I want to believe that W29 is purposely ignoring the humor-factor in Smash_Brother and Alex's posts and treating them like they're serious even though he knows they're not.

I'd really like to believe that.  W29, you're not helping.
 

I would say no.

If Halo and Halo 2 were what pushed the XBOX barely over the Gamecube, I doubt that Halo 3 by itself could do it against the Wii...since the Wii is no gamecube...(it's two of them w duct tape!!! ultimate victory!)

well back on track, if anything, it might help the 360 in the short term.

Actually, I'm sitting back and laughing at the computer and typing seriously. Don't make assumptions yet. I'm being smart back at them.

Right and as long as Windows is up and the primary OS. Microsoft will contiune to purchase and spend money on game development.

Happy for Nintendo I think they need an round of applause

Congrats, and keep up the good work Nintendo, just don't do any Gamecube flaws with third parties.

true, the media has been focused on the 360/ps3 battle, and that one may actually be more important since they are battling for the exact same space. Wii on the other hand is more of a primary/secondary console. What I mean by that is I really only see this type of home ownership. wii only, 360/wii, ps3/wii, with a much smaller number of people who have the 360 or ps3 alone or these two together. This has to do with them have much the same library and very high prices.

This in the end will only help the Wii. As it will be the sidekick to everyone and thus win overall with the most sales. Plus, there are a whole lot more casual gamers than 'hardcore'. Lastly, I just don't see the motion gaming idea going away. I think it will be on all next gen consoles in some form, if not nearly exact copies of Wii's style. 

Good opinion, but I disagree.

I agree, the statement about Wii is more of a primary/secondary console. I will eventually buy a Wii because its a good system to own, but 360 has the most games I like. But I will use the 360 as primary and use the Wii as a secondary when I get bored with the 360.

Good statement superchunk.

 Yup. Even if the futures "biggest" games are coming out on PS360, it seems everyone will still have a Wii connected to their TV's.

The Wii has it's problems, the 360 has it's own.

Let me just say this : Even if you're a core gamer, you can still be screwed by the 360's library, it's just a matter of game preferences. :p

Note : The 2 360 games I want are both from Japan. ;)

@h2dk,

Your software comparison is out of context. Life of the console plays a big role in sales. Taking sales of one from year 2 and one from year 1 doesn't mean much when you consider that fact that libraries are significantly smaller in the early part of a consoles life and grow as the console ages.

Looking at July of this year and July of last year in the US we see this...

I will also point out the extreme amounts of variance in the 360 software sales compared to steady numbers from the Wii. I am not sure what the cause of this is but it doesn't seem coincidental.

In any case, we can even use your comparison to show how this sort of comparison is really not that bad for the Wii, which says a lot by itself...

Lets look at the last 10 weeks....

Notable (Top 20) Software Releases by Week:
(Blue = Wii, Green = 360, Black = Both)

1) Skate(360), NHL '08 (360)
2) Stranglehold (360), Medal of Honor: Airborne (360)
3) Tiger PGA '08 (360 & Wii), Blue Dragon(360), Metroid Prime 3 (Wii)
4) Bioshock (360), Two Worlds(360)
5) Madden NFL '08 (360 & Wii)
6) Boogie (Wii)
7) Mario Strikers Charged (Wii)
8) NASCAR '08 (360)
9) NCAA Football '08 (360)
10) None

Ok for the analysis of this information: The chart shows that relative to the 360 the Wii is actually doing pretty well considering this is still its first year of release. The library is going to be much smaller and it has had far less time to get its name and its products recognized and get people thinking about them. So in that regards I think this chart is quite favorable to the Wii in terms of sales #'s.

Now when you look at the software release information I provided with the chart to give the chart more meaning I think my point becomes even more clear. The head start the 360 has gives it a nice advantage in the sheer number of releases being put out. In this sample we see the 360 get 11 releases in the 10 weeks while the Wii gets 5 releases in the same time span. Considering half as many new releases and only about 20% less software sales I would call that fabulous. But considering the fact that madden is essentially a 360 release in terms of effort put into the two products, the ratio is more like 3:1 than 2:1.

Now if this time next year the Wii is not seeing similar release situations that would be a cause for concern, but considering the head start the 360 had and the big titles released during this period for the console compared to the titles released for the Wii I would call these numbers very favorable for the Wii in light of the circumstances. The 360 has has a very good line-up over the last 10 weeks and to be putting up comparable numbers against that in its first year is a win in my book.  And I am sure MS isn't upset about these sales numbers either =)