What? Isn't wii getting the most 3rd party games? They develop for the console, they just don't make the games you want.

The msot third party games? How many third party games are announced for the Wii? Not that many really. Every now and then a decent amount come out but seriously when you compare the Wii upcoming third party releases to the number comign out on either PS3 or X360 you can see a HUGE difference. Blame this on crappy Wii software sales on most third party titles.

now you are just drunk

it can't be that people are buying $299 hw  and then just can't buy software

and it just simply can't be that all have been doing it as 360 HW have been alot and SW have barely moved.

I think welshie has a good point. If I ever get Wii or 360 I'll only be buying used games. There's probably only a few more PS3 games this gen I'll buy new. I've bought more PS3 games new than I did PS2 games, so my new game buying phase is almost over.

its not just you who is buying games so your excuse is full of shit

by your say all the old games should just stop selling cause new console owners would only buy used games but they are selling

As to Squillies idea that RROD fear has been holding people back, well for me there was no way I was buying a used phat 360 when the next gen starts. But now I'm almost certain to be buying a used 360s (prolly Arcade) a year or so after Nextbox releases. So take that for what you will.

sure but we aren't talking about used stuff here and still there would only be some fearing RROD not millions

I'd add that there just isn't a dominant game right now that all new buyers would get.  So even if they are buying a game or two, it's just spread across the hundreds of possibilities

there are 2 things at play here.

1) it has been a very lean month for game releases, nothing new to buy = lower sales

2) why buy new when as there is nothing new out all the games can be bought cheaper second hand.

example, My brother purchased his first console this gen 2 weeks ago, he upgraded from his recently deceased ps2 to a 360s with 5 games, all 5 games were second hand, until mafia and then reach are released he will only purchase second hand.

I myself think it could be possible for wii to sell like it did before. the key is them redesigning the wii and adding a HDMI port to it and maybe making it to where you can add a portable hard drive as well. then sells would increase again. plus they could do a redesign and keep the current one but drop the price of it down to 150. 

as for the other two consoles i think the ps3 has past its peak just because of the fact they already released their redesign and granted yes could use another price cut but i dont see sales affecting it that much. the 360s is at its peak right now so when the appeal is gone it will drop back down to where it was. i think all these sales is hinged on what nintendo is either thinking up or gonna try in the future to bump  sales back to where it was. 

I think welshie has a good point. If I ever get Wii or 360 I'll only be buying used games. There's probably only a few more PS3 games this gen I'll buy new. I've bought more PS3 games new than I did PS2 games, so my new game buying phase is almost over.

its not just you who is buying games so your excuse is full of shit

by your say all the old games should just stop selling cause new console owners would only buy used games but they are selling

As to Squillies idea that RROD fear has been holding people back, well for me there was no way I was buying a used phat 360 when the next gen starts. But now I'm almost certain to be buying a used 360s (prolly Arcade) a year or so after Nextbox releases. So take that for what you will.

sure but we aren't talking about used stuff here and still there would only be some fearing RROD not millions

I'd add that there just isn't a dominant game right now that all new buyers would get.  So even if they are buying a game or two, it's just spread across the hundreds of possibilities

When i bought my 360 i bought 4 or 5 games with it, all of them were second hand, with that im saying that, of course, lots of people are upgrading,  probably the major chunk of the new sales are upgrades, but you have to consider also that many are from people with other consoles, that always wanted a 360 but never felt comfortably buying one, because it might broke down, but with the redesign they feel its safe to buy one now ,and these are gamers that are well informed and know how to get cheap games

Because the slim is still a novelty, it will always attract existing gamers  first be it existing 360 owners or other console owners, but when kinect launches  thats when we will see if microsoft can attract  new buyers in mass numbers

As i see it, microsoft as played a brilliant strategy so far, as far as i can tell  each slim is making profit(?) so resells are good for microsoft  but the big question is still unanswered, will the slim with kinect attract new buyers, thats the big question now that the following months will answer 

The Xbox 360 slim released 8 weeks ago. Since then it sold more than 1.75 million consoles. Before the Slim release, sales were about 80k a week --> So without the slim the Xbox 360 would have sold about 650k. So 1.1 million more Xbox 360 were sold than usual.

So you guys really think there were 1.1 million Xbox 360 owners upgrading? Sounds like nonsense.

Week Ending
07th Aug 2010

Week Ending
08th Aug 2009

It tool a while, but it's done. Hardware sales YOY:

2010 vs. 2009 hardware sales spreadsheet