This thread is... quite messy. Where'd the whole New Super Mario Bros. vs Final Fantasy debate come from? And I see numerous insults being hurled around as well.

Let me find the trouble makers... -_-

What!?! They've proved that a year's head start means being 24 million consoles behind at this point. I wouldn't call that an advantage. If anything the experience with Wii has shown that you can easily afford to release a year after the first new console of a generation and still end up the winner by a huge margin. Looking at Wii all it takes is the right product at the right price and it won't really matter too much when a console  releases relative to other hardware next gen.

MS has established itself more strongly this generation, so it has an opportunity to have the right product at the right price, and if they go early then they can truly dominate, rather than simply dominate second place. But Nintendo has the most solid base for the next generation, and Sony is building momentum heading into the 2nd half of this generation.

It took me almost an hour to get through this thread, but five people have been banned, and at least two warnings have been given out (I think - it's late and I'm getting tired, so I may have forgotten a couple).

It seems discussion is slowly returning to the original topic.  Please stay relatively on topic from here on out.  ^_^

I see Avinash has been banned...the guy has an awful tendency to turn simple remarks into long, serious boring debates.

Hm, that kinda sounds like the reason I banned him.  :P

I also dont agree with you.. If MS release a new XBOX next yr it is not a win situation for the company nor for the consumers... The whole concept of console gaming is in my view is to have a box on which u can game for quite a few years. If new XBOX comes around couple of yrs earlier than PS4 and PS3 keep on getting gr8 games n great sales than i think MS has yet again conceded a defeat..

Just like DS is going on n on n on, it never stops n game keep on coming over it... so it is a gr8 value not only for Nintendo but also for consumers.

Anyway this is just my point of view, i dont want a new console every 3 yr, it will make it a computer than in my view

Yes, it baffles me how some people liking games like us can at the same time be so humourless, why don't they try to laugh, every now and then?

Then, just to try to be objective, I sometimes exceed being a joker, but come on, we're talking about games, not funerals.

To come back on topic, did someone post a WoW and YoY performance table? And where? Thanks in advance. 

you don't see sales like this everyday... I guess people overreacted... even though it was funny...

Japan Software Sales UP. TOP10 all blue.

If MS starts selling the 360 for 99$, SONY's domed. I'm buying one at the price