[QUOTE="Alleluia_Cone"][QUOTE="LosDaddie"]

The 1st problem with the "The PS3 is selling faster than the x360 at this point" argument is that the x360 is out-selling the PS3 NOW with no signs of that changing. Any possible ground the PS3 is supposedly gaining on the x360 is being offset by the sales of the x360 NOW.

The other problem with the argument is that Feb07 NPD numbers showed the PS3 being outsold by a whopping 101k units. The x360 sold 160k units in Feb06. Technically, the PS3 still has a "lead" of 40k at this point, but if March07 turns out like Feb07, then the PS3's "lead" will no longer exist.LosDaddie

Despite the "great" sales of the PS3 in Europe, the x360 is still doing darn good in the region. I believe there are over 3million x360s sold in the region.

The simple fact is that the x360 is in position to gain a ton of marketshare this gen while the PS3 stands to lose a ton of market-share. Right now, the PS3 will be lucky to sel l half of what the PS2 sold.

Maybe I'm alone on this, but I did not enjoy Twilight Princess at all. It felt way too much like a rehash (as did God of War 2, to be fair) of a previous game. It was basically like playing Ocarina of Time with better graphics, only, ten times as easy. As for the controls on the Wii, those just seemed tacked on to me and didn't really add anything to the enjoyment of the game.

I think the series needs a massive rehaul.

-- They need to get rid of Ganondorf.

-- They have to completely switch settings, anywhere but Hyrule with the desert, forest, water, etc. 

-- They need to add a lot of mini-games in order to break the monotony of a battle system that honestly hasn't changed in a decade. 

-- Voice acting, and getting rid of MIDI files would be nice.  

-- Most of all, they really have to ramp up the difficulty, the last game was a joke, I honestly didn't die once during the entire game (I fell off a cliff two or three times, I don't know if that counts).

I'm also surprised that the game seems to be universally loved. My brother and I have been playing the series since its inception and we both think the latest incarnation is the worst of the bunch. 

Favorite: Majora's Mask 

The 1st problem with the "The PS3 is selling faster than the x360 at this point" argument is that the x360 is out-selling the PS3 NOW with no signs of that changing. Any possible ground the PS3 is supposedly gaining on the x360 is being offset by the sales of the x360 NOW.

The other problem with the argument is that Feb07 NPD numbers showed the PS3 being outsold by a whopping 101k units. The x360 sold 160k units in Feb06. Technically, the PS3 still has a "lead" of 40k at this point, but if March07 turns out like Feb07, then the PS3's "lead" will no longer exist.LosDaddie

[QUOTE="Ragnarok1051"][QUOTE="AvinashTyagi"][QUOTE="Ragnarok1051"][QUOTE="AvinashTyagi"]

[QUOTE="Ragnarok1051"]The Wii doesn't appeal to me, I hit puberty a long time ago.AvinashTyagi

So did alot of people its selling to, many who hit it long before you were even born, maybe even before your parents

Yeah the computer was first invented when my parents came along, nice arguement. The Wii fad will die in a year, once everyone realizes that the games arent that good.

Seriously what games are good that are coming that aren't Mario or Metroid? The Wii doesn't get any good new games.

I think people should make the distinction between hardcore gamers and casual ones, especially in light of statements to the effect that people dislike the Playstation 3 because of Sony itself (i.e. its smugness, arrogance, lying, and so on).

The fact of the matter is, most consumers don't even read Sony press releases. The people on this board certainly do, as well as on other videogame forums, but it is by no means a wide-spread activity. So I see this as having little effect on the performance of the Playstation 3, or the Wii and Xbox 360 for that matter. Which is to say that the majority of the market, I would say upwards of 80%, do not care about the minutiae of the videogame world.

As an example of this, I think most people bought Gears of War because of the great commercial advertising it, not because of pre-release scans or hype by the videogame forum community.

So, if anything dictates the adoption rate of the Playstation 3, it is its price-point which is exceedingly high when compared to that of its predecessor at launch, and perhaps its "cool factor" in the popular media. Almost nothing else. 

Microsoft should do something drastic, otherwise, if current console sales for the Xbox 360 in Japan hold (right now they're mirroring its predecessor), it will sell at most 1.0-1.5 million units during its entire life span.

For those predicting that the Xbox 360 will sell upwards of 60 million consoles, this means that it will have to sell something like 30 million both in America, which is possible, and in Europe, which is highly unlikely.