August looks like a key month for the Xbox360, MS rises or falls here.

[The Mann]

Dodece said:
Madden will move hardware. The quality of the title was not the issue last year, and will not be the issue this year. The issue last year, and this year is the price of the console. The 360 is just more affordable for this core casual title. The title is going to move a couple hundred thousand additional units over the coming months.

Infinite Undiscovery had me wary. However after seeing the combat in effect it definitely looks to be a more enjoyable game for western audiences. More freedom no pseudo three dimensional backdrop. Plus the characters are just more mature in presentation. The cinematic effects look wonderful, and if Microsoft plays that up, and the characters free roaming the environments this title will probably move twenty or thirty thousand additional consoles over a couple months.

Tales of Vesperia is not going to move any consoles. Unless Microsoft plays it as softening the consoles perception. All I can say is that if Microsoft knows whats good for them they will just show off the cinemas. Hide the combat, and hide the character models. They will not impress the North American market. All I can say for the demo was that it annoyed me to no end. The characters, the shallow character interactions, and a combat system that was all kinds of frustrating.

Too Human is going to move consoles whether you believe it deserves to or not. The title will get mixed reviews, but it will still average out to perhaps a eighty. That however will not matter the gripe many have with the game is the controls, and you just do not see that on a commercial. The Cinemas matched with a chaotic one on forty battle will only cause gamers eyes to glisten. This title is going to more a hundred thousand consoles over a couple months time.

All told I think these titles will move between three hundred thousand and four hundred thousand consoles. Keep in mind I am thinking 360 sales will be on par with last year. The loss of Halo 3 is negated by the year to year increase in sales.

 

In its biggest market (north america) 360 went from selling an average of 40-45k to an average of around 60k, around a 20-30% increase last year around Halo release time 360 sales doubled, so what exactly makes you think the 360 this September/October will sell on par with last September/October ?