The human race has always been competitive. Since the dawn of time, man has always fought over the most trivial of things, such as “my rock is better than your rock.” I have no proof for this beyond anecdotal evidence and my own bias, much like this handy infographic which declares the Xbox 360 is winning the console war!
The console war has really heated up this generation, arguably more than in past generations. It could be due to the increased accessibility of the internet, with more people trying to get their voices heard or it could be the mainstreaming of video games in general. It could also be because of the position Sony is in. Despite dominating previous console generations with the PS1 and PS2, Sony has been outsold by the competition this gen – though the gap is narrowing between Sony and Microsoft.
The following infographic focuses on numbers to get its point across, though the Wii is not included because Sony and Microsoft wouldn’t stand a chance in terms of units sold. In any case, the infographic combines hardware and software sales, controller preferences and online account registrations to determine the winner. The first strike against the infographic is that the sales data comes from VGChartz, as the site relies heavily on estimates, adjusting numbers after the fact when NPD numbers and more reliable reports are released.
While the creator cites sources, some of the information is misconstrued. It makes mention of the PS3 having six USB ports and playing PS2 games for instance, but current models only have two USB ports and backwards compatibility is limited to PS1 titles. The statistic of 110 million PSN accounts also comes up, though there’s no mention that PSN account are also used on the PSP/Vita and PlayStation forums.
If it wasn’t clear enough from this year’s E3, the console generation is coming to a close so the “who won the console war” argument – as useless as it may be – will come up a lot more in the near future.
The Wii U will kick off next gen when it releases this fall, and rumors have PS4 and Xbox 720 landing within a year or two after. But when the dust settles, fanboys will look at hardware and software sales numbers and try to find out who won. Everyone else will be glad they got to experience some awesome games.
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There’s no clear winner except the players if they’re happen with the games and platforms they use.
Flame war inbound.
I agree the games are the only important factor when it comes to the console war.
I dont give a F*** about sales, ps3 for me have won. I had a 360 and so did my brother, we got them at the same time and they both broke. My one broke first (RROD) and so did his (RROD) a month later. They both got fixed for free but they rushed the 360 and had so many screw ups. I sole my xbox, got a ps3 and im so glad i did. The exclusives are better, the system is better and its got free online.
They did rush the 360 thats also a reason it has sold more, it came first (next gen) so it has a head start but as you saw in that graph the ps3 has sold more over the past 2 years.
watch this video about the 360 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ0_gn25E6U
Quantity is not quality. The PS3 really is the better system. Graphics, hardware, software, and all. 360s do break way too much. I mean I had mine for 2 years and it died, but thankfully I brought it back to life. My (first) PS3 lasted a good 6 years untill it finally fried and it was the first gen PS3. Not only are PS3 exclusives better, but there are also A LOT more. And thank the lord for free online. Microsoft are just greedy bastards that (IMO) put out a mediocre system. Like I said before, QUANTITY IS NOT QUALITY.
Just saying, you said ps3 has more exclusives, i know ur saying it’s better (and rightfully so), you may want to edit that contradiction with your main point.
lol
I didn’t contradict. The 360 sold more than the PS3 but the PS3 is clearly better.
QUANTITY(PS3)IS NOT QUALITY(360). In games? Manufactured? PS3 was well built no doubt. PS3 Has a whole lot of games that MOST dont care about (QUANTITY) but the few exclusives that 360 has(QUALITY), out sells the combined games that MOST dont care about on the PS3. I own both and IMO xbox live should be $20 for a year not 40-60? I love God of War and uncharted….thats it. Gears of War, Halo, the multi-platform games and better online features makes the 360 my most used console. Never got the rrod because i take good care of my consoleS.(Plenty of breathing space and dust free)
PS3 is better in everything. I didn’t say people cared about them but even so they are still good, hence quantity is not quality. Yes I applaud the 360 for making two exclusive games that people baught, but again quantity is not quality (I hated Gears of War). Sales (aka popularity) deos not mean a thing which is a concept that you obviously can’t comprehend. And thats it for you, but you are forgetting MLB: The Show, Killzone, and Metal Gear Solid. All great games. Sure maybe some aren’t very popular(quantity) but that doesn’t mean they are not good(quality). And good for you, you take care of you xbox, but the bottem line is that you shouldn’t have to. With the PS3 you don’t have to. Yeah you probably should but you do not have to for it to still run for long periods of time.
P.S. you shouldn’t have to pay to play online, and you don’t with the PS3
Along with the games you and Shalkowski mentioned, there are also Infamous, Resistance, Gran Turismo, Ratchet & Clank, Sly Cooper, along with several upcoming games that are sure to be good, such as DUST 514, Agent, The Last of Us, Beyond: Two Souls.
This chart has to be old as dirt, it still says the ps3 is fully backwards compatible with all ps1 and ps2 games and has 6 usb ports, neither of which have been true since the 80 gb metal gear solid bundle like 3 years ago.
microsoft is a cheap skate with its stupid online subscription and cheap product manufacturing, but the psn eats s*** when it comes to online use b/c the damn thing lags at least twice as much as my 360 and downloads take so bloody long. it took me literally 15minutes to get the final black ops DLC for my brother and on the ps3 it took him no bs over 40min, we have very stable and high speed internet (recently got it bumped up) and both are connected via LAN cables so there really is no excuse besides sony’s servers eating minced horse s***.
in the end i think console annihilate PC’s due to their convenience and low costs. imo both are solid units with both having their fair share of pros and cons. personally though i go with the 360 due to developers making games for it first (that’s why they always look better), the control being ergonomic and spacious and the overall performance is smoother/faster then the ps3.
to each their own i guess is what it all comes down to in the end
Annihilate PC’s because of low cost? You do realize that a good PC won’t run you more than 900 dollars. That seems like a lot, but think about it, if you didn’t buy your console, you would save money. All your gaming, entertainment, and work needs would be filled by your PC, rather than having two separate devices for both. Steam and Origin are both free and have incredibly fast servers, my entire PC game collection is all on my hard drive (20). Plus way better graphics, way better performance, and a more intimate gaming experience (in my opinion, especially when it comes to single player RPGs, there is awesome immersion with playing through a good monitor and a good set of headphones). There’s really nothing more or less convenient about console over PC, in fact, right now as I’m typing this, Mass Effect 3 is minimized in my task bar, waiting for me to ALT TAB to get back in to it instantly.
Dude. The PS3 is my favorite console of all time and I still think the PC is better. I only have a slightly above average laptop and it blows away the PS3 with all of the content I can access. Love my PS3 to death, but come on man you really don’t believe that consoles are better than PC’s do you?
Okay lag in Call of Duty has nothing to do with your PS3. Thats CoD being CoD (BF3 never lags for me).
@Dan, In no way is it cheaper. eventually you will HAVE to upgrade all of the parts (desktop) and a ton of games for pc are p2p. Also getting a laptop suitable for gaming will be AT LEAST $1,000, and when things get newer and better you HAVE to buy an even MORE EXPENSIVE laptop. Computers (as well as 360s) are money pits.
i personally prefer the xbox over the ps3 because of the exclusives the originaly brought me over from the the ps2 when i had the original xbox (halo) just to name one and a few others that of course totally left my brain at the time of typing this…also that being said i am happy that an american owned company(microsoft)took over in the console market anyway sony owned it for way to long.(damn my patriotism) and now i am def glad i have a 360 just because of the dlc exclusives (skyrim) and everything else that hits the 360 first..plus xbox live is entirely fleshed out compared to psn…just my opinion please dont throw anything at me guys:)
HOW ABOUT I THROW MY INCOHERENT AND OUTRAGEOUS FANBOYISM AT YOU!!!!!?
it’s not fanboyism I’m just an Xbox person…not saying the 360 hasn’t had its problems and I wasn’t a victim of the rrod which I was more than once…the difference for me was price(at least when the ps3 first released) and the originally hooked me from halo and the like…I don’t incoherently defend Xbox in fact I don’t defend them at all..:but like someone else posted Xbox live is far better then psn even though you have to pay for it which if I’m gonna pay it better be better than something that is free…I know the ps3 is a superior machine but the original Xbox was a better machine the the ps2 back in the day..:what matters is the game library which Xbox owns at this point…the 360 is the ps2 of this generation which isn’t fanboy bullsh*t it’s a fact…Sony I think took too long release the ps3 and it was too expensive at first launch which they r paying for now and is why Xbox has the console war right now…if it released at the same time And was not as expensive as it was we wouldn’t be having this conversation right now…
Wow thats fanboyism and bandwagonism.
Awesome article. I enjoy these updates on facebook!
Thanks Jayce! Glad you enjoy them
I have owned both this is how i see them-
PS3= Blue ray
Free online gaming, not bad browser either
Xbox360=
Far better on-line multi player gaming
I really found a hugh difference with the online gaming, and microsoft are a few steps ahead with this. I think the next machine will be a winner by Microsoft as i t will surely have a blue-ray drive and plus the on-line side of gaming i am sure will be ahead. As for the hardware side of things there really wont make a hugh difference, gpus get faster but thats it, it will be not that noticeable and the same for cpus. If say the ps4 would be directx or directx12 and the xbox just directx11 then of course the ps4 will have a advantage on graphics etc etc but still barely noticeable.
I am just putting forward my opinion I am not a fan boy in fact i have sold both now and I play pc gaming
I like how everyone is making a point that PSN is free to play. Did everyone just forget about PSN getting hacked and everyones credit card info getting stolen. XBL is a better product. Less lag, faster downloads, amazing interface and better security with my information. I dont mind paying 10$(.33 cents a day)a month for a better product. You get what you pay for.
Sony DID offer free credit card protection for a year (or something like that) after the hack. But what a lot of people do is buy PSN cards rather than use your credit card to buy things.
Thats nobodies fault. Thats just hackers being hackers. XBL has a ton of people being hacked everyday its just not a mass pandemic like it was for PSN. The fact that you brought this up is ridiculous. I do agree with the downlaoding. That is a lot faster, but I for one hate what they did with the interface. Its all confusing now and they changed things. I just don’t like it, I like the old set up better.
Sony however did nothing to prevent the hack. They did not even bother to encrypt the passwords they stored for millions of users. Way to go.
For everyone complaining about PROD on the 360 do you smoke indoors next toyour console? I noticed all the 360′s in my family where people smoke broke twice as quick. Personally always prefered the xbox 360 although the stats do show some serious points in the ps3′s corner
Free online is nice. but do you PS3 lovers remember when online was down for like an entire week? Do you also remember when people’s credit cards got hacked? that is what free gets you. i would rather pay for online service and know it works all the time and my information is secure.
Oh you mean like at the beginning of the year when thousands upon thousands of live accounts were hacked? Lets lay off the uninformed information here. Hacking is not just a psn issue, but the people who pay for live like to use that to justify their payment even though live has been hacked multiple times.
Oh look, articles to back up my post
http://www.destructoid.com/xbox-live-hacking-is-a-very-real-problem-219646.phtml
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/xbox-live-hacked-accounts-stolen/131
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2012/02/26/xbox-live-accounts-still-being-hacked/
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