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In terms of units sold, it's actually correct. From the wikipedia page "List of best-selling game consoles"[0] I've taken the three from that generation: 1. Wi

by smcl 4y ago

In terms of units sold, it's actually correct. From the wikipedia page "List of best-selling game consoles"[0] I've taken the three from that generation: 1. Wii: 101.63 million 2. PS3: 87.4 million 3. Xbox 360: 84 million It's possible the Xbox 360 dominated within your friend-group or even your locale (fwiw I didn't know anyone who had a 360, my friends who had a console had a PS3) but in terms of raw sales it's edged by PS3 and obliterated by the Wii. [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_game_consoles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_game_cons...

de_keyboard 4y ago
The 360 launched first so it was probably at a higher units sold for a few years at least.
someNameIG 4y ago
Local is the biggest impact, to my understanding Xbox doesn't have much of a market share outside the English speaking world, Playstation does. Xbox 360 was a bit ahead of the PS3 in the US/Australia/UK, but not in Asia and congenital Europe.
- smcl 4y ago
  Ahhh that makes sense - haven’t been in the Anglosphere during the period in question.
- tmtvl 4y ago
  I seem to recall reading that the XBox doesn't sell well in Japan due to it's name: X (battsu) being bad, wrong, or "no". It's why in Japanese PlayStation games circle is confirm and x is cancel. congenital Europe Oh my.
  - debugnik 4y ago
    > It's why in Japanese PlayStation games circle is confirm and x is cancel. Not anymore as of PS5.
  - someNameIG 4y ago
    > congenital My terrible spelling and macOS autocorrect hates me lol
    - smcl 4y ago
      as a congenitally European person, I chuckled :)
NovaVeles 4y ago
360 had a two things going for its image. #1 was that the previous generation of Xbox was not the biggest seller, this made the 360 look really good by comparison. #2 having that 1 year head start, combined with the high price of the Ps3 initially gave it a huge lead. Sony did manage to claw back the user share but it took years to do it.

by smcl 4y ago

de_keyboard 4y ago

The 360 launched first so it was probably at a higher units sold for a few years at least.

someNameIG 4y ago

Local is the biggest impact, to my understanding Xbox doesn't have much of a market share outside the English speaking world, Playstation does. Xbox 360 was a bit ahead of the PS3 in the US/Australia/UK, but not in Asia and congenital Europe.

smcl 4y ago
Ahhh that makes sense - haven’t been in the Anglosphere during the period in question.
tmtvl 4y ago
I seem to recall reading that the XBox doesn't sell well in Japan due to it's name: X (battsu) being bad, wrong, or "no". It's why in Japanese PlayStation games circle is confirm and x is cancel. congenital Europe Oh my.
- debugnik 4y ago
  > It's why in Japanese PlayStation games circle is confirm and x is cancel. Not anymore as of PS5.
- someNameIG 4y ago
  > congenital My terrible spelling and macOS autocorrect hates me lol
  - smcl 4y ago
    as a congenitally European person, I chuckled :)

NovaVeles 4y ago

360 had a two things going for its image. #1 was that the previous generation of Xbox was not the biggest seller, this made the 360 look really good by comparison. #2 having that 1 year head start, combined with the high price of the Ps3 initially gave it a huge lead. Sony did manage to claw back the user share but it took years to do it.