A far bigger factor

Post #35,050 by JayMehaffey 4/10/02 9:59:24 PM Reply	A far bigger factor A far bigger factor, to me anyway, is how amazingly bad Xbox sales have been in Japan. Take a gander at this. Japanese Console sales from March 18th to March 24th: PlayStation 2: 85,370 Xbox: 5,005 GameCube: 34,448 Game Boy Advance: 40,345 PSOne: 7,658 Game Boy Color: 2,439 Wonderswan: 2,772 Not only is Xbox selling a fraction of what PS2 is, but it is selling at a lower rate then PS1! This means that MS isn't even getting a foothold in Japan. MS had to have known that it would lose to the PS2 in Japan over the short term, but these numbers say they are not even putting up a fight. Still, things are early in the game and MS has the money to keep fighting long after other companies would have packed up and gone home. It also has a long history of turning things around after the first product was a failure. Jay
Post #35,111 by boxley 4/11/02 11:50:44 AM Reply	From the Kid front My kids love the xbox, they want me to go to circuit city so they can play the demo's. I have explained that we wont buy one because if sales take off the only thing available for sale will be Microsoft's product. They understand it is my money and I wont get one now, but they do love playing them. thanx, bill TAM ARIS QUAM ARMIPOTENS
Post #35,119 by admin 4/11/02 12:21:14 PM Reply	They don't like the PS/2? Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #35,150 by boxley 4/11/02 2:38:23 PM Reply	Nope prefer xbox TAM ARIS QUAM ARMIPOTENS
Post #35,151 by boxley 4/11/02 2:41:08 PM Reply	Also Microsoft has allied with the Devil Vince McMahon and will be pretty exclusive on the newer wrestling games, which will be an interesting way to take over the gaming community by volume. WWF market share is huge and gates has made personal appearances on the WWF Promoting Xbox. Now laugh if you want the amount of kids that play wrestling games is huge, and if there is cross exclusivity, Gates has his foot in the door. The cost of that is having Vince in yer MS boardroom. Interesting times ahead. thanx, Bill TAM ARIS QUAM ARMIPOTENS
Post #35,177 by orion 4/11/02 5:20:56 PM Reply	Vince and X Vince had the XFl, remember what happened to it? It seems any Non-Wrestling stuff that Vince gets into, tends to flop. Esp things named with an X in their names. XFL and now the XBox. Flush the toliet Vince, the Xbox is done! *I am free now, to choose my own destiny.*

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