| blizzid said: It is strange that the 360 maintains decent hardware sales, but has almost no software sales to go with it. The recent big JRPGs were all extremely front-loaded; if people were continuing to buy 360s for those games, shouldn't they have stronger legs? Is there a strong aftermarket, and people are buying those JRPGs used? For SO4 release week, I'm curious if the Wii can end up third in Japan - behind the 360 and PS3. Things would be back to normal soon enough, but it would still be a crazy week if it happened. |
This. The second hand market is really huge. Tales of Vesperia copies are probably continuously changing owners. If there are scheduled releases later, then people keep the console. If MS wants to keep the hardware sales up, there will need to be some announcements pretty quickly after SO4 releases.
"Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, IT IS THE LEADERS of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is TELL THEM THEY ARE BEING ATTACKED, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. IT WORKS THE SAME IN ANY COUNTRY." --Hermann Goering, leading Nazi party member, at the Nuremberg War Crime Trials
Conservatives: Pushing for a small enough government to be a guest in your living room, or even better - your uterus.
