Xbox makes 10 million!!!

[thetonestarr]

souixan said:

deadhorse said:
(talk about Wii vs 360 predictions, Halo 3, etc)

I don't agree with that predicition. I know Halo will move units, but not as many as people seem to think. Much of the Halo crowd already owns a 360 thanks to games like Gears of War, Crackdown and the Halo 3 Beta. I know it'll move units ofc ourse there's some waiting out, but I don't think it'll be a gigantic move. Metroid sadly might just reboost the clammor for a Wii, it won't move extra systems just yet, simply because it's not possible to do so! And for GTAIV I have a feeling it'll move more PS3's then 360's

 

 I think Nintendo's got a large stockpile of Wii units that they're saving for two events.

 1: Holiday season '07 (but of course).

 2: Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.

I'll bet you Nintendo's going to ship a larger percentage of their consoles specially for the launch of MP3 so people can purchase the both. I mean, seriously. A game that SHOULD move consoles is therefore being held back if it DOESN'T. MP3 is capable of selling out thousands upon thousands of Wii systems, but only if those Wii units are available.

 Let me illustrate. Say there are 9m Wii systems sold by MP3 launch, with zero systems available. MP3 sells 2m in the first two months (kids that were FP2/Metroid fans + Wii owners already). Wii sales continue at the usual rate, MP3 fails to move consoles, game slips between the cracks, fails to reach true potential. After generation's end, game sells ~3.5m total.

Okay, so now let's say there are still 9m Wii systems already sold by MP3 launch, but Nintendo ships an extra 1m consoles during that game's release window. Now, MP3 moves a million consoles + sells the 2m it would've without having systems available. The game earns far more attention, and it continues moving consoles well into the holiday season. Sells well into '08, when Nintendo announces "Player's Choice" games for Wii, effectively dropping the price of said games (like MP3) to $20-$25. Game sells ~9m total.

 These numbers are in no way expectations, or predictions, or educated guesses, so don't go all, "OMG WTF UR DUM D00D WTF DO u MEEN DOZ NUMBRZ SUK."

 It's merely illustration. Point is: MP3 will be far more effective as a game if Nintendo strategizes and allows for it to move consoles. Plus, if the game plays anything like it looks like it will, it only deserves that much.