EdHieron said:
FarleyMcFirefly said:
EdHieron said:
How well do you think Nintendo's Wii did overall? You often hear it said that Wii won the 7th Console Generation; however, how desisive do you think its win was overall? Some stats to help you reach your conclusion. Even though it was the only 7th Gn Console to sell anywhere near 100 Million Consoles ( it just barely did that and it's not likely to sell much more ) by comparison's sake the winner of the Preceding Generation, Sony's Playstation 2, sold over 50 Million Consoles.
With the possible exception of Japan ( where Sony's Playstation 3 still has a longshot chance to pass Wii) Nintendo's Wii failed to win one of the major territories as it will be passed in North America by Xbox's 360 and in Europe by Sony's Playstation 3. And Wii failed by a large margin to gain 50% of the 7th Gen's console market space. By comparison, Playstation 2 won all three 6th Generation territories and captured over 50% of the 6th Gen's Console Marketshare.
Lastly, years after Wii games had stopped selling and / or being developed in any significant numbers excellent games for its two competitors Microsoft's Xbox360 and Sony's Playstation 3 each and every week.
So, how well do you think Nintendo's Wii really performed? Did it dominate the 7th Gen as its staunchest supporters frequently say or do you think it's early success and quick burnout really do indicate that Wii was just a fad?
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Um, amazingly? Over 100 million consoles and ovef 900 million games. It still managed to sell 70,000 last week.
How is that not amazing?
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The top two bestselling games last week were Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 games ( by several million copies) and its two direct 7th Gen competitors more than doubled and tripled the Wii in sales last week. That never happened to PS1 or PS2 after the conclusions of the 5th and 6th gens.
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it still has 20 million consoles sold more than the other two. and compare the software releases. Wii had 9 games sell over 10 million, all first party.
Most of pS3's best selling games are call of duty.
