Turns out the 360 really did compromise the PS3 version

[NeoCracker]

Is that Beatles Guitar Hero thing third party software? 'cause 360 outsells PS3 for that. Just sayin'.

I don't think there is really going to be any real protest about this. The only gamers hardcore enough to even know about any of this are also the gamers that are hardcore enough to buy the game regardless. I can't think of anyone who would boycott the game for the reasons being given and if they do, I think they're the only ones losing out in this and that it's a pretty stupid, pointless thing to do.

I wonder if there are any non-PS3 owners that are disappointed about this news.

As for developers and third party software...

Xbox 360 third party sales (top 10 with 1m+ sales)
GTA IV - 4.074m
CoD 4 - 3.772m
CoD WaW - 3.35m
Assassin's Creed - 2.285m
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance - 2.08m (US)
Guitar Hero II - 2m (US/Europe)
Saints Row - 2m
Madden NFL 09 - 1.87m
Oblivion - 1.762m
Madden NLF 07 - 1.72m

PS3 third party sales (top 10 with 1m+ sales)
Metal Gear Solid 4 - 3m
GTA IV - 2.659m
Resident Evil 5 - 1.21m
(that's it, just the three)

I'm not saying a protest, that would just be silly. We've seen how well video game protests work.

But that doesn't mean peopel should loudly voice their opinions on the matter. If no one does, nothing gets done, and the problem will never be solved. If enough people realize that they are starting to intentionally cut quality, there will be a loud enough voice to prevent it from happening further.

And as for third game sales, Video Games, Sales, Charts, News, Reviews, Videos, Forums, Game Cheats - Wii, Xbox, PS3, DS, PSP, PS2, PC, iPhone on VGChartz.com, it would seem PS3 is doing better this year in terms of both game sales and console to this point, beating out Arkum by close to 50K, and only falling behind about 42K for GH5. Mind you, they also have a third game in the top ten for that month.

I would re-link it if I could, but there was an article posted here a while back showing companies like EA and a couple other big ones making more profit on their PS3 sales then that of 360 sales, but I can't seem to find the article anywhere, if anyone still has it, the link would be appreciated.

Edit: There is one more thing to add, essentially another factor that greatly changes the number on consoles sold, people selling their systems to used game stores such as gamestop.

Mind you, I don't know where to find this info online, but my friends a manager at a local store, and from time to time we talk about some of the info he has most don't.

Far more XBox's get traded in then PS3's. People are complaining about all the hardware issues mostly, and a lot of people just stopped trusting Microsoft in teh console department for one, and various other reasons.

Regardless of why though, they've greatly lowered how much they pay for used 360's, simply because they get so many in, yet can't seem to sell the ones they get.

This is something that hasn't happened for the PS3. The only drops in how much they are willing to buy PS3's for are when the price of the actual system goes down. So in reality, the difference between how many people own a 360 and how many own a PS3 are a lot slimmer then the typical sales charts show.