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Yet again the MS have been massaging the Sales figures or lack of sales figures to state that they are now the No 2 console in Europe. When infact GC was the 2nd best seller in Europe selling 100,000 more than Xbox.
MS claim is based not on sales figures, but rather ratio's in the month of December when Xbox outsold the GC 2:1, so all the other months of the year don't count then.
Come on MS aren't you just clutching at straws in a bid to dampen the run away success of the Playstation2.
MS claim is based not on sales figures, but rather ratio's in the month of December when Xbox outsold the GC 2:1, so all the other months of the year don't count then.
Come on MS aren't you just clutching at straws in a bid to dampen the run away success of the Playstation2.
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P@st@ wrote:
> Hmm, again TS, it has not sunk into your thick skull that the PS2 is
> ahead because of marketing and an early release date.
The fact over the matter is PS2 doesn't even need to market it's brand to sell them such is the strength of it's product. Ask yourself this why does the PS2 still sell the same amount as Xbox and GC combined and then some even with the higher price tag. Sony is so confident that it can control the price they want to sell the product at and can still have confidence people will buy. Sony have not been forced to sell their console at such a low price not to make any profit, ie, Xbox and in particular GC which profit slump is not helped by fact they have sold the GC to cheaply from the start.
> Hmm, again TS, it has not sunk into your thick skull that the PS2 is
> ahead because of marketing and an early release date.
The fact over the matter is PS2 doesn't even need to market it's brand to sell them such is the strength of it's product. Ask yourself this why does the PS2 still sell the same amount as Xbox and GC combined and then some even with the higher price tag. Sony is so confident that it can control the price they want to sell the product at and can still have confidence people will buy. Sony have not been forced to sell their console at such a low price not to make any profit, ie, Xbox and in particular GC which profit slump is not helped by fact they have sold the GC to cheaply from the start.
Top score wrote:
> You really think broadband is going to make a difference there are
> only 250,000 people that are connected now, that is really going to
> amount to a lot more Xbox sales, lets face it out of 10 people there
> would probably be no more than 1 or 2 people that would want Xbox live
> anyway so when you look at it that way broadband is about as useful in
> this country as sun cream.
PS2 won't be much different.
Broadband success is dependant on...
Broadband signal availability - Only people who get a broadband signal can opt into a broadband game console service.
Cost of broadband monthly subscription - The amount you pay to stay connected to a normal broadband line.
Cost of Console specific costs - Any sign up fee or games specific subscription/any hardware
Quality / quantity of content (it needs for than 1 or 2 games to make lots of people want it)
> You really think broadband is going to make a difference there are
> only 250,000 people that are connected now, that is really going to
> amount to a lot more Xbox sales, lets face it out of 10 people there
> would probably be no more than 1 or 2 people that would want Xbox live
> anyway so when you look at it that way broadband is about as useful in
> this country as sun cream.
PS2 won't be much different.
Broadband success is dependant on...
Broadband signal availability - Only people who get a broadband signal can opt into a broadband game console service.
Cost of broadband monthly subscription - The amount you pay to stay connected to a normal broadband line.
Cost of Console specific costs - Any sign up fee or games specific subscription/any hardware
Quality / quantity of content (it needs for than 1 or 2 games to make lots of people want it)
It'll make some difference. However it's really making money in the USA where broadband connections are far cheaper and therefore more people will use the service. Broadband gaming in England will not take off yet due to a relatively low number of subscribers and the high price attributed to it. Having said that, with BT realising it no longer has a monopoly in the broadband market, I daresay we'll be seeing more competitors offering the broadband service at a lower rate to undercut their rivals. In the esteemd words of Ian Brown, "It's not where you're from, it's where you're going."
You really think broadband is going to make a difference there are only 250,000 people that are connected now, that is really going to amount to a lot more Xbox sales, lets face it out of 10 people there would probably be no more than 1 or 2 people that would want Xbox live anyway so when you look at it that way broadband is about as useful in this country as sun cream.
Hmm, again TS, it has not sunk into your thick skull that the PS2 is ahead because of marketing and an early release date.
Neither of these make a good console. And most people here don't look to see which has the best advert before buying the bloomin thing.
Leave us alone you flid.
Neither of these make a good console. And most people here don't look to see which has the best advert before buying the bloomin thing.
Leave us alone you flid.
Xbox is an excellent machine and when broadband gaming catches on it will come into it's own. You just wait...
Yea, but you just know XBox will be the winner - eventually anyway. So GC may or may not have the lead in Europe right now, but u just wait - XBox will be No2 in Europe for sure.
Yet again the MS have been massaging the Sales figures or lack of sales figures to state that they are now the No 2 console in Europe. When infact GC was the 2nd best seller in Europe selling 100,000 more than Xbox.
MS claim is based not on sales figures, but rather ratio's in the month of December when Xbox outsold the GC 2:1, so all the other months of the year don't count then.
Come on MS aren't you just clutching at straws in a bid to dampen the run away success of the Playstation2.
MS claim is based not on sales figures, but rather ratio's in the month of December when Xbox outsold the GC 2:1, so all the other months of the year don't count then.
Come on MS aren't you just clutching at straws in a bid to dampen the run away success of the Playstation2.
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