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"After nearly seven months at retail, Microsoft's Xbox console has finally muscled its way into the number two spot in the UK, boasting a larger installed user base than GameCube.
Despite releasing almost two months ahead of GameCube, Xbox had a slow start in the UK and Europe, with brand loyalty allowing Nintendo's console to hit the ground running.
But with the vital Christmas period approaching, Xbox has confounded expectations by pulling well clear of GameCube in weekly sales, while edging past Nintendo's machine in the all-important yearly totals.
UK figures for the week ending November 2, compiled by ChartTrack, show Xbox shifting an impressive 10,371 units, marking a rise of 42 percent on the previous week's sales, with GameCube tailing on 6,657 units - an increase of 15 percent.
The cumulative totals for 2002 make even more interesting reading, with GameCube on 230,876 since launch, and Microsoft just ahead on 233,503. But on the back of a successful new Xbox bundle, this trend seems unlikely to change, with the gap expected to widen in the run up to Christmas.
Microsoft is understandably delighted by the results, a spokesperson telling us: "We are really pleased with the positive momentum we have going into the Christmas period and are delighted that more and more gamers are experiencing the superior gaming offered by Xbox."
But this will make sobering reading for Nintendo, now faced with a much bleaker Christmas than it surely would have anticipated.
Super Mario Sunshine, despite big early sales, has simply not shifted GC units in the numbers Nintendo anticipated. Furthermore, it's no secret in development circles that bringing a title exclusively onto GameCube is a less profitable exercise that it is for PS2 and Xbox.
How Nintendo will respond to the new figures is unclear. A spokesperson for the company was unavailable for comment at the time of writing.
The ChartTrack figures as a whole, however, represent a positive overall sales rise in the run up to Christmas, with PS2 in an unassailable position, shifting a massive 39,719 units last week, up 35 percent, and GBA clearing 13,693 units - a weekly increase of 26 percent.
The fight for second place is well and truly on and Xbox is winning. We'll keep you updated on all developments."
Cool heh?
"After nearly seven months at retail, Microsoft's Xbox console has finally muscled its way into the number two spot in the UK, boasting a larger installed user base than GameCube.
Despite releasing almost two months ahead of GameCube, Xbox had a slow start in the UK and Europe, with brand loyalty allowing Nintendo's console to hit the ground running.
But with the vital Christmas period approaching, Xbox has confounded expectations by pulling well clear of GameCube in weekly sales, while edging past Nintendo's machine in the all-important yearly totals.
UK figures for the week ending November 2, compiled by ChartTrack, show Xbox shifting an impressive 10,371 units, marking a rise of 42 percent on the previous week's sales, with GameCube tailing on 6,657 units - an increase of 15 percent.
The cumulative totals for 2002 make even more interesting reading, with GameCube on 230,876 since launch, and Microsoft just ahead on 233,503. But on the back of a successful new Xbox bundle, this trend seems unlikely to change, with the gap expected to widen in the run up to Christmas.
Microsoft is understandably delighted by the results, a spokesperson telling us: "We are really pleased with the positive momentum we have going into the Christmas period and are delighted that more and more gamers are experiencing the superior gaming offered by Xbox."
But this will make sobering reading for Nintendo, now faced with a much bleaker Christmas than it surely would have anticipated.
Super Mario Sunshine, despite big early sales, has simply not shifted GC units in the numbers Nintendo anticipated. Furthermore, it's no secret in development circles that bringing a title exclusively onto GameCube is a less profitable exercise that it is for PS2 and Xbox.
How Nintendo will respond to the new figures is unclear. A spokesperson for the company was unavailable for comment at the time of writing.
The ChartTrack figures as a whole, however, represent a positive overall sales rise in the run up to Christmas, with PS2 in an unassailable position, shifting a massive 39,719 units last week, up 35 percent, and GBA clearing 13,693 units - a weekly increase of 26 percent.
The fight for second place is well and truly on and Xbox is winning. We'll keep you updated on all developments."
Cool heh?
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Cant remember what post. Its in the Xbox forum somewhere.
ËÏi†è ¢h@ø$ wrote:
> Yeah yesterday I read a post about what he thinks about microsoft,
> which I kinda agreed on and he had a good point.
>
> I think I must have pre-judged him on a few posts.
What post was that? o.O
[email protected] if you want, but I am hella busy and don't talk unless in the correct mood (a little bit like love making).
:-D
> Yeah yesterday I read a post about what he thinks about microsoft,
> which I kinda agreed on and he had a good point.
>
> I think I must have pre-judged him on a few posts.
What post was that? o.O
[email protected] if you want, but I am hella busy and don't talk unless in the correct mood (a little bit like love making).
:-D
gamezfreak wrote:
> ËÏi†è ¢h@ø$ wrote:
> er-nos complete hatred for the xbox is starting to bug me too gamez.
>
> Er-no does'nt have a complete hatred for the Xbox, been clearing a few
> things up on MSN. Hes actually quite a decent guy, I was'nt ignoring
> him in person, i meant his post about Blinx.
Yeah yesterday I read a post about what he thinks about microsoft, which I kinda agreed on and he had a good point.
I think I must have pre-judged him on a few posts.
> ËÏi†è ¢h@ø$ wrote:
> er-nos complete hatred for the xbox is starting to bug me too gamez.
>
> Er-no does'nt have a complete hatred for the Xbox, been clearing a few
> things up on MSN. Hes actually quite a decent guy, I was'nt ignoring
> him in person, i meant his post about Blinx.
Yeah yesterday I read a post about what he thinks about microsoft, which I kinda agreed on and he had a good point.
I think I must have pre-judged him on a few posts.
Tóm wrote:
> So hang on a minute. That means the only place the GC is beating Xbox
> is in Japan - and I wonder why that is.
>
> Hmm...Digging deeper and deeper there you know.
No GC is beating XB in most European countries.
> So hang on a minute. That means the only place the GC is beating Xbox
> is in Japan - and I wonder why that is.
>
> Hmm...Digging deeper and deeper there you know.
No GC is beating XB in most European countries.
ËÏi†è ¢h@ø$ wrote:
> er-nos complete hatred for the xbox is starting to bug me too gamez.
Er-no does'nt have a complete hatred for the Xbox, been clearing a few things up on MSN. Hes actually quite a decent guy, I was'nt ignoring him in person, i meant his post about Blinx.
> er-nos complete hatred for the xbox is starting to bug me too gamez.
Er-no does'nt have a complete hatred for the Xbox, been clearing a few things up on MSN. Hes actually quite a decent guy, I was'nt ignoring him in person, i meant his post about Blinx.
ËÏi†è ¢h@ø$ wrote:
> er-nos complete hatred for the xbox is starting to bug me too gamez.
Hopefully gamezfreak will just post what I talked about with him on MSN.
> er-nos complete hatred for the xbox is starting to bug me too gamez.
Hopefully gamezfreak will just post what I talked about with him on MSN.
Yeah. Im just ignoring him at the moment.
er-nos complete hatred for the xbox is starting to bug me too gamez.
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