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March: Wii leads as Xbox 360 and PS3 were very close in huge monthDela @ Apr 18, 2008 03:38 | 71 comments The NPD figures are out and nobody is surprised that the Nintendo Wii console is far up the ladder from its two competitors again. Microsoft and Sony ended the month only 5,000 unit sales apart, with the Xbox 360 taking the tiny lead. Specifically, the Wii console sold an impressive 721,000 units, followed by the handheld DS console which wasn't too far behind at 698,000 units.
The PlayStation Portable (PSP) sold more units than both the remaining next-generation home console systems, crossing the finish line with 297,000 units. As for the remaining two enemies, the difference was just 5,000 unit sales, with Xbox 360 selling 262,000 and PlayStation 3 (PS3) selling 257,000. The PlayStation 2 (PS2) console managed 216,000 sales. Do the figures sound impressive? They should as it represents a 46% growth in hardware sales over March 2007, to $551.3 million.
If you add Hardware, Software and Accessory sales for the games industry in March, you come out with a total take of $1.7 billion, a rise 57% over March 2007. "You'd never know that the U.S. economy was under distress by looking at the video games industry sales figures," NPD analyst Anita Frazier said in a statement.
Software sales for the month were also much better than expected, amounting to a take of $945.6 million. "The amazing year-over-year increase in software sales isn't just explained by a few top games," Frazier said. "As compared to last March, twice as many SKU's achieved sales in excess of 100K units this month."
Super Smash Bros. Brawl topped the charts easily by moving 2.7 million copies, followed by Ubisoft's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 with 752,000 copies sold.
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Comment by: nobrainer (Apr 21, 2008 06:05) Originally posted by Dela: what about sonys game DRM, secuROM, with the same phone home abilities of their infamous anti-consumer rootkit and bd+?
The BPI Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.
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Comment by: Oner (Apr 21, 2008 12:11) Edited. Why should I bother? I'll just be wasting my time & effort....Hey Dela, you are absolutely 100% right about fanboys though. Your point about
Quote: It seems all some people do is harp on something that has no bearings anymore and or try and mix one thing with another just to rant while totally disregard & overlooking (even understanding) a valid point. I guess Sony (as stated) is a big bad company for wanting/trying to protect their intellectual property from being illegally distributed. Who would of thought? Search > http://forums.afterdawn.com/search Rules > http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/2487 Important Rule > http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/380660 A proper way to ask for help and post on a forum > http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/459000#2773521 Check out my Racing Sim Chassis by Obutto and Logitech G25 FFB Steering Wheel > http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/607959 |
Comment by: ZippyDSM (Apr 21, 2008 17:00) Oner
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Comment by: goodswipe (Apr 21, 2008 17:47) Originally posted by nexgen: How is that totally ridiculous? You won't catch an 80 year old woman playing something on a 360 or PS3.
Originally posted by nexgen: Nothing new from Nintendo? You are kidding right? LOL...J/K? With the Wii, they have totally changed the way you and I play video games. How have they not been nothing but innovative here?
Originally posted by nexgen: Yea sure, ok. If everyone feels that way, why do they continue to take the lead in sales? And it's next to impossible to find these things in the store without launching an all out operation to find one.
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Apr 21, 2008 17:51) Originally posted by goodswipe: Even a idiot(mew) understand the WIIs reach into the causal market and beyond is awesome and frighting. For all the console/game fanboys out their.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles...Console-Rundown Oh god I can't stop laughing!!! --- And for the format nazi's I bring you HHD DVVD BVD's!! |
Comment by: goodswipe (Apr 21, 2008 17:59) Exactly...
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Apr 21, 2008 18:03) Originally posted by goodswipe: Quote: Interesting the PS3 could be considered innovative as well, and the way its made I could agree to that.
For all the console/game fanboys out their.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles...Console-Rundown Oh god I can't stop laughing!!! --- And for the format nazi's I bring you HHD DVVD BVD's!! |
Comment by: goodswipe (Apr 21, 2008 18:09) Quote: Yea, I agree with you there. More games would be nice, but it seems to be working for some people. Like I've said before, I think the people that buy the Wii are probably not your every day hardcore gamer. And the hardcore gamers that do own it, don't mind because they get their fix with the other consoles they own. |
Comment by: nobrainer (Apr 21, 2008 18:11) I've just played mariocart wii, i i've got to say its the best driving game to play with family/friends by far, its fun not graphics and this is why the wii (& DS) continues to outsell everything.
The BPI Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.
The RIAA Soundexchange Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI. The IFPI Are: The same anti consumer lot as listed above! The MPAA Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, DISNEY, PARAMOUNT, FOX. How do you stop anti consumer = its easy purchase only second hand media and avoid their propertarian hobbled by DRM hardware! http://www.boycott-riaa.com/ |
Comment by: NexGen76 (Apr 21, 2008 23:26) Originally posted by goodswipe : Okay this was the most over hyped story i have seen...There was some nursing homes that use it as a tool for working out but it has been proved that the Wii does no more working out than just simply walking.I don't call reaching out to a few nursing homes reaching massive fan base which Nintendo hasn't.They have yet to reach out to 360 & PS3 die hard fan base which is going to be very hard if more than half your games are kiddie ish.
Originally posted by goodswipe : It just this depend on what age group you are(showing my age lol)motion sensing isn't new it very old actually.This has been tried by Nintendo already.Nintendo power glove which use the same concept but different tech.Watch the video & tell me how the Wii is so ground breaking?
Originally posted by goodswipe :
Originally posted by Mike Capps:
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Apr 22, 2008 00:40) NexGen76
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Comment by: oofRome (Apr 22, 2008 01:04) I joined this discussion pretty late, so I apologize in advance if anything I say is redundant.
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Comment by: nobrainer (Apr 22, 2008 07:20) Originally posted by oofRome: the ps2 had no competition, virtually every game released was for the ps2 which is why its the best console to date. game sales are what count is in house usually suck its the 3rd party developers than can make/break hardware as sega found out with the more technically advanced offering, the dreamcast.
Originally posted by myself: quote take from ere! http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/654283#3978457
The BPI Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.
The RIAA Soundexchange Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI. The IFPI Are: The same anti consumer lot as listed above! The MPAA Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, DISNEY, PARAMOUNT, FOX. How do you stop anti consumer = its easy purchase only second hand media and avoid their propertarian hobbled by DRM hardware! http://www.boycott-riaa.com/ |
Comment by: ZippyDSM (Apr 22, 2008 07:50) nobrainer
For all the console/game fanboys out their.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles...Console-Rundown Oh god I can't stop laughing!!! --- And for the format nazi's I bring you HHD DVVD BVD's!! |
Comment by: goodswipe (Apr 22, 2008 14:37) Quote: Oh trust me, I was around for the Power Glove and the Power Pad and all those other things Nintendo has come out with in the past.
Quote: I never said anything about the Wii Fit. You can lose some weight with the Wii, just depends on how you use it. Hell you can go to the gym everyday and not lost weight or gain muscle, just depends on how you work out.
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Comment by: varnull (Apr 22, 2008 14:50) If anybosy still has one.. There is a motion sensing pad (looking very much like an xbox pad) video demo on the Windoes98 disk.
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Comment by: SProdigy (Apr 22, 2008 18:06) My fiance works at a nursing home that indeed has a Wii hooked up to one of their television sets. Her grandmother was over our place one day with a bunch of the family and we were trying Wii Sports out. She was interested in trying and it took all of 2 minutes to pick up a controller and learn how to play. Though screaming for button mapping might be useful for some games, alot of Wii games don't use a button for alot of the action (No More Heroes, Red Steel, Zelda, Mario Galaxy, etc.) and use motion controls. Heck, even Mario Kart allows you to use the Wiimote like a wheel, Wiimote plus nunchuk, Classic Controller or Gamecube controller to play the game! How much more customization could you want?
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Apr 22, 2008 18:21) Originally posted by SProdigy: FYI I be a pirate game nazi AARRRRR *mutters something in German harshly*, my point for Control over the control goes outside of casuals and into hard core and people that comprehend menus and button mapping who want the best from a game.
For all the console/game fanboys out their.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles...Console-Rundown Oh god I can't stop laughing!!! --- And for the format nazi's I bring you HHD DVVD BVD's!! |
Comment by: lawndog (Apr 22, 2008 20:11) ok yes I did forget about the power glove, it worked on what, about 10-20 games? for the wii to make motion sensor for almost every game supplied to the wii is innovative.
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Comment by: Mr-Movies (Apr 24, 2008 03:36) Online gaming has been around since BBS's, before Al Gore created the WEB (too funny), were popular and some were action type games. Now the graphics were not fantastic but they weren't bad either so as to online gaming definately nothing new just more popular now then ever before.
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Apr 24, 2008 03:53) Originally posted by Mr-Movies: I believe the lack of control options comes from a level of arrogance,no dev time for options/polishing and a mind set that dose not have any room for such things.
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Comment by: Mr-Movies (Apr 24, 2008 12:31) Originally posted by ZippyDSM: You definitely could be right and as to the casual mind definitely, however as far as dev time all controller mappings are already there it really doesn’t add any time to development with exception on verifying the device mapping hooks. The size it takes is minimal at best.
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Apr 24, 2008 14:17) Quote:Originally posted by ZippyDSM: If anything its a multi part issue, arrogance, ignorance and comprehension, that could be 4 or 9 things, its the same mentality that rapes fiction in films because they think a bad "adjusted" film will do better than a solid film based on its un bum raped fiction. |
Comment by: Mr-Movies (Apr 24, 2008 21:47) How true and sad unfortunately... |
Comment by: mgnicks (May 26, 2008 22:58) I have read a few of the posts here about the games consoles and feel that most "Hardcore Gamers" are missing the point with regards the Wii.
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