X-Box is Uk'ers #2 Console Choice
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Macca
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AlphaWolf said:
not actually sure which statement you're referring to
If its about the xbox outselling the gc, have a look at a world market will ya, not just the amazing huge market of the UK Oh and what ever you do don't even consder the fact that Gc was only 1000 sales of ps2 in Japan last week, oh no we wouldn't want to look at that
Macca
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oh these are the figures i was talking about, Japan, who has a little bigger market for games than UK
(November 18 - November 24, 2002)
PSone 0.80%
PlayStation 2 16.56%
GameCube 16.12%
Game Boy Advance 64.94%
Xbox 0.85%
WonderSwanColor 0.17%
SwanCrystal 0.57%
Total 100.00%
..lol gotta love some maths comin into it...
jinkies! the only thing i'm worried about is that the psone will soon overtake the box
(November 18 - November 24, 2002)
PSone 0.80%
PlayStation 2 16.56%
GameCube 16.12%
Game Boy Advance 64.94%
Xbox 0.85%
WonderSwanColor 0.17%
SwanCrystal 0.57%
Total 100.00%
..lol gotta love some maths comin into it...
jinkies! the only thing i'm worried about is that the psone will soon overtake the box
DuDe
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Duh, of course that the GC will outsell the Xbox in Japan : it's a japanese console, and most of its games appeal to the jap audience - Pok'mon and similar crap, Zelda, and all kinds of stuff like that. Plus, American consoles always sold like crap at Japan.
Anyway, I'm not surprised at all : the Xbox has a game library that appeals to the common western user : action and racing games, with some sports games thrown in for good measure. This kind of library (plus some jap rpg's) has sold millions of PS2's in the west, and it also sells Xboxes, that outsell the GC in the USA as well.
Anyway, I'm not surprised at all : the Xbox has a game library that appeals to the common western user : action and racing games, with some sports games thrown in for good measure. This kind of library (plus some jap rpg's) has sold millions of PS2's in the west, and it also sells Xboxes, that outsell the GC in the USA as well.
Macca
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agreed about the xboxes library.
But all i'm saying is that if you look on a world scale, Gamcube is selling more than xbox. Maybe in UK or even at times in the US the Xbox is edging ahead but still it is no wheere in sight of the GC on a world market purly cause Xbox has fucked itself over in hte JAP Market. Its not the consumers fault they don't buy xbox, its the game developers who don't produce those games suitable for the JAP market
All this was to just say
GC sales > Xbox Sales
But all i'm saying is that if you look on a world scale, Gamcube is selling more than xbox. Maybe in UK or even at times in the US the Xbox is edging ahead but still it is no wheere in sight of the GC on a world market purly cause Xbox has fucked itself over in hte JAP Market. Its not the consumers fault they don't buy xbox, its the game developers who don't produce those games suitable for the JAP market
All this was to just say
GC sales > Xbox Sales
UltraThing
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I bought an Xbox because there's JUST ENOUGH games in the catalog that aren't available on the GC to justify having it, plus the 2-game-and-new-controller bundle for Xmas sweetened the pot.
But I LOOOOOOOOVE the GC.
But I LOOOOOOOOVE the GC.
Pretty easy to explain I guess... over here (Netherlands) prices are ridiciously low too now.
XBOX + Controller + Sega GT 2000 + Jet Set Radio Future + Blinx + Halo
For only 299 Euro / $299.
For that kind of money you only get a GC with 1 game here :/ (you have some spare cash for a memcard but that's it)
Anyhoo, with those prices it's easy to see stupid parents will buy this for their kids just cuz it's alot cheaper and the kids are ready2go when they get it without having to save up for a game.
XBOX + Controller + Sega GT 2000 + Jet Set Radio Future + Blinx + Halo
For only 299 Euro / $299.
For that kind of money you only get a GC with 1 game here :/ (you have some spare cash for a memcard but that's it)
Anyhoo, with those prices it's easy to see stupid parents will buy this for their kids just cuz it's alot cheaper and the kids are ready2go when they get it without having to save up for a game.
DuDe
Emu64 Staff
Macca said:purly cause Xbox has fucked itself over in hte JAP Market. Its not the consumers fault they don't buy xbox, its the game developers who don't produce those games suitable for the JAP market
All this was to just say
GC sales > Xbox Sales
I kind of doubt that the Japanese market alone is bigger than the American and the European market combined. There are 150 or so million people living in Japan - there are about a quarter of a billion people living in the US.
Anyway, whichever way you choose, sales figures are bullshit. Pok'mon sells millions with every release of "Gold", "Silver", and whatever, and it still sucks.
RatTrap
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..in the US/EU the xbox, GC, ps2 are livingroom simple consoles.. stuff for gamers.. most gamers are computer freaks or ppl who have a normal job and love killing their friends online at the end of the day.. but it's not a huge priority in their lives.. the average gamer is more into PC games too.. and in japan.. they don't have a huge amount of good PC games in japanese.. they are allways late.. patches are slow.. drivers are not as easy to come by.. etc etc.. i know some japs and they say they rather run an english windows version than the jap version.. but at the same time it causes trouble with online and other types of japanese servicess.. so they say it's tricky and easier to buy a console for gaming..
in japan.. consoles are culture.. same as anime.. anime and nintendo have become a part of ppl's lives.. they are that much more fanatic about games than we are.. there's zelda books.. real books.. written in japanese.. that alot of ppl liked over there.. i dun think they've been translated and these things are years old.. they have cartoons and mags about game chars.. megaman is huge over there.. so is mario pokemon link zelda street fighter.. etc..
huge diference.. and yes they do outsell both UK/US at times (over time.. never over day)..
they have had alot of game selling records over there.. and i predict that maybe 1 of the biggest records to be broken again by the big N is gonna be Zelda in japan.. but that also depends on how many copies they release..
also.. afaik.. those numbers are abit inacurate.. you can't really put them all in a pie-chart and say each one has this and that much percentage.. a big reason you can't do that is because not all are being bought with the same conditions.. and also because not all have the same audience.. especially xbox.. ps2 has a wide audience.. so does GC.. but the xbox is waiting for rare to do sumthing imho..
now if all 3 consoles would be under the same conditions.. i would say the battle was still going.. but as it looks right now.. the only battle i see is between the GC and the PS2.. coz you can't really call: 4-5 games(halo being one of them and splinter cell another.. prolly the best games on that machine) plus a new controller + an xbox.. really count as "selling".. coz what your doing then is giving machines away..
now alot of ppl who have all 3 machines are also complaining about how stupid it is.. that MS made such a powerfull machine (it is in fact the most powerfull of the 3).. and how they've bragd so much about it.. and now the machine comming out with games that show terrible framerates..
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