Posted by asjbiotek on 03/19/07 16:19

On Mar 19, 10:51 am, "Mike" <i...@block.spam> wrote:
> 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:
>
> >>> 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...
>
> >>> 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!
>
> >>>http://news.punchjump.com/article.php?id=3902
>
> >>> Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 is in a sales slump following high demand
> >>> for handhelds and consoles from rival companies.
>
> >>> 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.
>
> >>> 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.
>
> >>> The Xbox 360 was unable to rank any software in the top 50 software
> >>> sales.
>
> >>> 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.
>
> >> Funny you should mention consoles DYING.
>
> >> The PS3 is DYING in the US too - les than half the Wii's sales, and
> >> 101k less than the 360.
>
> > 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!
>
> > 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...
>
> One game:
>
> Halo 3
>
> Bye bye PS3!
>
> --
> Mike
> Scottish....and proud of it


Uh, one ratio:

10:1 sales ratio for PS3 in Japan...TEN TO ONE!

Another number:

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....

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