Xbox owners must be more discerning and PS3 owners are just glad to get anything new.
Sadly EA games stopped being market leading greats long ago.

Well, at least they're not the evil tyrants that they used to be. Activision has that crown at the moment, what with Bobby Koticks comments stating that the PS3 needs a price drop before Activision advised that they're putting up the price of MW2 in the UK to £55, & then there's the whole Brutal Legend legal battle.
As for 360 owners being discerning, not sure about that, they bought a 360 after all, & the unsubtle hint that the PS3 still has no games is so 2007 - catch up!

Since there is something good to report about the PS3 you have to blame/shun EA for the games.

Wow. Whatever.

EA is known for their sporting franchise but they make other games as well.

It's nice to see that PS3 owners are supporting EA. Hope fully EA should return the love and use the PS3 as the lead console.

does any body know how exclusivity effected this? if there were more EA titles on the PS3 it would put the figures in prespective. but then if those figures are negligable (sp?) then well done Sony. puts up two fingers to those from Activision and Valve who say it's not a profitable platfrom.

That's Microsofts console sales numbers aren't Microsoft say they are...

Whilst Sony report SOLD TO CONSUMERS, Microsoft (and Nintendo) still report the SHIPPED numbers. In addition, a vast amount of Microsoft's numbers are RROD failures, in which owners have simply bought replacements.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if the Xbox and PS3 userbase was almost identical these days...

@Mark? What? Sony have never quoted sold to – Microsoft used to have the most accurate figures when it batch numbers and upcoming demand to gauge the number of consoles sold – but this generation, Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo all use shipment figures.

There have been official figures out that have shown Sony is lagging behind Microsoft by a substantial margin – are you trying to argue against those figures because they don't fit in with your fanboy view of the world?

The thing everyone has neglected to consider (and I'm not pretending to know whether or not this is the case) is the amount EA makes per game – it won't be the same for each console, and in some cases, the 360's revenue might be lower because of retail and distribution pressures forcing its price down compared to the PS3's.

In otherwords, (and I'm guessing, but these are for illustration only) if EA makes £20 in revenue (not profit) per copy of FIFA on the 360, and £25 in revenue on the PS3, then EA might have sold less copies on the PS3, but made more money.

I'm not saying that is the case, but just makes you look like an utter fool when you jump to conclusions because you managed to twist a story to suit your argument that the PS3 is better than the 360.

Sony is doing good right now and the place to take over, Xboox and the Wii had a head start oh 1yr head start and you know people is waitting for a price cut to have one DAVEBG if you don't already have one with your Xbox and lying about it. Sony would already be #1 if the people who have the PS2 just buy one, there waitting for the price cut to happen just like all the Xbox and Wii people are.

when did this turn in to a fanboy slagging match, Jesus Christ! it might be worth noting that according to a Develop article EA are still struggling with their restructuring, so it's abit of a jump to say that Sony are kicking ass cos their making more than Xbox (and only the Xbox, not PC or Wii) for a company that's really up shit creek.
i'm a Sony fanboy myself but FFS keep it in the forums guys, it's boring the pants off me and the rest of the world.

Nobody has mentioned piracy. Microsoft are struggling with this.
(Just do your search on torrent sites). PS3 has not (yet) been cracked. This has a huge effect on sales. Further, Microsoft are serving hardcore mainly, and the hardcore are not EA fans per se. PS3 has a much broader audience

This is quite a surprise but Im glad that ps3 is starting to sell more games than the 360. Yeah, I must admit that before EA were the greedy ones but now the crown of the most greedy Activision got it. It is good to see that companies still get revenues thanks to the Playstation 3.

FIFA is the only franchise from EA that I believe sales more on the PS3 than the 360 because of the strong European support Sony has, but what else?

It is all over for x360 in console war. x360 sells just in USA as no one buys that crappy defective console elsewhere. a 299 euro ps3 will see the end of RROD BOX PLEASE FIX ME. all publishers make more money from PS3 based on european sales

^ You're a moron, all indications show the 360 Pro being phased out for only 2 models. An Elite price cut puts in and even better position.

PS3 fangirls are such losers,little bit of good news and they declare victory.

I'd agree with Malik that the European Install base of PS3 will ramp up Fifa considerably in that territory. As a gamer as well as an industry employee, I have to commend EA on the ground it made last year. Saw some fantastic new IP's come through like Deadspace/Mirrors edge etc, and new IP's is something PS3 has been slow off the mark with compared to Xbox 360, so maybe this was a factor? For the record, and without comparing the consoles directly, what I would say to all these fanboys is that at least microsoft have developed a strategy and are sticking with it. We thought price drops, and they delivered. We had the New XBLA Experiance delivered. We had a huge marketing campaign delivered, and now Xbox 360 owners can look forward to Project Natal hopefully being delivered as well for a next gen experience.

As for Sony, does anyone know what's happening with PS3? Oh yeah, GT5: Finished Edition might be out one day. I'm far from a fanboy, but in terms of long term strategy, I see one camp making headway, and another camp constantly retaliating with the same phrase "In Living rooms for the next 10yrs". Well, they need to show us how soon.

microsoft's hardware and software numbers are clearly inflated.
warning... microsoft's astroturfers are all around.

EA began to suck ever since they abondoned the SSX franchise

have got to be the dumbest people on the face of this earth. Honestly, why do you think it's so important for people to think the way you do? It' not like you're going to convince anyone otherwise. You're full of yourself if you think you can.

People are crazy... First I would like to see real numbers on the Xbox 360 sold numbers as to one console per person not jut total counts, because how many people have bought 1-4 xboxs to replace broken ones, either out of warrenty, didnt want to wait for time to get it fixed and returned. That should truly show the Install base for XBOX360 not just the number of sold units which i think is a farse. It is like saying Fiat sold 100 million cars but only 65%of the cars actuall can drive and work while the others a junked and broken from bad manufacturing. But I guess a sale is a sale even though u HAVE to sell twice as many because your product is junk, now imagine what the sales number for sony would be if 33% or more as ins XBOX360 failed, sony ps3 would probably have near the same sales numbers as xbox even a year after xbox's release.

Xbox product sales guide== Less make inferior equipment that will fail so we can sell twice as many and claim victory on JUST SALES numbers not actually working units.

Between PS3 Wii and XBOX360 SHOW ME actually working playable units in the market.

Also FOr some reason all gamer tournys are all played on freak xboxs,

which personally i think is bias, because say i never or rarely ever play a 360 and i enter a tourny now i have to learn a whole new controler which is bs, they should have ps3 and xbox comps. or make it where you can cross play systems. Then you coulod have real console wars and real fanboys claim who has the best gamers.

LOL like when i play madden or colllge football - ps3 X button is on the bottom of the 4 button key pad, opn xbox its on the left, after playing since PS1 it is instinct to push teh bottom button on ps comtroller which is a totally differnt button on xbox which is the only reaso i have ever lost any game on xbox, cus i can rarly be given a loss of PS# version of the same game

If you look at the non-GAAP revenue (which better illustartes what actually sold at retail) from EA's own financial report, then the numbers are a little different:
PC 31%
Wii 23%
360 17%
PS3 12%

That's only because xbox owners have enough brains not to buy ea software. (joking) That is surprising though.

Hey 360 is not for HARDCORE gamers if anything its for tweens who don't know better.. Hardcore is PLAYSTATION 3 .. Im sorry every die hard gamer ive met from jersey to cali owned a ps3 over 360 because of the baby fanboys and shitty games (exclusive that is) so please thats like saying the wii is hardcore.. duece

I'm pretty sure that the ps3 money is also counting ps2 and psp sales, that would make alot more sense. Because if you use the sales figures from reports on individual games, typically they sell well on both systems and usually because of a larger base the 360 version sells a little to a lot more. NCAA Football and Fight Night being both examples of that. Also no exclusives to factor in so it doesn't make alot of sense if this ps3 all by itself in the equation.

What is not reported is that XBOX has been hacked and piracy is rampant. There are 100,000+ XBOX players playing copied games. Piracy is ZERO/ Non existent on PS3.

EA does anything besides sports games? That's a surprise. I always assumed that I never happened to buy one of their games because they only make sports ones which I totally abhor, guess they make other crap I also did not consider worth my money.

Having just read in between the lines here, There is a load of Microsoft 360 fanboys (have to use that term because most of my 360 customers are 12 and need their mums to buy rubbish like fiddy cent) attacking another successful sony story. I had to laugh when my mate said that facebook was going to be on the 360 dashboard. It's been on the PS3 since launch via it's web browser. Then his defense was that the 360 had no apps. Um VidZone and Photo album aren't just pretty buttons you know. Then there is Home. I had a 360 and found that you usually end up playing games with people who are enjoying their 1st beer. I am a Nintendo zealot. Hence the username. However I hate the wii! I have played several of it's main games and have felt like hey just rehashed old gamecube titles. I have had my PS3 since 2007 and have enjoyed games such as Heavenly Sword, Metal Gear Solid 4, Uncharted and Infamous. The list goes on. Point is. What do you have that is actually worth it's weight in gold on the 360? None of the major releases by microsoft have warranted buying that console. Banjo-kazooie and rez are the only reasons I would own a 360, Until it wnet wrong!

Perhaps you should have read the whole report, the deffered revenue is quite siginificantly heavily in favour.
In otherwords, MS hasn't paid them out yet.
Sheez, people need to understand what they are reading.

Price Cut = Stun Punch
GT5 + PS3 Slim Bundle = Right Hook
GOW3 + PS3 Slim Bundle = Left Hook
Heavy Rain + PS3 Slim Bundle = Hay Maker - OUT COLD

Xbox will then suffer the bow out. Note this - every 360 owner I know - every one of them - has now had their 360 modded and they pay no more than £4 for a game.

MS are getting exactly what they deserve - as soon as my 2nd 360 rrod [this happened when i took it out of the box new] i vowed never to return. I think EA and Sony both know why Sony/EA are doing well.

Good Stuff Sony/EA - Dead Space and Mirrors Edge rocked [esp ds]

Just keep spinning the numbers. PS3's revenue is higher, because finally Red Alert 3 for the PS3 made it to the market a good 5 month after the November 08 release on the 360.

*Bangs head* – I may as well do it to myself. I seriously doubt it would have any affect on these morons.

Look, we know why you're so rampant – you're shit scared because your console is in last place. You know the market can only support two consoles and that the one in last place will eventually begin losing support – you've spent a lot on it and you don't want to have been wasted.

You're attacking the 360 in some vain hope anyone outside the 1% of gamers who actually read the internet will take heed and not buy a 360 so that the PS3 can have a chance to catch up and it won't be the one all the publishers drop support for.

Seriously – wake up. Sony got arrogant and fucked up, they're finally starting to do things right, but until the console comes down to below £199 in the current climate, it will never get out of third place. Stop acting as corporate foot soldiers, looking for the praise of your master – they really couldn't give a fuck.

The same goes for 360 and Wii fanboys for that matter.

...do people care so much if PS3 beats Xbox360 or vice versa. The main things is that wishing for failure on the part of one or the other is both facile and pointless. MS and Sony are both in business and will stay that way for a long, long time. Get over it.

must be the rampant piracy on the xbox 360 thats caused this maybe developers should stop making games for xbox 360

and you want to know why.
its simple if i remember right EA announced beginning of last year that they were going to use the PS3 as their lead platform for MP games.
and wow now the ps3s selling better for them i wonder why.
its because the quality is being shown, if version a is better than version b than of corse people are going to buy version a.
now only if other companys followed suit they may be able to pull in some more cash and save them allot of headaches.
thats you activision stop being such hypocrites and change your development strategies .
i love companys these days, they create something than it flops and its the systems fault never theirs.
LMAO
guys if you actually change the game and put some work into it than may be it would sell better.
turning out the same game with new skins and lvls aint going to make you money.
releasing 5 guitar hero games per year aint going to make you money, if you changed those and make each of them have something new than it would sell well.
gota love it, its not my fault the game sucks its yours, even though im the one who made the game.
im starting to think game developers are 10 year olds, either that or they thing were stupid.
well people keep buying the games so may be they are.

Good thing the PS3 is doing well. It's a bloody amazing console and EA should use it as lead platform.

Wow, thanks Jax for that brilliantly insightful piece of industry analysis. Now I will sell my Xbox360 and only play on my PS3. I have seen the light.

P.S. I hope puberty isn't being too stressful for you.

I'm glad to see the PS3 is pulling in some good game sale numbers, but I tend to avoid EA if I can. What was a company that once produced some of my favorite games back in the day is now a Madden machine that pumps out recycled garbage, continuously trying to squeeze every last penny out of gamers.

That being said, I think the PS3 has finally hit its stride.

Jeff
2Lincolns

@36, the same could be said about Activision and Treyarch regarding the Call of Duty series.

I guess I must be the only person here who actually likes EA titles :( I've found most of them superb. Dead Space, Mirrors Edge, Fifa, Skate etc. I just dont understand the EA bashing anymore. Yes, back in the day they deserved it, no longer though.

I'm glad to see the ps3 doing well, I can only wish mass effect 1/2 would be made of it (pc version is so bad) and the fallout 3 expansion packs would hurry up (but thankfully were getting them after bethesda said we werent).

I'm actually looking forward to the next xbox to come out, then hopefully the lowest common denominator becomes the ps3 (which should massively improve the quality.

Oh, Mirrors Edge and Dead Space were great games!

EA are looked at as a Joke these days by most hardcore 360 users.
Server shut-downs, Broken Achievements, Bad Support...

The only thing they have going good for them right now is DICE.

you guys are really stupid,EA may have had some crap,but what game company hasn't? Plus to say they had no good games ummm........what about Army Of TWO,Battlefield Bad Company,Mercenaries 2,Dead Space,Battlefield 1943. Not to mention Army Of TWO the 40th day looks pretty sweet. Do any these games ring a bell,although not outstanding, I think they've had some greats & plenty of good.

has anyone here actually bothered to look up the EA financial report themselves? They make no reference whatsoever that either the 360 or the PS3 are doing well or not. They only refer to the Wii as providing 14% of their revenue. If you look at the data you will see that the PS3 has cumulative revenue of approx $700 million for 2009 financial year whilst the 360 has approx 1000 million. The non GAAP revenue sits at 23% for the PS3 and 15% for 360 whereas the GAAP figures show the reverse, as 14% for PS3 and 22% for 360. Those are hardly figures that celebrate the success of the PS3.

I hear a lot of accusations of fear on the part of PS owners who are worried their console is in dead last... I have a few facts for you Xbox pals;

1.) Playstation 3, despite the higher price, has sold more than the 360 over the same period of time. What I mean is; Playstation 3 has sold faster than Xbox since its release date, and that scares they 360 owners who are even aware that is true because it means eventually they're going to get overtaken - especially if we're weeks away from a $100 price cut.

2.) Reports like this are exactly why Playstation is NOT in trouble. Software generated revenue matters more than console sales numbers, because the consoles only exist to SELL SOFTWARE. Some of you might suddenly hate EA because they're reported Xbox isn't their number 1 revenue generating console , but the fact is they're still enormous players in this industry - sorry. And guess what? This isn't the first time EA has reported this either, do some fact checking.

3. PS3 is already the lead platform for many EA titles. Madden since 09 I believe, and I remember Mirror's Edge leading on PS3 too. I'm sure there are more, those are the only two I own.

And those guys who are saying PS3 has no great exclusives coming up are just not reading;
GT5 (was mentioned up there), Uncharted 2, Ratchet Future 2, MAG, God of War 3, inFamous (out), Heavy Rain, White Knight Chronicles, MMO final fantasy & VS down the road too....

I own both consoles and while I know many of you can't wait for that 'new' Halo game based on a 3 year old graphics engine, the only game I want to play is Mass Effect 2 - which you're in serious danger of losing exclusive rights on since that EA company you've been bashing owns it now.

Good luck in 2010, xbots.

Anyone thought about the amount of exclusive games the xbox has?
Like gears 2, halo 3, halo wars etc. People don't just buy EA. Open your eyes fgts.

I have both an Xbox and PS3 - but if a game is online and available for both platforms I'll get it for PS3 because it’s cheaper. So EA games like BF1943 end up on my PS3 instead. Also Microsoft charges more per game for me then Sony for downloads. But both platforms provide a nice gaming experiance.

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