Market to Shift from Wii to Xbox 360 this Holiday?

[wraggster]

While Nintendo and the Wii have been credited with expanding the gamer audience over the last year and bringing in more casual players, it's actually Microsoft's Xbox 360 that may prevail during this crucial holiday season, according to Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey.

As part of an investor note for Electronic Arts, Hickey commented that this holiday may see more of a hardcore focus. "We believe the recent release of killer content (Halo 3 - BioShock), lower hardware price points, and limited Wii (hardware/software) supply could shift market focus from Wii casual to 360 hardcore this holiday," he said.

http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=17791

[goity]

With what, last month's Halo and a relatively unknown towards the masses Bioshock? Very, very unlikely, considering the competition are games like Mario Galaxy, the ever popular Wii Sports and Ratchet and Clank for PS3.

[10shu]

mass effect
assassin creed
devil may cry 4
call of duty 4
lost odyssey
left 4 dead
smackdownVsraw08

And many more.... Even if most of those games are not exclusif...the 360 is still the cheapest platform to play thoses games

that may do it...who know...

[Shadowblind]

Im sorry, but I can easily see this. Wii is innovative, but offers very little for more then light gamers.

P.S. 10shu, you left out blacksite amoung other things, and the greatest of them yet....Too Human!

[Basil Zero]

Not Counting the already released games like Metroid Prime 3 and Halo 3....:

This list is compromised of games that will be released from Last week of Oct. -Nov - Dec.

Wii
Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (w/Guitar)
Battalion Wars 2
Manhunt 2 (you know the Wii version's gonna be popular )
WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2008
Super Mario Galaxy
Medal of Honor Heroes 2
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3
NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (didnt sega delay this? why does GF state its coming out in Dec. 18th?)

Xbox360
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation
Conan
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (w/Guitar)
Naruto: Rise of a Ninja
Virtua Fighter 5
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga
WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2008
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
Mass Effect

Looks like a close tie, but I think overall the Wii will be successful.
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Though I find the PS3's lineup..seems to be good as well.

PS3
Conan
The Eye of Judgment
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (w/Guitar)
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga
WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2008
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Haze
The Orange Box
Time Crisis 4