April 2012 NPD 360 HW 236k, PS3 175k, Wii 91k

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VGKing said:

MANUELF said:

VGKing said:

MANUELF said:
The market is collapsing fast here

No, it's not.

We got 6-7 year old consoles on the market. We also have Sony and Nintendo launching new dedicated handhelds which are getting bashed by the media as inferior to the almighty iPhone.

Once we get all next-gen consoles on the market and sales are this low(Ps4, 720, Wii U, 3DS, Vita) then you can say the market is collapsing.

So according to you we need new consoles and Apple is damaging the market?

Yes, we do need new consoles. Sales of PS3 and 360 will keep declining each year. Especially now that the Wii U is going to enter the market.

I didn't say anything about Apple. I don't believe Apple is damaging the console sales in any way.

I dont think new hardware is a must just yet, but better games, though it looks like we are in a non game feature added cycle right now. I think launching this year for nintendo is a mistake, and a launch next year would be better but they have already killed wii sales. for the ps3/360 squeezing 1 to 2 more years of life out of them would be best, make sure you can launch with a selection of major games next time 

 

im looking to replace my launch box or rather have been for the last 3 years, its just the matter has become more pressing now that im running low on hd space the upgrade to 120 from 20 bought me time, but its imposible to find 250 hds for the old console, and it would be nice to have hdmi, not a must, but would be nice, if they droped the price of the 4 gig system i would pic one up and a 320 hd, and download the stuff ive deleted and move all my other stuff across ... but i would need a good price cut for that to happen at leat 50 bucks.