Many people claimed it was coming, many argued in contradiction, but the time has finally come, according to GamaSutra . PS3 has finally outsold the 360 worldwide in LTD sales, despite the 360′s 10 million unit lead. Now, this should not be used or touted as a bragging aspect, as PS3 still falls short on software sales vs the Xbox 360, and there is plenty of room in the world for both systems. However it still is an amazing feat, so lets hope for many more years to come. “Although the Xbox 360 leads the PlayStation 3 in the U.S., the global picture shows Microsoft’s console has lost ground to Sony’s as of the end of 2010, says a new report from data firm Strategy Analytics. – According to the company’s data, the Nintendo Wii continues to enjoy the world’s largest install base with 75.5 million active units worldwide, but the active install base of PS3s reached 43.4 million at the close of 2010 versus Xbox 360′s 42.9. – Strategy Analytics says that Xbox 360′s relative weakness in Europe and Asia “acts as a drag on its global performance,” even factoring in the boost the console saw from the launch of the Kinect motion-sensing peripheral. – Just today, GameSited data from IDG that showed that while the Xbox 360 still led the PS3 in the U.S. by 10 million units, Sony’s console retailed a slightly bigger share of the European audience, with 14.7 million units to the Xbox 360′s 13.7 million units. – “While the Kinect peripheral has given a boost to Microsoft’s Xbox 360 strategy, the console’s performance outside of the U.S. continues to disappoint,” says Strategy Analytics’ Digital Consumer Practice analyst Jia Wu, who authored the report. – “Global demand foy’s PS3 has exceeded that of the Xbox 360 in each of the past two years, and we expect that to continue over the coming years,” Wu adds, recommending Microsoft “continue[s] to innovate around its motion sensor technology, which will become increasingly relevant in the smart home era.” – The report predicts that Xbox 360 will grow its global sales by 13.7 million by the end of this year, while PS3 will also expand to 15.7 million units. The Wii, conversely, is expected to continue declining (a contraction on which Gamasutra analyst Matt Matthews says the Xbox 360 can capitalize). – Strategy Analytics says Wii’s sales will fall by just over 10 million units over the year, leaving it in third place in hardware rankings — and making it an opportune time for Nintendo to “launch a Wii successor within the next 12 months.”

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PS3 Passes Xbox 360 in Worldwide Active Units LTD According to Analysts

We have moved the entry deadline up a little bit so that we can ship the game to the winner on the actual date of release, April 18th for NA. UPDATE: You have until midnight PST on April 17th, 2011 to get your entries in. Winner will be chosen at random on April 18th, 2011. The game can, therefore, be sent to the winner on the date of release. Make sure you check the Portal 2 Game & T-Shirt Giveaway from PS3Blog.net! post for all the ways to enter. There are up to 14 entries possible per person. Here are the YouTube Entries [Worth 3 Entries] we have so far: Jcmdaddy Ferginator88

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Update: The Entry Deadline for the Portal 2 Giveaway Has Changed

We’re just a few days away from the breach of the united Korean Army, so THQ brought the game’s launch trailer into PAX East 2011. Trailer seems a bit graphic so watch out. The game is set in the year 2027, when a united Korea has established a strong alliance in the east. While they’re amassing military strength, the US continued to suffer huge economic decline. The Korean People’s Army then dispatch a major offensive against the once mighty nation, so the American resistance has to defend right in their own backyard. Homefront launches March 15th in North America and on the 18th in Europe. That’s next week, so those looking for a cool story-dense FPS might want to check it out.

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PAX East 2011: Homefront Launch Trailer

Yesterday was a sad, sad day for music game fans as Activision has confirmed that after several layoffs hit some of their studios… Guitar Hero and DJ Hero are no more . Smaller than usual revenues for their last two music games (that would be DJ Hero 2 and Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock) pushed Activision to shut down that division of their business so they can focus in what gives them the most profit: more Call of Duty, the next episode of Starcract 2 and giving us a special glow in the dark mount for World of Warcraft every three months. I LOVE Guitar Hero, ever since the first one was released on the PS2. I took an immediate liking to DJ Hero after trying out a demo unit at a Toys R Us a couple of months after it was released. I own two PS2 wired guitars along with GH 1-3 and Rocks the 80′s, own a full band kit from World Tour along with Guitar Hero 5, GH Metallica, Van Halen, Smash Hits and Aerosmith and I’ve got all the tracks from Band Hero as imported content (thanks sis!) on an SD card. All of these are for the Wii (yep, you CAN own more than one console. Go figure!) in case you were wondering. I’ll miss the franchise since I mostly play drums and the drumming in Rock Band is too much of a stretch for me since the floor tom will magically change into a ride cymbal, then into a crash cymbal and then into a cowbell. Sure, adding the “Pro” kit for Rock Band 3 would take it closer to a proper drum kit experience but that’s an add-on that wasn’t fully supported before. I DO own Rock Band 2 and Lego Rock Band but mainly because I got each for $10 and for that price I can survive some weird drumming here and there. I hope that Activision realizes that music games should be a “once every two years” deal and not a “hey, we’ll launch six in eight months!” Eureka moment. I liked the way that Warriors of Rock’s career mode was handled and the soundtrack in DJ Hero 2 is worth the price of admission by itself. Guess I’ll have to make do with the DLC they’ll release for the rest of Q1 and Q2 before they pull the plug. Should have seen this coming after Harmonix got sold a couple of months ago…

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Activision Cancels Guitar (and DJ) Hero… And I AM Sad

Here’s a hilarious video of sackboy in real life, watch as he sends a personalized message to Major Nelson. He also takes a hammer to a 360 controller. Click here for full size video.

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Little Big Planet 2: Real Life (Sackboy)

Yes,  Call of Duty: Black Ops now holds the biggest launch in entertainment history, surpassing its predecessor,  Modern Warfare 2 . That’s for the first 24 hours. What about the next four days? As you might expect, they went on to sell more. According to the latest Gfk Chart-track, the latest CoD topped the softwares sales chart comfortably in the UK. According to Activision, the game grossed US$ 650 million in its first five days of sale. Modern Warfare 2 had US$ 550 million. A very pleased Bobby Kotick pointed out that, “ Call of Duty has become the first entertainment property in history to set five-day launch records for two consecutive years across all forms of entertainment.” Activision isn’t the only one benefitting from the release. Microsoft reportedly had 2.6 million  Black Ops players on Xbox Live at launch day, logging in a total of 5.9 million hours of online play. The game has been patched earlier, so you might want to check the patch notes, too. [via  Joystiq ]

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Electronic Arts has announced that the upcoming  Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam expansion is going to run you $14.99, or 1200 MS Points. The  Vietnam expansion will pit United States Marines against the North Vietnamese Army on four new maps, each of which will support Conquest and Rush modes. Toss in new era-specific weapons and vehicles (along with new achievements and trophies), and the price tag isn’t looking that bad. It’ll be available for PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 later this year. Not sold? Here’s the latest trailer to help you make your decision.

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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam Expansion Priced

Get a glimpse of the epic single player campaign of  Call of Duty: Black Ops as Activision and Treyarch shows off another explosive trailer of the hotly anticipated shooter sequel. Call of Duty: Black Ops releases on November 9 on PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, DS and PC.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops Gets Single Player Trailer

I tested out WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe and it converts videos a lot faster than I thought. First video I converted was a 720P .mkv Naruto anime with subtitles. Quality was great and it completed a 23 minute anime conversion in 9 minutes, so not shabby at all. Plus it keep the subtitles intact. On the PS3 Preset you can select 720P or 1080P or you can just select a .MP4 file (720×480 or 720×576). It has a lot of built in presets which is nice for example: Sony Device: PSP Video (*.mp4), PS3 Video (*.avi, *.mpeg, *.mp4, *.wmv), PS3 HD Video (*.avi, *.mpeg, *.mp4, *.wmv) General Video: AVI, DivX, XviD, MP4, FLV, AVC, MPEG, DVD, WMV, MOV, Youtube DVD: DVD Format VOB (*.vob), DVD Folder High Definition Video: HD AVI Video (*.avi), HDAVC Video (*.mp4), MPEG4 HD Video (*.mp4), MPEG-2 TS HD Video (*.ts), WMV HD Video (*.wmv), Quick Time HD Video (*.mov), Youtube HD Video (*.mp4) Apple Device: iPad (iPad Wi-Fi, iPad Wi-Fi+3G, iPad 16GB, iPad 32GB, iPad 64GB), iPod (iPod classic, iPod touch, iPod nano), iPhone (iPhone 3G S), Apple TV, Apple TV HD Microsoft Device: Xbox, Xbox 360, Zune, Zune HD Portable Device: General mobile phone, PDA, BlackBerry, Creative Zen I was given 20 copies of WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe to giveaway on PS3Blog.net! Normally this software costs $49.95 So if your interested, donate 150 points to the lottery account , max entry of 4 entries please. There will be plenty of winners so be sure to enter the lottery! I’ll pick a winner at random on October 19th at 9 PM Mountain Time (MT). – NOTE: This giveaway is only for Windows [Microsoft Windows 98, NT, 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, Windows 7] I was only given windows license codes. But there is a Mac Version and it’s called MacX Video Converter Pro . WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe builds 160 video codec and 50 audio codec, a perfect multi-functional combination of HD Video Converter, DVD Burner and Website Video Downloader. Without any third-party codec, it can support Multi-track HD video M2TS, MKV, AVCHD, HDTV BDAV and MPEG-TS video movies. It also supports converting all the High Definition and HD-Camcorder videos, to both portable and console players, such as iPad, iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PS3, PSP, Xbox, Zune, PDA, Blackberry, Nokia, Android, Zen, etc,. Supporting Multi-CPU and Hyper Threading, WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe offers up to 15x real time video converting speed. Full details on what the software can do here . If you need support please contact them here .

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PS3 HD Video Converter Giveaway!

Finally we get confirmation of all 83 mixes to be included in DJ Hero 2 when it releases on October 19. After reading the list I’ll have to say I like what I see and look forward to being able to take the songs for a spin since I own and liked the first one on Wii. Any other takers?

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The DJ Hero 2 song list is now available