Mummelmann said:
And the PS3 had a legion of system sellers? Besides, FFXIII (a sequel, which won't have an impact according to your logic) there really isn't much in the way of system sellers at all this year (so far). FFXIII and Galaxy 2 are roughly on par as system sellers as I see it and both the Wii and PS3 got price cuts at almost the same time last year, yet the Wii keeps falling the PS3 is massively up. They are on equal grounds as it stands, with the main difference being that the PS3 still costs 50% more than the Wii, what does this tell you?
Its not a crisis, there's no reason to fret over numbers, I sinply wish that people would stop blaming the Wii's decline on lack of system sellers and realize that it is due to the nature of the product itself and a direct consequnce of Nintendo's strategy this gen. Like I said; the PS3 has not had a stellar year in terms of software at all, mainly sequels and then one big hit in FFXIII, which is easily countered, like I said, by Galaxy 2.
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GAH! Had a huge response for the bolded typed up, and Vista BSOD's on me.
Okay, basically, I think you're wrong. Even if Galaxy 2 and FFXIII were even (they're not, SMG2 being a sequel hurts it big time, look how much hardware it moved in Japan), that's far from the only PS3 game released. I don't actually know why you'd say the PS3 has not had a stellar year so far, when it has had one of its best yet (maybe on par with 08). Check out the top games released in the year so far:
| 2 |
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21 |
2,848,914 |
2,848,914 |
| 3 |
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34 |
2,457,191 |
4,209,436 |
| 4 |
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12 |
2,335,720 |
2,335,720 |
| 5 |
|
23 |
1,732,674 |
1,732,674 |
| 6 |
|
25 |
1,392,405 |
1,392,405 |
| 8 |
|
15 |
833,620 |
833,620 |
| 9 |
|
17 |
782,348 |
782,348 |
| 10 |
|
15 |
729,661 |
729,661 |
| 11 |
|
26 |
715,937 |
715,937 |
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(~8 more omitted PS3 games) |
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| 20 |
|
5 |
611,062 |
611,062 |
| 22 |
|
54 |
560,346 |
1,555,186 |
The PS3 games at the top are not only IP's the console has never seen yet, but they're games from all different genres, appealing to all different types of gamers. That is a damn good Jan-Aug lineup, if you'd ask me.
The Wii is mainly selling on its old lineup, which was fine early 2009 because Wii Sports / Fit / MK hadn't saturated yet, but... clearly, it has reached its limit as of late. New Super Mario Bros Wii can only take it so far, especially when the HD consoles got its own biggest seller in the same time period (MW2). The Wii's 2010 holiday lineup is great, so its sales should be fine in the Nov-Dec period (assuming the games do well), though if Nintendo has another drought early 2011, I can see the Wii being in (real) trouble. Zelda Wii should end up holding its own better than Galaxy 2, though.
