7th and 8th Gen First Full Year Sales Aligned

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Ka-pi96 said:

Carl2291 said:

Ka-pi96 said:

I'd say that's decided by whether they stick around and keep buying games in a variety of genres. So those that regularly buy the consoles and games such as COD, GTA, Halo, Infamous, Zelda etc and keep doing that are not casual. While those that buy only like 1 console or game and are unlikely to ever buy any others are casual.

And can we get an accurate portrayal of how many of these people bought a Wii, PS3 or Xbox 360?

Accurate? Not really. Although we can make assumptions based on the sales, PS3 and Xbox 360 continued selling for a much longer period and game sales stayed high throughout the gen. Wii sold really well to start with but dropped off massively, same with Wii game sales.

That doesn't conclusively prove anything but it does suggest there were many more casuals that bought a Wii than a PS3 or Xbox 360 and simply lost interest as the years went on, as casuals would do.

Not a good assuption as the wii was half the price as the 360 and amost a third of the ps3, People bought it early as to why the sales where so high, so everybody that wanted it got it early so no reason as to why it would sell continuosly. By the time the wii stoped selling it was almost 30-40m I think ahead of the competition. Casuals did left the wii, but gamers kept buying games and it reflected on sales, while dance games and other casual crap stoped selling, hardcore games like zelda, metroin and others kept selling well.