Xbox 360 sees sales boost in August

Big woop.

woot, only about week more for halo 3 <3

The game is gonna be good but compared to all of the hype, it's gonna be garbage...

My friends have tried the beta and they say it's not that much greater then Halo 2.

7 days counting gonna go get my palce in lien for the openning in london soon! they got the imax for the event!

The beta was amazing, gameplay was alot better, it was onyl a beta which a lot of consol gamers do not seem to understand, its not a demo its a beta.

Nah the onlien looks even more better with the save games and watch them feature! its gonan be amazing!

I cant wait until Tuesday,as soon as I get out of school im speeding to Gamestop!!!!!!!

Diehards...

lol

yuuup im one of those waiting for this game to get a 360 haha

There have been a few games that out beat Halo 3 in graphics and overall game play. Gears of War for example.
People might be excited for a little while but it's just Halo 2 with better graphics. The increase in console sales has nothing to do with that game or they would have raised the price of the console, just like with all the accessories. Systems are selling because people like myself who are on our 2nd or 3rd systems now due to The Red Lights of Death!

Wow more defective units on the market,One 360 was enough for me to trade mines in...Plus this game is more Hype than game play give me Gears of War any day of the week.

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it's just Halo 2 with better graphics

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Yeah(roles eyes)since Call of Duty,Metal Gear Solid,Mario,Madden,Ratchet and Clank,and so many more are not the same

Ha my friend's 360 just died :P

He had it for about 6 months only too...

microsoft fanboys are so easy to manipulate.bungie puts out halo and everyone loves it and then they get these nerds to hype the other 2 up when they really do suck.i mean come on the sniper in that game is worse than modern snipers.you can see the bullet flying which is completely medieval.lmao and the failure rate :D cant wait to see some broken xbox 360s.have your halo 3 pffff

Halo 3 is not, as noted, the only reason for the recent sales boost. Its a combination of a (small) price cut and the soon-to-be released titles of Madden, which is an extremely popular game, and Halo 3.

I think however, that it would be safe to say the vast majority of people who pre-ordered the Halo 3 already own a 360 and so its release wouldn't have helped the August sales much.

Personally I would think to truly see the impact Halo 3 has on console sales you should look at the September sales, when they are released.

EDIT: If my calculations are correct this means the sales of the XBox 360 increased 162% over the previous month. I am not sure if my calculations are correct but 276,000/170,000 = ~1.62 or 162%.

I wonder what kind of a boost Brawl is going to give the Wii sales in November. :P

Peace

Originally posted by BIGnewb:

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microsoft fanboys are so easy to manipulate.bungie puts out halo and everyone loves it and then they get these nerds to hype the other 2 up when they really do suck.i mean come on the sniper in that game is worse than modern snipers.you can see the bullet flying which is completely medieval.lmao and the failure rate :D cant wait to see some broken xbox 360s.have your halo 3 pffff

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Ok i see you dont like halo thats fine but that dont change the fact that its bigger than anything coming any time soon on the ps3.and lets talk about the fail rate its true that a lot of 360s are crap but but atleast microsoft is trying to make it better for the people buy extending the warrenty and if it craps out it will get fix .but thats not good enough for fans of the mighty ps3.great games are steady rolling out on the 360 and you sony fanboys are waiting for good games and dont give the famouse bull line that goes like this the 360 had a head start well the ps3 been out almost a full year and what you got in that year war hawk come on dude thats it.and the 360 version of madden 08 was leaps and bounds better.and rb6 vegas and so and so on.

For all you MS haters wait for the the game to come out b4 you say the game is going to suck. WAIT FOR THE GAME THEN JUDGE. and for those who call anyone who supports MS a fanboy your just pissed because your ps3 that you spent at least $500 some $600 on has no KILLER app like halo or Gears of war or Bio shock or any other number of good solid games. Stop hateing on a company that has success you made your choice and live with it.

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For all you MS haters wait for the the game to come out b4 you say the game is going to suck. WAIT FOR THE GAME THEN JUDGE. and for those who call anyone who supports MS a fanboy your just pissed because your ps3 that you spent at least $500 some $600 on has no KILLER app like halo or Gears of war or Bio shock or any other number of good solid games. Stop hateing on a company that has success you made your choice and live with it.

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well said.

I own a PS3 and a 360. Think about it. How many playable games are there for PS3? I own 1 PS3 game and 20 360 games. I for one am glad I own a 360 cause I would have traded my PS3 in by now. Maybe when sony stop fussing about blu-ray and start supporting thier games console. There might be some games. I welcome all new 360 owners. Its the best decision you have made this year!

Originally posted by justme81:

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For all you MS haters wait for the the game to come out b4 you say the game is going to suck. WAIT FOR THE GAME THEN JUDGE. and for those who call anyone who supports MS a fanboy your just pissed because your ps3 that you spent at least $500 some $600 on has no KILLER app like halo or Gears of war or Bio shock or any other number of good solid games. Stop hateing on a company that has success you made your choice and live with it.

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I have played the Beta & i can tell you that its nothing more than Halo 2.5 & a lot of people that was part of the beta feel the same way i did im damm sure they couldn't have changed that much in the game in just a few months.I traded my 360 in because 360 been on the market for almost 2 years & they have 2 killer apps thats piss poor if you ask me with horrible Hardware at least PS3 owner can rest to sure there game isn't going to die on them.I was the most rabbit Microsoft fanboy but i have really open my eyes to all the crap that Microsoft has done there are no better than Sony.

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Originally posted by justme81:

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For all you MS haters wait for the the game to come out b4 you say the game is going to suck. WAIT FOR THE GAME THEN JUDGE. and for those who call anyone who supports MS a fanboy your just pissed because your ps3 that you spent at least $500 some $600 on has no KILLER app like halo or Gears of war or Bio shock or any other number of good solid games. Stop hateing on a company that has success you made your choice and live with it.

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I have played the Beta & i can tell you that its nothing more than Halo 2.5 & a lot of people that was part of the beta feel the same way i did im damm sure they couldn't have changed that much in the game in just a few months.I traded my 360 in because 360 been on the market for almost 2 years & they have 2 killer apps thats piss poor if you ask me with horrible Hardware at least PS3 owner can rest to sure there game isn't going to die on them.I was the most rabbit Microsoft fanboy but i have really open my eyes to all the crap that Microsoft has done there are no better than Sony.

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do you go in game stop at all or do you just walk by.



Gears of war

Crackdown

Saints row

Bioshock

Blue dragon

Halo 3

Forza 2

Test drive

Now to me theses are all good solid games and the ps3 dont have any of them.but my bad after almost a full year all you get is war hawk.

Yeah im not a big halo fan . wasn't even a 360 fan till sony decided to want to rape everyone of there $$ .. 360 + overlord= good times

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Originally posted by justme81:

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For all you MS haters wait for the the game to come out b4 you say the game is going to suck. WAIT FOR THE GAME THEN JUDGE. and for those who call anyone who supports MS a fanboy your just pissed because your ps3 that you spent at least $500 some $600 on has no KILLER app like halo or Gears of war or Bio shock or any other number of good solid games. Stop hateing on a company that has success you made your choice and live with it.

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I have played the Beta & i can tell you that its nothing more than Halo 2.5 & a lot of people that was part of the beta feel the same way i did im damm sure they couldn't have changed that much in the game in just a few months.I traded my 360 in because 360 been on the market for almost 2 years & they have 2 killer apps thats piss poor if you ask me with horrible Hardware at least PS3 owner can rest to sure there game isn't going to die on them.I was the most rabbit Microsoft fanboy but i have really open my eyes to all the crap that Microsoft has done there are no better than Sony.

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do you go in game stop at all or do you just walk by.



Gears of war

Crackdown

Saints row

Bioshock

Blue dragon

Halo 3

Forza 2

Test drive

Now to me theses are all good solid games and the ps3 dont have any of them.but my bad after almost a full year all you get is war hawk.

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Thanks you just proved my point after two year & investing roughly 300.00 for a gaming system & 100 buckets for online all you can come up with is 8 games.Lets be fair 360 first year there was only 3 titles worth playing.Dead Rising,Saints Row & Gears of War.Look were PS3 is at with months to go before the PS3 is even a years old.

R.F.O.M
Heavenly Sword
MotorStorm
War Hawk
Lair
Ninja Gaiden Sigma(which scored higher than 360 version)
Oblivion(PS3 version was better)
Virtua Fighter 5
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Unreal Tournament 3
HAZE

If you look at this list i did it compared to what 360 had its first year.There is no question that PS3 at this time have a better selection of games then 360 had in its first year.As a former 360 owner this was one of many reason why i traded my 360.Your right 360 does have a lot of games but how many of those are really proven games.MS can boast about how many games they have but really how many are really worth the money? Let be honest there is only one killer app out between the two console & thats G.O.W.This is my opinion & a lot of people that i know feels the same way that MS not having a very big First party is killing them & will hurt them in the long run,Thats why Sony not to worry about the 360 because once the PS3 trim there price & add a little more games 360 isn't going to be getting this royal treatment there getting now from third-party dev's.

This is what I hate about M$ fanboys. They always overlook that the PS3 hasn't been out for even a full year yet, and that it uses new technology that the devs are also new to(Blu-Ray). Xbox uses DVD-9's, which isn't a problem... yet.

And about the "Oops" program, if I had a 360 and it broke, I'd want a ne one right away, not the same system returned 1-2 weeks later with referbished stamped all over it.

Just my 2 cents...

Originally posted by vinny13:

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This is what I hate about M$ fanboys. They always overlook that the PS3 hasn't been out for even a full year yet, and that it uses new technology that the devs are also new to(Blu-Ray). Xbox uses DVD-9's, which isn't a problem... yet.

And about the "Oops" program, if I had a 360 and it broke, I'd want a ne one right away, not the same system returned 1-2 weeks later with referbished stamped all over it.

Just my 2 cents...

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It took some of my friends to really get me to realize this because after G.O.W came out on the 360 i was really loving my 360 but after that i really have felt a let down from MS,no game even came close to what that game had to offer & going to be almost a year since it was released & MS going to release the full version for PC thats a slap in the face.

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It took some of my friends to really get me to realize this because after G.O.W came out on the 360 i was really loving my 360 but after that i really have felt a let down from MS,no game even came close to what that game had to offer & going to be almost a year since it was released & MS going to release the full version for PC thats a slap in the face.

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My friends are the reason I'm not getting a 360... and they all have one. They're so diehard, especially one guy where Halo 3 to him is like the return of Jesus. Besides, out of all of the games there is out for the 360, I don't like 1 exclusive. No, not even GoW. PS3 so far is up by 2.5, and it looks like they have a pretty decent line-up of games, where of course M$ is just focusing on Halo 3. Plus, seeing I'm a cheap guy, tere's no way in hell I'm gonna pay to play with a bunch of immature 2-year-olds. The PS3 is more money, but it also has more features which at least I'm gonna use...

Gotta have that GOW3 >:) GT5 too :)

Someday...

i saw the ending of halo 3 on the net somewhere. i think youtube.
didn't look interesting at all.

i own an xbox. but halo just makes me want to go to sleep.

what is with all the M$ hate going on around here.the 360 is not the bad of a thing it has some good games and a very solid online system.its not free but it is very good.as a ps3 owner i can say that the online for the 360 is much much better than the ps3.and some might say that sonys online is better that is a matter of opinion.yes we all know that the 360 has a fail rate but its still selling so that means people still want a 360.now not to put the ps3 down its just that some people dont want to wait for games.




bottom line is this its your money buy what you like.if you got the extra cash buy both.

Originally posted by saltynuts:

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what is with all the M$ hate going on around here....

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Compared to the Sony hate on any Sony article, this is nothing. I don't understand one line from the article though.

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mixed with the hot selling new Madden title

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Guess what, Madden was also released on the PS3, and they are exactly the same. And those two games are exactly the same to the xbox and ps2 versions of the game except with slightly less graphics. The reason there is a boost in sales is because of the drop in price, just like the PS3 had a sales boost when they dropped their price. I doubt there are 360 sales because of Halo 3 already because I believe there is a special Halo 3 version of the 360 coming out and if you are going to buy the system for one game, you might as well go all out.

Halo is ok but it still doesn't change the fact that people like my self that dropped 400.00 bills for a game console had it crap out completely after 6 months or less. I've never owned anything other then an Xbox and was stoked when they tauted the 360 to be the end all of game consoles. Now like myself there are thousands of people with jacked up conoles that can't even play games unless they suck it up and drop more money into a marginal at best console. Who cares what new game Microsft is releasing. The only thing my and thousands of other 360 consoles play are red lights!!!

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Halo is ok but it still doesn't change the fact that people like my self that dropped 400.00 bills for a game console had it crap out completely after 6 months or less. I've never owned anything other then an Xbox and was stoked when they tauted the 360 to be the end all of game consoles. Now like myself there are thousands of people with jacked up conoles that can't even play games unless they suck it up and drop more money into a marginal at best console. Who cares what new game Microsft is releasing. The only thing my and thousands of other 360 consoles play are red lights!!!

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Have you ever heard the phrase "If it sounds to good to be true, it probably is."

Halo 3 is near the corner and is going to boost the sales again.
M$ needs to correct the problem of the three lights of hell and will restore the doubt and credibility.
Means skyrockets boooooost sales.

lol umm 360 has like no exclusives.once its on pc then its not exclusive and i can play it lol.evn tho its styll crap.next ps3 has more exclusives.plz see:

-Afrika (Confirmed)
-Angel Rings (Published by Sony)
-Eight days (SCE)
-EyeDentify (Published by Sony)
-Fifth Phantom Saga (Confirmation)
-Final Fantasy XIII (Confirmed)
-Final Fantasy Versus XIII (Confirmed)
-Folks Soul
-Formula One (Published by Sony) (sucks no f1 for you lmao)
-Genji: Days of the Blade (Confirmation)
-God of War 3 (wow this game is an xbox killer alone)
-Gradius (Confirmation)
-Grand Turismo 5 (Published by Sony)
-Grand Turismo HD (Published by Sony)
-Gretzky NHL (Published by Sony)
-Heavenly Sword (Published by Sony)
-Hot Shots Golf 5 (Published by Sony)
-Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier (Published by Sony)
-Killzone 3 (SCE)
-Lair (Confirmation)
-Little Big Planet
-Metal Gear Solid 4 (Confirmation) (damn straight its not on 360)
-Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam World (Confirmed)
-Monster Hunter 3 (Confirmation)
-Motor Storm (Published by Sony)
-My Singstar (Published by Sony)
-Ninja Gaiden Sigma
-Ni-Oh (Information)
-Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (Published by Sony)
-Redwood Falls (Information)
-Resistance: Fall of Man (Confirmation)
-Resistance: Rise of Man
-Ridge Racer 7 (Confirmation)
-Shin Megami Tensei (Confirmation)
-Tekken 6 (Confirmed)
-The Eye of Judgment (SCE)
-The Getaway (SCE)
-Uncharted: Drake's Fortune(SCE)
-Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom (SCE)
-Warhawk (Published by Sony)
-White Knight Story
-Wipeout (Confirmation)
-Socom Confrontation
-Socom 4
-Flow (Confirmation)
-Kingdom Heart 3
-Makai Wars
-Monster Carnival
-Shadow of the Colossus 2
-Sly 4
-Zone of the Enders 3
-Full Auto 3
-Full Auto 2
-Iron and the Maiden
-8-days
-Wardevil Enigma (wasnt supposed to but was confirmed @ e3)
-Rockstar Old West Project
-Guilty Gear BB (Arc System Works)
-Densha de GO! Online (Taito)
-Extreme (Taito)
-Project Psychic (Taito)
-Way of the Samurai 3 (Acquire)
-Sengoku 23KU (Acquire)
-Aquanote no Kyujitsu: Inner Mind Adventure
-Derby Stallion
-Black Blade
-Kurayami - source - http://www.edge-online.co.uk/archive...e_darkne_1.php
-Bomberman
-Rengoku: The end of the Century
-Mahjong Tournament
-Dynasty Warriors BB
-Mahjong Oh (Warashi)
-Project D (not project delta,this is diff game)

wow i love my life lmao

Originally posted by BIGnewb:

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lol umm 360 has like no exclusives.once its on pc then its not exclusive and i can play it lol.evn tho its styll crap.next ps3 has more exclusives.plz see:

-Afrika (Confirmed)
-Angel Rings (Published by Sony)
-Eight days (SCE)
-EyeDentify (Published by Sony)
-Fifth Phantom Saga (Confirmation)
-Final Fantasy XIII (Confirmed)
-Final Fantasy Versus XIII (Confirmed)
-Folks Soul
-Formula One (Published by Sony) (sucks no f1 for you lmao)
-Genji: Days of the Blade (Confirmation)
-God of War 3 (wow this game is an xbox killer alone)
-Gradius (Confirmation)
-Grand Turismo 5 (Published by Sony)
-Grand Turismo HD (Published by Sony)
-Gretzky NHL (Published by Sony)
-Heavenly Sword (Published by Sony)
-Hot Shots Golf 5 (Published by Sony)
-Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier (Published by Sony)
-Killzone 3 (SCE)
-Lair (Confirmation)
-Little Big Planet
-Metal Gear Solid 4 (Confirmation) (damn straight its not on 360)
-Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam World (Confirmed)
-Monster Hunter 3 (Confirmation)
-Motor Storm (Published by Sony)
-My Singstar (Published by Sony)
-Ninja Gaiden Sigma
-Ni-Oh (Information)
-Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (Published by Sony)
-Redwood Falls (Information)
-Resistance: Fall of Man (Confirmation)
-Resistance: Rise of Man
-Ridge Racer 7 (Confirmation)
-Shin Megami Tensei (Confirmation)
-Tekken 6 (Confirmed)
-The Eye of Judgment (SCE)
-The Getaway (SCE)
-Uncharted: Drake's Fortune(SCE)
-Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom (SCE)
-Warhawk (Published by Sony)
-White Knight Story
-Wipeout (Confirmation)
-Socom Confrontation
-Socom 4
-Flow (Confirmation)
-Kingdom Heart 3
-Makai Wars
-Monster Carnival
-Shadow of the Colossus 2
-Sly 4
-Zone of the Enders 3
-Full Auto 3
-Full Auto 2
-Iron and the Maiden
-8-days
-Wardevil Enigma (wasnt supposed to but was confirmed @ e3)
-Rockstar Old West Project
-Guilty Gear BB (Arc System Works)
-Densha de GO! Online (Taito)
-Extreme (Taito)
-Project Psychic (Taito)
-Way of the Samurai 3 (Acquire)
-Sengoku 23KU (Acquire)
-Aquanote no Kyujitsu: Inner Mind Adventure
-Derby Stallion
-Black Blade
-Kurayami - source - http://www.edge-online.co.uk/archive...e_darkne_1.php
-Bomberman
-Rengoku: The end of the Century
-Mahjong Tournament
-Dynasty Warriors BB
-Mahjong Oh (Warashi)
-Project D (not project delta,this is diff game)

wow i love my life lmao

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So i guess this means the 360 is dead in the water because the great Bignewb pulled a list,out of his azz of games in which most of them you will never see.and besides that the 360 lineup is good now and will get better later.

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Originally posted by BIGnewb:

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lol umm 360 has like no exclusives.once its on pc then its not exclusive and i can play it lol.evn tho its styll crap.next ps3 has more exclusives.plz see:

-Afrika (Confirmed)
-Angel Rings (Published by Sony)
-Eight days (SCE)
-EyeDentify (Published by Sony)
-Fifth Phantom Saga (Confirmation)
-Final Fantasy XIII (Confirmed)
-Final Fantasy Versus XIII (Confirmed)
-Folks Soul
-Formula One (Published by Sony) (sucks no f1 for you lmao)
-Genji: Days of the Blade (Confirmation)
-God of War 3 (wow this game is an xbox killer alone)
-Gradius (Confirmation)
-Grand Turismo 5 (Published by Sony)
-Grand Turismo HD (Published by Sony)
-Gretzky NHL (Published by Sony)
-Heavenly Sword (Published by Sony)
-Hot Shots Golf 5 (Published by Sony)
-Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier (Published by Sony)
-Killzone 3 (SCE)
-Lair (Confirmation)
-Little Big Planet
-Metal Gear Solid 4 (Confirmation) (damn straight its not on 360)
-Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam World (Confirmed)
-Monster Hunter 3 (Confirmation)
-Motor Storm (Published by Sony)
-My Singstar (Published by Sony)
-Ninja Gaiden Sigma
-Ni-Oh (Information)
-Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (Published by Sony)
-Redwood Falls (Information)
-Resistance: Fall of Man (Confirmation)
-Resistance: Rise of Man
-Ridge Racer 7 (Confirmation)
-Shin Megami Tensei (Confirmation)
-Tekken 6 (Confirmed)
-The Eye of Judgment (SCE)
-The Getaway (SCE)
-Uncharted: Drake's Fortune(SCE)
-Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom (SCE)
-Warhawk (Published by Sony)
-White Knight Story
-Wipeout (Confirmation)
-Socom Confrontation
-Socom 4
-Flow (Confirmation)
-Kingdom Heart 3
-Makai Wars
-Monster Carnival
-Shadow of the Colossus 2
-Sly 4
-Zone of the Enders 3
-Full Auto 3
-Full Auto 2
-Iron and the Maiden
-8-days
-Wardevil Enigma (wasnt supposed to but was confirmed @ e3)
-Rockstar Old West Project
-Guilty Gear BB (Arc System Works)
-Densha de GO! Online (Taito)
-Extreme (Taito)
-Project Psychic (Taito)
-Way of the Samurai 3 (Acquire)
-Sengoku 23KU (Acquire)
-Aquanote no Kyujitsu: Inner Mind Adventure
-Derby Stallion
-Black Blade
-Kurayami - source - http://www.edge-online.co.uk/archive...e_darkne_1.php
-Bomberman
-Rengoku: The end of the Century
-Mahjong Tournament
-Dynasty Warriors BB
-Mahjong Oh (Warashi)
-Project D (not project delta,this is diff game)

wow i love my life lmao

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So i guess this means the 360 is dead in the water because the great Bignewb pulled a list,out of his azz of games in which most of them you will never see.and besides that the 360 lineup is good now and will get better later.

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Hahaha, ur right saltynuts, I guess he did pull all those games out of his azz seeing that i have never heard most of them. Well I own a ps3 and an xbox360, both systems are great but right now my 360 is definitely winning. I mean I have waaay more games on my 360 than for my ps3
crackdown,gearsofwar, saints row, lost planet, dead rising, condemned, command&conquer3, and recently shadowrun and bioshock. Not to mention all the new ones that are coming out such as halo3, mass efect, fable 2, and many more, I also play all my arcade games, stf2 mk2, bomberman, sonic, geometry wars, and more. I also see movies, play demos and still play my normal xbox games. For ps3 i got resistance fall of man, motorstorm, and untold legends, they are fun but they get boring..also when i play resistance, or motorstorm, it feels very weird that the controller doesnt rumble, I love rumbling and I hate that the controllers dont rumble, it feels empty. Well for me the xbox360 is way better than my ps3 and will continue to be better, especially since many more games are coming out.

All i can say is well done for the increase.

dont u feel dumb now that 360 has no 08 lineup and that ps3 is killing it worldwide and that dualshock3 is out.DAMN 360 is done.i have 360 elite and i only have cod4 for it.halo 2.5 is shit so is gears.lost planet is on ps3 too and so is saints row 2.metal gear and killzone are the best looking games looknig to destroy 3shitty.

Well,Xbox is dominating in this christmas season too.