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GameAnalyser on 02 August 2009

With the latest NPD analysis we can infer that Hardware sales suffered the greatest hit, falling 38 percent to $382.6 million from $617.3 million from last year's month. Only the 360 game console managed to record a slight sales increase, while Wii sales dropped 45 percent, and the PS3 dropped 59 percent.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-10289207-235.html

It seems that the recession-hit economy has induced a vicious course for all the console sales overall. With 360's comparitively lower price and higher userbase in America, the console has managed to keep any sort of sales decline at bay.



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Aion on 02 August 2009

Those are bad numbers.



 

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vonboysp on 02 August 2009

though it may look dismal right now, wii should be picking up the next few weeks, due to wii sports resort in the amraica's and pal, and monster hunter 3 in japan.



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killeryoshis on 02 August 2009

ONce again proves that the next gen is around the corner



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SamuelRSmith on 02 August 2009
killeryoshis said:
ONce again proves that the next gen is around the corner

Yes, because the best thing to do in the middle of a recession when people can't afford to buy new hardware, and are refusing to upgrade, is to release newer and more expensive hardware.



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invetedlotus123 on 02 August 2009
SamuelRSmith said:
killeryoshis said:
ONce again proves that the next gen is around the corner

Yes, because the best thing to do in the middle of a recession when people can't afford to buy new hardware, and are refusing to upgrade, is to release newer and more expensive hardware.

Yes Samuel, you're right, no one can afford now another system. This is why ms is going to release natal, it's much better release a add-on than releasing an entirly new console because of motion control. 



sguy78 on 02 August 2009

This really comes as no surprise.



killeryoshis on 02 August 2009
invetedlotus123 said:
SamuelRSmith said:
killeryoshis said:
ONce again proves that the next gen is around the corner

Yes, because the best thing to do in the middle of a recession when people can't afford to buy new hardware, and are refusing to upgrade, is to release newer and more expensive hardware.

Yes Samuel, you're right, no one can afford now another system. This is why ms is going to release natal, it's much better release a add-on than releasing an entirly new console because of motion control. 


When I meant next gen around the corner I meant that it'll be here 2 to 4 years from now.
Also Natal is going to fail. Remember the sega CD? 32x?Add ons don't expand the systems
lifetime. And saying that they can't afford it is false. 360 came what 4 years after the first
X box and what it was more expensive also it sold well. I hope that explains it.



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vonboysp on 02 August 2009

i think if anything, this gen will last a long long LONG time. i don't even think we've hit the halfway mark yet, even.



come try out the computer game i've been working on for my high school senior project, titled sling ball. http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=76669&page=1

you can view a few screenshots from the game in my photo album here; http://www.vgchartz.com/photos/album.php?album=2312

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invetedlotus123 on 02 August 2009
killeryoshis said:
invetedlotus123 said:
SamuelRSmith said:
killeryoshis said:
ONce again proves that the next gen is around the corner

Yes, because the best thing to do in the middle of a recession when people can't afford to buy new hardware, and are refusing to upgrade, is to release newer and more expensive hardware.

Yes Samuel, you're right, no one can afford now another system. This is why ms is going to release natal, it's much better release a add-on than releasing an entirly new console because of motion control. 


When I meant next gen around the corner I meant that it'll be here 2 to 4 years from now.
Also Natal is going to fail. Remember the sega CD? 32x?Add ons don't expand the systems
lifetime. And saying that they can't afford it is false. 360 came what 4 years after the first
X box and what it was more expensive also it sold well. I hope that explains it.


But the problem with those ones were that Sega didn't supported they properly with software, and they were released pretty near the time of release of Sega Saturn. Natal is a completely different thing since it isn't a hardware upgrade with add-on, it's new controller that promises to be like an evolution of motion control. Also MS is already claiming Natal as their next-gen console, they made it secure saying "next gen won't be hardware, but services on current systems" thing.