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  it will fail like the 360. : radula
  • Its going to be a success everywhere except Japan. Oh and Madagascar. : massdev
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    When did the 360 fail? : hatelull
    • When it offered you a ring of love! : pgharavi
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  i miss the dreamcast. : megreedy
  • we all do, son... we all do. : EvilDolemite
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    I wish my Dreamcast and Gamecube would have sex and make Dreamcube. : Crabs Jarrard
    • or a GameCast! there is no screen, it just streams online. so you need a pc to view what you are playing. : radula
  • https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/pF7vkgSbUnWWp1kfTp6hj9MTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink : EvilDolemite
  • I read that as Sega first instead of Sony and had to do a triple-take. : one random winner
  • http://cdn.thegloss.com/files/2011/10/dreamcast.gif : atom519
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  Didn't those mofo's just say a few weeks ago they were going to wait and see what everyone else does? : jonin
  • 1/21 - http://www.shacknews.com/article/77488/sony-ceo-competitors-can-go-first-in-console-battle 1/31 -... : AndrewYoon
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  regardless of who goes first, if they take out used games, I'm done with consoles. DONE : rubencamacho78
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    To be fair its not like there is a used pc game market : JohnnyRey
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      Yeah and I suspect that stuff like Steam Sales can be done mostly because there is no resale value for th... : cetra00
      • I really doubt the publishers will go along with that. I think they'd need a huuuuge backlash before they... : disembodied potato
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      The difference is, PC games drop price / value FAST - console games launch more expensive and hold value... : abrasion
      • to be fair, this might also end up happening with console games, but I'd guess only so if there's low sal... : jimmy_legs
  • Will you bet me money you won't buy a Sony or MS console? : Lucy Labia
• Shoot first? I thought this was an article about the LAPD. : Chod
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  Serious question. Since weve seen how similar the hardware between these 2 devices are. (Ps4 and xbox720)... : chilln
  • The similarity and parity of the two consoles should benefit the generation. Complex new architectures a... : cetra00
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    I'm more concerned that their similarity could come back to haunt the two giants. Gabe Newell is convinc... : Teirdome
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      How would apple tv replace a console : JohnnyRey
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        The theory is that ATV will become more than just a movie/music device, and have some ability to play gam... : Entity
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          That would be fine for casual games, but that sounds worse than the WiiU controller for anything else. : Fred Garvin
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            The WiiU Gamepad is pretty damn awesome, I feel like having to go into a separate screen for inventory ma... : Derringer
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              And yet I still have no motivation to buy a WiiU, go figure. : jtthe2nd
              • It's a gamepad and a tv dinner stand.... why wouldn't you want one? : erebus
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          what's taking so long to get this strategy off the ground? The AppleTV has been a slow moving project for... : derelict515
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            Presumably they want to do more than just make a devices that is AppleTV + app store. What the other stu... : BouillonCubes
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              but Siri came out like 2 years ago now right? There was/is a huge opening for an iOS device plus app stor... : derelict515
              • It's definitely going to be a trick for them to offer what is sort of a "next-gen" AppleTV that costs mor... : BouillonCubes
  • We haven't really seen anything yet. : Fred Garvin
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    AMD won out like gangbusters this gen, I'm sure that had something to do wtih it. : one random winner
    • Let's just hope they survive till the next generation. : Vegtro
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    Seems like they took the simple way out on these hardware designs. On the plus side that suggests at leas... : thebigbeefsandwich
    • True, i just feel like things have stagnated. My perpetual cynicism seems to have arupted last 3 or 4 yea... : chilln
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      In the past, with mid-range PC hardware I would still expect the consoles to look better than PC's for a ... : Teirdome
      • I'm pretty sure the current console generation all have proper operating systems already. It sounds like... : Herman Toothrot
      • but consoles have non trivial multi purpose OSes already, and on 360 there's at least one F2P game today ... : derelict515
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  I've only owned a PS, though when I hear about some of the games, like No Ni Kuni. I feel like i'm missin... : Ziz
  • Oh and Demon's Souls : Ziz
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    wait...what? : pancake humper
    • I own other consoles, but of Sony just had the first Playstation. : Ziz
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  Microsoft from third to second? Not quite. Xbox outsold the GameCube: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histo... : Grape Flavor
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    Actually, Wikipedia tells me the PS3 has now outpaced the 360 in worldwide sales, so arguably MS is last ... : Grape Flavor
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      Where are you seeing that? I am seeing the 360 ahead of total worldwide sales http://en.wikipedia.org/wik... : sigpro
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        You're right, my mistake. I got the numbers flipped somehow. : Grape Flavor
        • It's because the lists for all the other generations are in order of sales from most to least, but for so... : Grape Flavor
      • The ps3 numbers are a whole quarter behind the other two : Makenxero
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        Wow the 360's only real stranglehold is the US, it makes so much sense regarding some of the posts on thi... : abrasion
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          "only", yup, only the little ol' US, where we like maple syrup with our bacon : EvilDolemite
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            Yes, 'only' - if you look at the linked article, every other region the PS3 is winning. : abrasion
            • Still, the 360 sales in the US alone nearly match that of the PS3 in everywhere but the US combined. : pyide
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              and they're still behind worldwide...i know you desperately want to write off the US but as a market, the... : EvilDolemite
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                I am most surprised by the Canada PS3 vs 360 numbers compared to the US. I figured it would be close to t... : pyide
                • Although now I see the last count for 360 in Canada was 2008 for some reason, a decent gap compared to th... : pyide
                • There aren't as many bros in Canada, eh. : ArB
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                How do I /desperately/ want to write off the US market? Oh shacknews (or should I say EvilDolemite to be ... : abrasion
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                  Sales for last Q came out a week or so ago. Check Neogaf mayhaps. : Fenring42
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                    The 360's sales advantage is down to about 1 million units worldwide. Based on the way sales have trended... : ossprey
                    • Factor in the % of dead 360's - I'd say Sony is winning. : abrasion
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                  True, never would've thought that Sony could pull that off. They needed a reality check after their smu... : razorblade79
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                    Oh yeah that smug shit was off the dial, man did they fuck up hard for the PS3 announcement / launch : abrasion
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                      Yup and they got spanked for it, but they've been pretty humble recently. Obviously i'm predicting wi... : disembodied potato
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                        If Microsoft actually do have a 'micro projector' which projects half the game around my entire living ro : abrasion
                        • I can only see Forza and coop Halo keeping me interested in the next Xbox. Not many PlayStation exclusi... : razorblade79
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                  Catching up or not, sales wise the PS3 still has to be viewed as an abject failure from Sony's previously... : ughhhhhhh
                  • Well during the ps2 era there really wasn't a proper competitor. Dreamcast was already on its knees. The... : disembodied potato
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                  Its funny to see how defensive all the Americans got because you used the word "only" in the same sentenc... : disembodied potato
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                    Do you reckon that's what it was? I wondered why the reaction, you're probably right TBH! : abrasion
                    • Seemed like that to me, but of course i fully expect to be shack piled for even suggesting such a thing. : disembodied potato
                • If China lifts the console ban, the next generation should have a giant increase in market potential. An... : Ertai
            • You need a deeper, better definition of winning than hardware sales. If for example 360 made more prof... : lord cecil
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    I don't think they ever profited on hardware though. GCN was profitable always. : BouillonCubes
    • Ah, I see. I was just looking at units sold, but arguably the more meaningful statistic would be profit/l... : Grape Flavor
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  Nintendo may have cashed in on their hardware with the Wii but it ended up being the least-used system on... : wytefang
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    Where's the proof that the Wii was the least used? If you're thinking of Nielsen, don't. They're pret... : K1Bond007
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      Come onnnnnnnnn jesus fuck man, really? : abrasion
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        Umm.. yes. : K1Bond007
        • lol : abrasion