Xbox 360 PWNS Wii and PS3?
Well, I suppose if you were in a ‘console buying’ mood this past weekend and found yourself unable to find the Wii or PS3, the Xbox 360 might’ve seemed like a good idea. That appears to have been the case a lot, for…
Retailers and analysts across North America confirm that the hottest selling gaming console this past weekend was the Xbox 360.
Irony is kind of ironic that way.
It can’t be said that Microsoft isn’t a smart. They lowered the price on some of the games and peripherals. In Canada, Microsoft offered a sweet little bundle deal that came with three games, a 20GB system, and an extra controller for a grand total of $449.99. Games included your choice of: Gears of War (!), Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, and Xbox Live Arcade: Unplugged.
As a result gamers will be hard-pressed to find an Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 or a Nintendo Wii on store shelves at least for the rest of this week.
“Retailers had a great four-day run and pretty much everything is gone. Sony dropped the ball and Nintendo didn’t do that much better,” said one Great Canadian Superstore electronics store manager who wished to remain anonymous. “They over-promised and under delivered in terms of the quantity of Wii systems that were available. Sony on the other hand warned everyone that supplies would be severely limited. Microsoft was the big winner. They had lots of systems and they had them priced right with game bundles that gamers were interested in.”
So did anyone buy a console this past weekend? And if so, which one?
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1 opinion for Xbox 360 PWNS Wii and PS3?
Eric Coleman
Nov 22, 2006 at 3:05 am
I’ve been having a real hard time tring to decide between a PS 3 and an xbox 360…
I’ve always been a sony fan, but really the ps3 isn’t that impressive (to me anyways). I don’t have a hidef tv, and im not going to run out and buy one.
Really… the main games I play usually are madden / nhl, and gta. throw in the occasional platformer and then MGS (which is maybe the only think i could possible miss by not buying a 360..)
I dunno.. choices, choices…
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