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Posted by Jordan on 03/20/07 01:12
On Mar 19, 9:19 am, asjbio...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Mar 19, 10:51 am, "Mike" <i...@block.spam> wrote:
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> > asjbio...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > On Mar 19, 9:35 am, "Sammus McMouldenus" <bigboobs_li...@lycos.co.uk>
> > > wrote:
> > >> On Mar 19, 2:30 pm, asjbio...@gmail.com wrote:
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> > >>> Slightly tangential to Blu-ray and BD-Java discussions, but since
> > >>> the Xbox 360 has an HD-DVD add-on and Microsoft backs the rival to
> > >>> BD-Java called HDi (A javascript+XML derivative), this news is
> > >>> interesting anyways...
>
> > >>> XBox 360 is literally DYING in japan.....Not kidding...it sold 3600
> > >>> units the week before, then 3300 units the last week...
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> > >>> Meanwhile, PS3 sold 44,000 and 32,000+ the last two weeks, about
> > >>> double what is was selling earlier because of newer games coming
> > >>> up...that's more than a 10:1 sales ratio in favor of PS3!
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> > >>>http://news.punchjump.com/article.php?id=3902
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> > >>> Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 is in a sales slump following high demand
> > >>> for handhelds and consoles from rival companies.
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> > >>> Media Create Co. on Fri. reported that the Xbox 360 sold 3,333 units
> > >>> between Feb. 5 and Feb. 11. It sold 3,379 units the week prior.
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> > >>> Nintendo Co.'s DS Lite and Sony Corp.'s PSP held the top two video
> > >>> game hardware sales positions, with the Wii and Playstation 3
> > >>> holding third and fourth, respectively.
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> > >>> The Xbox 360 was unable to rank any software in the top 50 software
> > >>> sales.
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> > >>> The onslaught of momentum for DS, Wii, PSP, and PS3 have dealt a
> > >>> sales blow to the Xbox successor, which enjoyed a brief increase in
> > >>> sales during the holiday period.
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> > >> Funny you should mention consoles DYING.
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> > >> The PS3 is DYING in the US too - les than half the Wii's sales, and
> > >> 101k less than the 360.
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> > > 1. PS3 is selling about 30,000-60,000 units per week in the USA the
> > > last two weeks...that is a FAR CRY from 3000 units per week of Xbox
> > > 360 in Japan!
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> > > 2. The pS3 still does not have blockbuster games in the USA
> > > (Motorstorm is sorta a good game, but came AFTER the last stats, so is
> > > not reflected yet in data), so it selling only 100k less than the
> > > Xbox360 (a less than 2:1 ratio) at a much higher price point and with
> > > NO games is pretty ok - not spectacular, but ok...
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> > One game:
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> > Halo 3
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> > Bye bye PS3!
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> > --
> > Mike
> > Scottish....and proud of it
>
> Uh, one ratio:
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> 10:1 sales ratio for PS3 in Japan...TEN TO ONE!
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> Another number:
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> Microsoft had to LOWER its sales estimates by TWO MILLION units this
> summer because of LOWER demand for Xbox 360 worldwide....
>
> Bye Bye Xbox 360....
You might want to just stick to Blu-Ray, I don't think you can handle
two topics that you know nothing about.
- Jordan
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