iTWire takes a look at the February NPD numbers in conjunction with a retrospective look at how initial reception of the “Revolution” and the Wii’s post-launch success compare. Check out the excerpt below:
After all, the GameCube had been a relatively distant third in the console gaming race between the PS2 which led by miles, and the original Xbox, which was a firm second. By the time we started hearing about the ‘Revolution’, the Xbox 360 had been on sale for months and had done quite well despite still overwhelming sales of the PS2, and the PS3 was nowhere to be seen, but had specs that had launched an inevitable ‘fanboi’ war between Sony and Microsoft ‘fans’ over which console was going to be better.
Nintendo’s ‘Revolution’ was looking like anything but, featuring the ‘weakest’ lineup of graphics capabilities, and even lacking the HD capabilities of it’s more expensive games console next-gen brethren. How could it possibly compete?
Hit the link below for the full article. Thanks to Trent for the heads up!
