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Still pre-ordering the Halo 5 X1 console, and the 360 is no longer in production.



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NobleTeam360 said:
Mr.Playstation said:

Fixed that for you mate . Next time do at least see that the PS4 sold 100K+ more than the Xbox One. Not to mention that 50% of the games in the top 10 are all being sold on the ps4.

Huh and here i thought having good numbers was better than having solid numbers. Guess not

I agree. Solid is a relative term, meaning stable or steady. Wii U can be doing solid numbers if it hovers around the 40K mark, because at least it's not diminishing away to nothing, but you'd never say that was a good amount of sales. Good is a more absolute term, which means the sales are at a very pleasing level regardless of any other relative considerations. Back in 2009 after the $299 price cut PS3 sales were good, even though Wii sales were better.



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I haven't gotten around to picking up Splatoon and I really want too, one day :(



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That PS4 domination.



Ka-pi96 said:
binary solo said:
Wagram said:
Batman, Witcher, and Splatoon are beasting. Never been more happy to be wrong in Splatoon's case.

PS4 sales are insane. Honestly, I see Xbox possibly making up the NA sales difference in the holiday weeks, but EU and Japan will keep PS4 in the lead.

Splatoon is a bit of a mixed blessing though. Yes, for it's own sake it is doing very well and is looking like a brilliant new franchise for Nintendo. But it's has done virtually nothing for Wii U. Sure early July 2014 was still coming down from the MK8 launch, but YoY Wii U is down 20K(!!). And what's fascinating about that is MK8 and Splatoon are both at week 6 in this week of 2014/2015 and they have almost identical sales (MK8 105K, Splat 101K). Yet WiiU in 2014 was 50% higher than Wii U in 2015.

Splatoon is good for Splatoon, but that's about as far as it goes. Perhaps 'Splatoon: The INKredibles' (my title) for NX will be a system seller to people who never bought Wii U. But for now Splatoon seems to be mostly selling to the Nintendo core.

That's hardly surprising though. Splatoon is just 1 game. How much can 1 game alone do? Without it the Wii U would undoubtedly by in an even worse situation. But 1 game, no matter how good or popular, can't turn around a systems fortunes alone.

Nintendo certainly had low expectations for it. Perhaps if they had more confidence in Splatoon it would be a different story. Still, new IP doesn't often immediately translate into a hardware pusher. The key thing will be what effect the second game has on whatever platform it gets released. 

But I was mostly making the observation in relation to the few posts that were trying to make out that Splatoon is doing wonders for Wii U.



“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” - Bertrand Russell

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."

Jimi Hendrix

 

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Good for everyone



Is the Xbox 360 not being tracked anymore? The Wii is still being tracked and the 360 hasn't been discontinued



Why no numbers for 360?



Yay, numbers! Even though they are more than a month old, this was the second most interesting week of the summer.
The hardware numbers are expected and good for the PS4. but I'm surprised to see Batman selling so much better on the PS4.



    

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