Xbox 360 Sold More Units Than The Nintendo Wii U In November • Hacker News Board

Re: Xbox 360 Sold More Units Than The Nintendo Wii U In November

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Dec 07, 2012, 6:35 PM UTC

Irregardless wrote: post #37

talmand wrote: post #18

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Since it is an improper comparison, what do you base your hypothesis on exactly?

It may have only been on shelves for 12 days, but people were free to preorder it all month, so you can't just divide the total sales by 12 and apply that to the other 18 days. Also, a lot of people probably bought it for resale since it's the holiday season and the first new console in 6 years. Prices on Ebay are barely above retail though, so demand doesn't actually seem to be outpacing supply by very much.

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Re: Xbox 360 Sold More Units Than The Nintendo Wii U In November

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Post by purplelobster » Fri, Dec 07, 2012, 7:36 PM UTC

Irregardless wrote: post #34

purplelobster wrote: post #29

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Just curious, why wouldn't traditional gamers like the game pad? I can understand the disdain for motion controls, but personally I quite like the idea of the game pad.

It's somewhat awkward/clumsy and makes controlling standard games more difficult. Sure, in "Super Swipe Dart Throwing!" you'll have better control because of the touch screen, but no one would ever choose it over a PS3/360 controller for something like Call of Duty.

Well, coming from a PC background (CS, Q3 etc), playing FPS games is already extremely awkward on the PS3/360 controllers, so I don't really think that's a great example. Actually, I'd rather use the touch screen like a giant track pad to aim in an FPS (if I can move and fire with the other hand). I also think it adds a lot to managing inventory, switching weapons etc. I haven't tried it though, so could be more awkward than it looks.

Re: Xbox 360 Sold More Units Than The Nintendo Wii U In November

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Post by cllns » Fri, Dec 07, 2012, 8:31 PM UTC

OmarIsmail wrote: post #30

cllns wrote: post #25

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It does make a difference, since the person is already locked-in by owning games for the 360.

The 360 has the highest games-to-console attach rate of any system ever. If repeat buyers are a significant portion of 360 sales then the 360's attach rate would be absolutely insane. Therefore it's easy to reason that broken consoles make up a very small percentage of total units sold.

I don't follow the video game industry at all, so forgive my ignorance. After looking up 'attach rate', I'm not sure I agree with you, though I do believe I follow your logic.

Re: Xbox 360 Sold More Units Than The Nintendo Wii U In November

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Post by brianbreslin » Fri, Dec 07, 2012, 9:20 PM UTC

brianbreslin wrote: post #11

Anyone know the accurate count of total units shipped for the 360? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Console_wars#Worldwide_sales_fi... shows PS3 outselling by a hair xbox, but i've seen far more people w/x360 than ps3.

why did i get downvoted for asking a legitimate and relevant question to this thread? I'll never understand you HNers...