On games and NPDs
First some background. Qwaider made the following comment on a previous post ..... On a side note, have you seen the reports on games? WII beat everyone for December, followed by Xbox36 then PS2 and finally PS3! Looks like Sony might be losing this one if their 5 year old console STILL beats their flagship console December Console NPDs are as follows: Nintendo DS - 2.47 mil Wii - 1.35 mil Xbox 360 - 1.26 mil PlayStation 2 - 1.1 mil PSP - 1.06 mil PlayStation 3 - 797,600 It is quite obvious that XBOX 360 is giving the Wii a run for it's money. And that Sony is struggling with getting people to embrace their next gen PS3. And there is no reason for that to change except for one tiny thing. Hollywood seems to have dumped HD-DVD in favor of Blu-ray, and that is guaranteed to drive up demand for the Blu-ray devices. Of which, PS3 is the most famous and sought after model. People who have been waiting for the format wars to end are now likely to go the PS3 route and get a gaming consol...