Posted by Sammus McMouldenus on 03/19/07 17:28

On 19 Mar, 14:43, 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!

And the Wii has outsold the PS3 by a factor of 2:1 worldwide since
launch, and is continuing to pull ahead.

Meanwhile, the PS3 sales in Japan are hardly helping it pull ahead of
the 360. 100k = around 25k a week in the US. On average, the Ps3 has
sold 20k a week since launch, it's only the last two weeks it's
actually pulled another 10-20k out of it's ass. See the trend? Sales
are slowing back down again after a temporary blip.

>
> 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...

VF5 is as blockbuster as you can get! IT's a next gen well recognisd
title, yet barely registered on the radar.
Motorstorm? We'll se.

Meanwhile, Crackdown sales were only for half of February - and Gears
of War is stil selling 100k+ a month just in the USA.

Another PS3 fanboy who refuses to admit the Ps3 is too expensive with
no decent releases to prop it up....

(ANd yet, the Wii, a console that had no releases in February got to
outsell the PS2, PS3, XBOX 360 ... pretty much the best selling
console....)

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