As the Wii threatens to overtake the 360, what now for third-party publishers?

Vikingod · Sep 7, 2007, 04:00 PM

Source: GamesIndustry
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The vagaries of sales figure reporting across the world's major territories make it quite hard to establish where, exactly, the tipping point lies - but it seems likely that at some point around now, Nintendo's Wii will become (or has become) the top selling home console of the next generation.

It's entirely possible that this lead will change hands a few times in the coming months, as games like Halo 3 drive a sales spike for the Xbox 360 - but the trajectory of the Wii's sales curve suggests that even a moderately successful holiday season should bring it out comfortably on top when the bells ring on New Year's Day.

BlueMak · Sep 7, 2007, 07:10 PM

Man this N fanboism is pissing me off. I will never buy a Wii just cause of these people.

YAYitsAndrew · Sep 7, 2007, 11:57 PM

I don't think you read the same article that I did.

BlueMak · Sep 8, 2007, 02:01 AM

That's very possible since I didn't read the above article at all.

EcPercy · Sep 8, 2007, 04:46 AM

Sometimes it helps to read the article. I didn't see any "fanboism".

It sounded like they were merely speculating as to what a good holiday season would do for the Wii. They also pointed out that as of right now the first party titles were most of what you will find on the Wii and that this would need to change.

Sep 7, 2007, 04:00 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,187 Rep Power: 109 System Specs	As the Wii threatens to overtake the 360, what now for third-party publishers? Source: GamesIndustry _____________ The vagaries of sales figure reporting across the world's major territories make it quite hard to establish where, exactly, the tipping point lies - but it seems likely that at some point around now, Nintendo's Wii will become (or has become) the top selling home console of the next generation. It's entirely possible that this lead will change hands a few times in the coming months, as games like Halo 3 drive a sales spike for the Xbox 360 - but the trajectory of the Wii's sales curve suggests that even a moderately successful holiday season should bring it out comfortably on top when the bells ring on New Year's Day. __________________ *How You Can Help DriverHeaven By Using Digg*

Sep 7, 2007, 07:10 PM	#2
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,244 Rep Power: 326 System Specs	Man this N fanboism is pissing me off. I will never buy a Wii just cause of these people. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Sep 7, 2007, 11:57 PM	#3
YAYitsAndrew Anti-Piracy Poster Boy Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 2,605 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	I don't think you read the same article that I did. __________________ "It is because the resistance to paying for copyrighted material, although often characterized as arising from a supposed technical burden or principled concern for the public interest, arises rather from exactly the same segment of the brain that is dominant in shoplifters." - Mark Helprin, Digital Barbarism In other words, it's never okay to steal even if you think you have a good reason! www.yayitsandrew.com

Sep 8, 2007, 02:01 AM	#4
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,244 Rep Power: 326 System Specs	That's very possible since I didn't read the above article at all. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Sep 8, 2007, 04:46 AM	#5
EcPercy HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Iraq Posts: 1,535 Rep Power: 64	Sometimes it helps to read the article. I didn't see any "fanboism". It sounded like they were merely speculating as to what a good holiday season would do for the Wii. They also pointed out that as of right now the first party titles were most of what you will find on the Wii and that this would need to change.