Microsoft:
Great YEar
Were up YOY for a lot of it
Things looked great for them
They had good games this fall
But then "it" came on September 1st
Nintendo:
Let me start by saying, the DS has once again topped & ruled the world & it deserves to. the amount of quality games consistently coming out on that thing is astounding.
The Wii has been the OPPOSITE of the DS for me games wise. In terms of sales they have be strong but are down YOY by around 3 Million or so.....which is no small figure
Something somewhere went wrong
In Japan it is being challenged for its YTD sales for 2009, something which seemed a stark impossibility a year ago.
SONY:
The beginning of the year was bad. PS3 had articles against it. it was seen as a failure.
I remember an article Yahoo made about discontnuing PS3 & so on.
SONY were constantly bashed for their 13 Million PS3 forecast
Things were bad
Then it came on September 1st, it broke all expectations & continues to do so. It completely changed PS3's image.
The PS3 Slim is one of the biggest success stories of this generation.
Uncharted 2 came after that and has sold well, but most importantly the quality of the title ranks as one of the best.
With the 13th Fantasy EPIC set to hit Japan in a mere 10 days, expect big things from PS3!
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Special Note:
Modern Warfare 2 deserves to get a special mention, look at its sales for proof!
