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Xbox sales on the rise :)
"After only two weeks ahead of Xbox following the launch of Mario Sunshine, GameCube sales have dropped in the UK, while Xbox enjoys a healthy surge. For the week ending October 19, GameCube clocked up a figure of 5,662 unit sales - a drop of seven percent on the previous week - whereas Xbox shifted 7,319 units over the same period - an increase of 20 percent.
The rise in Xbox sales can be accounted for by the recent cheap packages being offered by UK retailers like Argos and Dixons, but with its flagship triple-AAA Mario title only out for two weeks, the figure must be of great concern to Nintendo. With PS2 miles out in front, the race is on for the crucial second place spot in the next-gen console race and on current form Microsoft is favourite.
How Nintendo will respond to these figures remains to be seen, but the company may be compelled towards slashing the price of hardware in the run up to the crucial Christmas period in order to compete.
This brings the 2002 figures to date to 218,421 GameCube units compared with 215,818 for Xbox, with Microsoft's console well on track to having a larger installed user base than Nintendo by the end of the year. PS2 notched up sales of 23,451 last week, with GBA enjoying an increase of 14 percent at 9,730."
Xbox sales on the rise :)
"After only two weeks ahead of Xbox following the launch of Mario Sunshine, GameCube sales have dropped in the UK, while Xbox enjoys a healthy surge. For the week ending October 19, GameCube clocked up a figure of 5,662 unit sales - a drop of seven percent on the previous week - whereas Xbox shifted 7,319 units over the same period - an increase of 20 percent.
The rise in Xbox sales can be accounted for by the recent cheap packages being offered by UK retailers like Argos and Dixons, but with its flagship triple-AAA Mario title only out for two weeks, the figure must be of great concern to Nintendo. With PS2 miles out in front, the race is on for the crucial second place spot in the next-gen console race and on current form Microsoft is favourite.
How Nintendo will respond to these figures remains to be seen, but the company may be compelled towards slashing the price of hardware in the run up to the crucial Christmas period in order to compete.
This brings the 2002 figures to date to 218,421 GameCube units compared with 215,818 for Xbox, with Microsoft's console well on track to having a larger installed user base than Nintendo by the end of the year. PS2 notched up sales of 23,451 last week, with GBA enjoying an increase of 14 percent at 9,730."
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I also thought the main reason was that the Xbox hadn't sold so well, so they didn't think it'd be worth making the Japanese version.
But I also heard somewhere else that it was because the Japanese didn't care so much for the MGS type games.
Either way, the fact is the game has been pulled from the Japanese release calender.
But I also heard somewhere else that it was because the Japanese didn't care so much for the MGS type games.
Either way, the fact is the game has been pulled from the Japanese release calender.
Could be.
I've heard that the MGS games are no where near as big in Japan as they are in the West. Maybe as Wookiee says, it's a mixture of the two.
I've heard that the MGS games are no where near as big in Japan as they are in the West. Maybe as Wookiee says, it's a mixture of the two.
Okay, fair enough - slightly different to what I heard, but still - never mind.
Wouldn't seem to make much sense though, as they still release in Japan on PS2.
Probably a combination of the two in the case of Xbox?
Wouldn't seem to make much sense though, as they still release in Japan on PS2.
Probably a combination of the two in the case of Xbox?
Wookie that is nothing to do with the Xbox though that is because MGS2 on the PS2 didn't sell well in Japan and therefore Substance isn't gonig to be released there on the Xbox! This is what a spokesman at Konami said on their official website so I guess its not false.
Your Honour wrote:
> It's when developers start cancelling games because the Xbox has sold
> enough units that you start to worry. But as that hasn't happend yet,
It has. Japan - MGS2: Substance.
Okay, it doesn't affect us, but...
...okay, I'll stop being pedantic!
;-)
> It's when developers start cancelling games because the Xbox has sold
> enough units that you start to worry. But as that hasn't happend yet,
It has. Japan - MGS2: Substance.
Okay, it doesn't affect us, but...
...okay, I'll stop being pedantic!
;-)
Sorry, it should be "because Xbox HASN'T sold enough units", obviously.
My mistake.
My mistake.
As long as the Xbox has sold enough to make it a viable platform for developers, I don't care.
Simple as that.
It's when developers start cancelling games because the Xbox has sold enough units that you start to worry. But as that hasn't happend yet, and the total number of Xbox's sold is only going to rise, I can't see there being a problem.
Simple as that.
It's when developers start cancelling games because the Xbox has sold enough units that you start to worry. But as that hasn't happend yet, and the total number of Xbox's sold is only going to rise, I can't see there being a problem.
Good point Mantis. I, for one, would not stop buying games for or playing on my console of choice if it failed to sell.
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