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Metallicube on 23 July 2010
jarrod said:
Metallicube said:
heruamon said:
Jay520 said:
heruamon said:
Halo_Reach said:
heruamon said:

This news of the successful launch of the 360s is making many people sad on this site...lol.


there sadness makes me happy, there tears falling = me ultra hapiness, more tears please 360 haters

LOL...while I'm pretty exclusive to my play on the 360 (Wii in the house for my kids), I was glad to see the PS3 Slim launched, since that seriously increased the pressure on M$ and Nintendo to re-think plans...maybe Sony and Nintendo will do so after this holiday season.

do what?

Move up roll out plans...I don't think many will debate that Sony launched the PS3 slim earlier than expeected...so maybe Nintendo will drop some Wii HD news on us...lol.

Nintendo does not need a new console, and certainly not a "Wii HD." Wii momentum thus far has been driven by the strength of its game library, and that alone should be enough to keep momentum going in the future. DKC and Wii Relax could be huge revitalizers that bring the Wii back to its usual high sales.

I think Nintendo will be fine this Q4 in America and the major PAL markets (UK, Germany, France, Australia, Spain, etc), but Japan really has bottomed out, and I don't see much hope for recovery.  In Japan at least, I really do think we'll see the Wii successor in time for the 2011 holidays, probably with DQX alongside it (yes, still for Wii 1, not Wii 2 or 3DS). 

DKC and Wii Party should be pretty big this year, but even they're a clear step down from last year's 10-million-or-more-each Wii Sports Resort/Wii Fit Plus/NSMB Wii trifecta.  On the plus side, this year's "secondary" sellers (Galaxy 2, Metroid 5, Kirby's Epic Win, etc) blow last year (Punch Out, NPC series... uh, Excitebots?) out of the water.

Yeah, Japan has shown that they want more than just a strong library. They need another Wii Fit type phenonenon to truly ingivorate Wii there, which Vitality Sensor/ Wii Relax could accomplish. As far as US and Europe, DKC, Wii Party (both 10 million sellers), Kirby, Goldeneye, and Epic Mickey (all potentially 3 million sellers), should be enough to drive momentum there along with the usual rise from the holiday season. This is Wii's best holiday lineup ever, at least since launch.



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d21lewis on 23 July 2010

Well, when the Wii Slim hits, these sales are going to be laughable!



fastyxx on 23 July 2010
zarx said:
z101 said:

But the 360 sales have almost no effect on software. That proves that the majority of the slim sales goes to existing 360 owners.


or the new owners just spent all their money for the week on the console and will make do with borrowing off freinds and XBLA titles until next week...

edit: oh and rentals can't forget the rentals and second hand games you know for old titles they may have missed not owning a 360, all these things are good options when when you have just blown a few hundred $$$ on a console.

Or the existing owners aren't buying anything right now and are finishing their backlog.  I know I am.



Can't we all just get along and play our games in peace?

d21lewis on 23 July 2010
z101 said:

But the 360 sales have almost no effect on software. That proves that the majority of the slim sales goes to existing 360 owners.


I bought two PS1's and 3 PS2's.  They still count, right?



WilliamWatts on 23 July 2010
d21lewis said:
z101 said:

But the 360 sales have almost no effect on software. That proves that the majority of the slim sales goes to existing 360 owners.


I bought two PS1's and 3 PS2's.  They still count, right?

That doesn't make sense. Everyone knows you need:

  • One PS1
  • Two PS2s
  • Three PS3s
  • And a partridge on a pear tree.


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toadslayer72 on 23 July 2010

Three hundred and sixty Xbox 360s ??????  ^^



I LOVE paying for Xbox Live! I also love that my love for it pisses off so many people.

zarx on 23 July 2010
fastyxx said:
zarx said:
z101 said:

But the 360 sales have almost no effect on software. That proves that the majority of the slim sales goes to existing 360 owners.


or the new owners just spent all their money for the week on the console and will make do with borrowing off freinds and XBLA titles until next week...

edit: oh and rentals can't forget the rentals and second hand games you know for old titles they may have missed not owning a 360, all these things are good options when when you have just blown a few hundred $$$ on a console.

Or the existing owners aren't buying anything right now and are finishing their backlog.  I know I am.


it is possible that the existing owners aren't buying many games at the moment and the new users are hiding the drop off, there are tones of reasons why sales aren't increasing lol



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Alby_da_Wolf on 24 July 2010
Antabus said:
Metallicube said:
Antabus said:

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DKC? I really doubt that.

I wouldn't doubt the influence DKC can have on sales. While the series isn't quite as big as Mario, it is very close. Donkey Kong is still a well known and loved character, and the DKC series on Super NES was perhaps the most popular franchise on the console after the Mario games. Add 15 years of built up hype, and there is no doubt in my mind that this game will move hardware, and lots of it.

Or you know, no-one except those nintendo-fans who have already bought the wii even knows about donkey kong.

I'm not even a Nintendo fan, but I used to play Donkey Kong when Mario hadn't even a proper name yet. Never underestimate teh powah of geezers!   Particularly for Nintendo sales!!!   



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richardhutnik on 24 July 2010
WilliamWatts said:
d21lewis said:
z101 said:

But the 360 sales have almost no effect on software. That proves that the majority of the slim sales goes to existing 360 owners.


I bought two PS1's and 3 PS2's.  They still count, right?

That doesn't make sense. Everyone knows you need:

  • One PS1
  • Two PS2s
  • Three PS3s
  • And a partridge on a pear tree.

Did someone say 3 PS3's?



d21lewis on 24 July 2010

I still get a kick out of that video!