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Title: New MediaCreate Console Numbers from Japan (April 2nd)
Post by: Chrono on April 03, 2002, 10:49:51 AM
PS2       82,000
GC        42,000
Xbox      5,000

It does not appear RE was a huge impact on the Gamecube sales, only mustering about 30k consoles (increase of 24k from last week)

Xbox.. well, it speaks for itself

Ps2 increase about 5k from last week


EDIT:

ROFL, the ps2 increased this week the same number that the xbox SOLD this week.. :laughing:


Source (http://www.mcvonline.de/?article_id=40175)
Title: New MediaCreate Console Numbers from Japan (April 2nd)
Post by: cloud345 on April 03, 2002, 05:04:12 PM
:laughing:  x-box=5k!
Title: New MediaCreate Console Numbers from Japan (April 2nd)
Post by: Clyde on April 03, 2002, 05:44:06 PM
$5000

i could sell nanners at a faster rate that xbox\'s
Title: New MediaCreate Console Numbers from Japan (April 2nd)
Post by: ##RaCeR## on April 03, 2002, 07:29:45 PM
Problem with XBOX is that they need to get their prices down, and release \'new\' games that aren\'t already featured on other consoles, that is why its having such a hard time.

They are gonna need to get software out ASAP.
Title: New MediaCreate Console Numbers from Japan (April 2nd)
Post by: NPYYZ on April 03, 2002, 07:57:12 PM
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Originally posted by ##RaCeR##
Problem with XBOX is that they need to get their prices down, and release \'new\' games that aren\'t already featured on other consoles, that is why its having such a hard time.

They are gonna need to get software out ASAP.


I\'m just curious, what is the Xbox selling for outside the USA?
it\'s the same price as the PS2 here.
Title: New MediaCreate Console Numbers from Japan (April 2nd)
Post by: mm on April 03, 2002, 08:08:52 PM
outside of the USA, the xbox costs $23828979283 + 51% of yer soul
Title: New MediaCreate Console Numbers from Japan (April 2nd)
Post by: ##RaCeR## on April 03, 2002, 08:12:07 PM
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Originally posted by NPYYZ


I\'m just curious, what is the Xbox selling for outside the USA?
it\'s the same price as the PS2 here.


Actually, PS2 in AUS at present is $AU 494 where as XBOX is $AU $659

XBOX games are also around $AU 90, where as PS2 games start from around $AU 49.
Title: New MediaCreate Console Numbers from Japan (April 2nd)
Post by: IronFist on April 03, 2002, 11:27:11 PM
Chrono, you didn\'t even mention the funniest part:

PS2: 85,370
XBX: 5,005
GCN: 34,448
GBA: 40,345
PS1: 7,658 :laughing:
GBC: 2,439
WSC: 2,772

Now how long until Ryu gets here and locks this thread? ;)

BTW Chrono, where is the cool graph that you make that shows all of the consoles?  I\'ve always loved those line graphs.
Title: New MediaCreate Console Numbers from Japan (April 2nd)
Post by: Ryu on April 04, 2002, 12:32:47 AM
Heh, no closing this time.  No one has bashed anything, it\'s been nothing but pure fact.  Besides, slales figures can be interesting.
Title: New MediaCreate Console Numbers from Japan (April 2nd)
Post by: Samwise on April 04, 2002, 01:19:09 AM
Not to put fuel on the fire, but Ironfist... :laughing: I can\'t believe PS1 sold more than Xbox... but on the other hand it\'s dirt cheap so I guess that would be the reason. :)
Title: New MediaCreate Console Numbers from Japan (April 2nd)
Post by: ooseven on April 04, 2002, 02:31:41 AM
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Originally posted by NPYYZ


I\'m just curious, what is the Xbox selling for outside the USA?
it\'s the same price as the PS2 here.



heres some info for ya


its £300 in the UK
thats just the console alone

if i was to personaly import a Xbox direct from the states i would save myself 50%

not due to currency diffrence but due to the fact that the X box is selling 50% cheaper in the States than the UK


Also over here in the UK they have reasonly launchedthe Metal Gear Solid 2 PS2 bundle

its flying of the shelfs at a alarming rate you can pick one up for £230

and the console itself is £200

with launch titles for £20

Tekken Tag
DOA2
Gran Turismo.
Title: New MediaCreate Console Numbers from Japan (April 2nd)
Post by: Living-In-Clip on April 04, 2002, 02:51:11 AM
*hugs his NGC and tells it, "it\'s okay that your little brother, the GBA is outselling you.." ..*
;)
Title: New MediaCreate Console Numbers from Japan (April 2nd)
Post by: cloud345 on April 04, 2002, 03:55:32 AM
Im a little confused...on chrono\'s list GCN is 42000....but on iron fist\'s list GCN is 34448.....wjo\'s is right?
Title: New MediaCreate Console Numbers from Japan (April 2nd)
Post by: RichG on April 04, 2002, 08:00:13 AM
Quote
Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
*hugs his NGC and tells it, "it\'s okay that your little brother, the GBA is outselling you.." ..*
;)


LOL. :laughing:
Title: New MediaCreate Console Numbers from Japan (April 2nd)
Post by: Bossieman on April 04, 2002, 11:48:05 AM
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Originally posted by IronFist

PS2: 85,370
XBX: 5,005
GCN: 34,448
GBA: 40,345
PS1: 7,658 :laughing:
GBC: 2,439
WSC: 2,772


PSone selling better than x-box!!! LOL
Title: New MediaCreate Console Numbers from Japan (April 2nd)
Post by: IronFist on April 04, 2002, 02:03:50 PM
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Originally posted by cloud345
Im a little confused...on chrono\'s list GCN is 42000....but on iron fist\'s list GCN is 34448.....wjo\'s is right?

Most likely Chrono\'s Nintendo numbers are more accurate.  Some sales trackers get information from more stores than other sales trackers, which is the case here.  Famitsu (my sales numbers) probably leaves some stores out of their tracking, while Chrono\'s numbers probably leaves less stores out.
Title: New MediaCreate Console Numbers from Japan (April 2nd)
Post by: Chrono on April 04, 2002, 02:40:58 PM
bloomburg of course had to make a released...
who knows which is more accurate

In the week ended Sunday, Microsoft sold a little more than 4,300 Xboxes in Japan, while Sony\'s PlayStation 2 sales topped 100,000 and Nintendo\'s GameCube sales reached almost 25,000, according to Media Create Co., a Japanese research company

http://search.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?T=marketsquote99_news.ht&s=APKu3LRZVTWljcm9z
Title: New MediaCreate Console Numbers from Japan (April 2nd)
Post by: Chrono on April 04, 2002, 02:46:55 PM
updated chart from famitsu

(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.famitsu.com%2Fgame%2Fhard%2F2002%2F04%2F05%2Fimg%2Fbou_.gif&hash=b784342b7617ebf992f75b5220e614999c257533)

Click Here for my Chart (http://guessthenumber.freeservers.com/image004.gif)

Bare in mind this data is 1 week before all the new data, bloomberg most closely releates to the famitsu data, so i\'ll create a 2nd chart incorporating that data.. it will be tempory until the famitsu data next week
Title: New MediaCreate Console Numbers from Japan (April 2nd)
Post by: Chrono on April 04, 2002, 02:51:15 PM
check out the new japan chart.. the last week of data is from bloomberg which most closely relates to the famitsu data..

Click Here for the Newest Estimated Chart (http://guessthenumber.freeservers.com/image005.gif)
Title: New MediaCreate Console Numbers from Japan (April 2nd)
Post by: Chrono on April 04, 2002, 03:08:49 PM
ohh, and btw
at the request of a friend
I will be creating one post per month where I will summarize sales
the April post will start next week
Title: New MediaCreate Console Numbers from Japan (April 2nd)
Post by: kangu-G^Ltt^s on April 04, 2002, 07:32:44 PM
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Originally posted by Samwise
Not to put fuel on the fire, but Ironfist... :laughing: I can\'t believe PS1 sold more than Xbox... but on the other hand it\'s dirt cheap so I guess that would be the reason. :)


Yeah it seems kind of stupid that consoles like the PS1 and handhelds like the GBA are viewed as being in direct competition with the PS2, X-box and GC. It\'s pretty obvious that these consoles are simply not in the same demographic, and that no one who wants a console is going to be satisfied with a GBA(not that there\'s anything wrong with it ;)); they\'re going to go buy a PS2 or Xbox or GC sooner or later.
Title: New MediaCreate Console Numbers from Japan (April 2nd)
Post by: Chrono on April 04, 2002, 07:42:39 PM
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Yeah it seems kind of stupid that consoles like the PS1 and handhelds like the GBA are viewed as being in direct competition with the PS2, X-box and GC.


:laughing: you completly missed the point.

the xbox is selling so bad, that the psx, a console released 7+ years ago is beating the xbox.. the xbox to the japaneese does not even exist, there are no games in the top 50. Quite frankly it does not exisit.
Title: New MediaCreate Console Numbers from Japan (April 2nd)
Post by: Seed_Of_Evil on April 05, 2002, 08:34:48 AM
I hate Famitsu charts... they\'re not real... I\'ve made another one in excel... download it, simple but better.
Title: New MediaCreate Console Numbers from Japan (April 2nd)
Post by: GigaShadow on April 05, 2002, 11:43:39 AM
You are right about the Xbox not existing to the Japanese.  As many posts have pointed out earlier, the Japanese taste in regards to games is a bit screwy.  The Xbox doesn\'t even have a decent lineup here in the states at this time.  

Once again I went to a video game retailer hoping to add to my very small Xbox library and I ended up walking out with Twisted Metal Black ($19.99 new) and a PS2 memory card (I finally found another one!).  After pacing back and forth over the 10 foot section of Xbox games I didn\'t see one that caught my eye.  I thought to myself "Halo - check, PGR - check, Bloodwake - check and Blood Omen 2... damn I have all these!"  

I almost bought Ico, but I don\'t know much about it and besides I have been adding to my Turbo Duo/PCEngine collection - its sad, but I would rather buy old Duo games than a mediocre Xbox game.
Title: New MediaCreate Console Numbers from Japan (April 2nd)
Post by: Ginko on April 05, 2002, 11:56:51 AM
Every system has its\' drought right after launch...and right now I\'d say they are all having one.  Looks to change this summer-fall...

I ended up purchasing a PS1 game yesterday...:confused:
Title: New MediaCreate Console Numbers from Japan (April 2nd)
Post by: Chrono on April 05, 2002, 12:13:07 PM
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Every system has its\' drought right after launch...and right now I\'d say they are all having one. Looks to change this summer-fall...


I\'m not having a problem right now,
I recently rented HSG3, that game was very good

and i\'m still catching up on last fall\'s titles, such as DMC
and now with the cheap 20 dollar best sellers, I might pick up one or two of them i\'ve yet to play also
Title: New MediaCreate Console Numbers from Japan (April 2nd)
Post by: mm on April 05, 2002, 12:21:11 PM
giga, i would buy ICO over any other xbox game out there

i know about the turbo-duo fix tho, ive been playing book of y\'s and slaughterhouse 3 alot lately  :)
Title: New MediaCreate Console Numbers from Japan (April 2nd)
Post by: Ginko on April 05, 2002, 12:25:15 PM
What\'s HSG3?

DMC was so good...

This little drought is actually good for me...I never owned a PS so I missed out on thoroughly(not just at a friends\' house) enjoying some older classics.

I recently bought PS2, so far I\'ve gone through Jak and Daxter, ICO, FFX, and Devil May Cry.  I tried SoE, MGS2, and GTA3...didn\'t appeal to me.

I bought FFIX yesterday and after that I will buy Chrono Cross.  Hopefully by the time I\'m done with those Evil Twin, Sega GT 2002, and Enclave will be out and I can start enjoying some next generation goodness...
Title: New MediaCreate Console Numbers from Japan (April 2nd)
Post by: IronFist on April 05, 2002, 12:59:58 PM
HSG3 == Hot Shots Golf 3.  It sold over a million copies in Japan, but I don\'t think it\'s doing nearly that good here in America.
Title: New MediaCreate Console Numbers from Japan (April 2nd)
Post by: FatalXception on April 05, 2002, 07:51:07 PM
That\'s cause we have enough room on our countries to make and play on real golf courses, relatively inexpensively.  Japanese golf courses cost and arm and a leg (after dusk).