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Zomb1337 on 31 December 2008
graywolf96 said:

I dissagree.
2007 and 8 were the years of the wii.
Best system sales, Most innovative games, best game sales, it outsold both the 360 and ps3 over the last 2 years (exept the release of MGS4), and it has the best experience altogether.

Edit: the ps3 will fail, too

 

The highest selling games on Wii are Nintendo's, while 95% of 3rd parties are left in the dust!



PREDICTIONS:
(Predicted on 5/31/11) END of 2011 Sales - Xbox 360 = 62M;  PS3 = 59M;  Wii = 97M

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Chris Hu on 31 December 2008
nightsurge said:
forevercloud3000 said:
seece said:

Wow I love how its stated as FACT that the PS3 had the best games this year, thats debateable for any of the three consoles. People seem to forget about the blockbuster titles that released on the Wii at the start of the year. Resistence 2 VS. Gears 2? Don't even go there.

So what else did we have?

PS3 - LBP, MGS4 ... what else?

360 - Fable 2, Left 4 Dead

I don't know what your point is but...

PS3 had Metal Gear Solid 4, Little Big Planet, Resistance 2, Valkyria Chronicles, Socom: Confrontations, Haze, Disgaea 3

Only one FLOPED in sales and acclaim=Haze

 

360 had Gears of War 2, Fable 2, Banjo 3, Too Human, Infinite Undiscovery, Left 4 Dead

3 of these games FLOPED in sales and acclaim=IU,TH,Banjo 3

PS3:+6

360:+3

 

Yea, PS3 definitely had better games then 360 and Wii this year.

 

 

No one ever said Valkyria or Disgaea were sales giants, and they aren't. SOCOM also failed miserably, unless you still are hiding in that cave and missed the news.  Banjo was never claimed to be some huge sales giant either.  Neither was Infinite Undiscovery.

So it looks like a 3/3 split tie to me if we are comparing the big exclusives of the year.

Banjo 3 did not fail the game sold 112K last week which is six weeks after its release.  The game should easily sell over a million copies before it will be bundled for next years holiday bundle and will sell over 2 million copies overall.

 



leo-j on 31 December 2008

The wii is the console of the year, look at Hannah Montana Wii, it outsold little big planet, and most of the ps3 line up this year.

The public knows that Hannah montana is a better game than ALL OF THE PS3 LIBRARY COMBINED!



 

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Seece on 31 December 2008
leo-j said:
The wii is the console of the year, look at Hannah Montana Wii, it outsold little big planet, and most of the ps3 line up this year.

The public knows that Hannah montana is a better game than ALL OF THE PS3 LIBRARY COMBINED!

 

Silly Leo J when will you realize more sales does not equal better game :P



 

nightsurge on 31 December 2008

@Chris Hu
I wasn't saying Banjo was a bad game, unless you are referring to Mr. forevercloud. I just merely was implying that it wasn't a sales giant like Gears, Fable, and L4D were.



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badgenome on 31 December 2008

Okay, fine. 2008 was the long-awaited Year of the PS3. Is this really what you want the Year of the PS3 to have looked like? Do you think it's the Year of the PS3 Sony itself would have wanted?

Discuss that!



forevercloud3000 on 31 December 2008

I dont know about you but I base a FLOP on a games Sales and Acclaim

TooHuman
-Recieved poorly by media and given really low scores
-Didn't sell very well.
-Verdict: FLOP

Haze
-Recieved more poorly
-Didnt sell almost at all
-Verdict:FLOP

Infinite Undiscovery
-Recieved extremely poorly, I think no one likes this game
--Didn't sell well
-Verdict:FlOP


Banjo
-Havent seen any good scores for this game, I think the average is 79 or below(depending on where you go). Everyone I know that has it was not pleased with it.
-Hasn't sold 500k yet
Verdict:Flop

Socom:Confrontations
-Has sold over 500k according to VGchartz and that is without any Others numbers. I am not sure if this is because they could not get them or that it has not been released there yet.
-Really poor reception, 69 average. Fanbase was pleased with it though from what I have seen.
-Verdict: SUCCESS.....slightly



      

      

      

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Chris Hu on 31 December 2008
nightsurge said:
@Chris Hu
I wasn't saying Banjo was a bad game, unless you are referring to Mr. forevercloud. I just merely was implying that it wasn't a sales giant like Gears, Fable, and L4D were.

Even though it might not be a sales giant its numbers are pretty decent and so far its been selling at a steady pace and its nowhere near being a bomb in two weeks time it should surpass both Haze and Too Human in sales.

 



forevercloud3000 on 31 December 2008
badgenome said:

Okay, fine. 2008 was the long-awaited Year of the PS3. Is this really what you want the Year of the PS3 to have looked like? Do you think it's the Year of the PS3 Sony itself would have wanted?

Discuss that!

 

What I am saying is the criteria for System of the Year is constantly changing in order to favor the 360. That is my point.

This year was a virtual tie for PS3 and 360 and the media should show as much. If its going to be based on sales, then the Wii should get it hands down. If it is based on games then the 360 gets it in 07 and the PS3 08.

It should not be changing just so we can all say 360 is the winner.

 

PS: Someone asked for links of sites that say these sort of things earlier. Check out Gametrailers last year and this year awards. Both were 360 if I am not mistaken. This is only one of the sites that have claimed this.



      

      

      

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badgenome on 31 December 2008
forevercloud3000 said:
badgenome said:

Okay, fine. 2008 was the long-awaited Year of the PS3. Is this really what you want the Year of the PS3 to have looked like? Do you think it's the Year of the PS3 Sony itself would have wanted?

Discuss that!

 

What I am saying is the criteria for System of the Year is constantly changing in order to favor the 360. That is my point.

This year was a virtual tie for PS3 and 360 and the media should show as much. If its going to be based on sales, then the Wii should get it hands down. If it is based on games then the 360 gets it in 07 and the PS3 08.

It should not be changing just so we can all say 360 is the winner.

 

PS: Someone asked for links of sites that say these sort of things earlier. Check out Gametrailers last year and this year awards. Both were 360 if I am not mistaken. This is only one of the sites that have claimed this.

Who even decides what is the System of the Year? You decide for you, I decide for me, everyone else decides for himself or herself. If Gametrailers thinks it was the 360 and explains their reasons for it, then agree or disagree, but the whole exercise is so arbitrary that it hardly warrants any agonizing over it.

But really, it was the year of the Wii. Again.