Will Microsoft ever lose NA after this Gen?

[NightDragon83]

Sensei said:

Seece said:
Gees people are so pedantic and eager to put X360 down. What a black and white view to take, that X360 is winning NA right now (and for a while), which is obviously what the OP meant, he's asking if next gen it's going to lose that.

Agreed. Wii may have sold more consoles overall, but the Xbox 360 is doing much better right now and has much better momentum.

Besides, in terms of quality, the Xbox 360 trumps Wii all over the place anyway, speciall the online. I'm glad to own both 'losing' consoles of this generation, PS3 and Xbox 360. Also remembering the HD twins split markeshare with each other, and Wii doesn't manage to beat them combined.

I second this (and Seece's comment)... Wii might have the biggest install base by a wide margin this gen, but the 360 consistently has multi-platinum week-one sales for the biggest games currently on the market like MW3, Gears 3, and Skyrim.  Even the PS3's software sales are doing extremely well in comparison to the Wii... meanwhile, the Wii hasn't had a multi-platinum debut release since NSMBWii launched over 2 years ago... and it still managed "only" 2.2 million units WW week 1.

Last year's big Wii title, DKC Returns, couldn't even reach a million units sold WW in its first week.  And now the next installment in Nintendo's biggest and most beloved franchise, Skyward Sword, will be lucky to break 2 million units WW week 1 for a console that has a WW install base of nearly 90 million.  MW3 in comparison did nearly 7 million units week 1 on 360 alone, and Skyrim did 2 mil on 360 all by itself.  And next year you have GTAV, Halo 4, and the next COD all lined up to sell like gangbusters on the 360.  If Wii U doesn't at least have COD at launch (not holding my breath for GTAV at launch), Nintendo might as well throw in the towel, because it'll just prove that they still don't get it.