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Sony's PlayStation 3 selling faster at release than Xbox 360?
We've seen oodles of showdowns (regarding sales or otherwise) between the current consoles, and it always seems that the financial numbers games prove the most interesting (or downright incorrect). While we'd already heard that the Xbox 360 didn't fare so well compared to its predecessor, now we're hearing that Microsoft's latest has actually lost the first-four-month battle to Sony's PlayStation 3 -- at least in America. According to a spokesperson from NPD, "figures show that the PS3 is selling slightly faster in the US than the Xbox 360 did at the same stage in its release," which comes after the somewhat disappointing (but unsurprising) European release. Unfortunately, the charts, graphs, and nitty gritty that never seems to follow such bold claims are expectedly missing in this instance as well, but we're sure a counter report of some kind isn't too far behind.[Via GigaGamez]
Salt Lake City: Mormons, skiing ... and gamers
Word association time. We say Salt Lake City; what do you think of? Mormons? Skiing? The 2002 Winter Olympics? How about ... gamers?Yes, according to a report from Scarborough Research (PDF link), Salt Lake City, Utah, leads the country in proportional video game console ownership, with 32 percent of households in the city having a system. Note that this doesn't mean Salt Lake City has the most avid gamers, just the houses there are slightly more likely to have a video game system hooked up to the TV. For context, the 22 percent of New Yorkers than own a console would outnumber the entire population of Salt Lake City ten to one.Of the 96 major metropolitan areas in the study, the least likely to own a system were all from the balmy state of Florida -- Ft. Myers/Naples (15 percent of households), Miami/Ft. Lauderdale (19 percent), Tampa/St. Petersburg (20 percent) and West Palm Beach (20 percent). So, to recap: Cold, snowy cities = lots of console owners; warm, tropical cities = not many console owners. Who'da thunk it?[Via KSL, Thanks Jethro]Read - Report summary (PDF)
Nielsen: One-third of TV owners play game consoles
Nielsen Media Research, best know for its TV ratings, has released an outline the American video game landscape in the form of "The State of the Console" report. Among the more interesting findings:
