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Actually, I am very well educated about video games and my future career will be in game design. I know technically the Wii specs are just a slightly upgraded GameCube. In terms of GAMEPLAY, the Wii is completely new and original. In terms of Xbox and Playstation gameplay, they are just the same. Pretty graphics, similar controller, same old same old. I know what Blu-Ray is for and I know I don't need it. The disks can hold more space than normal CDs so the games can be bigger. Consoles can be technically brilliant, but if the games are just the same as all the others there is no point.
I know they are called multi-platform thank you very much. As a game player whether a console is technically great doesn't matter. The fun you get from playing the game does, in my opinion, as that is the actual POINT in playing games at all. In terms of graphics and all the other pointless technical power sucking, of course Playstation wins. Have you seen the price on the thing?
So what if PS3 is doing better than 360 in Europe? Globally it is doing the worst out of the new gen consoles.
Here are the sales figures of the consoles.
Worldwide sales figures
1. Wii: 24.45 million, as of March 31, 2008[20]
2. Xbox 360: 19 million, as of April 25, 2008[23]
3. PlayStation 3: 13 million, as of April 21, 2008[24][25]
Canada sales figures
Based on figures from the NPD Group.
1. Xbox 360: 736,400, as of February 1, 2008[26]
2. Wii: 689,500, as of February 1, 2008[26]
3. PlayStation 3: 342,400, as of February 1, 2008[26]
Japan sales figures
Based on figures from Famitsu/Enterbrain.
1. Wii: 5,695,579, as of March 30, 2008[27][28]
2. PlayStation 3: 2,009,492, as of March 30, 2008[27][28]
3. Xbox 360: 602,558, as of March 30, 2008[27][28]
US sales figures
Based on figures from the NPD Group.
1. Xbox 360: 9.15 million, as of January 1, 2008[29][30][31]
2. Wii: 7.38 million, as of January 1, 2008[29][30][31]
3. PlayStation 3: 3.25 million, as of January 1, 2008[29][30][31]
Is the playstation ever at the top? Nope. So maybe in Europe it's doing better than Xbox 360, big wow, but the rest of the world isn't buying it.
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Before I even start this; please explain innovation! I think you most probably missed the entire mark of my post. PS3, and wii competing, that's just rediculous. Sure wii is doing great, but Ps3 is something entirly different. It is accomplishing things at a whole new level. Wii, and PS3 are targeted at entirly different audience... Don't forget this fact, before you post your next argument.