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Microsoft will not let the Xbox fail and with nearly 70 original titles I can't afford it it either.
So who will win the Xmas battle ? Well ask yourself this even if Sony dropped the price of the now outdated PS2 to £99.99 for Christmas which one would you want to buy ? The Xbox and that's what the majority will be saying too.
Sony have been creaming the profits and keeping the price of the PS2 artificially high for far to long, they soon dropped their plans for the PS3 didn't they because it simply couldn't compete with the Xbox. Nintendo have said that they will not make another console ever so it's a straight fight between Sony and Microsoft and one that I can see Microsoft winning in the end. They have very deep pockets and if you look at the PC market how many PC's run on Windows ? Microsoft have succeeded at everything at everything they do and they will not lose even if they have to drop the price of the Hardware and software still further.
Microsoft have the backing of the Developers and have signed up many exclusives that will never appear on Sony's outdated PS2, they have snapped up Rare which was part owned by Nintendo and who were responsible for many of Nintendo's successful titles so in the long run the Xbox will come out on top.
Independent research has suggested that the Xbox will have sold 35 Million Xbox consoles by 2005, this was based on actual sales figures and was commissioned prior to the price reduction, so what now ? well Microsoft will be on target for sales of around £50 Million Units by 2005 if there's another price reduction at Xmas.
> That tells us nothing. Of course the sales will be high in the first year, but you can bet your gold plated hat they'll be lower in the second, third and fourth.
PS2 sales in Japan higher in the second year than the first.
Can I have that gold plated hat now or... :P
er-no, there will be pockets in the Uk where Xbox sells a bit better than Gc and vice versa. There has only been 2 price drops, not 3. You say when people as you aboout console advice, you always advise PS2 or GC. Its no wonder that you say people don't buy Xbox in your shop, it seams no matter what MS do it'll never be good enough in your eyes so you'll always advise the others.
Thats understandable seing as you would soon spit on bill gates than help him if he was lying dying on the street. But really, Gc doesn't seem to be doing that well where I live and to be honest Xbox isn't doing fantastic either. PS2 is still Number 1 in Northern Ireland. Peoples OPINIONS of Xbox though are generally good and most people rate it higher than a Gc if it ever pops up in a conversation. I know of 1 perosn who owns a GC in my year at school, and i'm the only Xbox owner aswell. Around 8 people though are thinking of getting an xbox at sometime or another whereas I don't think anyone has a plan to get a GC.
Xbox started slow but that doesn't mean to say it won't pick up. Sony didn't sell 100+ million Playstations in 1995 in fact it only really began to get popular around 1997.
:D
> No, they are losing more as they lost 3million on the advertising as
> the ITC removed the ad campaigns from circulation. Microsoft lose
> about 50 per console. They aren't making it back on software either,
> with an average european XBox owner owning just over 1 game
> (averaged). Microsoft have marketed the XBox completely wrong in all
> continents. Its a marketing failure as yet. No matter how good the
> console may be, or what potentional it has, 3 price drops don't look
> good to the average joe. Many people come into my shop and say 'hasn't
> that failed'.
>
> :-"|
Ah, Nintendo's version of Gobbels returns. ;-)
An average of one game a person ? I find that hard to believe. As for people going into your shop and saying what they apparently said - it must change from area to area as I know a few shops assistants that say the same about the GC.
And as for marketing, Nintendo are probably the worst of all 3 companies trying to grab the buyers. Nintendo give out this "we want to appeal to all ages and shed our kiddie only image" then they go and do ads for games such as Mario Sunshine in the States (a complete joke as far as giving off a sense of the game being for older players as well as young) and Resident Evil - Adults get scared too ? Please.
> Did you know that the Xbox will go down to £99.99 for Christmas
> ? And Dead or Alive 3, Project Gotham Racing and Ralisport Challenge
> will be reduced to £19.99. I kid you not my friends, at that
> price I will pick up another one and so will you!
if Microsoft lower the price that low then it looks like a desprate move to me, i woulder if the Xbox will last long
>
> Microsoft will not let the Xbox fail and with nearly 70 original
> titles I can't afford it it either.
if it is losing them money they will scrap the Xbox
>
> So who will win the Xmas battle ? Well ask yourself this even if Sony
> dropped the price of the now outdated PS2 to £99.99 for
> Christmas which one would you want to buy ? The Xbox and that's what
> the majority will be saying too.
i don't think Sony need to drop the price
>
> Sony have been creaming the profits and keeping the price of the PS2
> artificially high for far to long, they soon dropped their plans for
> the PS3 didn't they because it simply couldn't compete with the Xbox.
> Nintendo have said that they will not make another console ever so
> it's a straight fight between Sony and Microsoft and one that I can
> see Microsoft winning in the end. They have very deep pockets and if
> you look at the PC market how many PC's run on Windows ? Microsoft
> have succeeded at everything at everything they do and they will not
> lose even if they have to drop the price of the Hardware and software
> still further.
simply couldn't compete? the PS2 astablished it's user base long before the Xbox was even launched
>
> Microsoft have the backing of the Developers and have signed up many
> exclusives that will never appear on Sony's outdated PS2, they have
> snapped up Rare which was part owned by Nintendo and who were
> responsible for many of Nintendo's successful titles so in the long
> run the Xbox will come out on top.
because they need Rare
>
> Independent research has suggested that the Xbox will have sold 35
> Million Xbox consoles by 2005, this was based on actual sales figures
> and was commissioned prior to the price reduction, so what now ? well
> Microsoft will be on target for sales of around £50 Million
> Units by 2005 if there's another price reduction at Xmas.
i think the PS2 has sold almost 33 millon units world wide NOW
> I'm not too sure about the price coming down again - I think
> £160 is very reasonable.
>
> Plus in reply to Mav - MS aren't really losing much if anything on
> each X-Box sale now as the parts it uses are cheaper to get now. So
> its cheaper for an X-Box to made. ;-)
No, they are losing more as they lost 3million on the advertising as the ITC removed the ad campaigns from circulation. Microsoft lose about 50 per console. They aren't making it back on software either, with an average european XBox owner owning just over 1 game (averaged). Microsoft have marketed the XBox completely wrong in all continents. Its a marketing failure as yet. No matter how good the console may be, or what potentional it has, 3 price drops don't look good to the average joe. Many people come into my shop and say 'hasn't that failed'.
:-"|
I can't be bothered to waste time responding to such nonsense.
*goes back to college work*
Plus in reply to Mav - MS aren't really losing much if anything on each X-Box sale now as the parts it uses are cheaper to get now. So its cheaper for an X-Box to made. ;-)
If there is a console price drop, it should be on the PS2, then maybe i'll buy one again.