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MontanaHatchet on 26 November 2008
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Barozi said:
MontanaHatchet said:
Barozi said:
shio said:
It's certainly impressive for a console, but I'm more impressed by the Wii, which is selling even more software than 360.

If you take out the bundled games for both consoles, 360 wins

First off, barring weeks of big releases, that's simply not true. Second off, the 360's bundled numbers are very hard to track because we can't easily track how many of the sales of each game are bundled or sold separately. Given the Wii's humongous userbase lead over the 360, I'd say that it's impressive that the 360 is holding its own. But let's just leave it at that.

Why should I make an exception for weeks with big releases ? The costumer wanted to buy those blockbuster games, so they should count towards software sales.

Bundles are a different story. Of course only official bundles would be left out. (Wii Sports in EU/NA, about 30% of Forza 2, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance and VIVA Pinata sales, etc.). I agree, that it is a bit unfair not to count any sales for Wii Sports, cause I'm sure even without bundling it would have sold ~15+ million units until now.

I wanted to bar these weeks because, for example, the Wii lost the software battle for the week when Gears of War 2 launched even though it won nearly every week leading up to that. Likewise, it wouldn't be fair to compare the 360 to the Wii during the launch week for a big Wii game like Brawl.

As for bundles, there are tons of them on all 3 consoles and it would be pretty hard to keep track of them all. I've heard reports of games such as Brawl being bundled with Wiis in some stores in Europe, along with the bajillions of bundled PS3 games and what now seems to be a neverending supply of 360 games being bundled. It's pointless to take out the bundles anyways, since at least a decent percentage of those receiving the bundle would have just bought other games anyways.