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HappySqurriel on 30 March 2007
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Stromprophet said: Wow, what a hater. First of all. These are the figures that matter. PS2 2,372,750 360 2,080,750 DS 1,974,250 Wii 1,590,250 That would be the monthly software units sold. What was that? Wii is 4th. And lastly, adding the DS software in with the Wii (which you are doing) and then comparing it to the other consoles shows complete Bias.
First, you should finish off that list: PS2 2,372,750 360 2,080,750 DS 1,974,250 Wii 1,590,250 PSP: 1,023,000 GC: 523,000 XB: 516,000 PS3: 438,000 I wonder why you stopped right after the Wii? No bias there at all. Now lets add Japaneese sales figures for the last week: DS: 786,500 PS2: 491,000 Wii: 131,500 PSP: 62,500 PS3: 26,500 XBox 360: 16,750 GBA: 3,000 DC: 500 Maybe the fact that the PS2, DS and (in North America) the XBox 360 have sold many more systems would explain why they have sold more games?
Stromprophet said: Nintendo is primarily responsible for most of their game publishing unlike the other competitors. So of course they are going to have a ton of titles in the top whatever. But overall, they are getting outsold in software units even as hot as the system is. Uh. Last Gen what Nintendo First Party titles sold more than 5 million? 3 and Barely more than 5 million. Yeah, cause having 100 million consoles is a bad thing. You Wii guys are ridiculous. When you have a massive library (making Nintendos look insignificant last gen) sales of Individual games are less simply because you have a lot of seleciton. Regardless....Sony still makes some damn fine games.
You like to bring up the sales of 100,000,000 PS2 systems when it suits you and then ignore it when it doesn't. The sales difference between the PS2 and Gamecube meant that the PS2 got more third party support, the support was stronger, and sales of software (both third and first party) sold far better.
Stromprophet said: God of War 2 is Game of the Year right now and only 2 games probably even have a shot of knocking it off. That would be GTA IV and Halo 3. I don't see a nintendo title even coming close.
Allow me to introduce you to Super Smash Bros, Metroid Prime and Super Mario Galaxy. Even if these games are not the "Game of the year", I will bet you that every major site and magazine declares them as (one of) the top Fighters, shooters and Platformers of the year.
Stromprophet said: Nintendo shouldn't even have to increase the supply, you can get one right now in the US and have been able to for a while. If sales went down from 450k to 350k in NA how is it there is a shortage? What did Nintendo actually decrease supply and will now increase supply?
Certainly, if you know of a shipment and line up a couple of hours before the store opens you can easily get a Wii; but currently they are not easy to find Online or In Store.
Stromprophet said: I'm arguing about this generation of systems, which the PS2 is not a part of. The single and only reason that Nintendo was able to outsell the other 2 the last 2 months in total is Japan. Regardless, moving forward from this month on we will see. I'm not including the PS2 cause those are not new purchases in my mind. They are purchases from very low end consumers that are just now entering the console market and have little bearing on this generations fight. The comparison is whether new purchasers are choosing the similar HD systems or the cheaper non-hd Wii. And it's about dead even.
I'm not sure what you mean by this, but the Nintendo Wii has been outselling the XBox 360 and PS3 because it is a system people want to own at a price they can afford; Nintendo hardware in general has been selling so well because both of their main systems (DS and Wii) are systems people want at prices they can afford.
Stromprophet said: Oh yeah, in the US this year, Americans will buy 55 million Hi-def sets. That's way more than any of the consoles will be selling and I think people will want to take advantage of those sets.
I call Bullshit! 55 Million HD TV sets would mean that over 50% of households in North America would rush out and replace their TV this year. If you're going to lie at least make it sound reasonable.