UncleScrooge said:
kowenicki said:
UncleScrooge said:
Of course there is a justification - the Wii had an additional positive effect on its sales (giftcard) while the Xbox360 had two negative ones (wait for giftcard and supply issues).
It should have been clear to most people that the Wii would see huge Christmas sales:
1) Nintendo platforms see higher christmas increases because they are often bought as christmas presents
2) The Wii wasn't down during the year because consumer interest had wayned but because it didn't get any games. There was just one million seller before October or so and that was Mario Galaxy 2, the third Mario game on the Wii obviously didn't push any hardware.
3) The Xbox360 got a redesign some months ago. Obviously that pushed its sales up additionally.
4) The Wii has a very great christmas line-up this year (and games from last year that are still selling great) and Nintendo put out lots of bundles for the first time.
Take all those effects into account and it is completely logical the Wii boost during Christmas would be astronomical. But most of the time people just compare numbers. They see a console selling bad for like 3 months and assume it is "doomed". That's also why Xbox360 and Playstation 3 constantly change places in "who's gonna be 2nd" discussion. Two months of great sales for console "X" and people assume it'll stay that way forever :-p
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Whilst I agree with some of what you have said... imo point 2 is utterly irrelevant.
Are you saying that new potential Wii adopters weren't drawn in by Wii Sports, WSR, MK, NSMB etc etc.? After 4 or 5 years it is game libraries that attract new adopters not a specific game release.
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Nope. I'm saying software that is more than a year old isn't going to push 300k systems a week. Of course it is the game library that attracts new users but new games surely help to push sales. Are you saying sales for any system will stay flat and not decrease without any major new releases?
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It is a combination of library of games, knowledge that the system is still being supported with new titles (not a specific title) and reputation that keeps the system going.
