| MontanaHatchet said: Even with a post like this, people will still love him. That being said, I find it odd that people STILL think that Mario Galaxy will outsell Halo. |
I think people are looking at history rather than a single week of sales. History is on Mario's side -- Galaxy is selling much faster than Super Mario 64, which sold significantly more than *any* Halo game. Mario is stronger in Japan and Europe than Halo, and SMG will likely have better long-term legs than Halo 3 in all three regions.
The 360 is a beast when it comes to software sold. That's generally accepted. But the Wii is still doing fantastic software-sales wise, and TRU, for example, is selling out of 1/2 of their Wii software due to their insane buy 2 get 1 free sales. SMG, Metroid and this slew of new games right at the holiday season has really renewed interest in the Wii for many people.
I wouldn't say they're getting their asses handed to them by Microsoft. Nintendo is:
(1) Actually making a profit, and a huge one
(2) selling a lot more hardware than MS -- and has the handheld crown
(3) outselling MS in 12 months vs 24 months
(4) increasing their tie-in ratio significantly lately.
Also, look at Sony. They're not even competing with either Nintendo or Microsoft for anything. You're pointing out a single area Microsoft is doing well: their third party support. But Sony has done nothing but lose third party support lately, their sales are terrible, and their losses on the PS3 are even higher than Microsoft's debt-laden Xbox division.
