PS3 has bigger active install base than 360 Worldwide

VulcanRaven
VulcanRaven Members Posts: 18,859 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited April 2011 in IllGaming
Data firm Strategy Analytics is reporting that, as of the end of 2010, PlayStation 3′s total active user base is 43.4 million units worldwide, whereas Xbox 360′s universal numbers amount to 42.9 million.

http://scrawlfx.com/2011/03/playstation-3-passes-xbox-360-worldwide

Funny how the 360 has sold more,but there are more people with working PS3's than 360s.This just proved my point about people re buying 360s after they break.

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  • earth two superman
    earth two superman Members Posts: 17,149 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2011
    Mad Jack wrote: »
    Funny how the 360 has sold more

    a lot of those 'more' are systems that dont even work (LOL!). No surprise here. Jack u getting MK?
  • KINGOFDAARCADE
    KINGOFDAARCADE Members Posts: 4,379 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2011
    360 is for females and ? .
  • VulcanRaven
    VulcanRaven Members Posts: 18,859 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2011
    Mortal Kombat? No,never been a big MK fan.
  • KINGOFDAARCADE
    KINGOFDAARCADE Members Posts: 4,379 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2011
    *does stanky leg dance over a red ringed 360
  • imm0rt4l
    imm0rt4l Members Posts: 683 ✭✭✭
    edited April 2011
    Mad Jack wrote: »
    http://scrawlfx.com/2011/03/playstation-3-passes-xbox-360-worldwide

    Funny how the 360 has sold more,but there are more people with working PS3's than 360s.This just proved my point about people re buying 360s after they break.


    Yea I don't think that's actually news. Good for Sony I guess.
  • focus
    focus Members Posts: 5,361 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 2011
    That 500,000 difference is just all the people who Sony has had to lay off over the years because the PS3 flopped so badly. Now they all have nothing better to do all day but sit at home and play MAG.
  • Bcotton5
    Bcotton5 Members Posts: 51,851 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 2011
    they out sold Nintendo in Japan too

    http://www.gamespot.com/news/6306989.html


    Sony on top as Japanese game market sinks 14%

    By Tor Thorsen, GameSpot
    Posted Apr 4, 2011 4:45 pm PT

    PSP sells 2.6 million, PS3 sells 1.4 million in island nation during 2010, reports Enterbrain; Pokemon Black and White, Monster Hunter Portable 3 top sellers.

    When the NPD Group used to release hardware sales numbers for the US market, the PSP regularly finished dead last in the platform race. However, in Japan, it's a different story, as titles such as Monster Hunter Portable 3rd and Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection have boosted the fortunes of Sony's portable since it was introduced in the territory in 2004.

    The PSP was the top system in Japan during the 12 months ended March 31, 2011.

    Last week, Famitsu publisher Enterbrain released its sales figures for the 12 months ended March 31, 2011, which proved the PSP's popularity in Japan again. According to a translation by gaming blog Andria Sang, the portable sold 2,640,499 units (including the PSP Go) during the period, bringing its life to date sales to 16,867,853 units. That was good enough to beat the DS family of systems (not including the 3DS), which sold 2,523,142 units during the year. Life to date, the DS, DSi, and DSi LL (known as the DSi XL in the West) have sold 32,598,870 units. The 3DS, which launched in Japan on February 26, sold 801,423 units during just over a month on the market.

    Sony could also claim victory on the console front--barely. During the 12-month period, the PlayStation 3 sold 1,407,126 units in Japan, bringing its lifetime total there to 6,341,950 units. That tally was enough to just edge out the Wii's 1,397,498-unit haul, which bring its life-to-date sales to 11,534,590. The Xbox 360 was a distant third with 195,563 units, bringing its Japanese life-to-date total to 1,448,665 units.

    On the software side, not even Capcom's Monster Hunter Portable 3rd could beat back the force that is Pokemon. Combined, Pokemon Black and White were the number one game of the year, selling 5,149,022 units compared to Monster Hunter Portable 3rd's 4,372,182 units. Wii Party came in third place with 1,826,857 units, followed by Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 with 1,283,423 units. Super Mario Galaxy 2 just missed the million seller-mark with 956,853 copies sold.

    While on the surface Enterbrain's sales figures seem robust, they actually indicated a decline from the prior 12-month reporting period. Overall, the Japanese game market sank nearly 14 percent to ¥472.6 billion ($5.6 billion). Hardware was the hardest hit, with sales falling 21 percent to ¥170.7 billion yen ($2.0 billion), while software slid 9.3 percent to ¥301.9 billion ($3.6 billion).