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Offline Hawke
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« on: March 15, 2002, 01:16:14 AM »
Ookkkay, some tidbits of the finnish launch, focusing in Helsinki, our capital, where the very first XBoxes were unveiled. Article from Ilta-Sanomat (finnish newspaper). If someone needs the link, I could provide it, but i think not many people can understand finnish here... :

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Microsoft\'s new XBox console didn\'t to much to arouse the gamers in Helsinki, when it was launched last midnight.

The XBox is released in europe today, and Microsoft tried to get the consumers\' attention by promising that the 500 first applicants would receive their consoles right after midnight (which would make them the first europeans to officially get their consoles).

The consoles were sold from a truck parked at Keskuskatu, but there were only about a dozen people waiting for the doors to finally open.

The first free XBox in Europe was awarded to Joonas Kantola, who won a raffle held along the launch, at 00.03 GMT+2.

"I wouldn\'t have bought one anyway.", Kantola commented upon receiving his Xbox.


So that\'s the "truckloads of \'Boxes" I heard about. Ouch. Later on today I\'ll do some research on if it\'s doing any better now after that initial farce...


Now, how about other European countries? Articles, sales figures? Anything?
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« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2002, 01:27:53 AM »
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The consoles were sold from a truck parked at Keskuskatu, but there were only about a dozen people waiting for the doors to finally open.


Wha?:laughing:   That\'s the saddest launch ever!!
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« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2002, 01:58:24 AM »
piss poor in Scotland !

Little to No publicity or Intrest !

no Queues and about the same as Hawke with the only a hand full sold with about 2 consoles still to be picked up !
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« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2002, 02:34:47 AM »
Well, the launch was mentioned in the news; just like PS2 was back then. And I\'ve seen a few commercials, but besides that... not much. I\'ll see if I can find some figures later.
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« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2002, 02:58:48 AM »
Just for the record; when the PS2 launched here, there were hundreds (not sure if thousands) of people queuing up for theirs in Helsinki, with many hugging and kissing their new beloved possession.

I did a little round downtown again, and now it seems there are 4 stores selling the XBox here in my hometown. Received units and sales figures go something like this :

Prisma - Shipment : ~10 units, Sold : 2 units
Citymarket - Shipment : ~10 units, Sold : 1 unit
Sokos - Shipment : ~5 units, Sold : 0 units
Musta Pörssi - Shipment : 8 units, Sold : 6 units (all that were sold were also pre-ordered they say. Few days ago they said nobody had made pre-orders, hmm)

Hummm...
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« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2002, 04:06:19 AM »
xbox crashed and burned here, but so did the ps2 in the beginning.

time will tell if it will be a sucess.
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« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2002, 05:20:44 AM »
DoA - Dead on Arrival..

Bom... crash.. *screams*

DEAD!
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« Reply #7 on: March 15, 2002, 07:10:20 AM »
did ok here..

wont last long though..
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« Reply #8 on: March 15, 2002, 07:28:31 AM »
heh not much publicity here, a little blurp on the news and only one company really advertized it. Hell I work for the biggest electronics store here and I can tell you it hasn\'t really been selling like crazy.
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« Reply #9 on: March 15, 2002, 08:31:40 AM »
It was on TV here aswell, but in the stores I went in the afternoon there was nearly no interest. One of the big stores in my area had a special offer for € 399. But that didn`t help much... there were plenty of units left.
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« Reply #10 on: March 15, 2002, 08:57:54 AM »
I haven´t even noticed the launch of the x-box here in Sweden. LOL almost 500 US$!!! LOL
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« Reply #11 on: March 15, 2002, 10:39:50 AM »
Hehehe! This is quite amusing for me! :D

I don\'t know why....;)

I recall the PS2 launch coverage in Paris.....good gravy! It looked like a damn riot in one of the stores!

I was in the all-nighter-line in the US....man, remember those who showed up too late, they were soooo angry at us for lining up all night and accused us of "cheating"! BWAHAHAH!

I said to her, "YOU SNOOZE, YOU LOSE!" and I even got a pat by some the guys who stayed there all night with me.

Later that evening, PS2 Launch Day Oct 26 2000, the news was repeating the lines of people the night before waiting for their PS2s! And there were robberies....pathetic ones too! Like this one girl who got her PS2, she waited at the store entrance while her mom went to get the car....this man showed up and grabbed the bag from the girl containing the PS2 and ran off!

He wasn\'t caught, unfortunately.
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« Reply #12 on: March 15, 2002, 10:52:55 AM »
Yeah in Germany some stores have lowered the price so they really aren\'t making any profit on the consoles in the hope those people will buy more accessories and games.  The only problem with that is:

1)  The only absolutely necessary accessory is another controller.

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2)  The Xbox doesn\'t have a huge library.  Too many crappy games right now.  Besides Halo, DOA3, PGR and Odd - there isn\'t much...  Is Halo even being sold in Germany?  I know they have some hang up with FPS over there...
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« Reply #13 on: March 15, 2002, 10:57:07 AM »
it should be fine

green blood already and no shooting alive humans
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« Reply #14 on: March 15, 2002, 11:01:10 AM »
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