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Akagami_Shanks
01/08/18 6:19:04 PM
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Way too expensive at launch, tried to pioneer blu ray, the industry said no and 360 sales were through the roof. Then something clicked and people started buying PS3s in drones and blu ray took over. Now it's one of the best selling consoles of all time despite the huge deficit.

Makes me cry everytime
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Pepys Monster
01/08/18 6:20:13 PM
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The RRD killed the 360.
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VipaGTS
01/08/18 6:21:20 PM
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Im glad blu ray won over hddvd. I dont even know the difference I just think the packaging is cooler.
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MC_BatCommander
01/08/18 6:22:04 PM
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VipaGTS posted...
Im glad blu ray won over hddvd. I dont even know the difference I just think the packaging is cooler.


blu ray could hold a lot more content... FFXIII on 360 was like 5 fucking discs
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Tupacrulez
01/08/18 6:23:44 PM
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Blu ray was always going to win.

Sony played the long game and won.
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__Cam__
01/08/18 6:23:55 PM
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The rebranding and price drop did Sony wonders.
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Blue_Inigo
01/08/18 6:24:10 PM
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599 US dollars
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darkprince45
01/08/18 6:24:17 PM
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Pepys Monster posted...
The RRD killed the 360.

It's like the middle in the top 10 selling consoles of all time. Wut u talking bout
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Cookie Bag
01/08/18 6:24:23 PM
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I still want a PS3 just to play some games that never got ported, it sucks the PS4 has no backward compatibility
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darkprince45
01/08/18 6:25:06 PM
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Actually the 360 is higher than the ps3 lol
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weapon_d00d816
01/08/18 6:26:03 PM
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PS3 took off late in the gen when it started getting exclusives. Everyone already had a 360 and decided to get a PS3 for the exclusives. That's why the two consoles ended up being an almost exact tie in sales.
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ItsVinceRusso
01/08/18 6:28:42 PM
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Only Sony console that lost to Nintendo.
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Akagami_Shanks
01/08/18 6:31:29 PM
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darkprince45 posted...
Actually the 360 is higher than the ps3 lol

http://www.vgchartz.com/analysis/platform_totals/
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giantblimpN7
01/08/18 6:32:23 PM
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lilORANG
01/08/18 6:33:42 PM
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Yeah, I remember laughing at it. Too expensive, no gaemz. Then 2009 hit, they released the slim and announced a whole bunch of great exclusives and it became hands-down the best console of the generation.

plus those Kevin Butler ads.
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MrBobGray
01/08/18 6:34:00 PM
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Pepys Monster posted...
The RRD killed the 360.

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MrDrMan
01/08/18 6:35:31 PM
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I had a PS3 at launch.

People were foolish to actually think a Sony home console would fail.
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Akagami_Shanks
01/08/18 6:37:22 PM
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I had a 60GB launch ps3

those things got fuckin rare after a while cause they could play PS1 and PS2 games, too bad they were pretty much doomed to break
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UncleBourbon33
01/08/18 6:38:45 PM
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lilORANG posted...
Yeah, I remember laughing at it. Too expensive, no gaemz. Then 2009 hit, they released the slim and announced a whole bunch of great exclusives and it became hands-down the best console of the generation.

plus those Kevin Butler ads.

The 360 was still overall better.
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KazumaKiryu
01/08/18 6:39:38 PM
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Akagami_Shanks posted...
people started buying PS3s in drones


Lol
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giantblimpN7
01/08/18 6:41:25 PM
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KazumaKiryu posted...
Akagami_Shanks posted...
people started buying PS3s in drones


Lol

360s were a diamond dozen. The PS3 was something special.
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gnomefromnome
01/08/18 6:42:43 PM
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giantblimpN7 posted...
KazumaKiryu posted...
Akagami_Shanks posted...
people started buying PS3s in drones


Lol

360s were a diamond dozen. The PS3 was something special.

Droves, not drones lol
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Gamer99z
01/08/18 6:45:08 PM
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fenderbender321 posted...
Makes me wonder why Sony didn't repeat the strategy and include a true 4k Blu-Ray player with the PS4 pro.

They saved such a small amount by not doing it too. Makes no sense. PlayStation the PS2 DVD drive and PS3 Blu-ray drive we're huge selling points and for many people their first DVD and Blu-ray players. I guess they figure since the masses don't care about physical media as much anymore that it wasn't worth it. Still lame though.
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Akagami_Shanks
01/08/18 6:47:40 PM
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I typed droves and it auto corrected
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Darmik
01/08/18 6:57:21 PM
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Yeah it was great. I wish they tried half as hard to save the Vita.

MC_BatCommander posted...
VipaGTS posted...
Im glad blu ray won over hddvd. I dont even know the difference I just think the packaging is cooler.


blu ray could hold a lot more content... FFXIII on 360 was like 5 fucking discs


360 games were on normal DVD's. You needed to buy an external HD-DVD drive to play HD-DVD movies.
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MC_BatCommander
01/08/18 7:02:39 PM
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Darmik posted...
Yeah it was great. I wish they tried half as hard to save the Vita.

MC_BatCommander posted...
VipaGTS posted...
Im glad blu ray won over hddvd. I dont even know the difference I just think the packaging is cooler.


blu ray could hold a lot more content... FFXIII on 360 was like 5 fucking discs


360 games were on normal DVD's. You needed to buy an external HD-DVD drive to play HD-DVD movies.


Well, I stand corrected then, lol.
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yoloyoloswagEMP
01/08/18 7:03:30 PM
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remember when PSN was down for like half a year?

good times
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Bandit_Keith
01/08/18 7:03:55 PM
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kM4wVVY

Where does VGChartz get their data? Neilsens?
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Akagami_Shanks
01/08/18 7:05:08 PM
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yoloyoloswagEMP posted...
remember when PSN was down for like half a year?

good times

Yeah those 23 days sure felt like 183 days
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Darmik
01/08/18 7:07:17 PM
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Bandit_Keith posted...
Where does VGChartz get their data? Neilsens?


VGChartz isn't a reliable source. They often guess.
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lilORANG
01/08/18 7:07:57 PM
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yoloyoloswagEMP posted...
remember when PSN was down for like half a year?

good times

I didn't play online much so that actually worked out for me, cause they gave you those 6 free games or whatever :)
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apocalyptic_4
01/08/18 7:10:24 PM
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Anyone remember when the ps3 had no in game system menu so you had to dashboard to message people.

I owned one at launch and I remember the delusional fanboys that defended that mess. 2 year drought of games to almost killed the system to.
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FightingGames
01/08/18 7:10:32 PM
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best exclusives
free online

sony always wins baby
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Akagami_Shanks
01/08/18 7:11:42 PM
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apocalyptic_4 posted...
Anyone remember when the ps3 had no in game system menu so you had to dashboard to message people.

I owned one at launch and I remember the delusional fanboys that defended that mess. 2 year drought of games to almost killed the system to.

those were the days man. The in game XMB was the best update ever.

Remember when the PS store on PS3 was actually functional and didn't take your whole afternoon trying to download a game?
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apocalyptic_4
01/08/18 7:13:22 PM
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Akagami_Shanks posted...
darkprince45 posted...
Actually the 360 is higher than the ps3 lol

http://www.vgchartz.com/analysis/platform_totals/


wow it's 2018 and people are still using this site lmao
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joe_stalin518
01/08/18 7:23:38 PM
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Looking at vgchartz now you can see rrod affected them this generation, it's the reason I didn't get one. Plus I think they said the e3 before it came out it was going to show you ads during loading and watch you with Kinect
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Link HT
01/08/18 7:24:49 PM
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Pepys Monster posted...
The RRD killed the 360.

Not really, the RRD is the reason it sold better than the PS3 since they basically all broke down and people had to buy the console again.
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Akagami_Shanks
01/08/18 7:25:06 PM
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it's not the RROD that got them, its the terrible E3, with the price point and "always online" stuff. Of course they backtracked on most of it but the damage has been done
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NurseRedHeart
01/08/18 7:25:42 PM
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People realized it was a damn fine system in the end, mine is still hooked up as well.
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Link HT
01/08/18 7:27:13 PM
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Akagami_Shanks posted...
it's not the RROD that got them, its the terrible E3, with the price point and "always online" stuff. Of course they backtracked on most of it but the damage has been done

you're confusing the 360 with the xbone
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AvantgardeAClue
01/08/18 7:27:48 PM
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I just wish they introduced PS2 BC again towards the end for a higher cost

I have a 4K TV and hooking up my PS2 is a nightmare
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Akagami_Shanks
01/08/18 7:29:31 PM
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Link HT posted...
Akagami_Shanks posted...
it's not the RROD that got them, its the terrible E3, with the price point and "always online" stuff. Of course they backtracked on most of it but the damage has been done

you're confusing the 360 with the xbone

No I'm not. I'm replying to Joe_stalin
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Tupacrulez
01/08/18 7:29:37 PM
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Akagami_Shanks posted...
I had a 60GB launch ps3

those things got fuckin rare after a while cause they could play PS1 and PS2 games, too bad they were pretty much doomed to break


My 20gig ps3 from 2007 still works. I put a larger HDD in and never looked back.

Sony customer support about shits themselves when I give them the serial number if I need a psn ID looked up or something.
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Akagami_Shanks
01/08/18 7:30:56 PM
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Tupacrulez posted...
Akagami_Shanks posted...
I had a 60GB launch ps3

those things got fuckin rare after a while cause they could play PS1 and PS2 games, too bad they were pretty much doomed to break


My 20gig ps3 from 2007 still works. I put a larger HDD in and never looked back.

Sony customer support about shits themselves when I give them the serial number if I need a psn ID looked up or something.

Man... 20 gigs..

That's pretty much suicide for this current gen when you have single games reaching 100 gigs. I don't know why people wanted a 20 gig ps3, you'd literally only play like 4 games if you never changed storage
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AvantgardeAClue
01/08/18 7:32:43 PM
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Akagami_Shanks posted...
Tupacrulez posted...
Akagami_Shanks posted...
I had a 60GB launch ps3

those things got fuckin rare after a while cause they could play PS1 and PS2 games, too bad they were pretty much doomed to break


My 20gig ps3 from 2007 still works. I put a larger HDD in and never looked back.

Sony customer support about shits themselves when I give them the serial number if I need a psn ID looked up or something.

Man... 20 gigs..

That's pretty much suicide for this current gen when you have single games reaching 100 gigs. I don't know why people wanted a 20 gig ps3, you'd literally only play like 4 games if you never changed storage


I think that model had no Wi-Fi too
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ChromaticAngel
01/08/18 7:32:56 PM
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VipaGTS posted...
Im glad blu ray won over hddvd. I dont even know the difference I just think the packaging is cooler.

The technology for Blu-ray had more potential for improvement IMO.
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Akagami_Shanks
01/08/18 7:35:41 PM
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folding@home was cool

I remember the hype for PS home. Sony worked on it FOREVER
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