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chapset on 04 September 2013

wii fit



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greenmedic88 on 04 September 2013

Wii Sports, Super Mario Bros (NES), Wii Fit



Jaywood2010 on 04 September 2013
prayformojo said:
JayWood2010 said:
I would say Wii Sports but it wont be as consistent as Halo or Pokemon. Wii Sports sold the Wii but Halo Sold both the Xbox and X360. Likely will sell the X1 as well.

Pokemon has sold every handheld nintendo has released so I would say Pokemon first, Halo 2nd, and Mario 3rd.


It was Tetris that sold the first Gameboy, not Pokemon.


As I said with Wii Sports, it was not as consistent.  Pokemon has sold multiple consoles, not just one.




       

Zappykins on 04 September 2013
Ouroboros24 said:
Zappykins said:

The PS3's system seller was Blu-ray.  Sure it had games, but for many the primary reason was it was the least expensive Blu-ray player on the market for a long time.

I question that, perhaps the graphics snobs may have, but I bet the techno savvy or die hard sony fans were more than the blu-ray enthusiats crowd.  Thing was that despite the blu-ray being included in the PS3, it wasn't what sold it.  In fact for the first 3 years the ps3 was sort of lackluster at best.  It might have been Sony's target to pimp it as blu ray, but sales came after games came out for the system. 

Just saying that DVD played a big role in ps and ps 2, but blu ray did not.

It was something like the 40% of all the beginning period purchaser said they got a PS3 was because of the blu-ray. 

The PS3 had a great launch, even outsold the Xbox 360's in North America for a very short time if you align them. The regular Xbox was a DVD player if you got the remote too; so they could get it on either system.

A not so expensive Blu-ray a huge part of the PS3's sales strategy, more people still Netflix on it than play games.  Exceeded only by the Wii as a console for Netflix usage.

Sony did that on purpose they wanted to push Blu-ray, so they included it in the PS3. 



 

Really not sure I see any point of Consol over PC's since Kinect, Wii and other alternative ways to play have been abandoned. 

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Moren on 04 September 2013

Super Mario Bros.



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Conina on 04 September 2013

Minesweeper



HoloDust on 04 September 2013

MS Office

On serious note, Wii Sports, I doubt anything comes close to it.



S.T.A.G.E. on 04 September 2013
DestructorGT said:
If steam-box would come with half life 3 as a launch exclusive, it would probably set a record for console sales.


You can thank Microsoft for taking all of PC's major exclusive names away from them to sweeten the deal for the Xbox. They claim they came to save the PC realm from Sony, but only raped them and took their children! ::Scampers off!:: ;)



S.T.A.G.E. on 04 September 2013
Mad55 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

The thing is Nintendo has mario as their mascot as well as other hit titles that are quality. Sony should probably go for both as well. 


Thats kind of the point, they are trying to make as many quality titles as possible, but the marketing doesn't match the quality of most of the titles. Some of them are sleeper hits. 



Mad55 on 04 September 2013
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Mad55 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

The thing is Nintendo has mario as their mascot as well as other hit titles that are quality. Sony should probably go for both as well. 


Thats kind of the point, they are trying to make as many quality titles as possible, but the marketing doesn't match the quality of most of the titles. Some of them are sleeper hits. 

Oh okay I see what your saying.