Microsoft announced 66 million Xbox 360 sales!

The Xbox 360 has now sold 66 million Xbox 360 units and 18 million kinect units this information was anounced at the ces conference.This is good news in that the Xbox 360 brand is infact getting stronger but it may delay the xbox 720 being released as microsoft won't want to release the 720 if the 360 is still selling very well.It's amaxing how far the Xbox brand has come in two generations now the third will truly be amazing.

E3 2012

e3 is going to be insane

This e3 we will get a lot of information about the wii u and xbox 720 and ps4 is supposed to be at e3 aswell.This will be great as nintendo will have to work even harder to prove to gamers that the wii u is the system they want for the next-gen which will result in a better launch than if nintendo didn't have to work so hard to beat the competition. There should be good games shown off that will be launch titles nintendo is very clever especially in how they have turned the nintendo 3ds around from failing to a success.So they will have learned their lesson and will make sure the wii u launches with triple A launch titles. We will also get confirmed specs but nintendo said that it won't be cheap and the videos of games on their e3 2011 site look amazing so the specs are likely to be impressive.Another thing we will learn more about is the wii u's online which must be strong and from the looks of their efforts so far on the 3ds it should be atleast on par with psn I wouldnt go as far as saying on par with live because live has funding from the subscriptions.I will say I am considering getting a wii u at launch like I did my dsi and 3ds but I will wait to see what nintendo says at e3 and what microsoft and sony have to show off.

PS4 and Xbox 720 e3 rumor

There is a rumour that the PlayStation 4 and Xbox 720 will be shown of at e3 2012 according to MCV.This has not been confirmed by either Microsoft or Sony.If this is True this will be the most exciting e3 ever as we will have all three of the big three competing in what will be the beginning of the 8th generation console war. I think that new consoles should be out by the end of the year as we have been gaming for years on the same tech and sequels of many games are just the same game with slightly better graphics and a few new features.This will change and we will see games with meaningful upgrades such as considerably improved graphics, higher frame rates,higher resolution,improved artificial intelligence,and improved physics, more charatcers in one place at one time,plus more things I can't remember.When next generation consoles hit we will have games that are actually worth the £40 or $60 because they won't be made on outdated systems that make improvements just by being slightly more efficient.I hope this rumour is true as I don't even see alot of point in buying sequels to games on the 360 or PS3 this fall as they will barely be better than the last game.

Xbox 360 vs PS3

There can only be one winner to the console wars and I have tried to make this as balanced as possible there is a poll to the side of the page.If you have any more points to add put them in the comments and I will add them.

 Xbox 360 Pros

• Xbox live.
• Great exclusives.
• Better multiplats.
• Cross-game chat.
• Comes with headset.
• New dashboard with video apps.
• Cheaper intially
• Kinect
• Can pick up model with no harddrive for a low price.
• More realtime strategy games.
• Superior network.
• Xbox live arcade.

Xbox 360 Cons

• Costs more than ps3 in the long term due to Xbox live costs.
• Properity hardrives expensive
• Have to buy battery packs and chargers
• Disc will be broken if Xbox is standing up and knocked.
• No built in wifi in earlier models.
• Expensive properity accessories.
• Must pay for multiplayer.
• Old models have no hdmi.
• Early models red ring of death.
• Doesn't have uncharted , Heavy rain or resistance which can be a dealbreaker to some.

PS3 Pros

• Free online multiplayer.
• Built in rechargable battery.
• Blu-ray
• Bluetooth
• Web browser
• PS Home
• Use standard 2.5 inch sata harddrives
• Built in wifi
• No need to swap discs
• Cheaper in the long term as you don't need an adaptor or to pay for online.
• More exclusives in recent times.

PS3 Cons

• Initially more expensive.
• Inferior online network.
• More expensive intially.
• No cross game-chat.
• Inferior mulitplats.
• Doesn't have Gears or Halo which can be a deal breaker.
• Less Downloadable titles.
• PS move didn't really take off.
• Only old PS3 models have backward compatability with ps2 games.

Rage disapointed me.

I really enjoyed rage alot and as the story moved on things got more serious too quickly. I began to think that it couldn't be coming to and end so soon as I assaulted the last base after playing for only nine hours! The reason I believed this was because the game is 22GB in space so I thought that surely that if the game was that big it would be long and have many hours of game play.The games game play was fun, the enemies were not too repetitive, the weapons were interesting one of them was a shotgun shell that was half a slug and half a grenade.The sound was pretty decent when things got intense,graphics were amazing not as good as crysis 2 or Gears of War 3 but very good still.When I played the multilayer mode it wasn't that good just short co-op missions and the racing I found to be quite boring and pointless as if you destroy an opponents car they just come back from out of nowhere and overtake you if you make a small mistake.There is little to no replay value as it is not something alot of people would play multiple times. I would say you should rent rage if it interests you but I am glad I did not buy it back at launch for £40 as the game is definitely not worth that much money.Ultimately rages downfall was how short it was.I think I will get an exchange on it and get something else with the £7.98 I spent on it at game station hopefully it will not be over in 10 hours.

Response to are Exclusives that important

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