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JaggedSac on 04 July 2008
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RolStoppable said:
JaggedSac said:
RolStoppable said:

Most of the growth in hardware sales can be attributed to the 12 month head start over the competition instead of launching 12-18 months later. That fact alone led to a large difference in available software compared to its competition and gave the 360 a big advantage over the situation the Xbox was in.

Really..because they are selling more weekly now than they did when they started, shouldn't the release of the PS3 have caused a major drop in sales since it is such a superior product compared to M$'s shitty product.

I guess I have to rephrase my previous post.

The Xbox launched 12-18 months later than the PS2 and thus always had far less games than its competition. The 360 launched 12 months earlier than the competition and thus always had more games available than its competition. This did let the 360 enjoy an advantage that the Xbox never had which made it possible for the 360 to easily outsell its predecessor (not yet, but it will definitely happen).

Now the next Xbox won't be able to have the same advantage over the 360 than what the 360 had over the Xbox. In the best case scenario it can only reproduce the 360's conditions on the market, i.e. the 12 month head start over the competition which will lead to an advantage in software early in the generation. For that reason the chances that the next Xbox outsells the 360 are lower (or the % margin by what it will) than the chances the 360 had to outsell the Xbox.

You make a very good point.  But if we are basing next generations on previous generations the Wii should be nowhere near where it is now.  It is not based on any definable attribute.  Sales for anything is like a landslide.  Once the media starts a frenzy over something, the thing will sell in droves.  That is the sad thing about the world, the masses are media driven consumers.  Once you crack the surface of the media, ala Apple, you are made.  Previous products make no difference at all.