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From my Microsoft side, sure, the Xbox is lacking in sales in Japan, but considering it is doing brilliantly in America, who gives a stuff?
My general opinion:
I don't give a rats left testicle about which console is selling the best, just so long as I still have great games on each system I own (reason why I stayed clear of the PS2 :D) and don't feel like I've wasted my money.
But then we all know that Untitled is a class A mongoid anyway.
Secondly, those are the Japan stats, the third largest market sales-wise that just happens to get a lot of attention as i) it's one of the few Asian areas where you can actually buy legitimate software, and ii) it's the home of Sony, Ninty, Sega etc. Looking globally, the Xbox is blowing the Gamecube out of the water recently, but still a long way shy of the PS2. Even in the UK were just a fortnight ago Nintendo were have a week to shout about, this was immediately followed by a week where they were out sold by their nearest rival 4 to 1.
End of the day, the only stat I care about is that I have one of each and can therefore play any games I wish.
I certainly wouldn't step out side my house if I didn't have a nob.
And Ali makes a good point (though I'd hardly call hard fact propaganda); what's new about this? We all know the Japanese love Nintendo and Sony but hate Microsoft. Besides, the Xbox has things pretty much sorted in America and Europe.
>The Japanese however love them, hense the sales figures.
It has the latest sales figures which show that the Xbox out sells the PS2 by 20:1 and the Gamecube 100:1 on a regular basis. Cube Europe is like SR, its full of tos*ers. Its actually the first articles I have read which suggests the Cube out sold the Xbox. We know about Japan already but as with many westerners Nintendo doesn't do it for them, it did for me at one point but I am bored of them. Undenyably a quality company but they aren't for me anymore. The Japanese however love them, hense the sales figures.
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> You do know its propaganda don't you? Stupid tw*t.
Er, propaganda?
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