I guess this is what happens when you piss off a community that has the power to screw with you.
Data gathered by the GfK-Chart Track has shown that 54% of Portal 2 sales are Xbox 360 sales while only 35% are PS3 while 10% are PC. This data doesn't show sales on the Steam platform but from the numbers shown it looks like the 360 version is mopping the floor with the PS3 version even though PS3 has Steam support.
Portal 2 released on April 19 in the US and April 21 everywhere else. This was bad timing due to the PSN being hacked by a group which has yet to be caught. Sony closed the servers so at the time being no one was able to log onto the PSN and play online or make purchases let alone log onto Steam from the PS3. Experts are saying that this is probably the main reason Portal 2 is doing better on Xbox 360 than PS3.
Valve didn't really have nice things to say about the PS3 a couple of years ago and only recently started supporting their console with their Steam service. I wonder if this will have an impact on future titles and support from Valve. I don't expect sales of the PS3 version to do any better since it's been more than 10 days since the titles release so any masses that wanted to get the game probably got it already.
Gamestop is currently having a sale on Portal 2 for $39.99 for both the PS3 and Xbox 360 so maybe that will help sales but from the looks of it for this title the 360 version will always remain on top.
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