bardicverse said:
There you go, week 43 - Thats 9 weeks before the end of the year. So basically covering November thus far. Any stock that has remained prior to that stayed on the shelves until the pickup of the holdiay season. Since the Arcades were in heavy stock leading up to November, there were many units with the old gpu in there, and many people knew this from articles posted on Wired and PCWorld websites, which were directly linked from google news, questioning MS strategy. So, in essence, its not complete and utter bullshit. Next time, don't act like such a jihadist when posting. @tuoyo - there's been several topics on it here, perhaps you just weren't looking? this was just this 2 weeks ago.. http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=50223&page=1 Talking of the switch from the old to the new in November. The problem is, that while we know to look at the side sticker and find ways to make sure that you get the jasper based arcade, this solution hasnt reached the general public yet. We already know how jittery and easily scared the general public is. Thus why I said people are staying away, because the last of the produced 360s with the old chipset are in the arcade versions, as they switched the chipset in them last, clearing out their old chipset stock on the low end unit. The public is still scared, albeit now wrongly so.
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It is utter bullshit. The post acted like MS tool the old (pre-falcon) machines and retrofited them into the 360 Arcades. Console failures (like any type of electronic component) will always be around. Since the falcon the root cause of why there were so many 3 red light codes (also known as RRoD) has been fixed. The 3 red lights is a code for troubleshooting. As long as a 360 can overheat for any reason there will be a potential for 3 red lights.
Part of the reason the 360 is now doing so much better is because the high failure rate has been corrected. Sure some older units have the issue (thus the 3 year warranty from purchase). Sure some new units may have an issue just like any PS3 or Wii could fail. The public believes that the issue has been corrected and the failure rates for a brand new 360 is around the same as the failure rate for a PS3 or Wii.
Back to original question. "Why Wii still sale like hot cakes?". I dont know the answer, but I do know the answer certainly isnt the software.
Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.