xbox 360 dead as a dodo

[Erik Aston]

stof said: Ok, I was a little broad with that statement. Let me throw in some clarifyers. First off, any mention of something X-box automatically excludes Japan. Take my statement to aim at NA, and maybe Europe as well. I should also add in exclusive title. Yes, GTA is probably more sought after, but it is going to be on two platforms. So my new statement goes like this "In terms of the console war, in NA and Europe, I think Halo 3 will be the most important game of this year. Maybe even this gen."

I think its pretty clear, that no matter what happens from here on out, Wii Sports is the most important game of the generation, in every territory. Halo 3 may be the most important game of 2007, but thats about as far as it goes, methinks. Even then, GTA4 has a good chance to sell more than Halo 3 on 360 alone if it has a large install base lead in the West, and Sunshine was the first (and giving the last million to NSMB, still the only) main series Mario game to miss 10 million sold. So there are other mega franchises which could do Halo 3 type numbers this year. Halo 3 may have the biggest single-console launch, but it might do 50% of its eventual total in one week, too.