Wii is the fastest selling console in U.K history - over 1..

On Aug 30, 9:08 pm, Jamal Bernhard <no....TakeThisOut@nowhere.net> wrote:
> Doug Jacobs wrote:
> >>> In other words, just because YOU don't like it, doesn't mean it's not
> >>> good.
>
> >> And just because the masses like it doesn't mean it *is* good.
>
> > Likewise, just because the masses DO like it doesn't mean it's bad either.
>
> > The masses like breathing - therefore by your logic, breathing must be
> > bad, overrated, and just for sheeple.
>
> Don't attribute logic to me that I never used. I made a one-sentence statement.
> Please explain how the logic of that statement implies that breathing is bad
> because everyone does it.
>
> Or maybe you are confusing me with another poster in this thread?
>
> I have a Wii, and I think it's ok. Personally I'm waiting for better games. But
> my opinion of it would be the same if no one else bought it or if 50 million
> people bought it. The masses like some things that are good (The Sopranos), and
> a whole lot of things that are bad (The Bachelor).

Now you sound like Fish.

The masses like The Sopranos and the masses like The Bachelor. Whether
either of these shows are good or bad depends entirely on each
individual. I hate both shows, and my opinion that those shows are bad
may not be relevant to anybody else but is 100% relevant to me.

Again, HBO's not going to care about the people who think The Sopranos
was bad because more than enough people thought it was great.

On 30 Aug, 02:30, AirRaid <AirRaid....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/30/nwii1...
>
> Nintendo's Wii beats PlayStation and Xbox
>
> By Claudine Beaumont
> Last Updated: 2:11am BST 30/08/2007
>
> The Nintendo Wii has become the fastest-selling games console in UK
> history, with more than one million consoles sold since it was
> released in December, latest figures show.
>
> The Wii passed the milestone just 38 weeks after going on sale, 11
> weeks faster than the PlayStation 2 took to reach this target, and 22
> weeks faster than the Xbox 360, according to Chart Track, an
> independent sales tracking company for the gaming industry.
>
> The console has taken the gaming world by storm, thanks to its
> innovative motion-sensitive control system and family-friendly games,
> such as Big Brain Academy and Wii Sports, in which you use the
> "wiimote" to participate in games of tennis, bowling and baseball.
>
> The sales figures are particularly impressive because the Wii was in
> short supply following its much-heralded launch just before last
> Christmas [ie, Xmas 2006], and has only recently become easily
> available again.
>
> David Yarnton, general manager of Nintendo UK said: "The non-stop
> demand for Wii, even in the traditionally slow sales period for video
> games in the UK, is clearly behind this record-breaking achievement.
>
> "With the increasing number of unique software titles for the system
> from Nintendo and third parties, [the Wii] is being enjoyed by both
> avid and new gamers of all ages."
>
> It is another blow for Sony, whose latest console, the PlayStation 3,
> is lagging behind both the Wii and Xbox 360 in terms of sales.
>
> The next-generation device, which offers high-definition gaming and an
> integrated high-definition Blu-ray DVD player, has been criticised for
> its high price (around £400), and has suffered from slow sales in the
> UK.
>
> Around 165,000 PS3 consoles, which went on sale in the UK in March,
> were sold in the first two days, but sales fell by 82 per cent in the
> second week, according to Chart Track.

The most noteworthy part is how many could they have sold? Getting
hold of a wii without a games package is still difficult,
http://www.ecbiz.co.uk/wii-packages.htm Most non-game stores struggle
to get them 8 months after the launch. Then others only sell as wii 2
games bundles!

Diane