This is the problem...You can't expect the fact that games for the 360 since GOW have not pushed many systems worldwide. This is a trend that has gone on for years in gaming. Spring and Summer do not make or break a system. Its the holidays. If that isn't true, then as a comprhensive chart sight pull up seasonal numbers. Also what the Wii is doing is really phenominal, but at some point all things that go up must come down (slow down in the Wii's case). You guys also seem to casually throw Halo 3 to the side. Well here's a fact you can research on your own. 4 million preorders...You do the math. If Halo 3 is worth the price of admission as a bonifide good game, then expect fervor like its no ones buisness and systems to fly. I'm not discounting the Wii's success at all. I think they've done an increible job. The problem is that they can't meet demand fast enough, also they have a thin line up this holiday season. Metroid Prime series is great, but against Halo?...No contest. What about a game like Call of Duty 4...One of the best selling launch titles for the Xbox 360 happened to be a predcessor of the series. The game is already on peoples wish list. Do you believe Smash Bros is aimed at the casual gamer or the fan of it? You believe the same people playing Wii tennis are going to get into it? PGR4 is another title to pay attention to as well. For me the one thing to keep in mind is that software sells systems. If this is a basic theory in gaming, then why won't the 360 sell more units? Every game I've mentioned has sold both software and systems. Why would it not happen this holiday? Then add in a price job. These are all ingredients for success not failure.
To call the 360 a system for hardcore gamers is like calling the Wii a fat boy's exercise machine. It doesn't tell the whole story. Most people I know are not talking up the Wii's great game play, more it's casual admission for non-gamers and ease of use. Most companies aren't even really pushing the system graphically, and its outdated tech. So there's no excuse for that. In terms of sales, these are obviously not the same people who bought Game Cubes. In fact they may not have even heard of one.
All in all I love this because we get to watch gaming grow, and be a true topic of relevant discussion. So I look forward to seeing how all the systems fair. I just felt that people were ignoring some real obvious issues with the sales of both systems at the current time, and not looking at the whole picture.
