Japan - Wii 2010 > Xbox 360 2005-2010!

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leo-j said:

Metallicube said:

Did you honestly expect the Wii to sell strongly this year despite next to no third party support and no hardware movers for the first 9 months?

Just remember that 360 and even PS3 sales were beginning to decline and would be selling poorly as well if not for the redesigns.

People on this site tend to only judge success in terms of relative to competitors, and on a week to week basis, but if you take a step back and look at the grand scheme of things, Wii has outsold Nintendo's previous best selling console, the NES, on it's way to outsell the PS1, and is still tracking ahead of PS2, despite only one $50 price drop, no redesign, and barely any third party support.

Tell me, why is it so BAD for the market leader to be in last by a few hundred thousand for a couple of months, when it is 30 million ahead of its nearest competitor? It's not like third party support is going to decline, it's already about as bad as it can be. You are making a big deal out of nothing.

what saved the ps3 was mostly the fact it got a $100 price cut..

and it is still the only console not at mass market price..

so the same thing can be said for the ps3, did you really expect the ps3 to sell strongly when the wii is $199 and bundled with wii sports resort, and wii motion plus, and has a new color, AND is $199, and the 360 is $199 with a new redesigned unite and a huge advertising campaign making people think it's possibly a new console..

heck its possible that the reason the ps3 is having so much trouble against the 360 in the UK, is because the ps3 is what twice the price of the 360?

Once the ps3 drops to $199 sometimes in 2011, or 2012, whenever they cut it, it should see much much higher sales.. especially in japan.

"heck its possible that the reason the ps3 is having so much trouble against the 360 in the UK, is because the ps3 is what twice the price of the 360?"

Er no not quite, 360 (cheapest sku) is £150, 250G is £200, PS3 is £250