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Amidst all the hoopla in the $40 billion global video game industry, it seems Santa doesn't care about Blu-Ray or overpriced consoles either.

Nintendo's Wii, the little arm-waving, ass-shaking system that could, outsold Sony's Playstation 3 by more than three to one in Japan in 2007, regaining first place in total sales. Mario & Co. couldn't be happier.

Nintendo's Wii outsold rival Sony's PlayStation 3 (PS3) three-fold in Japan last year, helping the country's multi-billion dollar video game market to notch up its best ever year, a survey showed Monday.

Nintendo sold about 3.63 million Wii consoles in its home market in 2007 while Sony sold 1.21 million PS3s, according to magazine publisher Enterbrain.

The Wii also trounced the PS3 more than three-fold in the key year-end sales period between November 25 and December 30, selling 774,123 Wii consoles against Sony's sales of 232,421 PS3s, the survey showed.


Nintendo enjoys the same 3-1 margin in sales against Sony in North America. When your system can't last long enough on shelves to gather dust (and customers are left sucking the dubious cash cow cock of chain stores to buy overpriced "bundle" packages), you're doing something right.

Or, you know, your company fails at increasing supply to meet demand.

I happen to have a sunnier disposition where the Wii is concerned. Mostly because I camped out for 12 hours outside the nearest Target that fateful November morn to be #2 in line. Your personal experience may differ.

"Consumers both in Japan and overseas are still attracted by the Wii, which remains a fresh concept," said Hiroshi Kamide, a game analyst at KBC Securities.

Sony "either has to slash the price further or increase the number of games available, which is something software makers are reluctant to do" because there are too few owners in the US to make it worthwhile, he added.


Kamide also notes the Xbox 360 is still going strong this side of the pond. That's right. Microsoft is still #1 in the US, selling more than 4 million units this past holiday. However, Bill Gates' little "Red Ring of Death"ed love child is still holding the rear in the Land of the Rising Sun.

Microsoft sold 257,841 Xbox 360s last year in Japan, continuing to struggle on its rivals' home turf two years after the console's launch, the survey showed.


Not to mention the problems they encountered with Xbox Live outages.

Video game blogs such as Joystiq recently reported that users had a slew of problems with the site over the holidays, including trouble signing in, downloading media and getting matched with online opponents.

"We are disappointed in our performance," wrote Marc Whitten, general manager of Xbox Live, on the Xbox 360 support Web site.

Whitten said record-breaking traffic and new-member sign-ups caused the "intermittent Xbox Live issues.".


Much like the storied sports rivalries of old, the fight between the Big Three and their loyal fanbases is everlasting. I don't know about you, but I'm too busy killing zombies and saving princesses to go throw the ball around.

thefreak owns 15 different gaming systems. He's a bigger dork than you.

 

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scylis

scylis

Anchorage, AK
November 2004

JAN 27, 2008 03:14 AM

Kindle said:

scylis said:

Kindle said:
Tuesday we had someone return a Wii. I got it back from CS at around 3:30 in the afternoon, just in time for the evening rush hour.

Am I a bitch having held it under my counter until it was time for me to close the department and telling people we didn't have one? I think I put it in the case at around 9:50 PM, the store closes at 10.



that's evil. that's great!



biggrin

I do try. HQ may digitally sign my paychecks for Direct Deposit but dammit, the electronics department is mine!



they lost the keys for about an hour and a half before i found them, and we all almost got in trouble for it, so i don't handle their keys anymore (if i can help it).

i have my own, actually. i sell cell phones down by the cell counter. have some Jäger and say that real fast.

well, except i'm one of the two people they have answer all the questions all over electronics. i suppose that should make me feel smart, but it makes me think them all stupid.

Kindle

Kindle

Seattle, WA
March 2006

JAN 27, 2008 03:26 AM

scylis said:

Kindle said:

scylis said:

Kindle said:
Tuesday we had someone return a Wii. I got it back from CS at around 3:30 in the afternoon, just in time for the evening rush hour.

Am I a bitch having held it under my counter until it was time for me to close the department and telling people we didn't have one? I think I put it in the case at around 9:50 PM, the store closes at 10.



that's evil. that's great!



biggrin

I do try. HQ may digitally sign my paychecks for Direct Deposit but dammit, the electronics department is mine!



they lost the keys for about an hour and a half before i found them, and we all almost got in trouble for it, so i don't handle their keys anymore (if i can help it).

i have my own, actually. i sell cell phones down by the cell counter. have some Jäger and say that real fast.

well, except i'm one of the two people they have answer all the questions all over electronics. i suppose that should make me feel smart, but it makes me think them all stupid.


We've had a couple of people bring the keys home with them and let me tell you, that sucks. We have two sets of keys but only one of them has the connection center keys and the keys to the back security room. Those just happened to be the keys the person brought home.

I wanted to kill Verizon last night. I spent over an hour on the phone with them when they screwed up one of my customer's account. What part of "My customer has two separate accounts. The account with just one number needs to be made into a family plan so that I can add a line. Do not even look at the business account with the two lines on it."

So what does the retard do? He combines the two accounts into one family plan. I hate Verizon. T-Mobile activations suck, too. Retarded Flex-Pay bastards.

scylis

scylis

Anchorage, AK
November 2004

JAN 27, 2008 03:31 AM

Kindle said:

scylis said:

Kindle said:

scylis said:

Kindle said:
Tuesday we had someone return a Wii. I got it back from CS at around 3:30 in the afternoon, just in time for the evening rush hour.

Am I a bitch having held it under my counter until it was time for me to close the department and telling people we didn't have one? I think I put it in the case at around 9:50 PM, the store closes at 10.



that's evil. that's great!



biggrin

I do try. HQ may digitally sign my paychecks for Direct Deposit but dammit, the electronics department is mine!



they lost the keys for about an hour and a half before i found them, and we all almost got in trouble for it, so i don't handle their keys anymore (if i can help it).

i have my own, actually. i sell cell phones down by the cell counter. have some Jäger and say that real fast.

well, except i'm one of the two people they have answer all the questions all over electronics. i suppose that should make me feel smart, but it makes me think them all stupid.


We've had a couple of people bring the keys home with them and let me tell you, that sucks. We have two sets of keys but only one of them has the connection center keys and the keys to the back security room. Those just happened to be the keys the person brought home.

I wanted to kill Verizon last night. I spent over an hour on the phone with them when they screwed up one of my customer's account. What part of "My customer has two separate accounts. The account with just one number needs to be made into a family plan so that I can add a line. Do not even look at the business account with the two lines on it."

So what does the retard do? He combines the two accounts into one family plan. I hate Verizon. T-Mobile activations suck, too. Retarded Flex-Pay bastards.



those stupid idiot box computers do almost nothing, despite having a easier system than the actual phone companies' ones. it doesn't matter if it's easier when nothing can be done! (and we only have AT&T up here, thankfully)

Kindle

Kindle

Seattle, WA
March 2006

JAN 27, 2008 03:44 AM

scylis said:

Kindle said:

scylis said:

Kindle said:

scylis said:

Kindle said:
Tuesday we had someone return a Wii. I got it back from CS at around 3:30 in the afternoon, just in time for the evening rush hour.

Am I a bitch having held it under my counter until it was time for me to close the department and telling people we didn't have one? I think I put it in the case at around 9:50 PM, the store closes at 10.



that's evil. that's great!



biggrin

I do try. HQ may digitally sign my paychecks for Direct Deposit but dammit, the electronics department is mine!



they lost the keys for about an hour and a half before i found them, and we all almost got in trouble for it, so i don't handle their keys anymore (if i can help it).

i have my own, actually. i sell cell phones down by the cell counter. have some Jäger and say that real fast.

well, except i'm one of the two people they have answer all the questions all over electronics. i suppose that should make me feel smart, but it makes me think them all stupid.


We've had a couple of people bring the keys home with them and let me tell you, that sucks. We have two sets of keys but only one of them has the connection center keys and the keys to the back security room. Those just happened to be the keys the person brought home.

I wanted to kill Verizon last night. I spent over an hour on the phone with them when they screwed up one of my customer's account. What part of "My customer has two separate accounts. The account with just one number needs to be made into a family plan so that I can add a line. Do not even look at the business account with the two lines on it."

So what does the retard do? He combines the two accounts into one family plan. I hate Verizon. T-Mobile activations suck, too. Retarded Flex-Pay bastards.



those stupid idiot box computers do almost nothing, despite having a easier system than the actual phone companies' ones. it doesn't matter if it's easier when nothing can be done! (and we only have AT&T up here, thankfully)


/jealous

They really do suck. The lady fixing that Verizon account was like "If you enter this number it'll bring up the other account" to which I replied "The only numbers we can enter are phone, license and social security. But thanks anyway."

Kindle

Kindle

Seattle, WA
March 2006

JAN 27, 2008 04:16 AM

scylis said:
well, except i'm one of the two people they have answer all the questions all over electronics. i suppose that should make me feel smart, but it makes me think them all stupid.


Wait, I just re-read this. Didn't they all have to their CBL's like everyone else?

scylis

scylis

Anchorage, AK
November 2004

JAN 27, 2008 04:38 AM

Kindle said:

scylis said:
well, except i'm one of the two people they have answer all the questions all over electronics. i suppose that should make me feel smart, but it makes me think them all stupid.


Wait, I just re-read this. Didn't they all have to their CBL's like everyone else?



CBLs tells nothings abouts the way to do the ipod musics or others intricacy things. stuff. about stuff. and things. more than just operating the damn register and hazardous chemicals.

fuck. i'm tired and drunk. i mean that i know the workings of the tv and more than just 1080 is better than 720 or where things are in the department.

stupid Jager. i can drink 120 proof scotch with less problems...!

Kindle

Kindle

Seattle, WA
March 2006

JAN 27, 2008 09:22 AM

scylis said:

Kindle said:

scylis said:
well, except i'm one of the two people they have answer all the questions all over electronics. i suppose that should make me feel smart, but it makes me think them all stupid.


Wait, I just re-read this. Didn't they all have to their CBL's like everyone else?



CBLs tells nothings abouts the way to do the ipod musics or others intricacy things. stuff. about stuff. and things. more than just operating the damn register and hazardous chemicals.

fuck. i'm tired and drunk. i mean that i know the workings of the tv and more than just 1080 is better than 720 or where things are in the department.

stupid Jager. i can drink 120 proof scotch with less problems...!


Good point.

malkav11

malkav11

Saint Paul, MN
July 2003

JAN 27, 2008 04:25 PM

Gillionaire said:
I think a lot of people are counting the PS3 out too early in the latest console war. The PS2, the unmatched winner of the last generation of consoles, took its sweet ass time to develop a decent gaming library and set down the path to greatness.

The PS3 may never quite get to that same level of success, but who can say for sure where it will be a year from now?



I tend to agree with your overall point, but I don't think the PS2's slow start is comparable to the PS3's slow start. It's more like the 360's. The PS2 had a year or so lead time without any direct competition (the previous generation was still around, of course), like the 360. It also had a lot more exclusive third party support than anybody this generation is likely to, and a competitive price point that the PS3 has been sorely lacking.

StarBelliedBoy

StarBelliedBoy

Philadelphia, PA
December 2003

FEB 19, 2008 08:14 PM

Hahahahaha. Remember when you said nobody cared about Blu-Ray?


Well, you were wrong. Blu-Ray is now the Hi-Def video champ, and Sony's shares are way up (with sales also coming around and getting ready to skyrocket).

malkav11

malkav11

Saint Paul, MN
July 2003

FEB 19, 2008 08:39 PM

Except for the part where most people never cared about the hi-def format war in the first place.

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