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why does it matter if the game has wii or mario bros in the title? doesnt that just mean that wii has more exclusive million sellers than ps3 has million sellers combined exclusive and multi plat? how is that a bad thing for wii?



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oh cool what else did you dream up?



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BHR-3 said:
ilovetogame said:
my favorite part of this silly thread was when he wrote:

"PS3 has 24 million sellers

Wii only has 41"



from the wording of this i must of had it backwards all these years. numbers closer to zero are bigger numbers! i see now. wii ONLY has 41 million sellers. but ps3 has 24! holy crap. no wonder he said "only 41." what a tiny number compared to 24.

glad i made u laugh

but only 41 b/c it has 46+ million users the 360 has 27mill+ users and it has over 63 games that are million sellers you can't say that it has 22 more b/c it was out a year earlier i don't think it even had 5 b4 06 ended

so "only 41" sounds good to me despite 46 million users out there

look at the ratios

Wii 46 mill user base only 41 games sold a mill+

360 27 mill users 63 games

PS3 19 mill users 24 games

thats something to ponder about

 

How many games are sold per system per month the system was owned? Trust me, the more you try to find a fair metric the more similar the Wii performs to the PS3 and XBox 360 ...

 



BHR-3 said:

looks like alot of vgchartzers want 2 know how i came up with that conclusion i don't like giving out my secrets but i'll do it this time

i may of over exaggerated the time frame of 2010 and 2011 i just said that in case it does happen then i will look like a God i do think it will happen at some point though 

1st around the end of 07 wen i first found this site i noticed ps3 had less than 3 games that were million sellers while wii had way more  i would love to know the exact # of million sellers for that time as im just recalling wat i remember 07 was a horrible year for SW for the ps3 and 06 in a year ps3 was able to get 20 more games to hit that mark and 08 i think won't be ps3 best SW line up year
I may not be perfect, but I believe at the very end of 2007 it was 19 Wii million sellers to 9 PS3... but like I said, it can waver.

2nd yes twroo wii does sell more sw than ps3 but how many of those sw that it sells aren't games that don't have the word Wii or Mario Bros. in the game title See around may through nov the weekly #s for wii sw show that games like wii fit wii kart ssbb were always in the top 10 or something like that while for ps3 there was always a different game tracking on the charts the wii can continue to sell more SW than the ps3 but if its just for the games that are already in the million sellers group it won't do much as far as who will have more million sellers
That's looking at the top 10 yes, but with the Wii sales don't follow what has become commone for PS games, which is to launch into the top 20, then fall out of the top 100 within 3-4 weeks.... Wii games sell more consitantly, which means while it may be the same Wii games in the top 10, there are more Wii games remaining in the 20-50 spot that may take their time, but will get to 1 million.

3rd games like svr 08, cod, nfs ps and  undercover (will happened soon) and some others already hit a mill for the ps3 and there sequels will also hit a mill but unfortunately for the wii these franchises won't be big on it

4th wat the heck is this guy lopoto thinking im not going to sit here and say which game will get or won't get to a mill next 4 each console but i think there are a lot that he's missing for the ps3 go look at the game database yourselfs and see but for him to say that RB2 will hit a million for the wii and not for the ps3 is insane cause RB2 is at .45 4 the ps3 and .26 4 the wii im going by vgcharts tracking for this prediction and for RB2 #s im gonna need more meditation after i read that
The difference is due to launches.... the Wii version only has been out 2 weeks to PS3s 10.
http://www.vgchartz.com/swlaunch.php?reg1=All&game1=Rock+Band+2+-+Wii&reg2=All&game2=Rock+Band+2+-+PS3&reg3=All&game3=Rock+Band+2+-+X360&weeks=25

5th 360 has a year lead on the wii but the wii has pretty close to double it's user base how come the wii has beaten it yet in million sellers? the ps3 is much like the 360 in wat it offers to a gamer and wat it ofers as far as games it's only a matter of time b4 the ps3 builds up its million sellers the way 360 has now that 3rd party support has gotten better for the ps3
Although many miss this as a valid fact.... time is a major factor in selling games just as much as userbase. If a console sells for 3 years, selling 5 million each year, it has a userbase of 15 million.... each year everybody who owns the console buys 5 games... so the first year 25 million games, the second year 50 million and the third year 75 million. a total of 150 million games.
A second console sells for 2 years, selling 10 million each year, thus at the same point in time as the first console it has a userbase of 20 million. The gamers again each buy 5 games per year, so the first year is 50 million and the second year 100 million.
So the total software for both consoles is the same, even though 1 has a higher userbase.
Obviously that's very simplified, but it is a good way to explain it.

6th BHR-3 doesn't make predictions like most a signal triggers off in his brain telling him that this or that will happen almost like instinct just look how accurate he was in twroo 10 week countdown especially for the wii
You realise that's how JohnLucas predicts things, you don't want to be labled as crazy as he is.

 

 



@op - The problem with your logic is this - developers are moving AWAY from PS3 development, whereas more developers are moving TOWARDS Wii development. Thus, more potential million sellers on the Wii, and less on the PS3.

It was a well thought out plan, but you need to pay more attention to those bullets tearing the theory apart.



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So the Wii, which has slightly more than twice the PS3 console sales, has slightly less than twice the million sellers.

This despite the gripes for the past 18 months that the console is loaded with shovelware, and the dearth of AAA title for the last 8 months.

Doesn't sound so awful to me.

It would also be more telling to check the actual sales, and not merely the platinum rating. For example, are the Wii platinum titles selling as many copies on average as the PS3 platinums, which would mean its doing slight worse compared to console sales, or are they selling more per title, which could mean the Wii is actually overperforming compared to the PS3.



BHR-3 said:

With this data i can confidently say that sometime in 2010 or 2011 at the latest the ps3 will surpass the wii in games that sold a milion plus (go to my next post in this thread to C how i came to this conclusion)



misterd said:
So the Wii, which has slightly more than twice the PS3 console sales, has slightly less than twice the million sellers.

This despite the gripes for the past 18 months that the console is loaded with shovelware, and the dearth of AAA title for the last 8 months.

Doesn't sound so awful to me.

It would also be more telling to check the actual sales, and not merely the platinum rating. For example, are the Wii platinum titles selling as many copies on average as the PS3 platinums, which would mean its doing slight worse compared to console sales, or are they selling more per title, which could mean the Wii is actually overperforming compared to the PS3.

Number of Million Sellers:
Wii: 41 (39 without Wii Sports and Wii Play)
PS3: 24

Units Sold
Wii: 179.4 Million (118 Million)
PS3: 53.2 Million

Units per Million Seller
Wii: 3.38 Million (3.03 Million)
PS3: 2.21 Million



ROFFLE!

When I saw the title I thought someone might be trying to dump on the PS3.

Never did I think it would be this. So misinformed and wrong.



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@ TWRoO we can always count on you to get information and mathematical equations for most of your posts which is good i can't really argue with wat you brought to the table except that RB2 will also reach a mill 4 ps3 and that u haven't commented bout my 3rd reason & who's john lucas

im surprised u haven't done better in ur countdown



                                                             

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