Comments on: Why the Xbox 360 will outsell the Wii

By: Wormwood Snortskagle

Wormwood Snortskagle — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:04:18 +0000

I don’t see how X outselling Y which outsells Z is relevant to which system is better. It merely shows the demographics of what the consumer base wants.

XBOX 360 and PS3 have by far better systems as well as better games than Wii, but the people who buy Wiis don’t necessarily want better systems or games. Parents who want child friendly games are going to go with Wii and their cartoon games vs. 360/PS3 and their gruesomely detailed combat games. Families with little pocket money to spare…especially these days… are going to be more interested in a $200 system than they would be in a $400/$500 system. And so on. There are naturally going to be more concerned parents and families on a budget than there are people who enjoy killing blood spurting zombies with chain saws.

The Wii people need to reconsider what their fanboy enthusiasm really means, as it doesn’t really highlight their case for the Wii to us veteran zombie killers when their audience includes mothers buying Wiis for their 8 year olds who race cute go-carts with Mario and that giant turtle thing.

By: HeHe

HeHe — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:36:22 +0000

Following years of industry experience is how Sony and Microsoft lost this generation. It’s not suprising that some people still haven’t come to terms with it. Bruce is a great example. Next, he’ll be telling us that Microsoft has made a profit from the Xbox brand.

By: NE

NE — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:46:52 +0000

I think the person who said “Nice article, now you only have to explain how Ferraris can sell more than bicycles…” said it all

By: Buzz

Buzz — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:03:45 +0000

Curious how the PS2 had the worst graphics and whatnot for its generation, yet it totally dominated the sales charts for an eternity. Then, Sony attempted to EXPLOIT its customers by selling an overpriced, overpowered black brick. It turns out they weren’t as loyal as Sony would’ve hoped.

Want another example? The DS is dominating the handheld market despite PSP having much stronger specs.

When are you gonna get it through your head that no amount of excuses will explain away the Wii’s success? “Oh, the Wii only appeals to soccer moms.” “The Wii had weak specs; it won’t last.” All the more power to Nintendo! Sony and Microsoft lost out on the opportunity to collect on the millions of soccer moms; way to dominate the “hardcore market”, guys!

By: Rale

Rale — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:01:32 +0000

This is sheer idiocy. 360 is a last-gen console with boring games. It was discounted because nobody wants to buy it.

By: zerohour

zerohour — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 06:23:31 +0000

I like how the author thinks its a given that 75% of Microsofts sales will come once its hit 200 dollars. Did that happen when the xbox one got to that price? Or the GameCube?? The Playstations are the ones that have done that. I honestly cannot see Microsoft beating Sony never mind Nintendo!

By: Scarface

Scarface — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:41:31 +0000

absolutly no chance in hell for xbox to catch up wii. right now it is almost certain that the xbox 360 will finish way below both sony and nintendo. microsoftshould be embarased with the sales. the xbox is getting outsold by ps3 everywhere in the world but sometimes it picks out wins in america and look at the price difference! ps3 is twice as much! my point is that, the 360 will probably never ever outsell the ps3 again never mind the wii.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:35:27 +0000

“The Wii is for many people little more than a glorified toy. It is just a box for playing Wii Sports or Wii Fit. If these people want proper gaming they will buy a 360.”

Oh really? How much research did you do? I can tell you I have more than just Wii Sports (and I don’t even have Wii Fit).

Sorry the Wii isn’t as “serious” (since I guess that’s what gaming needs to be) as the 360.

And even though the 360 costs less than the Wii, you can’t really do anything with it. Games on the 360 assume you have some decent storage, and a 256MB card isn’t going to cut it.

By: Darius

Darius — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:48:59 +0000

To the author:

I’m sure this is going to blow your mind, but I had a 360 once, sold it, and bought a Wii. Based on the tone of your article, I’d say you still have a lot to learn about casual gamers. I’ll give you 2 hints:

1. Imagine if you only spent an hour or two playing video games every week, either because that’s alll the time you had or all the time you want to spend on the hobby. Do you think that would change the kind of games you play? suddenly, those ‘pick up and play’ games you used to turn your nose up at suddenly become more appealing, because just one of those 30-40 hour epics enjoyed by the hardcore crowd would take you about 6 months to finish. What little time you had to go online and play your favorite FPS would result in you getting your ass kicked, because you don’t spend 30+ hours a week glued to the console like your competition does.

2. Imagine if you spent most of your time playing games with your spouse, parents, or people that don’t normally play video games and wouldn’t go near a controller with 14+ buttons and 2 analog sticks. What kind of games would you be playing

Are you starting to get the point???

By: bobsagget

bobsagget — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:54:52 +0000

I’m pretty sure this is a joke, because there’s no way he could be so stupid and still figure out how to make a website.

this was pretty funny, keep up the good work!