Next Gen Console Race Already Won?
Author: AF Duncan
March 19th, 2007
Yahoo is the first out of the gate with this (vaguely propagandistic and collusionary) article proclaiming Nintendo Wii the winner of the latest video game console war:
436,000 Wiis sold in January, beating the Xbox 360 and PS3 handily, and there’s no sign of the pace slackening. The handheld DS is doing nearly as well, tightening Nintendo’s 18-year stranglehold on the portable market and capitalizing on its first-rate software selection. A total of 635,000 new Nintendo systems made their way home with eager U.S. purchasers in the supposedly quiet post-holiday period.
Even with that quantity of systems moving through the retail system, both the Wii and the DS remain hard to find in stores nationwide, while the other two consoles are lining the shelves.
THREE CONSOLES ENTER! ONE CONSOLE LEAVES!
THREE CONSOLES ENTER! ONE CONSOLE LEAVES!
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One Response to “Next Gen Console Race Already Won?”
March 19th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
Way, way too early to call a “winner.” The Wii is doing really well — I’ve gotten more emails from friends saying “We found one! We found one!” than any other system before. If a Guitar Hero-type game comes out on Wii, forget it. Game, Set, and Match. But right now, too early, even though it has tremendous momentum.