Nintendo, Sony Rattle Games Industry
The only game system that might give you tennis elbow turns out to also be the one ruling the next-gen roost according to NPD's March sales numbers, which show Nintendo's Wii outselling its peers (Xbox 360, Playstation 3) by a healthy 60k-129k margin. NPD March 2007 unit sales:
Hardware
508k Nintendo DS
280k PlayStation 2
259k Nintendo Wii
199k Xbox 360
180k PlayStation Portable
148k Game Boy Advance
130k PlayStation 3
22k GameCube
At $250, Nintendo's the only one actually making money on its hardware out of the gate, dubbing it the most profitable next-gen system as well. Who'd 'a thunk?
Of course NPD's Wii sales expectations were actually 400k, so even Nintendo's trailing a bit, though NPD reports overall industry sales were up 33% to $1.1 billion thanks to strong software performance bolstered by SCE's God of War 2 and Sony's indefatigable 38 million strong Playstation 2. NPD 2007 software sales:
Software
833k God of War 2 (PS2)
394k Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 (Xbox 360)
291k Guitar Hero 2 (Xbox 360)
273k Wii Play (Nintendo Wii)
199k Motorstorm (PS3)
189k Diddy Kong Racing (DS)
165k Spectrobes (DS)
165k Major League Baseball 2007 (Xbox 360)
164k MLB '07: The Show (PS2)
148k Def Jam Icon (Xbox 360)
In fact the real news is almost Sony's venerable PS2, something of a miracle machine at nearly seven years old and still outselling all the next-gen systems (unless we factor in Nintendo's DS Lite, which continues to prove the handheld biz may be the safest bet in video gaming, period).
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PS2 is just amzing, PS2 is outselling all the new generation, considering how old is it. PS2 was released originally to complete with Sega Dreamcast, it was released about 6 month later Sega Dreamcast. Sega Dreamcast became "ancient" system like 3-4 years ago. Then, Nintendo Gamecube and original X-box joined, they were released more than 1 year after PS2, no one even mentioning those 2 systems now, is like they became an ancient system. And PS2 is still alive with new games and everything.
PS2 is amzing. Period.
It only shows how awesome PS2 is! It has got the largest number of games for a games console. That is one big reason for its maddening popularity. I hope PS3 will be a similar story.
It's simple. People like Sony games, and the PS3 is lame and expensive. If you want Sony games, it's PS2 all the way. Of course, since it has the largest selection of games helps too.
The PS3 lost too many software companies to Xbox360. The 360 surpasses the original Xbox so intensely that it's dead in the water. Not to mention that the 360 has been out for so long.
Get a 360 AND a Wii, nothing else is worth the effort. Gamers play the 360, and EVERYONE plays the Wii... including the clueless Moms.