The article is wrong. 360 sold 326k in Nov 2005. 360 launched on Nov 21, so thats a week and 2 days. Point is that the 360 sold out, wiiu didnt. 360's were going for over a grand on ebay. It wasnt until spring of 2006 that it became easy to find 360's, they were consistently sold out.
You didnt even understand what you were replying to in the first place. You cant say sales were better for wiiu when Nintendo had a larger supply. You could argue Nintendo did better at production but then again Nintendo's console is nowhere near as advanced for 2012 as the 360 was for 2005. The higher end the componenents are for the time the more likely the manufacturer will run into problems during production.
Cranler
Do you have actual proof that the Wii U isn't selling out, or are you basing that off of seeing it in a couple of stores? Because that would be stupid.
I don't know enough to judge for myself, but I've seen people saying it's about 4-5x more powerful than the GPU in the 360. Of course you can't really quantify power with one number, but you can estimate it.
Sorry if this was already posted, but it's been confirmed by AMD support that the Wii U is using a modified e6760 GPU. As I quote from where I originally saw this posted (which I can't link to on GS): "There have been three confirmation emails from AMD on the matter. The first to a member of Spanish forum zonaforo, the next to a member of NeoGAF, and the third to a member of GBAtemp. I'll post the pics here" followed by three pictures of emails from AMD support that I'm honestly too lazy to reupload and post here. I'm sure if it isn't already known commonly it'll pop up on news sites soon.
but consoles are essentially personal computers... the hardware is all pretty similiar.
You can put linux on consoles afterall.
EDIT: and what if a console company struck a deal with onlive and got the service on consoles. These are all things to consider when defining a platform imo.
BeardMaster
How is that relevant at all? You can't take a PS3 game and run it on the 360 no matter how similar the hardware is. If you had only a 360 and wanted to play a PS3 game, you're out of luck. On the other hand, if your computer ran OSX and you wanted to run a game that wasn't available, you'd only have to install Windows in order to play it. The difference is that owners of PCs have the option of changing the OS because they have full control over their hardware. Console users cannot mod a 360 into a PS3, while PC gamers only have to insert a disk and install some software.
Consoles are technically personal computers by definition because they contain a microprocessor, but for practical purposes we do not refer to them as such because they have a different focus from what we know as personal computers.
[QUOTE="ispeakfact"] If you can play it on more than one system, it's not an exclusive. Even according to Gamespot's own SW Basics: http://uk.gamespot.com/forums/topic/29096536 And as far as Mac also being a pc, then what do you make from SW Basic no. 5? 5. The last rule. Games found on both the PC and the Xbox360 can NEVER be called Microsoft exclusives. (This is kind of obvious. Although it may be true that they are both run on systems that were developed by Microsoft, there are Sony computers. And since Sony is also a competitor, it therefore loses rights to be called exclusive.) Even GS refers to pc as a Microsoft system. You herms are really splitting hairs here. I suppose I could have named the thread title "Have computers running Windows only had one AAA title since 1998..." but Nooobody talks like that anymore. When someone mentions pc in everyday conversation, they are referring to a windows based operating system. You can talk technicalities and split hairs all you want, but that's the modern lingo. PC=Windows PC gaming has been PC gaming since before PC was synonymous with Windows. Is that such a difficult concept to grasp? Gaming on a PC means gaming on a personal computer. The term "personal computer" has been defined for you multiple times in this thread. Go be stupid somewhere else.
The article from G4 is misleading because it says "1 GBps" instead of "1 Gbps". Google's site clearly states "1000 Mb", which is only around 125 MB per second.
>Wii sold the most last gen >DS is like the most sold console ever >3DS is crushing Vita, only has competition from mobile games, still sells thousands I don't see Nintendo backing out of the hardware game any time soon.
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