WW UP! 360 > Wii

[DirtyP2002]

huaxiong90 said:

DirtyP2002 said:

There are so many good things going on for MS.

Xbox 360S sells well (some shortages though)

Older price reduced Xbox 360 models are selling well (not much longer though)

Xbox 360S is not even released in Europe

Xbox 360S Arcade for $199 will sell big numbers once it will be released

Kinect preorders seem to be very good

Halo / Fable / CoD / Gears of War will sell shitloads of software

There still are various newly build 1st party studios we haven't seen anything from (Spawnpoint Studios / Firebird Studios / 343 industries)

If Windows Mobile 7 becomes a success, the EDD will post some great numbers.

Agreed, but why mention CoD when it's multiplat?

Because CoD will sell millions as well and MS will get a fee for every copy sold. The power of the CoD franchise combined with the other franchises I listed is nothing else but huge.

Check may NPD. RDR did an awesome job on the Xbox 360 with one million copies sold in the first month. MS, just like every other hardware manufacturer, benefit from strong 3rd party sales.

All of the games I listed have a very strong focus on the multiplayer. 6 games out of the current top10 Xbox Live titles will see a sequel this year or early next year (Gears 3). There are 25 million Xbox Live users already. With strong hardware sales, ESPN deal coming and this lineup of games, I can really see the Xbox Live numbers growing. Hulu won't hurt either. Just the fees for Xbox Live are probably about $700,000,000.00 today. I think MS has a shot to make ONE BILLION USD only with Xbox Live fees this gen.