"Microsoft top slot for the second consecutive month no doubt owes much to the system's radical June makeover. Expect the Xbox 360 to hold that spot through September with the hugely anticipated Halo: Reach launching next week. NPD notes that the Xbox 360 install base "is now about triple what it was when Halo 3 was launched so the potential audience for Reach is significantly larger."
The Wii, on the other hand, suffered its lowest monthly unit sales since launch. While that bodes ill for Nintendo, NPD sees an uptick coming with games like Wii Party and Disney Guilty Party. "
This also shows sales of other consoles as well. Not just the Xbox 360 and Wii.
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Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.
Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.
My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.
Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.
Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.
A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
since its obvious HALO is a system seller....and now REACH being the last HALO game...what will happen?
hmmm?
Everytime the wii slows down people always jump to conclusions and say RIP wii but then it comes back stronger than before...... give it time
How many do we actually need?
how many months the 360 would have to continue outselling Wii for this to even matter? I love how sales matter the once or twice in a blue moon either HD console outsells the Wii for one month in any one Region.
And then once its back to business as usual, with Wii dominating, its no longer an issue and sales no longer matter.
Fine, you hate the Wii. And maybe it helps you sleep at night, living in your own little world where the Wii isn't the marketleader or that its doomed or whatever.
If you REALLY wanna do some investigative reporting, look below the surface. Look for things that are significant, but hiddden. Like for example, even though 360's hardware jumped, software remained stagnant. What does that tell you?
Well that would lead me to believe that perhaps these aren't new 360 owners but rather older ones who's box rrod'd or they wanted the slim model. And if that is the case. How significant are the 360's sales then?
hold on, let me get my crystal ball...