QUOTE (fayewong @ Jan 08 2008, 08:41 AM) Take a look at the Nintendo Wii sales.. they make the 360 sales look like nothing.
IN ONE YEAR IT SOLD 14 MILLION WHEN IT TOOK XBOX TWO YEARS TO SELL 13 MILLION CONSOLES
But yeah, at the rate things are going. PS3 will rise in 2008 and take over Xbox 360 by 2009. I have seen nothing done to improve their console sales.
Most Anticipated Games to boost sales
Nintendo
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Mario Galaxy
PS3
Metal Gear Solid 4
Final Fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy Versus XIII
Gran Turismo 5
XBOX 360
Gears of War 2?
Halo Wars
no clue, since I lack Xbox game knowledge or have interest in any, but feel free to say any that you may think will be highly anticipated of this year.
Ok lets look at the previous gen consoles
Total Sales
Gamecube: 21.63 million
Xbox: 24 million
PS2:110 million
As you can see... even if PS3 is losing right now... they have gained a lot from the previous gen+PSP sales. And since GC has lost last gen, they are gaining a lot from the new gen+DS sales. Xbox is nowhere near the winner if you add all these up, they don't even have a handheld console.[/SPOILER]
Here is what I think:
Wii will remain #1 in sales during its whole lifetime of sales in the next gen
PS3 will rise in 2008 and take second place in 2009.
Xbox 360 will be in third place and release more FPS games and remain popular in the US .
Yeah the Wii can push that many units because it undersells the 360 and the PS3 by a significant amount of money.
Plus did you ever think that the 360 being out for a year did nothing to help it. I think most people played a wait and see game until all the systems were on the market. Thats what I did. And say what you will about the 360 but it sells software while I'm under the impression the Wii has lagging game sales in proportion to the number of systems sold. Although the Wii gets a lot of crappy games from 3rd party developers.
Why are you even comparing the Wii and 360? Nintendo stated long ago that they were not in this fight. Hell thats because they have already won it. The game now is a bitter fight for second place between the 360 and PS3.
Your list of Wii games is missing No More Heros and for 360 I'll share a list of stuff thats caught my eye and its not even anywhere near being complete. I didn't even include Live Arcade games.
Fable 2, Borderlands, Brutal Legend, Fallout 3, The Club, Dark Sector, Dead Space, Dead Island, Fracture, Halo Wars, Interstellar Marines, Infinite Undiscovery, Legendary: The Box, Army of 2, Midnight Club: Los Angeles, Mobile Ops: The One Year War, Precursors, Voodoo Nights, Too Human, Tom Clancy's EndWar, Prototype, Rainy Woods, Theseis, Left 4 Dead, Saboteur, Soulcaliber 4, The Last Remnant, Hail to the Chimp, Alan Wake, Mortal Kombat 8, Iron Man
Yeah not all of those are 360 exclusive but its getting them and yeah while its got some shooters or games that feature firearms it also has fighters, RPGs, racing games, and a few real time strategy games.
Oh wait PS2 came out before the X-box its cheating! Thats the only reason it sold more. Or maybe the fact a lot of PS2s died and had to be replaced. Or the fact its still alive and well and getting games not allowing the PS3 to grow. Or what about the fact that the X-box was Microsoft first console? They were new to the game while Sony had already been learning the tricks of the trade.
Also might I ask why Microsoft is being bashed for not having a handheld? Maybe they saw the beating the PSP was taking and didn't want to climb into the ring with Nintendo.
One last thing, you are missing
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