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Consoles For Christmas 2008
| Author | Stuart Andrews |
| Published | 14th Nov 2008 |
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TrustedReviews NewslettersOnce again we find ourselves in the midst of the games industry's biggest season. The Triple A titles are flowing like free booze at the office Christmas party, and the major hardware players are building their bundles and hoping for a bonanza.
According to the games analysts at VG Chartz around 37 million units of console hardware will be sold worldwide in the eight weeks leading up to the end of the year. It's going to be an interesting - some might say decisive - period. At the moment Nintendo's Wii is by far the biggest seller of the current console generation. Figures from Game - the UK's biggest specialist retailer - put sales at 3.6 million in September. At that time the Xbox 360 had sold 2.3 million and the PlayStation 3 1.4 million. Will Sony use this period to catch up with Microsoft? Will family friendly software and aggressive price cuts help Microsoft widen the Xbox 360's reach? By January, we'll know.
As always, though, our focus isn't on the numbers, but on making sure that anyone going out to buy a console as a family gift or a Christmas treat makes the right decision. This year we're going to do things a bit differently. We know that one console does not fit all, and that different people want a games machine to do different things. That's why we've split up our buying advice into a set of buyer profiles, with general advice and a definitive verdict stating what machine we would choose, were we in your shoes.
Please note that we're not going to go too far into features and specifications this time around, though we will note new additions or enhancements where appropriate. For full details of the machines in question, check the following reviews:
The thinking behind every decision is this: knowing what we do and seeing ahead as far as we can, how would we use our own hard-earned cash if we were buying a console right now? If you don't agree with the criteria or verdicts feel free to make your opinions clear, but please keep the discussion friendly.
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hank said on 15th November 2008
ahlanalo said on 16th November 2008
@hank
Forza 2 is a great racing game, but it will never reach the quality of the physics and the visuals that GranTurismo prologue 5 have, and its confirmed that &qu... more
RichGtB said on 16th November 2008
@Steve/Darfuria
Too true, get home from work, hit sofa, hit the go button and your away.
Anyway, while all these consoles and PC hardware are all grea... more
Michael said on 24th November 2008
RitchGtb: "lol, yeah right, on a friday nite try getting 7 PC mates round with all their hardware, sleeping bags, get pizza dude etc on speeddial, get a chat server going and ... more
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@boomerang2
Check Forza2 out on the XBOX360 I was a Gran Turismo fan till this came along. Virtually going for free nowadays, not sure if a sequel is soon arriving b... more