Comments on: Huge console sales boost in March

By: Haplo

Haplo — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:15:44 +0000

The wii will match the sales numbers as xbox in 220 days? LOL using who’s count? They beat Xbox 360 by like 50,000 units this month, assuming the next TEN months they beat Microsoft by 50,000 units, that’s 500,000 units and brings them not even close to the 360.

Ummm that chump who said he’s hot over Paper Mario? PLEASE…the graphics are INSULTING…horrible HORRIBLE graphics! the flip to 3d is rediculously dumb.

Lets look at the game sales and see how the wii is doing…umm ya, 1.2games attached per console…there’s a nice fact for you when you consider who’s winning the console wars(xbox has like 6 per console now and yes it’s been a year but people just don’t find the wii games very compelling to buy).

What no one talks about is that Wii is succeeding based on price vs value only…many people on a limited budget see a new interesting product for a good price. Those same people do not buy scads of games and as we all know, the real money is in the licensing of games/online play. Once Ms and Sony drop their prices to be more competitive with Wii, Wii is going to go away in a hurry.(it’s barely beating Xbox 360 now and has had the largest month over month drop of any of the consoles as far as sales now that it’s “coolness factor” is wearing off.

By: Lee Ramsdale

Lee Ramsdale — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:29:13 +0000

I don’t get why people argue about the wii vs PS3…. there really isn’t a god comparison, they are two completely different types of product.

The wii is pure fun, none stop energetic move your ass to win fun, clearly not designed to please hard core gamers. Instead it goes for the other 90% of the world’s population and that’s why it’s so successful. The PS3 on the other hand is designed for hardcore gamers who can sit in front of a TV with a joypad for hours on end. I personally can do it to some extent but after 15-20 mins get bored, this is why I like my wii so much, you don’t just sit there you really interact. I have to be honest, I still play with my wii almost daily, I have friends round and we have wii sport Olympics….. My PS3 after a couple of days? I haven’t used it, other than to watch a movie on, with the choice of wii and PS3 I choose my wii because its more fun.

By: Wankstar

Wankstar — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:42:35 +0000

I made some calculations, yesteday, for those who are interested..

It seems Wii will reach the same sales numbers as xbox in about 220 days.

By: howto

howto — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:45:17 +0000

ya, Wii is nice, now that is hacked.

By: boris

boris — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:27:12 +0000

must suck to be a ps3 or xbox fanboy. all your views are so narrow-minded.

By: busdriver

busdriver — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:52:48 +0000

Wii’s suck. Graphics are so bad. Once the novelty wears off there will be heap of them in the junkpile.

By: lowiq

lowiq — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:09:44 +0000

i want to wii badly

By: martian

martian — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:47:48 +0000

Because of multiplayer and something other than FPS and Rts. They are cheap too. Oh and they boot really quicky. Another thing you can carry them to your mates… They don’t become obsolete for at least 5 years…

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:08:06 +0000

Consoles are shit. They just make you buy the same games over and over again with not too much of a difference. The wii controllers will probably be available for PC soon and you can always upgrade a PC so it’s future proof. My brother just goes on about his PS3 “Look you can get a keyboard and go online” when I can already do that. Plus on the gadget show about a week ago they were saying that the Wii controllers can be used for mixing tracks on a PC so it definitely won’t be long before we’re playing tennis with them. The only difference is the games and they’ll be coming out on a PC anyway. Hopefully motor storm which kicks ass. They say a few of them won’t come out on a PC like Call Of Duty 3 but thats not really a great loss since trying to aim with a thumb stick is annoying. Wow they are releasing a mouse. Oh no I haven’t already got 1. In 3 years or less they’ll just release another console and you’ll end up buying all the games and extras again. Why

By: Tric

Tric — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:01:31 +0000

The other consoles get pwnd to hell for one reason. Nintendo actually tries to make a good console. The other console makers go like “Ok, next generation of consoles should include…” “Err, better hardware! Yeah, what a brilliant idea! We won’t need anything but better hardware!”

That said, the 360 is also good, simply because it has throngs of great games. The PS3 is just too expensive (especially for us europeans, who get screwed over with higher prices and worse hardware) for it’s own good.

By: tomasino

tomasino — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:25:12 +0000

good for nintendo it deserves to be a major player for all the innovation and fun its given us. shame there is no mention of the 360, online gaming is fantastic with this thing.

By: elite?

elite? — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:13:00 +0000

i know it’s hardly “elite”, but how will it do?

By: YeahRight

YeahRight — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:20:15 +0000

“Redmond-based Nintendo”?!? Funny, I thought they were a Japanese company…

Oh, and it’s funny that DS numbers are mentioned (The DS beat the PSP in sales? Stop the presses!), but nada por nada about the utterly tanking Wii.

By: crimson

crimson — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:03:19 +0000

was a funny episode ..

By: ZV

ZV — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:41:54 +0000

I could never really get into consoles, I’m a PC Gamer but I always see torrents posted for console games, but I thought you could not burn a console game without a special chip or something, has anything changed??