Things the Xbox 360 needs to do to succeed?

Holy hell! Did the swedes take over the world ? :)

When did svenska kronor become the currency du-jour. What happend to yen, euro and dollar?

Cheers
 
Here you have some better prices:
Yeah, the point being that given the differencials in pricing I don't think there is any MS drop, but retailer deals. I suspect that the cost price is still the same, but there is some marketing budget going back.
 
Holy hell! Did the swedes take over the world ? :)

When did svenska kronor become the currency du-jour. What happend to yen, euro and dollar?

Cheers

Dom är kanske lite dumm i huvud för inte har valt euronen, men hej, dom är dessutom vänlig människor. :D
 
Doesn't MS already own the IP to GeOW? Why buy Epic, when MS can simply leverage the resources of themselves and the studios they already own and produce a rival product for cheaper than the cost of purchasing Epic.

No, they don't own the IP. epic created and owns the IP for gears of war. Ms just worked out a multi game deal with the option/first right of refusal on sequels. Effectively tying it up for who knows how many versions, before a new contract would need to be structured.
 
Yeah, the point being that given the differencials in pricing I don't think there is any MS drop, but retailer deals. I suspect that the cost price is still the same, but there is some marketing budget going back.

That may very well be true, we will see for how long those prices are maintained.

However, maybe it should be noted that the 4 links I provided are to 4 major retail chains with warehouses all over the country, while your link was to a specialised online retailer, whatever that could mean.

@Arwin: Would you dare write that about the Englishmen and the Sterling? :D
 
in my opinion games are what makes or breaks the console. when you buy a console you don't look at the console, you look at games. using common sense XB360 needs quality japanese games.
 
What MS needs to succeed?

They need to bring their console out first with great games and secure tons of awesome exclusive content and deliver a killer online service with fantastic features. Oh wait... they already did all that. :)
 
I honestly think that MS is doing everything possible this time around to really try to win. At first I thought this would a good attempt to come in 2nd place; however, they are pushing 360 in so many different ways: XBLA, downloadable movies/TV shows, Media Center, HD-DVD, and now IPTV. All at the same time continuing to push GREAT games and keeping the console first and foremost as a gaming machine.

A little over a year, 360 has 13 titles that have shipped 1M+ units, which is absolutely amazing and no doubt catching many developers' attention. One area they do still need to work on is the Japanese market. They need about another 10 Blue Dragon-type games in order to make themselves a nice niche there. I don't see them winning Japan by a long shot.

Seriously, my hats off to MS for doing a great job so far. I didn't think they would impress me this much so early. 2007 will be a fantastic year for gaming on the 360... can't wait. :p
 
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