The Xbox 360 Will Dominate In 2009

My partner Gary Swaby has also posted an article explaining the reasons he feels that Sony’s PS3 will dominate in 2009 (see it here)

Now while we can all see that everyone, everyone’s grandma and everyone’s grandmas dog owns a Nintendo Wii  and that the Wii has and will continue to dominate in sales I’m talking about real gaming here. Which would be the PS3 and the 360 (sorry PC Gamers).

Anything Halo: Like it or not The Halo trilogy and pretty much anything Halo is a powerhouse seller for the 360 and with two big Halo related games coming out in 2009 it doesn’t look like Microsoft has any plans on stopping the hype train powered buy record shattering sales numbers and insane amounts of Halo devotees. Gamers nag and complain that they hate Halo 3 but they’ll be the first in line for Halo Wars and Halo: ODST.

Acquiring Exclusives: Microsoft has being taking exclusives like Brain Urlacher picking off QBs foolish enough to throw in his direction.Whether  its buying them up or devs are realizing that its smarter to go multiplatform in these days and times. Microsoft has been putting work in to get plenty of other exclusives also on the 360. From Tekken to Final Fantasy to Downloadable Content for two of 2008s Biggest games.

Xbox Live: Xbox Live has grown alot  since its debut on November 2002. It will continue to grow and stay as the one true online multiplayer gaming and digital media service. I have a very distinct feeling that Microsoft will make several very big moves for live as a whole sometime in 09.

Achievements: Gamers crave for having a sense of accomplishment besides knowing they did the damn near impossible. They like showing it. It’s what being a gamer is about, having fun and gloating. I look for Microsoft to take achievements to the next level in 09 and to shock everyone.

Price Tag: I’m not sure if you’re aware but we are in a recession at the moment. The $200 price tag will help SEVERELY and unless Sony follows up with on soon and doesn’t stop trying to rehash the same system with a new game thing then 360 will outsell PS3 by a landslide.

Japan: The 360 has been showing promise in the land of the rising sun. Releasing several highly acclaimed JRPGs to help raise pretty lack luster sales in Japan. With the recent acquisition of  the next Final Fantasy and  Star Ocean: The Last Hope hitting shelves in the next few months I expect 360 sales to soar once again in Japan. We still don’t know if Microsoft has any other JRPGs under wraps.

In Reality, We all expect some surprises from all three Console creators (Sony,Nintendo,Microsoft). I see Microsoft pulling out the big guns and making some major moves in 09 to help put them on top. The year has just begun and we already have several AAA titles coming out so I believe anything can happen. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.

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This is one of the KEY reasons for my Xbox 360 most controversial prediction EVER thread!!!

Why did you put "Ignores wii" in the title, then not comment on it at all. They already mentioned in the first few paragraphs that they know the Wii is dominating and will continue to do so. They are merely talking about the PS3 / 360 rivalry.

I love these cat pics.

So, here we have a self-proclaimed "unbiased fanboy" who dismisses in one breath the most revolutionary videogaming platform in a generation, the Wii, as a console that can't offer "real gaming," before dismissing the PC for the very same reason.

Aren't you wondering why so few have replied to your thread? The Xbox will be destroyed by what you describe as a non-gaming games console for the very reason that you so shabbily articulate in your original post: a perception that it is not the competition. Well, while you and your friends continue with your circle jerk about all things Xbox in fantasyland, I'm afraid I've got to break the news to you that the Wii is the competition. And it's winning. By an awful lot.

Microsoft started this generation under the very same illusion but I assure you, for all their marketing bluster, they've belatedly woken up to the fact that they're fighting for the very same market that Nintendo is. It's time you do too.

Now while we can all see that everyone, everyone’s grandma and everyone’s grandmas dog owns a Nintendo Wii and that the Wii has and will continue to dominate in sales I’m talking about real gaming here. Which would be the PS3 and the 360 (sorry PC Gamers).



I like how it says lets talk about real gaming in the article. I guess I am not really a gamer since I just own Nintendo products?

The topic starter did not write this article, so lighten up and pay better attention before you make yourself look like any more of a jerk.  And while I agree he shouldn't have added the "real gaming" argument, he just wanted to emphasize this is in regards to the PS3/360 rivalry and not the entire console war which everyone knows the Wii is winning.

You do know its a copy and paste and the OP didn't write this himself?

@seece

THANK YOU!

I was really shocked for a sec by that post

Holy crap spackle, did this guy just say that PC gaming wasn't real gaming? After saying the same of Wii gaming?

I cannot take this man seriously, I am sorry.

*sniff sniff* I beat him to it, though!