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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: rastalant on September 20, 2001, 11:51:50 AM
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http://www.gaming-age.com/cgi-bin/news/news.pl?y=2001&m=9&nid=20-82.db
Oh.....no not again first ps2 now xbox. I hope this ain\'t true. Thoughts.
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Here\'s the article.:
Reuters reports that Microsoft might deliver only 300,000 Xbox units at launch, half the amount previously stated. Microsoft said it would ship 600,000 - 800,000 units back at E3, but analysts and Take-Two Interactive have been told differently.
An analyst at brokerage Morgan Keegan said he understood Xbox would launch with 300,000 units and adds that the estimate was as good as any on the market. An anonymous analyst said he has heard from game publishers and retailers that the Xbox would launch with 300,000 units. Take-Two Interactive president Paul Eibeler said he understood that Microsoft would ship with fewer units than planned.
If indeed Microsoft\'s launch numbers don\'t meet consumer demand, Nintendo could take the spotlight away from Xbox. The Nintendo GameCube is expected to launch with 700,000 units on November 18th.
GA will have more as it develops.
if microsoft plans on "doing what sony didnt" this is not the way to do it. and if this is true, then they are having problems with production or somthing and that means that they may not be able to have enough consoles to go around. IF they sell that many.
the spotlight will be taken off them and brought towards the PS2 HDD+eithernet adapter and to gamecube. this is not good news.
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There aren\'t going to be any shortages. The x-box won\'t sell 300,000 units for it\'s launch. It\'s a new system with no pre-installed fan base. People are expecting way too much this fall. :cool:
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Originally posted by Kenny-73
There aren\'t going to be any shortages. The x-box won\'t sell 300,000 units for it\'s launch. It\'s a new system with no pre-installed fan base. People are expecting way too much this fall. :cool:
I think that deserves a WORD. I don\'t see the Xbox\'s American launch being any better than Japan\'s NGC launch.
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I thought all the xbox pre-orders had sold out???
Well thats what they say at TeamXbox forums.
But you cant trust most people there
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All preorders are sold out. There is an interview in at gamespot
http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2813174,00.html
--they can produce 150000 units a week aparently. And let\'s not forget how the "shortage" of the PS2 helped sales. Anyway, it doesn\'t matter to me. If I get one, it won\'t be on launch day anyway.
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So does this mean that now America is more hardcore video game players than Japan is? (I\'m comparing the NGC\'s launch numbers with the Xbox\'s future American launch numbers)
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Wow, all of a sudden the PS2\'s mass production seems very impressive.
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Originally posted by ViVi
Wow, all of a sudden the PS2\'s mass production seems very impressive.
:laughing: Yeah.... PS2 is looking like the king of the hill..... For now..... And hopefully, for a long time.:D
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what do i think?
i think i will be playing my ps2 and a host of triple a titles and worry about x cube next year!
lol
look how tired i was last night...the x cube!
someone needs to run with this...
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yea while i am excited about new consoles
i am also broke and will have to wait till after christmas to buy an xbox or GC by that time i hope a friend will buy one and keep me from doing it :)
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Well this is just a rumor that has been said numeros time and microsoft keeps saying they will deliver the amount of consoles they said they would deliver.
So until they say we can\'t make our numbers this rumor shall be sweep under the rug.
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I wouldn\'t be surprised if this was a rumour that MS started to start building hype... Just like Sony did last year. :D People were rushing into stores making sure they got their PS2.
Could be... It might help their sales a little. :)
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shortage or not, i will get a unit sooner or later, no rush. :D
I can live without one, i don\'t think i could say the same about a PS2.
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As long as there are plenty when Jet Set comes out, I couldn\'t care less.
/ dm /
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Originally posted by datamage
As long as there are plenty when Jet Set comes out, I couldn\'t care less.
/ dm /
Amen , to that.
As long as I get one for Jet Set / Panzer Dragoon, I don\'t care about the launch shortage.
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Originally posted by Kenny-73
There aren\'t going to be any shortages. The x-box won\'t sell 300,000 units for it\'s launch. It\'s a new system with no pre-installed fan base. People are expecting way too much this fall. :cool:
Yeah, you keep thinking that, sonyfanboy. I have nine friends around me at work that skipped the PS2 just to buy an xbox.
One thing is certain. Xbox kicks the PS2\'s ass for launch. PS2 had SSX and Madden for launch, xbox has a lot more titles than that.
Suck it down fanboy...
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Microsoft stated in their press release that they had the xbox in production two weeks ago. They also said they were working on over 100,000 a week. So lets do some math..
Excluding all of september, lets start off with the first week in October, thats 4 weeks, then two weeks in nov, thats 600,000 units and that doesn\'t even include september, nor does it include the "Over" 100,000 units.
So, even after launch there will be plenty to go around, 1 million to 1 million 500 thousand.
There will be xbox\'s available at launch, which was not the case of the PS2. The delay is smart, it gives them an extra week and it doesn\'t cost them anything. Its a smart move on Microsoft\'s part and again, its right before the weekend. I will be having loads of fun that weekend, can\'t wait.
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Yeah, you keep thinking that, sonyfanboy. I have nine friends around me at work that skipped the PS2 just to buy an xbox.
One thing is certain. Xbox kicks the PS2\'s ass for launch. PS2 had SSX and Madden for launch, xbox has a lot more titles than that.
Suck it down fanboy...
Isn\'t somebody a little defensive today? You can believe that the x-box is going to have some record breaking launch all you want. but, I\'ll tell you right now that you are in for a big dissapointment.
There will be xbox\'s available at launch, which was not the case of the PS2. The delay is smart, it gives them an extra week and it doesn\'t cost them anything. Its a smart move on Microsoft\'s part and again, its right before the weekend. I will be having loads of fun that weekend, can\'t wait.
Having systems available at launch is a completely different thing from being able to actually sell them. No new system, with no previously installed fan-base is going to sell anywhere near half a million games at launch. Especially since, contrary to you\'re belief, the x-box has no real big name games at launch. DOA2, the predecesor to DOA3, was the tenth best ps2 selling launch title. Now of course DOA3 will sell more than part two. But, it\'s not going to go from having mediocre sales, to being a system seller.
I could sit here and make you look like a fool all day, but you\'re not going to get it through your skull until you see for yourself. So, after the x-box launches, I\'ll come back to this thread and you\'ll see that you\'re wrong. And before you start calling someone a fanboy, maybe you should take a look into the mirror. :cool:
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Hey Docwiz, how much is MS paying you to be their bitch?