March, critical point in 7th generation

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OriGin said: I personally don't think march or anything in the first 1/2 of 07 means diddely squat... look at sales trends, look at historical information... all consoles, all software, all big games... they all get better sales when they are released at key times during the year. Why would most companies want to release a game in March when it will likely sell only 1/2 or even 1/4 of the games potential if it was released in the christmas buying period... it's insane how much difference timing makes... March means shit... it's a slow time of year and it will remain a slow time of year. April is better with Easter holiday sales spikes... and mid year is also quite good... but the market really goes psycho from september - december every year so why would companies waste a big title earlier in the year? It applies for all platforms and all games... maybe 1 honestly big release a month for these times is what I can see. Yes you can go on and talk about all these other 'ok' games etc but the system sellers and big games aren't going to come until the second half of the year, and if it's in q3 it's likely to be close to the end of q3. Motorstorm is a big PS3 title??? No F'n way... Super Paper Mario is a big Wii title?? Gain NO F'n way! Crackdown is a big 360 title? Again... well i'd sound like a broken record if I said it again.

March is gonna bring forth the trend till holiday 2007. So if sony fails here in march, it's basically guarentee'd their gonna have trouble till at least holiday. If nintendo starts dropping sales here... well... that's gonna be bad for them period. If microsoft sales start going down-hill towards PS3/Wii... That's bad too. Basically March is gonna be a look into the next 6 months. EDIT: March is the base sales. July will be the 2nd massive push of games for PS3. If March sales arent amazing... april-june wont be any better... At least untill july. ;)