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I was going to call it the March massacre. The PS2's big release Devil May Cry 2 appears at the end of the month but Nintendo and X-box are fighting throughout it.
Nintendo released 5 exclusive games for all ages, Super Monkey Ball 2, Resident Evil: 0, Phantasy Star Online Edition 1 and 2, Sonic Mega Collection and Metroid Prime. These are all popular series' and with large advertisement for Resident Evil: 0 (damn good advert) and Metroid Prime sales will undoubtably increase for the Gamecube. Add this with price drops for their console and game bundles and in store price drops (£99 amd £80). Gamecube will surly enjoy a good month.
But what about the competiton? Well the X-box wasn't going to give up it's lead so easily. Despite the Gamecube almost running neck and neck with it heading into March, the X-box was always in the stronger position. Massivly popular MGS2 and X-box Live plus games should have seen the X-box flying. Especially with the over kill of X-box live advertisement. Ant and Dec playing X-box live... indeed. Nevertheless sales for X-box dropped over 10% in the last week. Comparitivly the PS2 dropped the same amount whilst the Gamecube rose dramatically by 60%.
Surly that's not good?
Nintendo released 5 exclusive games for all ages, Super Monkey Ball 2, Resident Evil: 0, Phantasy Star Online Edition 1 and 2, Sonic Mega Collection and Metroid Prime. These are all popular series' and with large advertisement for Resident Evil: 0 (damn good advert) and Metroid Prime sales will undoubtably increase for the Gamecube. Add this with price drops for their console and game bundles and in store price drops (£99 amd £80). Gamecube will surly enjoy a good month.
But what about the competiton? Well the X-box wasn't going to give up it's lead so easily. Despite the Gamecube almost running neck and neck with it heading into March, the X-box was always in the stronger position. Massivly popular MGS2 and X-box Live plus games should have seen the X-box flying. Especially with the over kill of X-box live advertisement. Ant and Dec playing X-box live... indeed. Nevertheless sales for X-box dropped over 10% in the last week. Comparitivly the PS2 dropped the same amount whilst the Gamecube rose dramatically by 60%.
Surly that's not good?
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Mantis wrote:
> And seeing as Xboxes have been selling on avergae twice as many GC
> since christmas in the UK, GC going up 60% and Xbox down 10% probably
> brings them around level.
Not really... this was until february until the Gamecube with game deal brought them level.
> And seeing as Xboxes have been selling on avergae twice as many GC
> since christmas in the UK, GC going up 60% and Xbox down 10% probably
> brings them around level.
Not really... this was until february until the Gamecube with game deal brought them level.
DCs sold like hot cakes after it went to £70 in japan. Still didn't stop it from going down the tubes.
And seeing as Xboxes have been selling on avergae twice as many GC since christmas in the UK, GC going up 60% and Xbox down 10% probably brings them around level.
And seeing as Xboxes have been selling on avergae twice as many GC since christmas in the UK, GC going up 60% and Xbox down 10% probably brings them around level.
Ah the irony.
I'm sure half of you would be bragging if it was the other way round.
Don't deny it.
I agree Gamezfreak.
Bla bla bla.
I'm sure half of you would be bragging if it was the other way round.
Don't deny it.
I agree Gamezfreak.
Bla bla bla.
Sales = Nothing
Games = Everything.
Games = Everything.
Who cares about stupid figures. Did it ever occur as to why the PS2 and XBox sales figures dropped by 10%? It could be because a lot of people already have a PS2 and XBox? Then again it could be because the Gamecube is only £99? Anywho i'm sure that Billy Gates and his chums have something stored up their multi-Billion doller sleave for the future, and not just Halo 2 and Fable(AKA Project Ego).
Don't take it to heart i'm sure Halo 2 will boost sales at some point.
Why the need to come here and brag?
Sales up by 10%, down by 10%. Who cares!
Microsoft is committed to the future of Xbox and that's all that matters, and it will succeed and IS succeeding.
Hopefully the growing success of the Xbox won't curtail the future of Nintendo's game systems.
The videogame market is surely big enough for 3 consoles.
Microsoft is committed to the future of Xbox and that's all that matters, and it will succeed and IS succeeding.
Hopefully the growing success of the Xbox won't curtail the future of Nintendo's game systems.
The videogame market is surely big enough for 3 consoles.
yeah, they're coming out soon
i'm sure phantasy star online ep 1 and 2 are coming to the xbox too at some time
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