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360 And Halo 3 Push Past the Wii's Sales
GameDaily has the NPD numbers for September, and they're impressive if only because for the first time in months Nintendo isn't dominating the top of every list. Total sales across the industry hit $1.36 billion (a 74% bump over last year), mostly fueled by Halo 3 sales. The game (across all skus) sold some 3.3 million units, while Xbox 360 platforms hit about 528,000 units sold last month. Ironically, the Wii had its second best month ever and the DS sold big numbers thanks to Phantom Hourglass. "Nintendo's Wii, despite not really having any significant new software releases, was close behind with 501K units sold. The DS handheld also did quite well, selling another 495.8K. Looking at Sony's platforms, the PS3 sold just 119.4K units, while the surging PSP sold 284.5K and the PS2 maintained healthy sales at 215K." The piece also offers up analysis from an NPD researcher, who feels Microsoft is likely to maintain some good momentum through the holidays.
I still don't get why everyone's comparing the $2 special, Gen1.5 "Wii" against true "next-gen" (Gen2.0) consoles?
On a technological basis, the Wii is more accurately compared to a PS/2 and/or Xbox than either the PS/3 or 360... The machine is vastly subpar on spec, and it's kitschy. Neither of which makes it good, and since it's 4+ yr old tech under the hood, they can virtually sell them in dollar-stores... Gee, I wonder why it's selling out? -- It's b/c everybody who can scrape two-bits and a shoelace together can buy one and con themselves into believing they're part of the "Gen2.0" set...
-AC
Too bad the Wii has shit for games, so it is more an overpriced dust collector than a game console. I don't want a console desgined to appeal to my grandparents... ever.
>so I provided what my mind could dream up in 10 seconds or less
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what if I paid you for 10 hours to come up with a list? how much longer would it be?
exactly.