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Darth Tigris on 20 August 2010
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Metallicube said:
iHuGi said:
Metallicube said:

Ugh, sickens me ot see people keep buying that Madden crap year after year.. On the plus side, Starcraft 2 is doing well.

Anyway, what it appears is going to happen in the long term as far as the 3 major consoles is that, aside from the holiday (where Nintendo will get the largest boost), and during a huge release (where the HD consoles are likely to get more of a boost), all 3 consoles will be selling extremely close from here on out, at a virtual tie. Once the dust settles on the 360 slim and the holidays are over, it will probably settle to something like Wii > PS3 > 360, but all three will be VERY close.

I put 360 slightly in last because in the long term their lineup looks very weak compared  to Sony and Nintendo. They didn't even announce any new core games at E3. They are essentially banking on Kinect to be a success (it won't), and the bottom will then fall out from their core market as they will be in a position where they have few core games and their Kinect games nobody will buy.

So Fail in ONE single post... haha

Care to explain why?

What I said is ALREADY basically coming to fuition. The only reason the 360 is separated from the other two currently is because of the slim boost. But once that wears off, all three consoles will likely be very close in weekly sales, besides the holidays (which will favor Nintendo) and the weeks of huge releases (which will usually favor the HD consoles).

I can't speak for iHuGi, but there are two gross assumptions that you made that are highly suspect.

1) After the holidays, the 360 will be in 3rd place for weekly sales.  There is no evidence to come to that conclusion based on what we know now.  The PS3 slim boost still has not worn off, so why would the 360 redesign wear off so quickly?  To come to that conclusion gives evidence that you may have a bias.

2) You concluded that MS is writing off their core audience (incorrect, as this holiday has bigger core games from them than last holiday) and Kinect will not be a success at all and nobody will buy its games.  Again, a huge bias against something that you are not interested in or impressed by.  That does not mean that others aren't, as it is quite clear that its initial lineup is directed at an audience other than the core.  And based on numerous impressions, that audience is highly interested.