Xbox 360 Has Caught Up with Wii

Here's a piece of news that will surely appeal to hardcore gamers worldwide, who are interested in how the three major gaming consoles today are doing. According to Compete.com, which discusses web trends, Microsoft's Xbox 360 equaled Nintendo's Wii as far as demand is concerned, in August. Say wha...? Yup! More than that, the demand for Xbox 360s has actually been growing slowly but definitely each month since the holiday decline last year. So cutting the price is the answer to solving all the problems...

Why didn't Sony act when they should have? Probably because they were greedy. Probably because they were experiencing the major problems we're hearing about these days since even before launching the PlayStation 3... We can't know for sure, not right now anyway. The point is that while Microsoft's platform has been enjoying a greater dose of popularity with every month that passes, not only the PS3 but also the Wii have been having a rocky road to the gamers' hearts.

Here's what Compete.com reports (via EvilAvatar):

" - In August 2007, 360 Demand is more than 40% higher than it was in August of 2006.
- Despite Sony's $100 price cut in July, PS3 demand declined by over 16% in August. It should be noted that demand for the PS3 is nearly 35% higher than it was in the 3 months leading up to the price reduction.
- From July to August, demand for the Xbox 360 climbed about 2%. At the same time, Wii demand fell by 15%, the largest drop since January, when the console was recovering from the holiday rush."

Oh... the poor Wii. How is it possible for the Wii to lose its touch? Why is it that the PS3 still doesn't sell even though Sony has been making painstaking efforts lately to cut the price on it as soon as possible everywhere on the globe, throwing Starter Packs and all kinds of bundles and versions of the PS3 just to get it moving? Easy:

While everyone is beginning to understand that the Wii is nothing more than a toy, sporting just a few titles working well with the Wii Remote, Sony is still late in offering even half of everything Microsoft is, as far as both games and network services are concerned. You buy a console to have fun and run as much content on it as possible. Currently, that platform is Microsoft's Xbox 360. Chances are that if Microsoft's machine hadn't experienced such a big failure rate, it would have already won this generation's console wars.