video games - "xbox live"

The big show is over, but the madness lives on.

VGChartz runs us through the past week: After a pretty big week for new software last week, Civilization Revolution was the top new debut for the week, at a respectable 117,000+ on xbox 360, PS3 & DS. Total hardware sales are up slightly from last week, led in raw units by Wii & DS and week over week increases by PS3 and PSP. The major milestone for the week belongs to the Wii though. At 12,830,822 units lifetime in the Americas through the week ending July 12, 2008 Wii has topped Gamecube Americas sales. Gamecube finished up its sales life earlier in 2008 at roughly 12.73 million. At 306,000 units of hardware sold for Wii & DS vs. 218,000 units sold for all other platforms Nintendo's momentum continues to build largely interrupted despite occasional xbox 360 (Halo 3, price cut) and PS3 spikes (Metal Gear Solid 4, price cut). Next week the mid-model xbox 360 will be priced at $299, so there should be another short term spike. But with a quick phase

Endsights writes: "Even though they lost another exclusive in Final Fantasy XIII, Sony had a strong yet somber showing at E3. They made it loud and clear, on several occasions, that this was the year of the PlayStation 3, and I couldn't agree more. After bringing up the rear in the "next-gen console war" ever since its launch, the PS3 is showing its teeth for the first time ever since the battle for supremacy began. After a stellar month of June, where the PS3 outsold the xbox 360 by a healthy margin, and where Metal Gear Solid 4 stealthily sneaked atop the sales charts for the month, Sony showed off its full arsenal for this year and beyond and proved that they can compete with Nintendo & Microsoft."

TGDaily.com writes, big announcements at E3 cannot hide that Microsoft had a rough June with its game console. The Nintendo Wii surpassed the xbox 360 as the most sold current game console in the United States. Every other game console, including the PSP and Nintendo DS, sold more units. Has the xbox 360 lost its appeal?