Will the Wii overtake the 360 By 2008?

[Mewgia]

@Jaxxter: Xbox Live is one of the best tings to happen to gaming in a while, if every system had it that would be fantastic. But of course, that can't happen XD

As for Brawl moving Wiis like Halo 3 moves 360s...well, that will only happen if Nintendo decides to actually advertise before release. Which they tend to fail at, but then again I don't watch much TV. Its just that I saw a Halo 3 commercial a couple months ago (I think), and to match that Nintendo will have to start advertising for Brawl right about...now.

 

[Don Andy]

@Jaxxter: Xbox Live is one of the best tings to happen to gaming in a while, if every system had it that would be fantastic. But of course, that can't happen XD

As for Brawl moving Wiis like Halo 3 moves 360s...well, that will only happen if Nintendo decides to actually advertise before release. Which they tend to fail at, but then again I don't watch much TV. Its just that I saw a Halo 3 commercial a couple months ago (I think), and to match that Nintendo will have to start advertising for Brawl right about...now.

The people that didn't get a Wii yet because it lacked the good games are the ones who will get it for Brawl. As for the rest, I doubt advertising would help much. Halo 3 has a soldier in a full body suit blowing up shit. An advertisment where a bunch of people play a game where weird Nintendo characters beat each other up, while total exaggerating the gaming experience won't appeal to the masses.

 

[Hadrian]

@Jaxxter: Xbox Live is one of the best tings to happen to gaming in a while, if every system had it that would be fantastic. But of course, that can't happen XD

As for Brawl moving Wiis like Halo 3 moves 360s...well, that will only happen if Nintendo decides to actually advertise before release. Which they tend to fail at, but then again I don't watch much TV. Its just that I saw a Halo 3 commercial a couple months ago (I think), and to match that Nintendo will have to start advertising for Brawl right about...now.

There were adverts for Halo 3 last year. Theres a lot of Wii adverts here, mostly MySims, Super Paper Mario & that really stupid Mii one with those munters. They do only seem to appear a few days before the games come out. I think Nintendo needs to get the hype machine going if they're gonna win this Xmas.

 

[JPH]

Its not a matter of 'will it'...it's a matter of when.

More kids and adults are attracted to the Wii.

It's not to say that the 360 is a bad console...apparently, more people want to interact and swing a plastic remote around then push buttons.

Meh...

 

[jaxxster]

So what if brawl will have online play, Nintendo's online service is terrible...I mean lets look at it this way. If its anything to go by mario strikers, The online functionailty will be pretty much void. Friend codes? No voice chat, limited modes online, Pfft...Might as well play the computer cos it feels pretty much like you're just doing that.

Halo 3 isnt about single player at all, It's about the fact that 2 years from now they'll still be 1,000's of people playing it online. Something that i cant ever seeing happening to a nintendo WFC game.

 

[Mewgia]

Jaxxster, i guess you missed the memo but the Brawl update site was update with details for the wifi: In summary, it sucks. Check it on smashbros.com :/

 

[Athlon-pv]

Halo 3 is going to shift consoles for microsoft. I already know 3 people at work who want to pick up an elite and halo 3.

Yes. Saying that Halo 3 will ultimately boost the 360 sales and saves the console from eternal damnation or something is an overstatement. But saying Halo 3 won't sell consoles is simply ignorant.



What margin are you talking about when i am saying it is a system seller that would mean something like what happened the DS with the dogs game that sold a lot of hardware.

I seriously doubt that Halo 3 can even generate more sales for them that gets them ahead again.

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9740059-7.html

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July 5, 2007 2:44 PM PDT
Xbox 360 shipments fail to reach target
Posted by Ina Fried

Microsoft acknowledged on Thursday that, in addition to experiencing an unacceptably high rate of hardware failures with the Xbox 360, the game console has also failed to reach its sales target.

 

[cubin']

it probably wont get them ahead. but as everyone has said it's going to sell a shitload of consoles

 

[wiithepeople]

Even though Xbox360 has Halo 3, Wii will still sell more! Mario Galaxy, Brawl, and Mario Kart Wii are all coming out really soon.
Along with people grabbing Wii's every time it's seen in stores...

 

[jtroye32]

if we're talking worldwide wii is going to win. xbox doesn't sell well in japan and the halo series didn't take well at all over there.

 

[jimmy j]

It's not just Halo, western games in general don't sell in Japan. They just don't like 'em (not enough schoolgirls maybe?)

Here's an interesting interview on the subject of Japan's cultural bias:

Part 1
part 2

 

[cubin']

Xbox 360 enjoys sales spike in Halo release week

Tim Ingham October 2, 2:24pm

Weekly hardware purchases double; console outsells Wii for first time in 26 weeks

The release of Halo 3 has had a dramatic impact on sales of Xbox 360 hardware, doubling the previous week’s sales to the highest level of 2007.
According to ChartTrack, the system even managed to outsell Nintendo’s Wii for the first time in 26 weeks – a full half year.

Some 68 per cent of Xbox 360 software sales in the week were of Halo 3.

The release pushed overall software sales of Microsoft’s format to its highest sales week ever – comfortably beating the previous best of week 51, 2006.


who would have thunk it

 

[Hadrian]

According to nextgenwars:

360: 11,703,891
Wii: 11,360,510

I don't really know how reliable those stats are. Either way, its not over yet and hey well done to Nintendo for getting over 11 million sales in less than a year.

I hear that Nintendo make $49 of each US console and $75 of each UK console which is kinda crazy!

 

[cubin']

Yeah nintendo are the pimps of console revenue. I think once galaxy and smash bros gets released the xbox will get raped once again.

 

[Remy669]

The Wii will definitley overtake the Xbox360!

Wii for te Wiin

 

[theADDict]

the wii probably will overtake, but as for longevity...360 everytime.
My 360 gets around 10x more use at least.

 

[suprneb]

definitely not - halo3 will keep the 360 up, and especially with nintendo sitting out tgs this year, its not looking too good for nintendo

 

[cubin']

Anyone know what the overall tally for sales is at the moment? I never know what site to trust. Cheers

 

[Hadrian]

Anyone know what the overall tally for sales is at the moment? I never know what site to trust. Cheers

Vgchartz says:
Wii: 12.73m
360: 12.13m

Nextgenwars says:
Wii: 12,013,060m
360: 12,063,645m

Dunno which one is correct. From looking at various sales reports, the 360 sales are slowing down now the Halo 3 fuss is over but the Wii is still going strong. Also the PS3 has had an increase in sales due to the new versions and I reckon that its becoming a contender when people start buying stuff for Xmas.

I don't see another 360 game that'll likely increase sales whereas theres quite a couple of system sellers on the Wii (Mario Galaxy, Sonic & Mario,). There are some amazing games on the 360 but they're ones I can see only appealing to existing owners. Maybe Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess could do something for it, especially in Japan.

Still we're in for interesting times.

 

[cubin']

Yeah, I don't think the 360 can really keep up from now on. It was nice for it to be close while it lasted anyway.