PS3 and a WII.

Btw, I am a longterm buyer... I do not buy for the heck of it.
Ie; for example both my pc's & tvs are old... TV is 13+ and pc is 12.

despite age my pc is upgraded enough that it outcompetes messy 1.3 ghz pc's ....as proven recently when a friend had a pc 5 times faster yet runing at 10% of my pc...


If Blue-ray was on WII and not just PS3 - would likely go WII only.

Speaking as someone who's a bit farther along the same curve(HDTV, Wii, PS3), I can tell you the Wii is largely overrated.

I have a 50" HDTV and my Wii isn't even in the same room. Games at 480p look pretty horrible when upscaled to 1080 resolution. I simply cannot stand playing Wii or PS2 games on my HDTV; the upscaling artifacts are simply painful - my Wii got shuttled into the spare bedroom with the PS2 and my old CRT TV.

As for the games on the Wii... aside from a few standout first party titles (Metroid Prime 3, Super Mario Galaxy, and Super Smash Brothers Brawl), there's nothing incredibly "must have" on the Wii if you're not a casual gamer.

Of course, you can sort of say the same for the PS3, but at least with the PS3 there are signs of greatness. Oblivion, Heavenly Sword, Warhawk, and a bunch of upcoming games like Unreal Tournament 3, LittleBigPlanet, Final Fantasy XIII and Metal Gear Solid 4 round out a much more balanced game roster for the PS3 - and it'll actually look nice on your HDTV.

[B-Runner]

i disagree that there are no good third party wii games i think both godfather and rayman raving rabids are good. theres a couple other ok ones but yeah nintendo produced games will always dominate the market on there systems.

I am glad to see the ps3 picking up steam. hopefully its not a just a one week thing lets hope its the start of something.

[Proteus]

I have a close friend with a WII on a 42" LCD that I get to play pretty often and I can tell you...

The WII sucks.

No offense to the 'core' gamers out there who like the old school feel. I truly do respect that and appreciate the affinity for that style of gaming (I've been gaming over 30 years myself). But, time does move on. The WII didn't.

One gimmick in a controller does not a good console make. Especially when the PS3 _has the exact same gimmick_ in it's controller (yes, it is exactly the same, just not used the same... well, soon it will be in some titles).

I don't think I could ever justify a WII myself, as what the above poster mentioned is true for me too... It really just pains my eyes to look at it now and I have a _lot_ more fun playing games on my PS3.

/shrug