Does anyone else find it worrying that one of the projects linked to in TFA is called (out of choice) Skynet?
Unlikely, I know, but really, why tempt fate?
In either case, the main point you were making about Wii sales still stands. If things keep going the way there are Wii will be in front before we get to the holiday season - it's only 1 million behind xbox 360 after all.
Your "closer inspection" is a bit flawed I think. The reason that the 360 sales spiked a bit at that time will be because it was coming up to Christmas. If you look at the sales history of pretty much any console I would expect that there are similar spikes every 12 months. I can't really remember but there may well have been a lot of 360 games launched in that time period that drove sales as well. I suppose it is possible that lack of PS3 hardware for the initial stint (weeks?) might have fueled sales, but I think the real explanation is a bit more reasonable. The kind of people desperate to get a PS3 would likely know exactly what they wanted and wouldn't just buy a 360 because they were in stock.
I have to agree here. Secret of Mana was probably the first co-operative game I played and also happens to be one of the best games ever made for the SNES. Not sure about the three player mode though - I had a multi tap thingy and only ever managed to get it up to two players.
Anyway, it is a great and truly epic game that I still go back to playing when I meet up with my sisters - it takes us back to our childhood and gives us a challenging game to play. Much better than playing Street Fighter 2 and getting controllers and other things thrown at me for being so smug about winning!
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Well, if 3 significant figures is (as it seems) enough, we could celebrate on the 22nd of July.
I don't suppose you feel like responding to the post a couple above yours about Linux Vs Windows performance for Firefox? http://www.tuxradar.com/content/benchmarked-firefox-javascript-linux-and-windows-and-its-not-pretty
Does anyone else find it worrying that one of the projects linked to in TFA is called (out of choice) Skynet? Unlikely, I know, but really, why tempt fate?
In either case, the main point you were making about Wii sales still stands. If things keep going the way there are Wii will be in front before we get to the holiday season - it's only 1 million behind xbox 360 after all.
Your "closer inspection" is a bit flawed I think. The reason that the 360 sales spiked a bit at that time will be because it was coming up to Christmas. If you look at the sales history of pretty much any console I would expect that there are similar spikes every 12 months. I can't really remember but there may well have been a lot of 360 games launched in that time period that drove sales as well. I suppose it is possible that lack of PS3 hardware for the initial stint (weeks?) might have fueled sales, but I think the real explanation is a bit more reasonable. The kind of people desperate to get a PS3 would likely know exactly what they wanted and wouldn't just buy a 360 because they were in stock.
I have to agree here. Secret of Mana was probably the first co-operative game I played and also happens to be one of the best games ever made for the SNES. Not sure about the three player mode though - I had a multi tap thingy and only ever managed to get it up to two players.
Anyway, it is a great and truly epic game that I still go back to playing when I meet up with my sisters - it takes us back to our childhood and gives us a challenging game to play. Much better than playing Street Fighter 2 and getting controllers and other things thrown at me for being so smug about winning!
When was that released? Maybe you mean "Nintendo DS"?