In the year 2008, that’s last year in case you’ve just awoken from your cryogenic slumber, folks who rented games from the likes of Blockbuster and/or Gamefly were keen on Xbox 360 titles. The most rented game was Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV for Xbox 360. In fact, seven of the top 10 games rented last year were all Xbox 360 titles with the top five going to the big green X. The other three spots were claimed by Wii titles, but the PS3 didn’t fare so well.
But what does that mean, if anything? Did PS3 owners opt to buy games rather than renting them or was there nothing worth renting and/or buying? Weren’t Resistance 2 and LBP big games for the Sony console? Was it because those games came out so late in the year? Maybe, but probably not considering Bethesda’s Fallout 3 was released just before Halloween. What do the PS3 owners have to say?
via Shack News
well nothing by the looks of it…
considering shipment of hardware total worldwide
xbox 360 28 million units january 2009
Playstation 3 20 million units january 2009
wii is in a class of its own… 34.55 million (as of September 30, 2008)
it did 2 million a month in North america alone so I would guess around 52 million units January 2009
if your a wii user you dont buy that many games its wii fit etc that drive the sales
people dont rent that much they mostly download or buy and even then its only a certain type you can even rent…
xbox is just so easy to develop for though…
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John Jones
http://www.johnjones.me.uk
I don’t know, that’s pretty damning for the PS3.
Personally, I have never used Netflix, and have never used Blockbuster for games. But I’m not a hardcore gamer or movie goer. I buy the occasional game for PS3, I think the most recent being SW: TFU, which I play for a while and then stop playing PS3 for a while. Then I’ll eventually see another game I want, pick that up, and repeat the cycle.
I hate to say this, but I’m starting to think Sony priced themselves out of the this generation’s console race. I’m a big PlayStation fan, and have been ever since the first one. I’ve always loved Sony’s console, and I remained loyal with the PS3. And I consider it a good investment.
The problem, for me at least, is that I just don’t game all that much anymore. I was able to afford a PS3 because I’m just out of college and making relatively good money, so it wasn’t too much of an investment. And I maintain to this day the PS3 is a great deal with tremendous potential that Sony is working very hard to reach.
But the average college kid doesn’t have $400-500 to throw around on a console, and neither do high school or younger kids. The ones who were really devoted gamers jumped at the 360 because it came first, and because Microsoft did a fairly good job with their game lineup in the first year, they established a loyal fan base. Inexplicably, the RROD didn’t dissuade anyone to leave the 360 behind for the quiet, stable PS3. I guess M$ hit a home run when they announced they would eat a billion dollars fixing the thing, turned bad PR into a good thing.
And casual gamers aren’t going to spend the money either. I think the Wii is annoying (despite wanting to like it) with a poor selection of quality games, but it works. Its the Apple of console gaming, and captured people’s hearts and wallets. Hardcore are still devoted to 360, and the left over Sony loyalists are writing posts like this, championing their superior console, and trying to figure out what is going on.
I guess they need more games, but truthfully, I don’t know how Sony recovers at this point beyond providing a quality product with a longer shelf life than the 360 or Wii could possibly hope to have. Sony has done – and is doing – an excellent job rolling out great new features and enhancing a product for people who have already bought it. I don’t know, I appreciate it, but I guess they’re not winning the PR war by providing excellent service for a device with a low failure rate.
And the games I have are for the most part excellent. How many games are you people buying that the PS3 can’t satisfy your appetites??
And while we’re on the topic (not really), the PSP has gotten an undeserved bad rap. I love that little unit and play it way more than my PS3. That’s a console I wish I saw more games for, but it keeps me happy and I love playing it.
“Did PS3 owners opt to buy games rather than renting them ”
Nope.
Every single one of the multiplatform games on that list sold over twice as many on the 360 as they did on the PS3, so it couldn’t be because PS3 owners bought more games while 360 owners chose to rent.
@ john.jones from the first post, this list is only for the USA not worldwide. The Wii has sold 17.5 million to the 360’s 14 million to the PS3’s 7 million in the US.