Console Wars - the revenge

[flash9286]

Originally posted by Asher


Well, allow me to assist you.

Slander: words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another

I'd consider someone who says the new Xbox 360s have a 10% failure rate and purports to be in a position of authority on the issue would be committing slander. By definition.

He says the failure is sub 10%. But still high in his opinion.

[vovan]

Originally posted by asleepathewheel
I think we can only assume that if MS doesn't make a move on this guy, then the charges must be true.

And if it does, then, naturally, they are trying to shut him up to hide the truth.

[DrSpike]

I think their strategy will be to get MS minions to undermine the claims at all websites that talk about games.

[vovan]

Originally posted by DrSpike
I think their strategy will be to get MS minions to undermine the claims at all websites that talk about games.

Which reminds me, I recently saw a picture of MS and its minions.

[asleepathewheel]

The wii has reached 5m in sales in Japan earlier than the ps2 did.

http://wii.ign.com/articles/846/846720p1.html

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by vovan
Which reminds me, I recently saw a picture of MS and its minions.

Which one is Asher?

[UnOrthOdOx]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
Which one is Asher?

The one cheering from behind, obviously.

[ZargonX]

[DrSpike]

[asleepathewheel]

Nintendo released its quarter report today.

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2008/080124e.pdf

highlights:

DS hardware at 64.79 million worldwide LTD (compare with GBA at 80.72 million)
20.18 million in North/South America
21.66 million in Japan
22.94 million elsewhere

Wii hardware at 20.13 million worldwide LTD (compare with NGC at 21.72 million)
8.85 million in North/South America
4.99 million in Japan
6.30 million elsewhere

113m software shipped to retailers ltd


overall-2.4billion us in profits for nintendo over the last 9 months.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=32396

Nintendo Europe has revealed sales of the Wii and DS in the region have reached over six million and 20 million units, respectively.

First-party software sales in the region have also reached impressive figures, with four Wii titles sailing past one million units sold.

Wii Play has sold 2.3 million units, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 1.3 million units, Mario Party 8 one million units and Super Mario Galaxy 1.3 million units.

Dr Kawashima's Brain Training; How Old is Your Brain? has now sold over 5 million units in Europe, while its sequel More Brain Training has clocked up 2.8 million units. However, the top-seller is the Nintendogs series, which has sold over 8 million units in the region.

Those are some pretty ****ing amazing results for a console that followed on the heels of the 3rd place(but still profitable) cube-only going to take 16 months to top it.

[Asher]

It is an amazing business turnaround.

[Spaced Cowboy]

I think they have an excellent model and stand to actually make money off their hardware.

[asleepathewheel]

Originally posted by Spaced Cowboy
I think they have an excellent model and stand to actually make money off their hardware.

Their model includes profits off of their hardware from day one, so they are making money off of all 20m of those wiis. Unlike the other 2, they don't have other business to prop up a loss in the gaming sector, so they have to at a minimum insure survival, like in the gamecube era.

[vovan]

Originally posted by asleepathewheel
overall-2.4billion us in profits for nintendo over the last 9 months.

I think the most amazing part is that the net income has gone up 96% over the same nine months last year. That's just sick.

[vovan]

Hey, in case anybody needs more proof PS3 sucks, Rockstar is blaming GTA IV delays on it.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1580161/20080123/index.jhtml

"GTA" games haven't missed their announced release dates before. When the delay was announced in August, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick told investors that "the reason it is being delayed is almost strictly technological problems — not problems, but challenges." Barrera offered a little more detail to MTV News this week: "It's really no surprise to anybody that the PS3 was definitely a contributing factor to that. Now, we're neck and neck. That's not an issue anymore. But back then that was something we were taking into account. That's not to say there's anything wrong with the PS3 version. It's awesome. They're both identical."

Then again, it's doing pretty well in Europe, evidently.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/29430/Reeves-PS3-will-overtake-360-by-summer

“We don’t often mention the competition, but I will give you some interesting data: In terms of installed base in some of our major markets, such as France, Spain, Germany and Italy – plus some distributor territories in smaller markets like Switzerland – our current cumulative installed base is now higher than Xbox 360.

“It has not yet reached that in the UK. But the team here expect to overtake the installed base of Xbox 360 across all PAL territories in late summer. It’s also worth mentioning that last week we outsold Xbox 360 in PAL territories by a ratio of three to one.”