Microsoft: "Xbox 360 beats PS3 in Europe"
Microsoft and Sony continue their battle of press releases today, with Microsoft claiming dominance in Europe.
Speaking to GI.biz, Microsoft's VP of Interactive Entertainment in the EMEA, Chris Lewis, region has said that it's clear who holds a greater lead in Europe - and it isn't Sony.
Lewis points to sales figures form GfK Chart-Track to support his claims, saying that the Xbox 360 is beating the PlayStation 3 in Europe, the Middle East and Africa by more than one million units. He also implies that Sony has attempted to confuse the issue by lumping these countries in as 'PAL regions' - a definition which actually includes Australia and New Zealand.
However you look at it though, in the UK and mainland Europe Lewis is adamant that Sony is failing to hit sales targets and that Nintendo and Microsoft dominate the market.
"There has been some confusion, but I'm not confused," he said. "Let me say we're confident that we talk about numbers that are meaningful customer numbers, whether they be GfK- or Chart-Track-generated, or otherwise, but they are numbers about shipments into the market, numbers that represent our performance in Europe, the Middle East and Africa - they're not PAL territories in totality, so the numbers I talk about don't include Australia and New Zealand for instance.
"If you look right across my area of responsibility, every data point that I've got, which I trust - and data points we've always used - put us approximately 1 million units ahead in the aggregate."
Lewis insisted he wasn't being arrogant though, saying that Microsoft was still highly respectful of it's competition and that the only reason he was singling Sony out was because it was a good barometer of the Xbox 360's success.
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Whereas I know only 1 person who owns a PS3, and he looks like a 12 year old.
Kids and fanboys make the fuss most probably because they can only afford one of consoles, and so they have to justify their purchase by slating the console they don't have.
Anyone who's serious has a PC anyway. If a game is multiplatform I will get it on the PC, if not I'll get it on the console with the better graphics (wouldn't get a game on wii over PS3 for example).
besides, i often wonder just how many of the sales for the 360 have been because people have needed a replacement. i think the 360 is an excellent console (just like the ps3 and wii are) but it's build quality is terrible -- i've bought three myself since 2005 and i bet i'm not the only one. surely that'd beef these figures up just a tad? ;)
also: the only reason i pick up the majority of my games for the 360 is because i'm a slag for gamerscore :(
From my group of friends (~28-35 years old) and my brothers group of friends (~20 years old) i know of:
3 people with a PS3 (one of those for blu-ray only)
12 people with 360's
at least 8 with Wii's
GfK Chart-Track is one company. Noob. :D
Props for the physics reference =P
Considering the economy is not its best, the 360's (i.e. the 60GB SKU's) initial cost is much cheaper (especially with the mid-annual price cuts), the 360 had an entire year by itself and having multiple SKUs (the one I'm trying to hit upon is the barebone Arcade model), it's hard to see how the 360 couldn't be ahead.
the most contradictory, and financially unaware comment i think i've ever read.
i play games every single day and still only own a ps2 (in the console world) i think generally speaking, even TRUE GAMERS have slightly more pressing concerns for their money - especially at the moment
Big who cares, Microsoft.
I wish they'd stop this pissing contest. By they, I mean everyone.