Sony domination begins....?

[insomniac17]

Sqrl said:

insomniac17 said:

twesterm said:

I wish people would realize one or two games won't suddenly boost a console sells and pull it out of any kind of slump or whatever. Not saying the PS3 is in a slump, I'm just saying MGS4 isn't suddenly going t oboost sales by 10 million.

Want proof? Look at the Gamecube.

*cough* Halo 3 *cough cough*

Sorry, had to do it. Seriously, though, this game was HUGE. If I remember correctly, the 360 outsold the Wii during the month it was released, so its possible for a game to give a big but temporary boost.

I certainly don't think that MGS4 is gonna sell millions and millions of PS3's alone either. The bundle is gonna do well though, I'd imagine.

Halo 3 was launched at the end of September which mitigated its effect across two months. With that said here are the results of those two months.

September: VGChartz Hardware data for the period 01st Sep 2007 to 29th Sep 2007:

Console	Wii	X360
Total	1,157,531	865,677
America	628,373	580,011

 

October:VGChartz Hardware data for the period 06th Oct 2007 to 27th Oct 2007:

Console	Wii	X360
Total	1,043,843	803,807
America	509,375	585,966

 

I broke it up into the WW #'s and the US numbers since Halo 3 is by far the most popular in the US. As you can see the Wii was able to hold onto the WW lead for both months but it did get beat for the month of October in NA .

PS - Note this info is easy to do yourself, just check the "Chartz" tab at the top of the page =)

 Thanks for the data. I just kinda wanted to throw Halo 3 out there because of all the hype it got from MS; they really made it huge (game fuel? c'mon...)

@twesterm, I totally agree. I think the real factor is public perception, the Wii is made out to seem so simple and fun, while the 360 and PS3 are more expensive, complicated, more "hardcore", etc.