I know. Bought a fat 360 elite in January 2010. The fear was very much alive before slim model.
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NPD Mat: "Xbox 360 sold more than Wii lifetime in the US, only behind PS2"
- Thread starter MauroNL
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The ps4 is 33M in EUA and Xbox One is 28M, at least i think this was the numbers showed by NPD.
Cannot argue against PS2's legacy, but having recently played the 360 again (Halo, Halo 2, Rainbow Six Vegas 2) it's clear that the 360 was just an all around cohesive and unique experience. Also one of the greatest controllers of all time.
And to think, Nintendo hasn't managed to come close to a console from over a decade ago in that space
One of the best consoles I've ever owned easily. PS3 is the only generation I totally skipped buying a Playstation and now that I think about it the PS3 is the only major console I haven't bought since PS2 Gamecube Era (when I was actually old enough to buy my own).
An amazing beast of a system with that library. Shame it was unimaginably defective.
The PS3's Cross Media Bar put XBox 360's user interface to shame, though. I hated the blades.
The PS3's Cross Media Bar put XBox 360's user interface to shame, though. I hated the blades.
North Americans you mean. Includes Canada. Opinion I guess, but the 360 was leaps and bounds a better system than the ps3.
pretty much. 360 in America was a beast. it warped everyone's perception for a long time of the global market.
To me the more important aspect was 360 V Wii since they were the same gen, but whatever, I agree PS2 had issues also.
The 360 was a great system. It felt like Microsoft was building themselves into a legit competitor for the console throne...then the XBONE happened.
Not even jokingly I do wonder how much RROD rebuys were a factor in it. I know I did and several others at my various workplaces did. It was way, way more widespread than I have ever seen a console issue.
It was a great console and established online console gaming as we know it, XBLA in particular in 2005 was like a dream come true. Geometry Wars is the best launch title of all time. Beating your friends scores on the leaderboards felt so damn good.
But really the highlight for me? 1 vs 100.
But really the highlight for me? 1 vs 100.
I'm so proud of my 200/200 in that, that game on XBL was super fun and I wish it stuck around longer.
That's an incredible misread considering the only reason it sold so much was because of Kinect.
Yeah people forget (or are in denial) that 360's sales skyrocketed on the back of Kinect. It really was Wii 2.0 for while. Just like people forget that Kinect Sports is Rare's biggest selling game of all time.
But Kinect 2.0 fucked over Xbox One in the same way as Wii-ness fucked over Wii U. Both were fads. Nobody asked for sequels.
So good I had to buy 4...
But yes, the system itself had a good library.
All Xbox 360 owners wanted from their next generation console was another Xbox 360, only better. Ironically, that turned out to be the PS4.
Definitely a factor, but it also had a pretty high "attach ratio" so it either overcame it or it didn't matter that much. And they made a boatload off of Kinect at the end of the gen, but of course.. that kinda led to their downfall this gen lol
Yeah, I thought so too. The 360 passed the Wii in the US eventually.
Guys there was a 3 year warranty for the RROD and even after the warranty it was like a $100 repair.
If you were actually buying a new system instead either you were a pirate or an idiot.
If you were actually buying a new system instead either you were a pirate or an idiot.
I believe last reported numbers were 87 million for ps3 and 85 million for Xbox.
I still hold the 360 in high regard, despite 3 faulty consoles. Could have been a GOAT contender without that, but it certainly factors into my experience with it heavily. Still, great games and truly the most ubiquitous platform I've ever experienced in my personal social groups.
Real gamers wrapped their consoles in towels to fix RROD
Also what the hell are some of you doing to go through 3-5 consoles? Jesus. I had my 360 since launch, only had issues with it once - RROD which I was able to fix.
Also what the hell are some of you doing to go through 3-5 consoles? Jesus. I had my 360 since launch, only had issues with it once - RROD which I was able to fix.
Nah, neither. When mine failed out of warranty it was already my third failure. My previous two had been covered under warranty (Two RRODs, final failure an E74). I wasn't about to pony up $100 just to have to do it again 6 months or a year later, in addition to having to pay for Live. I just sold all my games and switched to 100% PS3.
But probably 5 people on my friends list had ponied up for a newer S or E console at some point. We can try and downplay the issue, but the truth is the failure rate on the early machines was often so high you can't really fault those who either traded up for a newer model/or replaced a failed OOW one. I also suspect people having on ongoing Live sub played into them replacing their failed consoles.
Still a great system overall.
Same here. And I don't think anything will ever top it. Online shooters aren't the same anymore. For me that was my top experience. Black Ops -> MW2 -> Black Ops 2 was so much fun.
Microsoft took such a hard face plant this gen I tend to forget they were so dominant -- I'm surprised by this stat.
I always loved the controller and the cool digital games that came out. So many fun arcade experiences and great multiplayer games as well when I was into games like that. Foolishly Microsoft lost all that goodwill with Kinect and then the launch of Xbox One but the one two of the original Xbox and 360 was a good as a start to entering the console space that Microsoft could ever have asked for or done really.
I'm not a Xbox buyer, but i seriously home Microsoft capture that magic they had with the 360 for next gen. We need a very competitive console war next gen.
Not a hot take at all, this is very accurate. There was far too long of a period when MS was not covering RRoD despite how widespread it was. I bought more than 1 because of it, both of my brothers bought more than 1 because of it. Many of my friends did as well so it isn't difficult to imagine that a large portion of sales were from this.