Report: Euro Xbox 360 sales hitting a wall, PS3 price drop 'inevitable'
A recent report from research company Screen Digest asserts that the Xbox 360's European sales have "hit a wall" and are being constricted by a target market that is "too focused on adult males." The report, as detailed by GamesIndustry.Biz, suggests that sales will continue to suffer as Microsoft struggles to "break out of a small number of genres" in an attempt to capture the attention of a wider audience (perhaps one swayed by the likes of Beautiful Katamari?). Still, the Xbox Live service is labeled as a "beacon of hope," and many of the most anticipated titles in the year's fourth quarter are attached to the Xbox 360. On the topic of the PlayStation 3, Screen Digest reportedly criticizes Sony for relying too much on the PlayStation brand and being unclear about the features offered by the system. The report predicts an "inevitable" price
As for the Wii, Screen Digest believes that Nintendo's wildly successful console is splitting business models within the industry, resulting in some publishers quickly releasing mediocre titles and riding Nintendo's coat tails all the way to the bank. Other publishers, however, are realizing that the "lower development costs and fastest growing installed base confers significant economic advantages in publishing games for Wii relative to competitive consoles." Provided the games don't involve the hunting of men, that is.
[Via Xbox 360 Fanboy]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Jeff @ Jun 20th 2007 8:58PM
It took a little longer than I would have expected, but the 360's finally slowing down all over the world. Some people actually thought 360 sales would *rise* this year, but with two competitors now on the market, the smart money was always on an overall drop.
MS is going to have to drop the price of the 360 just like Sony if they expect to stay in the race. Everybody who was going to buy a system at the current prices already has. Meanwhile, Nintendo just keeps on defining the market - they don't need to do a damn thing.
Brent @ Jun 20th 2007 9:06PM
360 has one of the best lineups of any console, ever*, this holiday. if anything it deserves more sales.
*(this is an opinion, for you douche bags out there that like to spin words)
Josh @ Jun 20th 2007 9:09PM
Where are the statistics (for all 3 consoles) to support this report?
Rubang B @ Jun 20th 2007 9:14PM
I loved the Manhunt 2 zing at the end! It's like Star Wars Day, but... Manhunt 2 Censorship News Day instead.
Dan @ Jun 20th 2007 9:16PM
Prepare to see Xbox 360 sales skyrocket when Halo 3 /GTAIV come out.
And ftr, I don't like halo 3, just in case anyone felt like trying to 'fanboy' me.
super joe @ Jun 20th 2007 9:16PM
Give Europe Halo 3 and maybe systems will start to fly off the shelves again.
SunnysVideoGameReviews @ Jun 20th 2007 9:16PM
Im glad too see that the prices are dropping on the PS3. it looks like they have some good games coming out if they don't get crushed by the competition.
SunnysVideoGameReviews @ Jun 20th 2007 9:23PM
The x box 360 needs a fall so the competition can catch up
SunnysVideoGameReviews @ Jun 20th 2007 9:26PM
Both look like good systems, though.
copa @ Jun 20th 2007 9:31PM
Wii is clearly the champion of accessible titles.
XBox 360 is the only new-gen console to have Guitar Hero II. Plus Viva Pinata, DDR, some family-friendly XBLA titles, and Katamari coming down the pipe.
PS3 has shooting (R:FOM) and driving (Motorstorm). Playstation Home certainly has the potential to appeal to a wider range of gamers, but I am concerned about Sony's ability to execute out of the gate with such an ambitious project. This is the sort of thing that might end up taking 8-12 months to work out the kinks.
nick @ Jun 20th 2007 9:34PM
This is why the 360 needs a price drop, which in my opinion should be occuring during the summer.
The PS3 will inevitably receive a price drop. If Microsoft waits until Sony drops their price, they then missed a huge opportunity to differentiate themselves by a huge margin. Instead Microsoft is letting Sony achieve a better margin and reduce the cost of their console, so they may catch up to them. I don't understand Microsoft.
Wii, on the otherhand, is exploiting the ability to not only be the lowest cost console in town, but also feature the lowest cost software. This is appealing to parents and a mass audience. Thing is, Wii owners don't seem to be buying as much software as 360 owners, with the exception of well known Nintendo titles.
Karamo17 @ Jun 20th 2007 9:46PM
Wow, i think the ps3 sale will increase when Singstar in released, which will be soon. As for the 360 i think all the news about the system being faulty is one of the reasons it's sales are dropping.
nick @ Jun 20th 2007 9:46PM
Oh also, if I were Micrsoft I would have bundled a game with the 360 earlier this year in lieu of a price drop. Why not give away Viva Pinata for a while? Build up the audience, then sell the sequel to the built in audience.
Tony @ Jun 20th 2007 9:58PM
The funny thing to me is that you can complain about this "lack of genres" on all three systems. The Wii isn't magically excluded from this because it has Wii Tennis and some mini-game collections in addition to other traditional things. There's "casual" 360 games if you look. I agree with others here that it's mostly a matter of price.
Considering the 360 seems to still be doing relatively well despite the competition in Europe, I'm also kind of wondering what they're looking at. I'd have to wager that with the inevitable price drop and things like Halo 3 this Fall they have very little to concern themselves about.
horngreen @ Jun 20th 2007 9:58PM
360 has a great line up if you like killing and driving. Most mothers of 12 year old boys don't really want to assist with that urge in a boy. The PS3 is just too damn expensive for average consumer considering a new console. The Wii has it for now and if MS doesn't jazz things up with games that are good AND appeal to more people than 26 year old guys. And XBLA is either releasing tired shit from the early 80s or crappy cartoon RTS type games involving worms and bugs. OH BUT THEY ARE IN HD! I'm lucky because I pretty much only do FPSs and driving games but most people want more. I'm amazed MS has made the EXACT same mistake with the 360 they made with the Xbox.
VampireHunter Z @ Jun 20th 2007 9:59PM
@3
I was hoping for the same thing. Someone claims the sales are hitting the wall but provides no numbers. This report is useless.
MSFT can hold out on a price drop until the Wii sells 10 million. They are far enough in the lead to make some profit from the hardware until Nintendo is close.
Stevo @ Jun 20th 2007 10:12PM
So Xbox 360 is about to hit a wall chasing the same genre the PS2 sold 100 million units with? Uhh... no, sorry. Just because the Wii is trying to capture a larger target market doesn't mean the ol' reliable has since vanished.
Digi Smalls @ Jun 20th 2007 10:13PM
some pretty good ideas being thrown around here. and no fanboy talk. impressive.
to me, it always seemed the PS3 was especially tailored for Europe. ironic because it got there late. it's best launch title was a WWII era sci-fi FPS in London, and its best game is an rally type off-road racer.....someone didn't do their Japanese marketing homework. being a little too provincial there Phil Harrison?
fact is the 360 and the PS3 are for game playing adults, and thats a pretty new and narrow market. while it will certainly grow, they obviously overshot themselves a bit and let the Wii pick up all the scraps. for example, there will always be kids and you don't want to spend $400+ on them...
i don't know how big Halo was/will be in Europe but at this point everyone is just holding their breath for price drops on both the big consoles.
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JET @ Jun 20th 2007 10:21PM
http://www.maddigitalscientist.com/2007/05/death-of-console-gaming.html
The numbers in this analysis are from May, but I think the point rather well. Microsoft's main problem is that they're not selling well anywhere in the world. I don't expect Halo 3 and GTA IV to reverse that trend since the world outside the US doesn't care about either all that much.
JET
waves @ Jun 20th 2007 10:24PM
MS would be crazy to do a price drop before christmas. They need to let Halo 3 (and the rest of the Fall lineup) sell as many systems as it can at the current price. Once that bump in sales starts to decline I can see the dropping the price in the spring.
muppetmeth @ Jun 20th 2007 10:42PM
That sounds right.
Playstation's situation couldn't be worse, the Wii is only a fad, but the 360's sales will go up quite a bit later this year. Then it will probably decline...
Jake @ Jun 20th 2007 10:59PM
The 360 has a strong fall lineup, which will obviously boost sales. It is do for a price drop, though, and I think many people are waiting for that as well. My fear is that they are waiting for Halo3 to run its course to an extent, because they don't want to drop the price before all the Halo3 fans finally pick up the system. That is too much money to leave on the table with people that are getting the system anyways.
But I think that they can and will drop the price of the console early next year. If they truly had a killer instinct, they'd drop the system $100 and give away a free 6 months Live the day that Halo 3 drops, then take a bow. But if they were going to do that, why not drop it earlier and squeeze a couple of extra game sales in the mean time, and avoid selling out the system. Man, they better hope that game just owns.
The PS3 also has a decent fall lineup. It is perhaps limited in console exclusives to differentiate it on shelves, and dwarfed by the 360 in the hardcore arena, but they range across a variety of genres and equally cover the three regions. And don't underestimate the power of strong multiconsole titles that it shares with the 360.
There are a lot of Playstation fans that don't necessarily need Sony exclusives, but just need games period and a price drop to pick up the only system that they have ever seriously considered. I personally don't see a lot of people buying a $500 console for Home, but that will also be a nice addition to the deal for people into that sort of thing.
The Wii is doing fine and I don't see it dropping its price, even though they could much easier than the other three companies. They are just having too much fun rolling in money. Multiply $50(a likely price drop figure) by how ever many million consoles they will sell by 2008 and tell me if you would drop the price. That is straight cash, homey.
This fall it is getting a few bigger budget titles that should appeal more to the hardcore, but it is definately getting its share of low budget stuff as well. I don't see sales slowing down, as the harder-core audience becomes more intrigued and the casuals continue to talk about it.
The Wii will likely keep its pricing strategy, sweetening the bundle at the most, until sales slow down. Then they will drop the price. Personally, I think they should drop the price $50 as soon as their manufacturing capabilities, running full strength, exceed their sales. That way they can keep the momentum going.
I honestly think there is a place for all three consoles in the market. I personally don't know anyone who wants to get a Wii that doesn't have one, but know several who want a PS3 and a few that want a 360, once they get a price drop and/or Halo3. Continued decrease in HDTV prices and increase in sales won't hurt them any, either.
That's my $0.02
Phil @ Jun 20th 2007 11:25PM
I find it pretty fucked up that the Wii, which is "primarily children based console" is outselling the Xbox which is "primarily teen/adult male console".
Well not outselling yet, but getting there.
Gamble20 @ Jun 20th 2007 11:39PM
Sony has a much better library of upcoming games as far as a variety of genres.
every system has a great lineup this year, 360 having the best holiday lineup ever is well...a fanboy's foolish comments.
PS2 had a better lineup than theirs at least 3 different years.
It is a GREAT lineup though no doubt, and America will love it...but in other countries they want more than Halo 3 and all the other adult games. Look at nintendo, they make most of their money from children's games. the fact is children's games aren't just fun for kids, whereas adult games ARE only fun for adults (or teens of course), and they are too challenging for the younger ones.. they have to make really great games for other genres (platformers even mini game sort)
360 sucks in sales worldwide right now, so does PS3.
In fact if it wasn't for the failing PS3 sales (although they aren't even close to bowing out) everyone would be making fun of that unreliable piece-o-junk. At least outsell the PS2 I mean come on!
Jake @ Jun 21st 2007 12:04AM
The 360 will never really capture the child and Japanese markets, no matter what. But don't underestimate the demand for the PS3 and 360. They'd be selling like hotcakes too at $250. Most people just can't justify spending that much money for a console, plain and simple.
As for 360 having the best console holiday lineup ever, that is more that just a console fanboy's wet dream. If you are into the types of games they are dropping like Mass Effect, Bioshock, Halo3, Too Human, Unreal3, GTAIV, and others, they have some stuff that looks better than anything ever. I'm into that sci-fi and adult stuff and am very excited about the fall, to say the least.
t_m @ Jun 21st 2007 12:08AM
Its weird that everyone has the impression that the 360 is seling really well (myself included). I'm sure i saw some figures a while back that indicated that it sold more slowly than the original xbox in it's first 6-12 months.
Saying the PS3 and 360 are for "game playing adults" is possibly true.. but i'd say that "for game playing 15-30 males" is probably more accurate.
Where the Wii cracked it was appealing to girls, to kids, and mostly to parents. (game playing AND non game playing.)
While i'd guess a lot of 18-30 males would prefer the 360.. a lot of 30+ males have pickd up a Wii to play with their wives or kids.
skyrous @ Jun 21st 2007 12:20AM
How can you people get your definitions so completely messed up? The Wii isn't the system for the kids. The big revelation is games like Wii sports and Wii play are huge among non-gaming adults. 16 year old boys are Halo's target audience, most 30 year old women aren't going to be interested, But they love Wii sports and trauma center. When I found out that my boss who has no interest in video games owns Wii I couldn't believe it. And yet it's Nintendo's strategy playing out to absolute perfection.
Once the PS2 won over the hardcore audience mostly on the strength of GTA and final fantasy the casual audience began to buy the systems because they became universally popular. This has been how the home video game market has worked since it's creation. Game fanatics bought the NES and 3 years later everybody else followed. The Wii is changing the paradigm they're winning over the casual audience first. And because it's a larger potential market they're selling Wii's faster than any other system in history. It's a simple matter of economics that EA is going to assign there top tier development studios to the system with the greatest market share. And unless radical action is taken by either MS or Sony by next summer that system will be the Wii.
The 8 million people who bought a Wii and the millions more waiting to buy one DON'T CARE if the PS3 has better graphics. The controls are only a gimmick if nobody makes games that use them. And I can promise Nintendo will hard at work designing such games and Nintendo has the best game designers in the world, both Sony AND MS would happily give away their first born children for a developer team with Nintendo's proven track record of titles selling over a million.
PS3 and 360 are big fish in the moderate sized pond of hardcore teenage boy gamers... Nintendo swam down the river and is quickly taking over the ocean.
cc123 @ Jun 21st 2007 12:23AM
"Its weird that everyone has the impression that the 360 is selling really well (myself included)."
A lot of the xbox people spend so much time scratching their heads and slinging poo at the PS3 that they neglect to realize the position their in.
The 360 has been out for 18 months with a pretty good library including a AAA killer app and it's selling miserably.
Digi Smalls @ Jun 21st 2007 12:42AM
miserably? at almost 2:1 in america, whats that make the sales of the PS3?
cc123 @ Jun 21st 2007 12:54AM
Me: "A lot of the xbox people spend so much time scratching their heads and slinging poo at the PS3 that they neglect to realize the position their in."
Digi Smalls: "miserably? at almost 2:1 in america, whats that make the sales of the PS3?"
Thanks for proving me right.
EclipseCDN @ Jun 21st 2007 1:43AM
I like the analogy about the wii swiming down the river and taking over the ocean.
Funny thing is, the 360 has some really good kids games. It's like one comentator said though, that the price point is too much for parents.
Another commentator said that XBLA was nothing special. I strongly disagree with this - I've been a supporter of the unique titles that XBLA has brough into play. It's done far more for this industry than virtual console ever will. I've played a lot of original IP's that would never sell in wall mart, but as cheap downloadable content I'm very impressed with them. Off hand, Geometry Wars and Pac Man CE might be the best downloadable games I've ever played (and both of them can keep a room full of people entertained - and packman had my whole family playing). Aside from that there are all sorts of other cool game like Robo Blitz, Assult Heros ect.
In the last episode of the 1up show, it started off with the creators of WoW talking about how they enjoyed playing viva pinata. Rare made this great game, and it's not selling because the target demographic can't afford the 360 at this price point.
I really honesly think that the 360 is the best console out there bar none, but it's just too much money for the people who want to buy it.
One more thing: From a quality perspective, I think the 360 has the best lineup ever. It's a fanboys wet dream. The list:
Blue Dragon, Halo 3, Assasans Creed, GTA IV, BioShock and Mass Effect all hit in a tight window of just a few months. And I know I'm missing some titles from this list, but this is just a starter.
But even with those titles, it's still amazing - two of those titles are looking to redefine genre's (Assasins Creed and Bioshock) another could redefine a genre (Mass Effect) and the others will be quality, solid releases (Halo 3, GTA IV)
All these games lack mass market appeal, but they have firm hardcore appeal. All of these games will sell in the millions.
The PS2 has had some awesome lineups in its' history (including last years fantasic year) but I just don't see how any platform could compair to this.
Digi Smalls @ Jun 21st 2007 2:14AM
nice non-answer there cc123.
was pretty straightforward question. that's what you call "poopoo"?
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Digi Smalls @ Jun 21st 2007 2:20AM
so who's neglecting what position....?
Kye @ Jun 21st 2007 4:54AM
"...significant economic advantages in publishing games for Wii relative to competitive consoles."
So the Wii isn't in the competition now? Quick! Someone should tell them they're winning a race that they're not even in. Oh how embaressing that would be.
@ muppetmeth 21
"...the Wii is only a fad..."
Yeah. Just like rock n roll.
Seriously, some of you guys need to stop bitchin'. Its like:
"Oh the Wii will fall flat on it's face lolllol!!!!1!1"
Then when it's outselling your precious [insert console here] it's like:
"It' won't last."
Then when everone else copies them it's:
"They weren't the first anyways! Besides, duct tape!!1!!"
I think if they hugely outsold everyone else this generation some of you would actually commit suicide.
Here's a free lesson in being mature- Learn to give credit where it's due. Bonus points for doing it with some dignity.
Digi Smalls @ Jun 21st 2007 8:48AM
kye, most gamers here just don't consider the Wii direct competition to PS3 or 360 ok? it sells (massively) for completely different reasons. yes, technically it's all still 'videogames', but put plainly, the Wii has a different market. a much bigger one, but different.
the PS3 and 360 are now the niche machines, i think anyone would concede that, so be mature enough to LET IT GO.
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synce @ Jun 21st 2007 8:54AM
The Wii is selling so good right now because games like MGS4, Final Fantasy 13, Halo 3, and Mass Effect among many others haven't shown the general public exactly how much more awesome PS3 and 360 are. Trust me in 2 years, Wii will have been a passed fad, while PS3 and 360 will be neck and neck.
mastafool @ Jun 21st 2007 9:09AM
The Wii is selling well because of the WiiMote. That's it. It's a great idea, and alot of people are jumping onboard because it's fun and different. If the Wii didn't have the WiiMote, and relied on the quality of games released, it would have never caught on.
As for MS, I agree that a game pack-in would be a great idea. The Xbox 360 has a terrific library of games released, and games soon to be released. I believe the reasons why Xbox 360 sales are dropping include: Price, Hardware Failure, and people waiting for the rumored 65nm chip. The reson why the 360 sold less thatn the original Xbox in it's first 6 months has to do with console availability. It wasn't until April or May of 2006 could you easily find a 360 in stores or online (not Ebay). And those months fall just after the 6 month timeline.
As for the PS3, they have an interesting story. It's definetly suffering from the price issue, but it's main problem is that it needs to seperate itself from the Xbox 360. Games for the PS3 need show why it is worth $600. I know all about the great features it has (free online, wifi, BluRay) but it is a game console first. The games look great, don't get me wrong, but not $600 great.
JET @ Jun 21st 2007 9:45AM
The 360 didn't just undersell the original Xbox in its first 6 months, it continues to do so:
http://videogamecharts.com/page3.html
The adoption rate of the 360 is lower than any console in the last two generations with the exception of Gamecube. 360 is also selling horribly in Japan and sales have stagnated in Europe. Microsoft has a crisis on their hands: The system is now 20 months old and has yet to reach the 10 million sales milestone they promised within the first year (in fact, Wii looks increasingly likely to beat 360 to that goal).
But Wii is running into a software problem. There are scads of titles available but no one's buying anything other than Zelda, Mario Party 8, and Wii Play. While Wii is appealing to broad range of non-gamers, it looks like those non-gamers are perfectly happy with Wii Sports. When Target runs 50% software clearances eight months after launch, something's up.
JET
megaStryke @ Jun 21st 2007 9:53AM
@mastafool
"The Wii is selling well because of the WiiMote. That's it. It's a great idea, and alot of people are jumping onboard because it's fun and different. If the Wii didn't have the WiiMote, and relied on the quality of games released, it would have never caught on."
HOLY SHIT! REVELATION OF THE CENTURY! The Wii is selling because of the Wiimote! Wow! A machine that has been marketed as a new way to play is selling because the controller offers a different way to play games! What a STARTLING observation!
Digi Smalls @ Jun 21st 2007 10:01AM
the 360 reaching profitability this year for the first time in the history of the xbox project and it's "selling miserably" and in "crisis" .....
yet no absolutely mention at all of how the PS3 is doing from these fellows, hmm, why is that?
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maverick_saturn_626 @ Jun 21st 2007 10:43AM
Both 360 and PS3 suffer the same issues over here, they lack games that appeal to everyone, we aren't like Americans, we are not into this macho 1 man saves the day fps routine, and we aren't japanese, we are not into cute boyband guy joins club goodie two shoes to defeat the forces of evil.
Europeans love variety which is exactly the reason w jumped at PS2, 360 lacks that with most of it best games being FPS with yet another one about to be released, Halo 3 whoopty doo, and once Halo 3 goes, what next, Halo 3.2? Halo 4? Halo worlds? Halo Forever? WTF?
As for PS3, it lacks games full stop, suprisingly enough, most gamers over here are deciding to go the PS3 direction instead of Wii which is very suprizing. But then its no wonder, PS2 had games ppl liked so it is likely those same games will reappear on the console, and with a price drop in the continent paying the most for PS3, it will no doubt be like a bombshell.
As for Wii, I think Wii has taken off quite well, no doubts at some point it could succeed.
Josh @ Jun 21st 2007 10:57AM
"The adoption rate of the 360 is lower than any console in the last two generations with the exception of Gamecube."
That isn't true. According to those charts, the PS3 adoption rate is also lower than the 360's adoption rate up to month 6. The PS3 had a start that was just on par with the 360. But with sales of only 82,000 consoles for 2 months in a row (and no signs of changing radically), the gap between the 360 and the PS3 is widening.
At the end of Month 18, the only non-portable console that beat the 360 is the PS2. The 360 passed everything else. The Wii does have the potential to beat the 360's sales performance when the Wii reaches month 18. But I don't think the PS3 has any chance.
cc123 @ Jun 21st 2007 10:58AM
@Digi Smalls
I didn't answer your question since it was so stupid that I assumed it was rhetorical. So to answer it the PS3 IS selling very shitty in the US.
The point was that you xbots stroke yourselves off by looking at the US sales figures for the 360 and PS3 because the 360 is on top. Yet fail to realize that the 360 is floundering.
And you Digi Smalls just proved that with your dumb responses to JET and me when neither of us mentioned or implied that the PS3 was doing well.
JET @ Jun 21st 2007 11:04AM
Digi, the reason I didn't talk about PS3 is because it hasn't been out for 20 months. Sony also didn't promise sales numbers the way Microsoft did. Sony promised to ship 6 million PS3s in the first three months and they did. Microsoft promised to sell 10 million 360s in one year and they barely broke half. That, I think, is significant.
As for the Xbox division being profitable: only if you consider a $315m loss "profitable." MS hopes to achieve profitability for the division next year, but they're not there yet.
http://www.firingsquad.com/news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=15255
JET
Josh @ Jun 21st 2007 11:08AM
"The point was that you xbots stroke yourselves off by looking at the US sales figures for the 360 and PS3 because the 360 is on top. Yet fail to realize that the 360 is floundering."
Where are the statistics to back this statement up?
Digi Smalls @ Jun 21st 2007 11:17AM
cc123,
yeah i know full well you guys didn't mention PS3. you were both too busy "slinging poo". guilty of your own assertion. think before you write.
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Robotic House Plant @ Jun 21st 2007 11:18AM
Regarding the 360 having a price drop around Christmas to boost sales-- I say, sales are going to increase around Christmas anyway. You really don't need a price drop. Plus, you have all the really huge titles appearing around the holidays, which are also going to help sales.
The price drop should either occur much sooner to increase sales prior to the holiday or if the price drop doesn't arrive before the holidays, you might as well wait until after the holidays to increase sales in the slower months.
The thing is, Microsoft doesn't have to lower the price, as long as it's selling well enough-- I get that. I think Sony, even though it's going to hurt them in the short term, has to be thinking of another pricing strategy or cost reductions to make their product more affordable. If Sony reduces the price of their console prior to Microsoft, then Microsoft has missed an opportunity.
The only one sitting pretty during all of this is Nintendo.
Josh @ Jun 21st 2007 11:25AM
There was a 360 price drop last Christmas. It came in the form of $100 rebates and gift cards. If you paid full price for a 360 last Christmas, you didn't look around enough. I got my premium for $200 at Micro Center.
These promotions will either continue this year, or there will be a permanent price drop. Mark my words.
Crono @ Jun 21st 2007 11:40AM
http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=N64®1=All&cons2=GC®2=All&cons3=X360®3=All&align=1
Really hard to tell from this graph, but it looks to me like the 360 is definitely selling alot faster than either of the slowest selling consoles last gen and the gen before it.
Aligning launches, the PS3 and the 360 have sold virtually identically in its first 6 months. However, comparing it to Xbox, the 360 sold poorly in its first 6 months, and then passed it magnificently thereafter.
http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=X360®1=All&cons2=X360®2=------&cons3=XB®3=------
In fact, Xbox 1 didn't hit the 10 million benchmark (which 360 just hit) until 32 months into its lifetime, 360 hit it a little over 16 months in. So it could easily be argued that 360 is selling twice as well as Xbox.
Aint charts fun!
cc123 @ Jun 21st 2007 11:41AM
Both of you seem to limit your thought capacity to "360 is beating PS3 so it must be good". So I'll speak in terms of PS3 to 360.
May NPD:
360: 154,932
PS3: 81,604
Media Create 4/30-5/27:
360: 9380
PS3: 40099
Totals:
360: 164,312
PS3: 121,703
That takes care of USA and JAPAN. I don't know where to get reliable numbers for PAL land but the PS3 seems to be doing well there.
Is that small amount the 360 has over the PS3 what your holding on so desperately to? Since the PS3 is soooo shitty then looking at how close last months sales were then 360 must be shitty too. Specially when you consider the length of time it's been out and that it ALREADY has a decent game library.