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excel_excel — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:13:30 MDT

Pip, pip Cheerio!

excel_excel

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Xcite79 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:12:22 MDT

@flukielukie:

amazing how you just used basically a opinion you think from another opinion. You both are clueless if you ask me.

Xcite79

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flukielukie — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:42:29 MDT

The fanboys in these comments sections with no actual knowledge of the UK's PS3 owners make me shake my head.

Lots of PS3 owners here arn't gamers, They want teh blu-ray or to look cool and buy two games every year. Need for Speed and Fifa.

There are some gamers, but they usually own other consoles too.

flukielukie

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Garo — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:48:44 MDT

@Tepoz:
Served... get over to Vienna ;)

Garo

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greeneggsnsam — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:41:12 MDT

Is that Egham in the picture?

greeneggsnsam

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Tepoz — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:25:06 MDT

@Garo: Tea and biscuits would be fine.

Tepoz

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phicaluk — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:11:05 MDT

@Bam345:

Sorry, I just clocked your username, I wasn't threatening you or anything. Er, in Scotland a bam is a general term of abuse, usually means a stupid person. It can be modified eg to bampot.

phicaluk

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Garo — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:09:27 MDT

@Tepoz:
Wanna have a cockie?

Garo

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phicaluk — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:05:07 MDT

@Bam345:

I got the impression that he was expecting lovable cockneys, whereas in fact Motherwell is teeming with violent drunkards (it's in the notorious Buckfast Triangle - [en.wikipedia.org]) and it has an interesting Roman Catholic bishop - [news.bbc.co.uk]

phicaluk

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Tepoz — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:55:26 MDT

@Tepoz:
Actually, RS:V2 actually did poorly on the 360 in the UK
Ratio of PS3 to 360 in UK Market(numbers courtesy of VG Chartz):
PS3=1,092,726=1
360=2,098,611=1.92

Tepoz

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Tepoz — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:51:13 MDT

@Garo:
Ratio of PS3 to 360 in European market(numbers courtesy of VG Chartz):
PS3=4,063,886=1
360=4,578,709=1.13

Ratio of sales for Rainbow Six:Vegas 2 according to ChartTrack:
[www.chart-track.co.uk]
PS3=1
360=1.77

Tepoz

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Bam345 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:46:06 MDT

@phicaluk: Wha-what?

Bam345

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cdammers — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:24:40 MDT

"Still, the chart continues it's irrelevancy to me as the import copy of Smash Bros Brawl sitting in the Wii means I'm not gaming on anything else bar COD4 MP until Rock Band"

No GTA IV?

cdammers

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Jekht — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:18:50 MDT

@Thermopylae: I lold

I'm often surprised by the uninformed nature of my friends here. Too many people who rely on nothing but the advertising to guide their wallet. Every time I hear "Army of Two is AWESOME" I die a little inside :p

Jekht

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Garo — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:16:57 MDT

@Klopfer123:
Because the Summerdrought affects all consoles not only the PS3.
Because there is no proof of MGS4 SubX360.
Because till Christmas the PS3 will have a pricecut too.
Because "the wallet" (casuals) votes for the Wii and not the X360 arcade.
Because the PS3 has been expensive before and late to the "Next Gen", and still it manages to close the gap in UK.

I'm not talking about a consoles world wide dominantion, only about the fact that the PS3 will overtake the X360 in UK. The rest of the EU is already in Sonys hands (if you don't count Nintendo).

Garo

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phicaluk — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:11:07 MDT

@schizogony:

No no, that's Motherwell. What you mean is "Oi, what you looking at ya bam? I'll rip your jaw!" Unless the person talking is a clergyman, in which case they'll just tell you all about the massive gay conspiracy to take over the world.

phicaluk

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Klopfer123 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:01:00 MDT

My eyes kind of automatically skim over any Brain Training or Wii Play entries now.

@Garo: I don't quite understand why Mattz' comment isn't relevant.

Klopfer123

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Garo — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:55:58 MDT

@Garo:
oh and BTW till Christmas the PS3 will get another pricecut...

Garo

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Garo — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:37:59 MDT

@Mattz:
I'm talking about UK and not the world.

Garo

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f0cus — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:26:40 MDT

@Thermopylae: lol, you know it.

f0cus

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Mattz — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:04:56 MDT

@Garo: While the gap may be closing, June is a REALLY crappy time to hit the console dominance point for the simple reason that there are few games scheduled for Summer. Everyone is watching the summer blockbusters (and not playing the tie in games), going off on holidays and generally being outside more. Yes, Metal Gear is a big selling point for the PS3 and it all counts towards units moved. But when the Xmas times roll around, the public will vote with their wallets and buy the wonderfully cheap Wii and 360 Premium packs and still get to play every other game the PS3 has bar MGS4, which as we all know will be getting a Subsistence/Substance/Susomething release next year on the 360. I loved my PS2 dearly, far far more than my original Xbox because it had the games. Now the dynamic has shifted and MSoft are the way of the future in my mind...for now anyway.
This also doesn't factor in the opposite approach that most buyers are taking with the PS3. More than half the people I've met who own say they bought it as a Blu-Ray player with the option of playing games on it. Sony could very well corner the Blu-Ray films market with the PS3 but I still can't see them coming out on top in the console wars.

Mattz

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noboard — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:57:55 MDT

Have to own up to buying Mario v Sonic. In fairness it was cheap and it's an enjoyable game.

noboard

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ryivanV2 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:31:45 MDT

So the next british sales chart will include GT5-P? That'll be a funny one.

ryivanV2

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OneManFreakShow — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:15:24 MDT

Carnival? Really? Carnival?

OneManFreakShow

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Garo — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:58:14 MDT

The gap between multiplatform titles is closing.
At this rate the PS3 install base in the UK will overtake X360 in June... like predicted.

Garo

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DelSource — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:56:24 MDT

@Thermopylae: Post of the day. Haha!

DelSource

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GMC — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:48:39 MDT

Jesus - motherwell? Now the whole world can see it.
ps wii play still going strong - i can and cant believe it at the same time.

GMC

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JimElNino — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:46:48 MDT

One of these days you're just going to have to get over the British software charts....

Accept it before it destroys you :-P

JimElNino

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Candlejack — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:44:26 MDT

@Nydrin: I agree...except those "Unable to connect" errors whenever I try to join a COOP game. Really, really annoying as I don't like Versus all that much.

Candlejack

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Nydrin — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:40:54 MDT

While the bugs in vegas 2 are annoying, it's still a very good followup to the original. I haven't regreted buying it once, and I find myself playing more than the first even though on paper the changes aren't that deep.

Nydrin

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schizogony — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:37:32 MDT

Oy, guv. Jolly good.

schizogony

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Thermopylae — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:37:17 MDT

this is what happenes when we allow women and children to touch our gadgets!

Thermopylae

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Mattz — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:37:13 MDT

Ah well, we nearly managed a week without a PS3 title in the charts. Still, the chart continues it's irrelevancy to me as the import copy of Smash Bros Brawl sitting in the Wii means I'm not gaming on anything else bar COD4 MP until Rock Band. Which could be next year for all us Brits know.

Mattz