Lastest systems sales figures!!!

[BizioEE]

Originally posted by rastalant


Sweet!!!!!!!!  Is doom 3 really coming to xbox?!?!?!  Now that game there has some graphics!!!!!

I think the graphics will be mindblowing ...lighting,shading :eek:

Originally posted by seven
WOAH, I am suprised that Sony sold more than Xbox and GC. With all the hype surrounding the two newcomers launch, I thought they would sell more than the soon to be 2 year old PlayStation 2.

Hell yeah!!!

I\'m not surprised at all due in partly to PS2\'s larger library of fun games right now, or at least, this is the main reason that most of the ppl that I knew used for still getting one. It will be interesting to see how this plays out next holiday season when Xbox has a larger list of it\'s own fun games.

[Titan]

Originally posted by rastalant


Sweet!!!!!!!!  Is doom 3 really coming to xbox?!?!?!  Now that game there has some graphics!!!!!

That\'s all I need to hear. I need to start saving up for an X-Box now.

XBox has great WOM advertising behind it. Even old people that come into Best Buy know what XBox is.

It is interesting to note that Best Buy\'s fastest selling console of November was...Dreamcast. When we lowered the price to 50 bucks, we sold 75 in two hours. If Sega was actively making and shipping them, they could have easily sold more than all of the other consoles. I can\'t believe how many people still come in day after day asking if we have Dreamcasts.

On another note, one of the last games, Conflict Zone, was supposed to ship yesterday, but we didn\'t get it in today! We better get it, dammit!


Eric Jacob

Yes I am surprised too that xbox is selling that well.  

I wonder how well xbox would sell if they had more consoles on the shelves?  This must be very nearly 100% sell through--makes you wonder how mnay consoles Sony is selling because of the lack of xbox units.

I am glad N is doing poorly--this great company needs a wake-up call.

Originally posted by Watchdog
Yes I am surprised too that xbox is selling that well.  

I wonder how well xbox would sell if they had more consoles on the shelves?  This must be very nearly 100% sell through--makes you wonder how mnay consoles Sony is selling because of the lack of xbox units.

I am glad N is doing poorly--this great company needs a wake-up call.

What\'s up watchdog.   Both Sony And Xbox is outselling the gamecube yes nintendo does need a wake up call there a world outside of kiddy games.

Dreamcast for 50?

I can\'t find any of them anymore here on Guam.. Nonexistent. I will just have to wait till someone trades one in.

The x-box have been aout for a month now and have sold almost a million. The PS2 has sold a little bit more than the x-box. But the PS2 has been out for over a year!! This is not good news for MS and Nintendo. Even though the x-box and the GC is out this doesn´t affect the sales of the PS2. A lot of people talked and said that after the GC and the x-box arrives, the PS2 will drop back heavily. LOL
This is in the Homecountry of MS. The US!! If a japanese company like Sony is selling more PS2 than MS is selling x-boxes in the US just a month after the launch of the x-box then you can start woundering how the x-box will sell in Japan!!!
I have to say: The GC and the x-box has no chance whatsoever to catch up and beat Sony. It is not going to happen, Call me a fanboy or whatever but come on, the PS2 just keeps on selling like hell!!

I don\'t think MS or the big N need to beat Sony\'s sales figures this time around.

Do you think that there is not enough room in the console market for two or three consoles?

Ace

[GmanJoe]

My take on this is....

1. Xbox and GC commercials are all over the place. PS2 console, relatively few.

2. PS2 will drop the price by February, that\'s my guess so don\'t quote me. Sony makes their own hardware and is finally making a profit off its console sales(they recently announced), so they can reduce the price in the US. So expect another surge of PS2 sales soon.

3. Xbox is selling quite well, just 30,000 units shy of beating PS2. That\'s only half a football stadium, folks! Quite impressive!

4. What\'s this? PS One is selling too!

5. Game Cube sales will pickup as we get closer to Christmas. Also, when Resident Evil finally hits this Spring, expect a GC surge.

6. Pokemon will save GC again.

All in all - the three systems are doing quite well. GC is at what I expected since its line up of games is small yet the consoles are still selling. PS2 is unexpectedly selling well even though the TVs and radios have mostly Xbox and GC stuff.



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If Sony had 2 million PS2 at launch, it probably would have sold out in 2 weeks. Remember how long PS2\'s were continually sold out at stores? Just last Spring, nearly 6 months! If they had the supply, there would be 10 million PS2 owners in the US alone.

I got to agree with Bossieman. I don\'t see Xbox or GC anywhere catching up to the PS2 this generation. And I do believe it is relevant. None of this company (especially Microsoft) is in this console war to settle with second.

I also agree with GmanJoe.

Well, I would think MS and Nintendo would have to be crazy to think they would out sell the PS2 this Christmas season. It\'s just not going to happen with the raw numbers that Sony has shipped.

I am sure they have long term business plans. Do you think they would just throw up their hands and say we can\'t beat Sony, so lets give up? Of course not. If that was the case, Sony would have looked at Nintendo and Sega and would have said screw it.

Of course all three want to be number one. The gaming industry is huge and I think two consoles could coexist.

Ace

All 3 can co-exist but it wont be any 33% each more like 70% Sony 15% MS and 15% Nintendo.
Maybe not that high later on but current numbers in USA:

Sony PS2: 91%
MS: 5%
Nintendo: 4%

The Sony numbers will drop but how much, down to 33%?

That\'s a good question, but only time will tell. If MS and Nintendo have the games people want then it will change.

I know it\'s obvious, but it\'s always the games.

Ace

Originally posted by Bossieman
The x-box have been aout for a month now and have sold almost a million. The PS2 has sold a little bit more than the x-box. But the PS2 has been out for over a year!! This is not good news for MS and Nintendo. Even though the x-box and the GC is out this doesn´t affect the sales of the PS2. A lot of people talked and said that after the GC and the x-box arrives, the PS2 will drop back heavily. LOL
This is in the Homecountry of MS. The US!! If a japanese company like Sony is selling more PS2 than MS is selling x-boxes in the US just a month after the launch of the x-box then you can start woundering how the x-box will sell in Japan!!!
I have to say: The GC and the x-box has no chance whatsoever to catch up and beat Sony. It is not going to happen, Call me a fanboy or whatever but come on, the PS2 just keeps on selling like hell!!

Just give the Xbox a little more time, b/c as you rightly point out it has only been out for a month and a million in sales by the end of this year is very impressive for the underdog MS. You state that PS2 has been out for a year as if that is a disadvantage, but therein lies it\'s advantage over the Xbox b/c it has had time to build a larger library of games. Give the Xbox that same amount of time to build it\'s library and see if the PS2 still maintains this very tiny lead of less than 100,000 more units sold over the Xbox. By next holiday season, I will be fully surprised if it is not the other way around.

The only thing that I\'m actually surprised at is how close the sales are for that time period given the circumstances. I fully expected the PS2 to absolutely spank the Xbox in sales. I actually believed the Xbox sales would be a distant third due to the fact that it is the underdog trying to break into a new market. I\'m beginning to wonder if PS2 sales are already peaking in the U.S. with it being relatively so young here. I wonder what would have happened if they had launched at the same time, would PS2 still be the current console leader? With a five year life cycle, the Xbox has a lot of time to gain ground and it may end up dominating sales in the U.S. The entry of MS in the console market could end up fracturing the current chokehold that the Japanese have with Sony owning Japan, MS dominating North America and Europe being the key for complete leadership in the industry.

On a personal note though, I could care less who ends up selling more units as I will have the best of both worlds.