Although the Xbox 360 launched with its fair share of issues, once the system started picking up big-name titles like Gears of War and Halo 3, it was only a matter of time before the console outsold the original Xbox.
That time, is now. Microsoft VP of Interactive Entertainment Chris Lewis broke the news to MCV saying, "We’ve already surpassed the installed base of the original Xbox – which is a really significant milestone. We’ve been blown away by the appetite of people to consumer digital entertainment experiences."
If you recall, the Xbox sold 25 million units worldwide in five years, while it only took the Xbox 360 three years to reach that same level of overall sales.
Honestly, this shouldn't come as much of a surprise to anyone. The 360 has been this generation's PlayStation 2 for a while now, and those recent price cuts certainly aren't hurting sales.
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4:22 PM on 11.24.2008
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Not to be a douche or antifanboy, do these include RROD systems that have been out of warranty re-purchases and all that?
And yeah if you include RROD, banned and modded yes. the number can get this high.
But like I said, there is no PS for this generation, and with just 2-3 years left in the this generation of console,s I doubt there ever will be a PS2 of this generation. Things just aren't as simple as they were a few years ago when every console basically did the same thing, so it was easy to choose the one that played DVDs over the rest of them.
RROD = Next-Gen Disc Read Error anyone?
Of course I couldn't leave that out.
However, the Wii isn't even a part of this generation. Sorry, I said it. It's a product of the last gen plus waggle, and in the eyes of the public, it's more of a hot item, a fad, a toy than seen as a true gaming platform. THAT is what makes it so successful. In an age where games are becoming more and more ambitious, outside of Nintendo and the occasional Capcom effort, no dev is really looking at the Wii platform as a means of advancing the way games are played. It's providing unique spins on what we've known and loved for years, but we'll never see something as aurally or visually engaging as Dead Space or Bioshock, nothing to advance an online community and infastructure like Halo 3 or Resistance 2, and certainly no game worlds as vast and alive as GTA's Liberty City or Fallout 3's post apocalyptic Washington D.C. All the sales in the world can't fix that.
Or make it any less a joke to someone who owns a 360/PS3 in addition to it.
It's that simple.
tl;dr, I know. Apologies.
The ports of ps2 games look way batter on xbox 99$ of the time and the controler s was a better controler than the crappy sony controlers.