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Forums - Sales - Worldwide Up! (14th August 2010)

dunno001 on 20 August 2010

*looks at America's top 10 games*

*looks at America's influence on top 10 worldwide*

*cries at lists*

Damn, I knew Madden was a popular series, but really? That much domination in the top 10? Can someone tell me what the huge difference is other than what should be a $5-10 roster update DLC?



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themanwithnoname on 20 August 2010
Metallicube said:
iHuGi said:
Metallicube said:

Ugh, sickens me ot see people keep buying that Madden crap year after year.. On the plus side, Starcraft 2 is doing well.

Anyway, what it appears is going to happen in the long term as far as the 3 major consoles is that, aside from the holiday (where Nintendo will get the largest boost), and during a huge release (where the HD consoles are likely to get more of a boost), all 3 consoles will be selling extremely close from here on out, at a virtual tie. Once the dust settles on the 360 slim and the holidays are over, it will probably settle to something like Wii > PS3 > 360, but all three will be VERY close.

I put 360 slightly in last because in the long term their lineup looks very weak compared  to Sony and Nintendo. They didn't even announce any new core games at E3. They are essentially banking on Kinect to be a success (it won't), and the bottom will then fall out from their core market as they will be in a position where they have few core games and their Kinect games nobody will buy.

So Fail in ONE single post... haha

Care to explain why?

What I said is ALREADY basically coming to fuition. The only reason the 360 is separated from the other two currently is because of the slim boost. But once that wears off, all three consoles will likely be very close in weekly sales, besides the holidays (which will favor Nintendo) and the weeks of huge releases (which will usually favor the HD consoles).

It bothers you that people like football and buy football games? Do you make this much sense about other sports games as well?



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Darth Tigris on 20 August 2010
Metallicube said:
iHuGi said:
Metallicube said:

Ugh, sickens me ot see people keep buying that Madden crap year after year.. On the plus side, Starcraft 2 is doing well.

Anyway, what it appears is going to happen in the long term as far as the 3 major consoles is that, aside from the holiday (where Nintendo will get the largest boost), and during a huge release (where the HD consoles are likely to get more of a boost), all 3 consoles will be selling extremely close from here on out, at a virtual tie. Once the dust settles on the 360 slim and the holidays are over, it will probably settle to something like Wii > PS3 > 360, but all three will be VERY close.

I put 360 slightly in last because in the long term their lineup looks very weak compared  to Sony and Nintendo. They didn't even announce any new core games at E3. They are essentially banking on Kinect to be a success (it won't), and the bottom will then fall out from their core market as they will be in a position where they have few core games and their Kinect games nobody will buy.

So Fail in ONE single post... haha

Care to explain why?

What I said is ALREADY basically coming to fuition. The only reason the 360 is separated from the other two currently is because of the slim boost. But once that wears off, all three consoles will likely be very close in weekly sales, besides the holidays (which will favor Nintendo) and the weeks of huge releases (which will usually favor the HD consoles).

I can't speak for iHuGi, but there are two gross assumptions that you made that are highly suspect.

1) After the holidays, the 360 will be in 3rd place for weekly sales.  There is no evidence to come to that conclusion based on what we know now.  The PS3 slim boost still has not worn off, so why would the 360 redesign wear off so quickly?  To come to that conclusion gives evidence that you may have a bias.

2) You concluded that MS is writing off their core audience (incorrect, as this holiday has bigger core games from them than last holiday) and Kinect will not be a success at all and nobody will buy its games.  Again, a huge bias against something that you are not interested in or impressed by.  That does not mean that others aren't, as it is quite clear that its initial lineup is directed at an audience other than the core.  And based on numerous impressions, that audience is highly interested.



daroamer on 20 August 2010

You know, a see a lot of people commenting the past few weeks that although the 360 is up, it hasn't really had any effect on the PS3 sales, ie. it's not "stealing" any sales from the PS3.

However, has anyone considered that they are actually stealing sales from the Wii?  Maybe the casuals who would be purchasing a Wii are rethinking and getting a 360 or a PS3 now that both will have motion controls targetted to casual gamers?  360 moreso than the PS3.



toMsons7551 on 20 August 2010


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Lyrikalstylez on 20 August 2010

Its great to see 360 selling so well, its a great console



Salnax on 20 August 2010

WTF is the PS2 doing in mid 2010?



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Squilliam on 20 August 2010

Wheres this assumption that the Wii will suddenly pick up during the holidays coming from? Sure it could pick up for the 10-12 weeks / Q4 / holiday season, but that doesn't make it certain. Last year they had a price cut, and the year before they had a massive increase in supply. I don't see any reason why the Wii would benefit disproportionately from Q4. If anything, its the console which wins America in Q4 which will do it.



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Nsanity on 20 August 2010

New 360 Arcade and Halo Reach should give us some interesting numbers in the upcoming weeks.



FaRmLaNd on 20 August 2010
NiKKoM said:

Starcraft 2 needs to sell more!!!!!

Otherwise shio will spam us for years untill it reaches 10 million... >_>

I wouldnt worry about starcraft 2. These numbers don't include South Korea and I'm not sure if these numbers include battle.net either?