PS3 owners shun Modern Warfare 3 pre-orders

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Xbox 360 owners might be looking at less killer exclusive games for the Xbox 360 (beyond Kinect and sequels), but in terms of pre-ordering Activision's forthcoming action packed first person shooter Modern Warfare 3, are putting down the cash in their droves.

Like moths to a flame you could argue, but then again, when the experience on offer is this high, why not.

Sadly, Playstation 3 owners are simply not buying into the Modern Warfare 3 hype so it seems, and are either likely to purchase the game when it releases - as there will be no shortages. It also appears that they are not interested in any pre-order incentives. Last week according to the pre-order charts week ending 13th August 2011, the PS3 only secured 17,099 pre-orders. That's very low numbers compared to the 66,000 for the Xbox 360 version over the same weekly period.

Taking the blinkers off though and it's perhaps clear where PS3 owners are putting their money into. With several exclusives on the horizon such as Resistance 3 and Uncharted 3, there's no real reason to invest in a multi-format game at present. However, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception only secured 8,424 pre-orders last week which isn't very good either. The masses of PS3 owners are placing their money into Madden NFL 12 which has a whopping 69,077 pre-orders last week.

We already reported on the differences between Xbox and PS3 consumers pre-ordering habits, and firmly believe that Xbox 360 owners tend to be more forthcoming. Either way, once Modern Warfare 3 hits the shelves, there will be no doubt that the PS3 servers will be very busy indeed regardless of what the pre-order numbers are suggesting.

http://www.msxbox-world.com/news/article/15992/ps3-owners-shun-modern-warfare-3-pre-orders.html

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gtapro151Posted:

Celtics maybe its because the people who play xbox have money, because they can pay for live. So they have money to pre-order games, whereas ps3 owners are poor and brag about getting things free


Yet ps3 has been more expensive and has better resale value then the 360 since its been out? Think about this, You can buy a 360 (
the white one) Off ebay for 50 bucks....ps3? 150-200 So 1 360 50$ a year of live 60$ so 110$ still not up to the ps3...another year of live (60$) 160$ still not 200$ yet? I have both so before you talk about fan boy bla bla just look at the facts before you say something is all....crack each one open by far the ps3 is way more advanced

Big_Hairy_BaconPosted:

Comb PS3 owners aren't to excited for a game designed around the xbox. Everyone remember the PS3 patch that said "No xbox live parties allowed" in Search and Destroy ON the PS3? Its stuff like that that turns people off.


lol wow also for WaW on the PC Treyarch put in something to make it so you can use a Xbox controller, but they didn't even finish it they were so lazy. i read how to finish it and it takes 5 mins

GibbityTreePosted:

Celtics maybe its because the people who play xbox have money, because they can pay for live. So they have money to pre-order games, whereas ps3 owners are poor and brag about getting things free


This.

CombPosted:

PS3 owners aren't to excited for a game designed around the xbox. Everyone remember the PS3 patch that said "No xbox live parties allowed" in Search and Destroy ON the PS3? Its stuff like that that turns people off.

CelticsPosted:

maybe its because the people who play xbox have money, because they can pay for live. So they have money to pre-order games, whereas ps3 owners are poor and brag about getting things free

micca20Posted:

i just think that ps3 owners are more mature do to the price think about it when those 12 year old kids whine to there parents to get them a console they'll pick the cheaper one i own both and i play ps3 more for most games and xbox for CoD but even i had an xbox before the ps3

MulgrewPosted:

SnPrXMafiA how they favored xbox is **** retarded. im buying battlefield and never buying mw3. they can SMD


stfu .. Microsoft payed activison to release stuff early on xbox ..

cuePosted:

i'm pre-ordering battlefield 3 , I'm kind of not wanting to buy mw3 right now even tho i want to play through the single player and rock on the spec ops but the MP is really the thing that can make me not want to buy the game, so i will wait the first month when it releases so i can decide if i want to play it or not

SnPrXMafiAPosted:

how they favored xbox is **** retarded. im buying battlefield and never buying mw3. they can SMD

RoundishMuffinPosted:

The Black Ops (technical) issues were so awful. You really expect PS3 owners to trust CoD now? I'm buying for xbox, can't stand the favoritism...