360 beat Wii this week in NA

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Kasz216 said:

erikers said:

What's with those numbers? They're barely even different than last week. Maybe Wii is supply constrained but the other numbers? Suddenly the ps3's only going to sell 700k in december? The 360 is suddenly selling at a slower pace in december than last year?

Does anyone realize the sales on 360 for the same week last year is 276k, HIGHER than this year? Is anybody crazy enough to believe it's going to sell less this year than last after seeing the last few months of sales?

 

Well the US has had some pretty harsh economic problem lately. Still, does seem surprising.

 I don't think it is surprising at all.   The Wii is competing, in my opinion, for a different set of customers.  The PS3 and 360 are competing head to head for the same gamer's dollars.  PS3+360 sales are way higher than 360 sales alone.  I wondered out loud in a thread a couple of months ago if the 360 could sell as well as it did last year with the PS3 now taking away some customers.  At the time, the $399 price point wasn't in effect but now that it is, I suspect it has put a dent in the 360's potential customer base.