PS3 Does What?

[squall_vb]

I noticed an interesting Gamespot article today. The headline reads "PS3 Gains on Wii in Japan," and you can read it here:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/index.html?action=convert&om_clk=latestnews&tag=latestnews;more

Here are the weekly numbers they reference:

Wii last week: 24,932
Wii this week: 27,502
Net gain: 2570

PS3 last week: 17,130
PS3 this week: 18,785
Net gain: 1655

Somebody please explain this to me, because my public school-educated mind seems to be missing something...

[Frogacuda]

Maybe they meant that it's falling behind at a slightly slower rate?

[squall_vb]

Maybe they meant that it's falling behind at a slightly slower rate?

Could be the case... either way, it's a horrible headline.

Besides, I thought the real story there was the PSP. Granted, it's still being outsold by the DS, but it's numbers are nonetheless solid. Crisis Core has been out over there for a while now, and the handheld is still selling decently (unlike the post-Halo 3 deflation over there).

I guess "PSP Selling Much Better Than Before" doesn't get quite as many clicks...

[Wildcat]

No, the PS3 has become a bit of a whipping boy as of late...so any sort of success warrants a story. I can see it now..."PS3 gains on Lucky Charms cereal in Rhode Island."

[James]

The PS3 sold 68.7% of Wii's total last week. It sold 68.3% this week. That's a drop no matter how you look at it. Really, the headline should read "Wii Widens Sales Gap Vs. PS3 WTFLOL!"

Also, this could have been a really fun front-page blog/article. I'm one small prod away from writing it up myself. :)

James

[ngt]

The PS3 sold 68.7% of Wii's total last week. It sold 68.3% this week. That's a drop no matter how you look at it. Really, the headline should read "Wii Widens Sales Gap Vs. PS3 WTFLOL!"

Also, this could have been a really fun front-page blog/article. I'm one small prod away from writing it up myself. :)

James


I don't know if I'd read any headline with "wtflol" in the title. lol

[squall_vb]

The PS3 sold 68.7% of Wii's total last week. It sold 68.3% this week. That's a drop no matter how you look at it. Really, the headline should read "Wii Widens Sales Gap Vs. PS3 WTFLOL!"

Also, this could have been a really fun front-page blog/article. I'm one small prod away from writing it up myself. :)

James

I thought about that myself. If you really want it, I won't cry foul or anything. Just give me a heads up so I don't do it myself, see that you already did it, find out that my time was wasted and hit the bottle... :)

Good idea for a headline, BTW.

[jp]

Question: The PS3 does what?
Answer: Fail.

[squall_vb]

Question: The PS3 does what?
Answer: Fail.

:goodpost:

I would consider buying a PS3 if it weren't for three important factors:

1) They took away backwards compatibility.
2) Where are the games?
3) Their insistence that I conform to the Blu-ray standard.

To be honest, the way the 360 upscales DVDs on my HDTV makes me wonder what the big deal is. While I know it's not true hi-def, it still looks pretty damn nice.

[Frogacuda]

To be honest, the way the 360 upscales DVDs on my HDTV makes me wonder what the big deal is. While I know it's not true hi-def, it still looks pretty damn nice.
More people need to realize this. The HD format war is obnoxious and the old standard has plenty of life still.

[Hunter]

More people need to realize this. The HD format war is obnoxious and the old standard has plenty of life still.


Agreed.


*waits for world to end*

[Luminous]

Even though I own the HD-DVD add-on for the 360, DVD's still look really good on my Oppo player.

There are a good selection of HD-DVD's that look amazing though. I have compared a few (I do have a few movies on both formats) and the pictures are much clearer. That is not true of all HD-DVD's unfortunately.



Too bad the 40GB PS3 is gimped. It would be somewhat more useful if it had all the features of the 80GB minus the extra HDD space.

[Ammadeau]

Hot Fuzz is jaw dropping in HD (with a decent tv). It's a double side so I could compare the regular DVD right away, and it's just a blurry mess in comparison. For most movies though it'll hardly matter. I also have the original Willy Wonka in HD, and can barely notice the difference.

[James]

I thought about that myself. If you really want it, I won't cry foul or anything. Just give me a heads up so I don't do it myself, see that you already did it, find out that my time was wasted and hit the bottle... :)

Good idea for a headline, BTW.

Starting it up right now. For what it's worth, the headline I mentioned is what Gamespot should have run. Mine is going to be "Gamespot fails 8th grade math"

James

[squall_vb]

Starting it up right now. For what it's worth, the headline I mentioned is what Gamespot should have run. Mine is going to be "Gamespot fails 8th grade math"

James

Haha... I like it!

[James]

...and done (http://www.got-next.com/blog/), unless I mess with it a bit more.

James

[squall_vb]

Well done. I made sure to leave a friendly comment.

[Frogacuda]

It's Gamespot, not Gamestop.

[squall_vb]

It's Gamespot, not Gamestop.

I've made that blunder more than once... one of them needs to change their names already.

[James]

It's Gamespot, not Gamestop.

You know, I could have sworn I double-checked that.

James