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September:- Price cut to £160
October:- 2 games thrown in for free the incredible Jet Set Radio: Future and SEGA GT 2002
November:- 2 games added for a mere £40 onto the price, two of the X-box's best games Halo and Splinter Cell, and thats including JSRF and SEGA GT 2002.
December:- ?
Come on isn't this a bit overboard now?
October:- 2 games thrown in for free the incredible Jet Set Radio: Future and SEGA GT 2002
November:- 2 games added for a mere £40 onto the price, two of the X-box's best games Halo and Splinter Cell, and thats including JSRF and SEGA GT 2002.
December:- ?
Come on isn't this a bit overboard now?
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Dringo wrote:
> Ahhh doesn't belldandy like being wrong? here have a cooky...
>
> In America the X-box is selling about 2,000 extra consoles a week more
> often than not 3,000. In Europe the X-box is selling just under 1,000
> more than Gamecube a week. In Japan the Gamecube is selling 35,000
> more consoles than the X-box... now you do maths.
Ahhh doesn't Dringo love these anonymous stats from made up land ? here have a console from a company that could find europe on the map...
~~Belldandy~~
> Ahhh doesn't belldandy like being wrong? here have a cooky...
>
> In America the X-box is selling about 2,000 extra consoles a week more
> often than not 3,000. In Europe the X-box is selling just under 1,000
> more than Gamecube a week. In Japan the Gamecube is selling 35,000
> more consoles than the X-box... now you do maths.
Ahhh doesn't Dringo love these anonymous stats from made up land ? here have a console from a company that could find europe on the map...
~~Belldandy~~
Savatt78 wrote:
> Anyway, speaking of all this panic discounts on consoles, my friend
> just told me that in one paper, you could order a certain mobile phone
> and get a GC for nothing. ;-))
Hmm....anonymous friend, anonymous paper, anonymous phone....
> I'll have to keep an eye on the SR
> Reddie gifts section. ;-)
That's how I'm planning to get a Dreamcast. Seriously.
> Anyway, speaking of all this panic discounts on consoles, my friend
> just told me that in one paper, you could order a certain mobile phone
> and get a GC for nothing. ;-))
Hmm....anonymous friend, anonymous paper, anonymous phone....
> I'll have to keep an eye on the SR
> Reddie gifts section. ;-)
That's how I'm planning to get a Dreamcast. Seriously.
er-no wrote:
> Thats not correct. The real statistics are very different, because
> everywhere you see the sales chart you see different figures.
What are the real figures then?
I posted those figures on Xboxrules.com
The UK figures I got from C&VG.com, a multiformat website, so why would they lie?
The Japanese figures I got from a Japanese website called Media Create (www.m-create.com), who monitor the games industry and have no interest in "adjusting" figures what so ever.
> Thats not correct. The real statistics are very different, because
> everywhere you see the sales chart you see different figures.
What are the real figures then?
I posted those figures on Xboxrules.com
The UK figures I got from C&VG.com, a multiformat website, so why would they lie?
The Japanese figures I got from a Japanese website called Media Create (www.m-create.com), who monitor the games industry and have no interest in "adjusting" figures what so ever.
Anyway, speaking of all this panic discounts on consoles, my friend just told me that in one paper, you could order a certain mobile phone and get a GC for nothing. ;-))
Also, I think its Toys R Us that are doing this - a GC with 10 games for £250. Hmmmmmmmm, whose desperate ? ;-)
Obviously its not Nintendo that are doing these deals directly, but seeing as that little detail is left off of the new X-Box pack with 4 games, don't see why it has to be here either. ;-)
Free with a mobile phone though - seems the cornflakes joke has practically backfired. ;-) I'll have to keep an eye on the SR Reddie gifts section. ;-)
Anyway, enough of this cack. ;-)
Also, I think its Toys R Us that are doing this - a GC with 10 games for £250. Hmmmmmmmm, whose desperate ? ;-)
Obviously its not Nintendo that are doing these deals directly, but seeing as that little detail is left off of the new X-Box pack with 4 games, don't see why it has to be here either. ;-)
Free with a mobile phone though - seems the cornflakes joke has practically backfired. ;-) I'll have to keep an eye on the SR Reddie gifts section. ;-)
Anyway, enough of this cack. ;-)
Savatt78 wrote:
> And look at Splinter Cell, it might be on its way to GC and PS2 as
> well, but with X-Box Live you can download extra missions, etc.
What about when the PS2 goes online in Spring? I'm sure it'll have the same downloadable missions etc, as it would be a shame to use them only for one third of the market.
> If the rumours are true then Microsoft might well be a lump
> of evil freshly laid from the devils back passage
It's not? Stop press!
*I was going to post this last night when it would have been more relevant, but ukchatforums went down for a while*
> And look at Splinter Cell, it might be on its way to GC and PS2 as
> well, but with X-Box Live you can download extra missions, etc.
What about when the PS2 goes online in Spring? I'm sure it'll have the same downloadable missions etc, as it would be a shame to use them only for one third of the market.
> If the rumours are true then Microsoft might well be a lump
> of evil freshly laid from the devils back passage
It's not? Stop press!
*I was going to post this last night when it would have been more relevant, but ukchatforums went down for a while*
Tóm wrote:
> Best figures I can get: (obtained by news items on Xboxrules.com)
>
> UK:
> PlayStation 2 sold 66,567
> Xbox sold 15,060
> Gamecube sold 7,915
>
> Japan:
> PlayStation 2: 29,300
> GameCube: 15,800
> Xbox: 1,300
>
> Not that proves anything. Just decided to post it anyway ;-)
Thats not correct. The real statistics are very different, because everywhere you see the sales chart you see different figures.
> Best figures I can get: (obtained by news items on Xboxrules.com)
>
> UK:
> PlayStation 2 sold 66,567
> Xbox sold 15,060
> Gamecube sold 7,915
>
> Japan:
> PlayStation 2: 29,300
> GameCube: 15,800
> Xbox: 1,300
>
> Not that proves anything. Just decided to post it anyway ;-)
Thats not correct. The real statistics are very different, because everywhere you see the sales chart you see different figures.
Best figures I can get: (obtained by news items on Xboxrules.com)
UK:
PlayStation 2 sold 66,567
Xbox sold 15,060
Gamecube sold 7,915
Japan:
PlayStation 2: 29,300
GameCube: 15,800
Xbox: 1,300
Not that proves anything. Just decided to post it anyway ;-)
UK:
PlayStation 2 sold 66,567
Xbox sold 15,060
Gamecube sold 7,915
Japan:
PlayStation 2: 29,300
GameCube: 15,800
Xbox: 1,300
Not that proves anything. Just decided to post it anyway ;-)
Ahhh doesn't belldandy like being wrong? here have a cooky...
In America the X-box is selling about 2,000 extra consoles a week more often than not 3,000. In Europe the X-box is selling just under 1,000 more than Gamecube a week. In Japan the Gamecube is selling 35,000 more consoles than the X-box... now you do maths.
In America the X-box is selling about 2,000 extra consoles a week more often than not 3,000. In Europe the X-box is selling just under 1,000 more than Gamecube a week. In Japan the Gamecube is selling 35,000 more consoles than the X-box... now you do maths.
Dringo wrote:
> In total Nintendo are selling over 30,000 more consoles worldwide
> every week.
And what great source has this come from ? www.makeupyourownstats.com ? :P
~~Belldandy~~
> In total Nintendo are selling over 30,000 more consoles worldwide
> every week.
And what great source has this come from ? www.makeupyourownstats.com ? :P
~~Belldandy~~
Boss_Pac_Man2 wrote:
> the gamecube is absouloutly THRASHING the x-box in japan, and thats
> were it really counts. sales have DOUBLED! the US is also a key point,
> yes, but the UK doesn't matter much overall.
Or at least it counts if your company, like Sony and Nintendo is Japanese....and oh look, Microsoft are American...where things are going quite well. Splinter Cell is only one place behind Metroid Prime, which is at #3.
> a 'hardcore' gamer would doubt the stability of a console that is
> lowering its price almost every month 'n' a half, but would buy lots
> of good on the console of their choce software.
Crap. A hardcore gamer, if there is such a thing, would be getting, or most probably be on, Xbox Live, and enjoying the damn good games there is right now.
> and dont snipe back about how if nintendo were to pull the same stunt,
> I would praise their actions. I would seriously worry and consider
> buying games in bulk because of their apparent failure.
Snipe ? Wit hsuch comments as these we really should be sending cruise missiles back....or maybe Hellfires, tehy're quite popular at the moment...:)
~~Belldandy~~
> the gamecube is absouloutly THRASHING the x-box in japan, and thats
> were it really counts. sales have DOUBLED! the US is also a key point,
> yes, but the UK doesn't matter much overall.
Or at least it counts if your company, like Sony and Nintendo is Japanese....and oh look, Microsoft are American...where things are going quite well. Splinter Cell is only one place behind Metroid Prime, which is at #3.
> a 'hardcore' gamer would doubt the stability of a console that is
> lowering its price almost every month 'n' a half, but would buy lots
> of good on the console of their choce software.
Crap. A hardcore gamer, if there is such a thing, would be getting, or most probably be on, Xbox Live, and enjoying the damn good games there is right now.
> and dont snipe back about how if nintendo were to pull the same stunt,
> I would praise their actions. I would seriously worry and consider
> buying games in bulk because of their apparent failure.
Snipe ? Wit hsuch comments as these we really should be sending cruise missiles back....or maybe Hellfires, tehy're quite popular at the moment...:)
~~Belldandy~~
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