Euro, US and JP 2011 YTD Sales
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http://e3.gamespot.com/press-conference/microsoft-e3
At 1:26:10 - "This year, xbox 360 will go from being the #1 selling console in North America to the #1 selling console, globally"
We really need to get Don Mattrick some public speaking help, he's no Steve Jobs.
...or Jack Tretton...or Peter Moore.
Er you're right, for some reason I thought the difference was 2+ million.
I still think it was premature to boast about something that isn't guaranteed when you're only half way through the year.
Yeah, can't speak for how well Don performs his role in the company but as a public speaker, he's no Peter Moore.
Eh I don't care for Jack, but Phil Harrison was great. Both Phil and Pete were the best speakers IMO.
OK so it does seem he said worldwide.
I cant see a cut to $99 thats the same price as the playstation 2, and $50 cheaper than the wii
not to mention MS xbox division is still over $6 billion in the red, OK its not going to break even this generation but theyre gonna want to wipe another couple billion off that figure before next gen
I cant see a cut to $99 thats the same price as the playstation 2, and $50 cheaper than the wii
not to mention MS xbox division is still over $6 billion in the red, OK its not going to break even this generation but theyre gonna want to wipe another couple billion off that figure before next gen
Er you're right, for some reason I thought the difference was 2+ million.
I still think it was premature to boast about something that isn't guaranteed when you're only half way through the year.
Yeah, can't speak for how well Don performs his role in the company but as a public speaker, he's no Peter Moore.
Eh I don't care for Jack, but Phil Harrison was great. Both Phil and Pete were the best speakers IMO.
I'm on board with the bolded, Phil and Peter are my favorites.
I don't remember where I read it so I could be wrong, but I don't think MS considers the ~$5 billion spent on the Xbox 1 as debt they need to recoup. It was basically it was an investment to get their foot in the door and now that they are here, they basically wrote it off. So I don't think they are $6 billion in the red, if anything they should be in the black by the end of next fiscal year IIRC.
That's PR for you. In the earliest days I recall an MS spokesperson claimed they were going to/aiming to win Japan.
Yeah I know and I understand that it's a necessary evil but sometimes a company acts in a way that I can't roll my eyes back far enough. This was most definitely one of those times.
zed said:
This is mental accounting and nobody that does well in business thinks this way.
Whatever you have lost in the past are SUNK COST! The only thing you should care about is whatever you can make in the future!
If a price cut leads ms to believe they get bigger profits (discounted for time obviously) in the future this is what they will do!
I found some new France sales numbers on Neogaf and wanted to post them (cause as always, I love numbers), and sadly this seemed like the best thread in the archives (there was a Euro sales thread long ago, but it seems locked)
http://www.gameblog.fr/news/36870-ventes-consoles-en-france-les-vrais-chiffres-font-mal
June 2013:
First 6 months of 2013
http://www.gameblog.fr/news/36870-ventes-consoles-en-france-les-vrais-chiffres-font-mal
June 2013:
First 6 months of 2013
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Not a good comparison, PS360 have been 8 years in the market. Of course nobody denies the commercial failure of both PSV and WiiU.
Actually it's a great comparison. New systems should be selling like hotcakes. Old systems should be selling less now than at launch...
You do know that PS2 sold 50 million after the Xbox 360 went to market right?
Doesn't matter sales still declined. PSV and WiiU sales are horrible for new systems.
Whatever way you look at the numbers, I just find it fascinating that the PS2 even appears on the chart. It's what now, 15 years old? That's mad.
We can categorically say that's the end of PS2 though, seeing as Sony have stopped making them.