All Xbox 360 haters, answer me this question

[Grey Acumen]

If I recall, Microsoft had a year where they were the only "next gen" system on the market, it didn't even have PS3 or Wii to run against. By the time PS3 and Wii came into the market, 360 had, according to VGchartz, managed to sell a little under 6 million consoles. In that same time period, PS2 had managed to sell over 13 million consoles.

After that point, Wii had not only matched the 360 sales, but had surpassed total sales in less than a year, despite 360's yearlong lead, and PS3, despite it's major criticism has still sold on par with 360. The only major criticism on the 360 has been the RRoD issue and the scratched disc issue, and that is entirely Microsoft's fault for pushing out the 360 before it was ready.


Heck, I don't even hate 360 or Microsoft, I'm just not about to overlook the problems they've had, nor be realistic about how I judge success. Saying "How can you say it's not successful? Just compare 360 sales to the original Xbox sales!"

Well, okay, lets actually line up the sales... HMMMMMMmmmm.... 360 sold 17 million, in the same amount of time, Xbox sold 13.5 million. So the 360 has only sold a paltry 3.5 million more than its predecessor? That MIGHT imply a success... IF the XBOX had actually been a successful system. Sure, it beat out the gamecube, but only by, again, a scant 3 million.

Heck, congratulations, in the same amount of time, with a yearlong uncontested launch, huge 3rd party support, numerous games that are considered AAA ranked, and a critically acclaimed online service, 360 has managed to sell 6 million more consoles that the gamecube, the worst selling console of the previous generation, and is still 10 million below where the PS2, the best selling console of last gen, was at in the same point of its life. PS3 is at least still tracking roughly on par with the PS2.

So, yeah, I'm sorry, but I'm just not seeing these amazing sources of success that you seem to be pointing to.

 

madskillz said:
@ Daafactual

Your sig is out of control. I nearly closed the page because I thought it was that 'Hello' ad on the first page.

just one of the many great uses for firefox w/ adblock