Squilliam said:
Dinomax said:
For us it's all about the battle for 2nd place in this gen. That's where the excitement is, that's were the pride and dignity is and the 2nd place decides wheather we win or lose
What diginity and pride? Its just a bunch of nerds beefing on an internet forum.
Well then have fun playing GTA5 or a Final Fantasy (proper) on a Nintendo console, since they're such a big influence now......
I will if they are. Just please promise me you wont turn into a raving lunatic like most people here did when Monster Hunter and Dragonquest went to the Wii.
Bolded: The difference here is....the battle for second place still results in great 3rd party support, whereas the PS2 got all the support last gen. This time, the company with "most of the pie" can only get the likes of Carnival Games....
I really hope you don't act surprised if the third party support picks up (which it is) or Nintendo's next system gains most of the third party support because of the Wii.
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If you consider the recent Nielson (spelling) study, the Xbox 360 is played about twice as much as the Wii in the United states per console. Since Nintendo games tend to have a longer life and the console is played less one would expect that from next year if software sales follow these trends that the Wii will pick up a lower % of software relative to the hardware market share percentage for the first time ever.
I know the current % of Wii hardware/software is ~1:1, but as the userbase ages I would expect this to fall more rapidly. As this is the real market third parties look at, it looks pretty obvious that the HD twins + PC will still recieve the bulk of attention from third parties even as the Wiis hardware market share goes above 50%.
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This caught my eye. I double checked, and if you're going by the recent one that said PS2 > 360 + Wii, it says they took those numbers from January to October. I'm assuming the numbers are U.S. only, because the Xbox can't be nearly that big in the rest of the world.
Anyway, onto my point: the Wii overtaking the 360 in America is a recent phenomenon. See here:
http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=Wii®1=America&cons2=PS3®2=America&cons3=X360®3=America&start=39453&end=39726&weekly=1
The 360 and Wii base would be about even, since the Wii overtook the 360 during May. While the 360 base still does have a large lead in play time over the Wii, it's far less than double the amount - closer to 30% extra.
... I could be entirely wrong, of course. I honestly have no clue how they do these studies.
Btw, what do you mean by Wii hardware/software is ~1:1? If you mean 50% marketshare vs HD consoles, why would it fall more rapidly, as opposed to the other consoles?
