The Wii outselling the 360?

marX · 08-20-2007, 12:18 AM

I'm an avid, happy 360 owner but I thought this is interesting, especially since a lot of people thought/and still think the Wii will fail. There doing pretty good, those numbers will equal 3rd part support.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=41780
"The site just updated the stats for the past week ending August 11th. The Nintendo Wii scored some major gains and is now breathing down the Xbox 360's neck. New data shows that in a frame of one week, 310,000 Wii's got new owners - Xbox 360 was sold in decent 110.000 units, while PS3 sold only 50,000 units. New numbers keep Xbox 360 in the lead with 10.43 million, Wii is now a close second with 10.41 million and PS3 remains the backmarker with 4.16 million consoles sold.

In terms of market share, Microsoft has 41.7%, Nintendo has 41.6%, while Sony captured just 16.6%."

lacklusta dj · 08-20-2007, 12:53 AM

factor in a 1 year headstart for the 360 and you've got yourself a very formidable competitor in the nintendo wii

ideally though, microsoft, nintendo, and sony will hopefully all split market share in the end, because that will ultimately benefit the consumer the most.

Spyro · 08-20-2007, 01:01 AM

Why do you think so many have gone Wii60?

marX · 08-20-2007, 01:48 AM

I think because its a different experience. You know you need a high spec console like the 360/PS3 to play some of the next generation games like a Mass Effect ect...

But with the Wii you get a new experience, that’s one of the reasons I didn't get a 360 for a while because nothing stood out as refreshingly new for a while. If you think of every generation of video games from Nintendo to Genesis/SNES to Saturn/PSX to Xbox/Ps2 there is a huge gap in the standards.

The 360 didn't really have a mind blowing effect when I first saw it...But the Wii is a whole new way to enjoy are favorite pass time.
Sure I'm a sucker for innovative games hence I own not just a Guitar controller {had since it came out} but also have 4 DDR pads, two Light Guns, Twin Sticks, a couple of Multi-taps, 4 arcade sticks, a wheel, fishing rod, and a Seaman mic.
I would of bought Steel Battalion if I had the money.

To me a Wii is just a 250$ controller to play games with, that’s fine by me.

But what's weird is a lot of people I've talked to about there Wii made the purchase just for Wii sports...That scale thing will probably be huge too.