Will the Wii overtake the 360 By 2008?

[Nintendude205304]

The wii is selling well at the moment because of the wiimote gimmick. It NEEDS better games. When microsoft get the red light sorted on the 360, its going to be the best console out. The 360 already has the best games and you can't even compare the xbox arcade to the Wiis VC.

Well I sort of agree but by 2008 Wii will definitely be better! I have a Wii and some games I have (like Mario Party 8) suck and get old in about an hour that use the "wiimote gimmick." However, some games (like Super Paper Mario) are awesome and don't even use the "wiimote gimmick."

PLUS when super smash bros. brawl and super mario galaxy and others (mostly would be brawl for me) come out, the Wii will sell like crazy!

 

[zi70410]

yes

 

[cubin']

360 outsold the Wii and DS last week.

 

[Hiratai]

Umm, sorry to break it to you but Wii has outsold 360 by nearly 500k units now.

According to Vgchartz that is.Â

Yes but its not 2008 yet, and theres an awful lot going for the 360! Plus 360 sales have dipped since the Elite announcement. It may have taken over now but can it maintain it? I'd say yes but even if it doesn't the Wii has done extremely well to top the current 360 sales in less than a year.

They said "by 2008" meaning the time within now and 2008. SO it's already happened.

 

[Alastair]

Yes but its not 2008 yet, and theres an awful lot going for the 360! Plus 360 sales have dipped since the Elite announcement. It may have taken over now but can it maintain it? I'd say yes but even if it doesn't the Wii has done extremely well to top the current 360 sales in less than a year.

Your question was "will it" "by". It already has.
Your new question; will it maintain it? Most probably!

I just wish Sony would give up and shotgun face-lift the PS3.

 

[Lumstar]

Wii is (or was a few months ago) the absolute fastest selling standalone game console of all time in terms of launch-to-date units sold.

Part of it's success was getting the system out in various regions quickly. Something that didn't used to matter (NES debuted over 2 full years after Famicom), but does now.

 

[thegame07]

yes

I agree.

Well the thing is the wii appeals to everyone even if they aren't into consoles.

 

[cubin']

Just in case you've been keeping one eye trained on the console wars out there, you might want to take note of the most recent sales figures from Japan. According to the latest stats, the PSP overtook the DS, Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, and PS2 in sales last week, propelled by the newest handheld installment of the Final Fantasy series, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII. Sure, it's happened before, but with the increasing competitiveness out there, this one seems extra important. The message should be clear to Nintendo -- don't rest on your laurels. Also, don't miss out on really hot Square Enix exclusives. The last thing you want is to go the way of Atari, and just end up as a simulation on a thriving system.

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lol

 

[Hadrian]

Thats very true, but I reckon a lot of people who have a PSP there may also have a DS already. PSP sales should increase more now the Slim is out too.

I don't think the PSP will overtake the DS but Nintendo needs to keep on top of its game to make sure people buys its games over the PSP's. Personally I feel that the DS still has twice as many great games coming but the PSP is gaining some ground now.

Nintendo are doing a very good job on the DS I feel, on the GBA I don't think they bothered coming up with new ideas, they just either ported old titles, did samey sequels or relied on Mario too much. They didn't even bother with a proper new Mario, saying that it sold amazingly well due to the lack of competition.

 

[111111111]

lolz, the 360 is for hardcore gamers? it's full fo sports games and racing games. they were always considered casual gamers games.

"hardcore" gamers tended to play qwuirky games, odd-japanese games, fun games. not games that you played to look "cool" and "hard".

Even the ps3 is going to have more games to appeal to hardcore gamers than the 360 has/will have (and no I'm not a ps3 fanboy - I don't own one and don't plan on buying one. I do however have a 360).

 

[cubin']

The 360 has a heap of good games that aren't sport and racing...it's got nothing to do with being 'hard' and 'cool' the games are just fun. It's got the widest range of genres compared to the other consoles. ie: brilliant rpgs, shooters, sports, puzzle, retro and it has its fair share of strange games on xbox arcade too.

weird, fun and interesting Japanese games have their place and I think they're excellent, the DS has some really good games of that type. the Wii has a shithouse lineup of games although mario, smash bros and metroid make owning one worth it.

You can't go by numbers of consoles sold to determine which one is better, most people are stupid and just buy whatever is the most popular. In the Wii's case heaps of casual gamers are snatching them up because of the dumbed down and gimmicky controls. A few games on the Wii will be good but the vast majority suck so bad. The few nintendo gems make it worth owning as I said before.

here's a list of some fun games on the 360, these are all very good games:

Gears of War
Bioshock
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas
Dead Rising
Crackdown
Forza Motorsport 2
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
Dead or Alive 4
Burnout Revenge
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Eternal Sonata
Viva Pinata
Call of Duty 4
Halo 3
Half-life 2, episode 1, episode 2
Blue Dragon
Portal
Team Fortress 2
Stranglehold
Mass Effect
Halo Wars
Rock Band
Guitar Hero 3
Assassin's Creed
Skate
Resident Evil 5
Ninja Gaiden 2
Devil May Cry 4
Soulcalibur IV
Beautiful Katamari
Left 4 Dead
(not all of them are out yet, most will be by the years end)

So as you can see the 360 has a wide selection of games that are not just sport and racing games. If you're a so called 'hardcore' gamer the 360 is the best console to own by far.


The psp will never overtake the DS because the japanese will keep buying them for the casual games. Now that there's a final fantasy game on PSP the Japanese will start buying them by the truckload, it won't sell more than the DS overall though.

The PS3 currently has not much going for it but over the next year several must have titles will start to appear and the price will drop. The japs will start buying it once the new final fantasy is released..no doubt.

This generation of consoles is awesome and I'm looking forward to owning most of them eventually.

Yes, quite a long rant...

 

[iffy525]

hasn't the wii already sold more?

 

[shark1987]

i said no. the 360 is where it is at this fall aside from Mario and Smash Bros. but those are really the only two big games that will drive sales for the Wii. Xbox 360 has at least 5 that will sell a crap load and will compete for GOTY.

 

[Hadrian]

hasn't the wii already sold more?

Yeah this thread was started some time before, lets see if the Wii can continue.

I think it will, these big 5 games that you talk about aren't exactly games that'll get the average person to want to get a 360, some people see the 360 as a hardcore geeky gamers machine, its being portrayed in the movies and TV as something that teenage boys play when they lock themselves in their rooms for days, staging their little wars in the dark. They also may think that the games will be way too hard for them.

The Wii seems to be quite trendy now, its being portrayed as a fun, funky console that people with friends can gather around and play games that anyone can play. Plus it can also gain the hardcore gamer once its big games come out while I think that the most people who wanted Halo 3 probably had a 360 a while ago. Of course I could be wrong, there may be a ton of PS2 gamers who are waiting for the PS3 to get some decent games and for the price to drop, they may get impatient and latch onto the 360.

I've noticed that when people talk about the Wii's big games they leave Mario & Sonic out, it may not be as good but I reckon it'll be the Wii's big seller this year, nearly everyone under 40 knows about Mario & Sonic, its a sports game, its multiplayer and its got the Olympic license...how can it fail? We've seen Sonic games that have had rotten reviews and go on to sell millions.

 

[cubin']

halo 3 will no doubt sell a whole bunch of consoles, as will mario and smash bros. Apart from mario, smash and metroid I can't really think of any other good games coming out for Wii..maybe no more heroes and mario kart(IMO, yes

). I can't really see the 360 'beating' the Wii in sales over the long term but I think the gimmicky controls will start to become a hell of a lot less popular unless developers start making use of the wiimote.

360 sales are up 60% and wii is down 10% which certainly says something. I doubt the wii will sell as much as it did last christmas but hopefully it does so the quality of games might improve. I really hope so anyway

 

[tomqman]

sonic and mario at the olympics will sell loads. also xbox and wiis have been selling well cause of people talking about wii60

 

[cubin']

but will it be fun? I don't think so but that's just me

 

[tomqman]

but will it be fun? I don't think so but that's just me

i havnt herd 2 much about it. apart from sonic and mario in a game together what more do u want lol (apart from a goodgame)

 

[Don Andy]

I think neither will surpass the other. They will both fill their niche. They weren't really made to compete with each other to begin with.

The 360 vs PS3 thing is where the problem lies, because these two really ARE competitiors. But that's another discussion

 

[Hiratai]

I think neither will surpass the other. They will both fill their niche. They weren't really made to compete with each other to begin with.

The 360 vs PS3 thing is where the problem lies, because these two really ARE competitiors. But that's another discussion

There's like a 1% chance that they will sell the same amount of systems =/