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OT7 on 05 May 2008
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Stever89 said:
alpha_dk said:
OT7 said:
Stever89 said:
ssj12 said:
The Wii might have outsold the HD consoles in hardware but GTAIV overall killed all Wii software.

All things considering, the Wii did pretty well softwar-wise, being outsold in software by 700k by the 360, and outsold the PS3 by 800k. I'd consider that a victory since GTA4 is probably the biggest game of this generation.


I'm not sure about your analogy.

Why?because a single game (GTA4) outsell the whole Wii's game line,even if Mario Kart Wii and SSBM were there to help,so,in another kind of logic and respecting your opinion,for me the GTA4's performance was a clear winning for any HD game.


Gee, how terrible. Let's go back a few weeks...

Oh, look! SSB:B outsold the entirety of the PS3 + 360 software sales combined!!! ZOMG!!!

Perhaps, rather than a 'clear win for any HD game', this is more of 'something to be expected when the most anticipated game among hardcore gamers on the console comes out.'

 


This is basically what I would have said.

Obviously if the Wii wouldn't have Mario Kart (and to an extent, SSB:B), the software would look a lot worse, but these software sales are going to be so inflated due to the huge first week sales that these types of games produce. We're going to have to wait 3 or 4 weeks to see where sales settle to say who really "won" the war of Wii vs HD and 360 vs PS3.

Edit: On second look, the 360 version of GTA4 sold 2.3 million, and the Wii had 2.9 million software sold, so you're first sentence isn't true.


 Obviously I'm referring to the whole franchise numbers,(both 360 + PS3

Perhaps under your kind of logic you could think that getting both HD systems numbers is not correct,but even if GTA4 was launched in only one system it will surely got that numbers,so my first sentence is true Stever89,I always respect your assumptions but like you say,we have to wait a little longer to see the hardware boosts (like if Wii is getting another short supply,or an increment or decrement in HD consoles) and the legs of these games(great everyone of them by the way - GTA4,SMK Wii,SSBM - )