Sixty Hertz

Sept 2k6 NPD sales have been posted… 

The DS is outselling everyone… but the even stranger news, is the PS2 is outselling the 360… Now why isn’t this reported on any of the gaming websites? 

Hardware
NDS - 403,435
PS2 - 306,517
360 - 259,458
GBA - 177,145
PSP - 153,353
GCN - 42,286
XBX - 6,495

Aug 2K6 NPD results seem to be the same:

Hardware
NDS - 278,000
PS2 - 262,000
360 - 204,000
GBA - 156,000
PSP - 146,000
GCN - 41,000
XBX - 9,000

This is quite perplexing… obviously the 360 is either not manufacturing enough units or the demand for PS2’s are higher than 360’s…

And i must ask… so what? Am i the only one in the world who feels the press is blowing this way out of proportion? To take nothing away from the games or the effort the individuals have put into those games, but i feel all this focus on Clover Studios ignores the contributions of the other teams in Capcom. Who *gasp* are putting out just as original and cutting edge titles as Clover: Phoenix Wright, Dead Rising, Lost Planet, Monster Hunter, Wantame etc…

Basically Capcom is not in dire straights with the loss of the two lead developers and for the life of me I can’t understand why the press is so fixated on this studio’s closure… Inaba will most likely still be making games, so the industry won’t be at such a big loss…

Yoshiki Okamoto left Capcom long time ago and there was little to no fanfare from the press and arguably he was a more influential player in the history of Capcom and look… Capcom is still standing…