sound thread. i think it's very interesting to see how the sales curves change year after year. they really tell the story of the public's relationship to the system.
take the wii, for instance. they just had a price cut, and they are barely seeing an impact. their sales are way down for this time of year. it appears that the public has come close to its saturation point.
the 360 is getting there as well, but with price cuts they are still clutching to the status quo. if they don't do something to light a spark in the public's eye they will start to lose ground fast.
the ps3 is the hot mistress at the moment. it's got sexy software and a new deal that is driving the public wild.
i remember the xbox fans saying how many units halo odst would sell, and then it sold around 20k units launch week. uncharted2 pushed twice that. this says a couple of things. one is that uncharted has established itself as a leading franchise on the console. the other is that casual gamers (people who haven't bought a ps3) are taking notice of superior software. it is unheard of for a non-established franchise to move so many units...especially when its first game was on that same console! you have to look the likes of halo, metal gear, and grand theft auto to see sales like that. this tells me that casual fans are being truly excited by sony's first party software. this means games like last guardian can also move units...if marketed properly. with this ability at their fingertips it appears sony is in the best position of the three going into the holiday season.
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