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NPD Sales Numbers for November 2008
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DeaconKnowledge
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outunderthestars said:
I don't think most people are surprised.
AndersTheSwede
Member
KuwabaraTheMan said:
The games driving the 360's success are way beyond in features and game play to their Xbox predecessors (if they even have one). Any many (like GTA) weren't available at their launches on Xbox1. The 360 is doing well because it has dramatically expanded it's profile of games over Xbox1.
I don't see the Wii doing the same. Hell it's hardware is directly based on the Gamecube and as such followup games on the Wii are refinements (again, Galaxy is a good exception, but one game like that can't drive the insane sales we are seeing). And these are all games you absolutely expect to always have on any Nintendo platform regardless.
The key here is what's new in the Wii that is driving this success beyond Gamecube? Waggle + Wii Sports? What is that the Wii has specifically touched upon to explode like this? I simply don't see it.
BishopLamont
Banned
I think everyone knew how LBP was going to perform, except maybe a crazy here or there.outunderthestars said:
Wait for.....PS4!!chespace said:
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
I was wondering why I was getting so many 500 errors earlier...
Holy fuck at Wii 2 million, etc....
I'm almost as surprised by Cod:WaW just below Gears 2, tho.
Holy fuck at Wii 2 million, etc....
I'm almost as surprised by Cod:WaW just below Gears 2, tho.
The-Switcher
Banned
mysticstylez said:
Killzone? I think it'll do spectacularly...just as spectacularly as Resistance 2 has done!!
Stoney Mason
Banned
The_lascar said:
If COD:WAW has any legs then its arguable this is maybe the biggest franchise around now. And it's going to be a yearly cash cow for awhile.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Weisheit said:
safe by a long shot.
the wii and the 360 have been back-and-forthing all year in terms of software units sold, but even taking into account the wii's lower software monthly attach rate, such utter hardware domination sort of necessitates that the wii wins in terms of software numbers.
Stoney Mason
Banned
1cesc said:Fable II numbers, but no mention of Banjo
It was always obvious it was going to tank imo.
viciouskillersquirrel
Member
You sir, are a scholar and a gentleman.donny2112 said:When I started reading this thread, I was about a page behind. Now I am 7 pages behind. I'd like to catch up first, though I can say that Wii has now passed the PS360 in the U.S.+Japan and is right at 1 million behind in my estimated worldwide numbers. Wii may just pass up PS360 this year, after all.
AndresON777
shooting blanks
AndersTheSwede said:
Waggle, wii fit, far and away the best local multiplayer
It's a console that's bringing the family together.
Last year for christmas I got EVERYONE in my family to play wii tennis. The controller is so easy for people to use, my relatives couldnt even figure out how to walk around in a fps
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Until Activision runs it dry like they do to everyone one of their franchises.Stoney Mason said:
Weisheit said:
Probably. Last holiday season was where Wii software sales exploded and started outselling 360 software overall, too. Most people didn't believe it, though, just because they only look at the top two or three games in the top ten. :lol
Also, I love how Microsoft always points out revenue, revenue, revenue. Christ, just think if Nintendo and all the companies that put out games on their systems mentioned profits! :lol
MWS Natural
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speculawyer said:
:lol Good one. I don't know why so many of you get annoyed by Wii's success. It's not affecting any of the fuckawesome games we have been getting all year long. Who cares if Wii sells 200million consoles?? As long as 360 has the software sales gamers looking for a more mature experience will always have something to play.
AndersTheSwede
Member
ChrisGoldstein said:
Essentially a party console then?
overthehill99
Member
I don't know if you heard but the WIi sold 2 million units.Ezduo said:
Stoney Mason said:
god i hope not......I've been a COD gamer since 2003/4. The quality of COD games has dipped since COD2. The animations alone during gameplay have made it slower and less spontaneous.... and noob friendly. In CODUO you needed 40 kills to get artillery, now you just need 5 in a row for a air strike in COD4, and you get to see the whole radar instead of skilled guess work. Way way too easy to get a high score in that game. Plus shooting through walls....
Psychotext
Member
Very much so. At this stage I don't even really want to see them. =/Stoney Mason said:
DeaconKnowledge
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Scrubking said:
Not good i'm sure.
I'd hazard a guess at about 120K lifetime.
AndersTheSwede
Member
clashfan said:
Azelover
Titanic was called the Ship of Dreams, and it was. It really was.
Schwowsers said:
It's value for the whole family, you have to look at it from a different perspective. The value was always there to a certain extent for Nintendo systems, but it was never marketed properly. And the systems never looked attractive enough for this inherent value to be effectively brought out, this included the controller too. So it's really like shedding light on something that was already there.
Most consoles today sell to households based on the owning desire of a single person, so it's a completely different value that we're dealing with now. It's many people sharing a common interest for owning a product in a household and the value afterward is also completely different because of that. It's a real life community aspect neutral enough for many kinds of people to join.
2 Minutes Turkish
Banned
Xisiqomelir said:
He was never that bad 'brah' (heh) remember, the PS3 and Wii were virtually non-existant consoles back then as far as having something to play/talk about.
Come now. I know YOU still have your thing for 'FailBox' and all that but you know.
Anyway, don't see you online much. I'm tempted to get SSF2HDTR on PS3 just to play you :lol
Segata Sanshiro
Member
Seems more like psychological problems to me. Which would stem from physiological issues, I suppose, but so could a broken leg.clashfan said:
Stoney Mason
Banned
SkySonata said:
I'll disagree but then that's based almost solely on the multiplayer (and infinity ward). COD 4 was the first Call of Duty that got me hooked. I always respected the series but I was always turned off for the most part when I actually played it.
speculawyer
Member
What makes you think I'm annoyed by the Wii's success? I'm just trying to understand the market.MWS Natural said:
Stoney Mason
Banned
grandjedi6 said:
I don't mind a COD developed by infinity ward every 2 years. I'll just skip the middle year WW2 edition.
Dr. Zoidberg
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Pimpbaa said:
It doesn't matter because the Xbox cost them too much to make. The inclusion of a HDD standard combined with them not owning the rights to the chipset effectively killed any profit potential at $99.
They learned the HDD lesson from their mistakes and applied it this gen with good results. Although price per gig goes down over time, the price of a drive of any size remains relatively high compared to other components.