Console Fanboyism

CONSOLE FANBOYISM THE BATTLE BETWEEN MICROSOFT AND SONY FOR MOST SUPERIOR CONSOLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL BE A NEVER-ENDING BATTLE FOR CONSUMERS. CONSUMERS HAVE BEEN WON OVER AND LOST BY DECISIVE ACTIONS REGARDING THE CONSOLES. HOWEVER FANBOYS WILL ALWAYS STAY TRUE TO THEIR CHOICE. XBOX 360 PLAYSTATION 3 MOST XBOX GAMES BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY UP TO 4 WIRELESS CONTROLLERS UP TO 7 WIRELESS ALL PS1& PS2 GAMES IBM POWERPCW/ 3 CORES, 3.2GH2 EACH 500 MHz CPU 7 SPES, AT 3.2GH2 EACH 550 MHz BLU-RAY UP TO 1080 VIDEO OUTPUT UP TO 1080P 6 PORTS GPU DVD MEDIA 3 PORTS USB SUBSCRIPTION ONLINE FREE PAID SUBSCRIPTION PROVIDES BETTER ONLINE SERVERS - BIGGER MULTIPLAYER • FULL BACKWARDS CAPABILITY • BLU-RAY PLAYER • MORE USB's - FREE ONLINE 46B : PREVIOUS CONSOLES 20GB PREMIUM CORE 250GB S 120GB ELITE ARCADE 6OGB PREMIUM 20GB CECHBO1 80GB CECHEO1 40GB CECHGO r 60GB CECHAO1 120GB CECH-2000A RELEASING NEWER MODELS OF CONSOLES GIVES THE CHANCE TO PROVIDE HARDWARE UPDATES. MODEL UPDATES GENERALLY HAPPEN ONCE EVERY 18 MONTHS OR SO. 40GB CECHHO 1 806B СЕСНКО1 80GB CECHLO1 160GB CECHPO 1 250GB CECH-2000B NEVER FORGET 154MILLION YOUR WHICH CONSOLE HAS SOLD THE MOST? 104MILLION PLAYSTATION 1 (1995) STH GENERATION PLAYSTATION 2 (2000) GTH GENERATION 25MILLION O z0oz 6TH GENERATION SONY HAD A SEVEN YEAR HEADSTART ON MICROSOFT IN THE GAMING MARKET BUT IT WOULD LEAD TO MICROSOFT ULTIMATELY ENDING ON TOP WITH THE CONSUMERSD 266MILLION 262MILLION. UNITS SOLD WORLDWIDE YEARLY SALES ARE GENERALLY PRETTY CLOSE, BARRING 2010 WHEN 360 SOLD 4MILLION MORE UNITS SALES BY 15MILLION 10MILLION YEAR= 5MILLION 20 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 WHO HOLDS THE MARKET IN DIFFERENT CULTURES AROUND THE WORLD? 37MILLION 22MILLION 20MILLION 25MILLION 1.5MILLION 8MILLION NORTH AMERICA62% Ps338% EUROPE A5% Pss55% JAPAN 16% ss84% XBOX XBOX PS3 XBOX PS3 AND WHAT IS THE AVERAGE PRICE PAID BY THE CONSUMER FOR EACH CONSOLE? £201 z£249 <£100 4% £101-£150 4% 12% £151- £200 8% 40% £201 - £250 24% 44% £251- £300 12% 24% £300+ 8% 20% 64 36 DID YOU KNOW THE KINECT SHIPPED 750,000 UNITS DURING THE WEEK OF BLACK FRIDAY 2010 THE ORIGINAL CODE NAME IT HAS ALSO SOLD DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF UNITS 0.00 FOR THE KINECT SYSTEM WAS TO THE PLAYSTATION 3's 'MOVE' SYSTEM PROJECT NATAL BB BUT CUMULATIVELY, WHO HAS SOLD THE MOST GAMES OVERALL? 530.7MILLION 568. IMİLLION ONE OF THE BIG SELLING POINTS FOR PLAYSTATION 3 IS THAT IT OFFERS FREE ONLINE PLAY, AND DESPITE ONLY SELLING 62MILLION CONSOLES IT HAS 110MILLION ONLINE USERS REGISTERED THIS IS NEARLY 2 USERS FOR EVERY CONSOLE 40 MILLION VE SER 110MILLION REGISTERED USERS ONLINE ALTHOUGH THE SUBSCRIPTION FEES FOR XBOX LIVE HELP PAY FOR BETTER SERVERS DE f SOCIAL NETWORKING MEETS GAMING OCTOBER '09 NOVEMBER '09 DECEMBER '09 JANUARY '10 FEBRUARY '10 MARCH '10 APRIL '10 MAY '10 JUNE' 10 JULY '10 DE MICROSOFT BEAT SONY TO DEALS WITH BOTH FACEBOOK AND TWITTER YOU CAN LINK YOUR SOCIAL ACCOUNTS TO UPDATE WHEN UNLÓČKING ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS CALL OF DUTY MODERN WARFARE 3 IS THE BIGGEST SELLING GAME OF ALL TIME FOR BOTH THE XBOX 360 AND THE PLAYSATION 3 MN3 MN3 MN3 MA3 MN3 MA33 MN3 MN3 MA33 MN3 MAN3 MN3 MN3 MN3 MA3 MA3 MA3 MA3 MA3 MA3 MA3 MA3 MA3 MW3 MA3 MN3 MN3 MA3 IN MILLION UNITS IF YOU WERE TO STACK EVERY SOLD GRAN TURISMO DISC ON TOP OF EACHOTHER, IT WOULD COME TO 5.4 KILOMETRES IN HEIGHT, OVER SIX TIMES TALLER THAN THE WORLDS LARGEST MAN MADE STRUCTURE, 'BURJ KHALIFA' IN DUBAI H THE GRAN TURISMO SERIES HAS SOLD 4.5 TIMES THE AMOUNT OF GAMES THAN ITS COUNTERPART SERIES FORZA MOTORŠPORT HAS FOR XBOX 360 CONSOLE EXCLUSIVITY IS A BIG PART OF FANBOYISM, HALO DOMINATE THEIR OPPOSITION IN KILLZONE FOURTEENFOLD ARCADE HALD: REACH HALD: ODST HALO ARS NOITTIWOL 2MILLION 3MILLION NOITTIWG 4MILLION NOITTIWS TOP SOLD GAMES = = = = = = = = = XBOX LIIVE ARCADE SHADOW COMPLEX - 600K ... ... .. PLAYSTATION NETHORK 175K SHATTER IF EVERYONE WHO BOUGHT A COPY OF ONE OF THE KILLZONE GAMES WERE TO DONATE THEM TO CHARITY, EVERYBODY IN SIERRA LEONE WOULD BE ABLE HAVE THEIR DOWN COPY 1MILLION NOITINZ TO ME I BELIEVE THAT MICROSOFT ARE JUST EDGING THE BATTLE. THEIR ADVANCEMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY WITH THE KINECT LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL LEAD THE BATTLE INTO THE NEXT GENERATIONS OF GAMING. WITH THEIR NEXT CONSOLE, CURRENTLY BEING DUBBED THE "XBOX 720' BEING SCHEDULED FOR A CHRISTMAS 2013 RELEASE. THEY WILL AGAIN HAVE A NEAR YEAR HEADSTART ON THE PLAYSTATION 4. OH AND BY THE WAY, IN THE TIME YOU'VE BEEN READING THIS, MICROSOFT HAVE EARNED APPROXIMATELY £50,000 HTTP://WWW.PS3FOCUS.COM/ARCHIVES/40 HTTP://E3.GAMESPOT.COM/2011/STORY/6265465/NEW-200-XBOX-360-PLANNED-ELITE-AND-ARCADE-GETTING-50-PRICE-CUT HTTP://WWW.HARDCOREWARE.NET/PLAYSTATION-3-MODEL-GUIDE/ HTTP://WWW.VGCHARTZ.COM/ANALYSIS/PLATFORM_TOTALS/ HTTP://VENTUREBEAT.COM/2012/01/09/XBOX-360-SURPASSED-66M-SOLD-AND-KINECT-HAS-SOLD-18M-UNITS/ HTTP://WWW.EUROGAMER.NET/ARTICLES/2011-06-07-MOVE-SALES-TOP-8-8M HTTP://WWW.PSUNI.COM/PS3-SOFTWARE-SALES-OUTSTRIP-XBOX-360S-PS3-ATTACH-RATE-UP-TO-8-1-3807/ HTTP://WWW.SCEI.COJP/CORPORATE/DATA/BIZDATAPS3SOFT SALE E.HTML HTTP://UK.XBOX360.IGN.COM/ARTICLES/121/1216177P1.HTML HTTP://PLAYSTATIONLIFESTYLE.NET/2012/03/07/NUMBER-OF-REGISTERED-PLAYSTATION-NETWORK-ACCOUNTS-REACHES-110-MILLION/ 11 HTTP://WWW.DIGITAL-DIGEST.COM/NEWS-62179-TWITTER-FACEBOOK-AND-LASTFM-JOIN-XBOX-LIVE.HTML HTTP://UK.PLAYSTATION.COM/PSN/NEWS/ARTICLES/DETAIL/ITEM289564/PSN-APPLICATION-LAUNCHES-ON-FACEBOOK/ 13 HTTP://WWW.VGCHARTZ.COM/GAMEDB/?NAME=MODERN+WARFARE-3&PUBLISHER-&PLATFORM=GGENRE-GMINSALES-0GRESULTS=200 HTTP://WWW.BURJKHALIFA.AE/THE-TOWER/FACT-FIGURES.ASPX HTTP://WWW.GAMASUTRA.COM/VIEW/NEWS/39713/XBOX_LIVE_ARCDE_BY_THE_NUMBERS_THE_2011_YEAR_IN_REVIEW.PHP HTTP://WWW.VGCHARTZ.COM/GAMEDB/?NAME-SHATTER 17 HTTP://WWW.VGCHARTZ.COM/GAMEDB/?NAME=HALOGPUBLISHER-GPLATFORM-GGENRE=GMINSALES-0&RESULTS-200 18 HTTP://WWW.VGCHARTZ.COM/GAMEDB/?NAME=KILLZONEGPUBLISHER-GPLATFORM-GGENRE=GMINSALES=0GRESULTS-200 19 HTTP://WWW.GOOGLE.CO.UK/PUBLICDATA/EXPLORE?DS=D5BNCPPJOF8F9_ GMET_Y-SP_POP_TOTLGIDIM=COUNTRY:SLESDL=ENGHL=ENGQ-SIERRA+LEONE+POPULATION ROOTS -600MILLION THE CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF SALES FOR THE ENTIRE H 500MILLION CONTROLLER I FAVOURED THE MORE WHAT IS 400MILLION 300MILLION 1MILLION NOITIWZ! 5MILLION SONY'S RIVAL SERIES 'KILLZONE' HAS ONLY SOLD 3MILLION 200MILLION NOITTIWIL 100MILLION ......