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Forums - Microsoft Discussion - 360 now ~50 Milion Over Original Xbox, SW almost 500m Over.

007BondAgent on 21 December 2012
Wh1pL4shL1ve_007 said:
Darth Tigris said:
Is this the biggest 2nd gen growth in console history?


What is first?


I'd have to say playstation

From not entering the console business to selling over 100m units.



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DieAppleDie on 21 December 2012

the day ive feared most has reached
if Msoft gets control over the console market, count me out, no jk



zhao3gold on 21 December 2012

Congrats to MS and XBOX360!!!



bonkers555 on 21 December 2012
DieAppleDie said:
the day ive feared most has reached
if Msoft gets control over the console market, count me out, no jk


I hope you enjoy board games or trading card games. You will have a lot of free time when you quit Console gaming.



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Mendicate Bias on 21 December 2012

Lol I still remember back when 360 was around 24 million and the source kept posting saying sales would start to slow down since it had saturated the market for people interested in one :P

I still enjoy seeing him come into threads from time to time to post his overly optimistic Wii analysis while predicting doom for the 360



                                           

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walsufnir on 21 December 2012
kowenicki said:
DieAppleDie said:
the day ive feared most has reached
if Msoft gets control over the console market, count me out, no jk


why.

if your manufacturer of choice was still making consoles but MS was number one you'd leave gaming?  thats utterly ridiculous.


after reading for a long time in this forum i am not surprised at all - it seems some consider their favorite console (maker) as their center of life. and yes, utterly ridiculous.



DieAppleDie on 21 December 2012

walsufnir
you really didnt understand Kowenickis post
Kowenicki
if Nintendo was still around of course i wouldnt quit gaming, i was talking in the case Msoft forces its competitors to leave the console market, i mean if Msoft woulb the only hw manufacturer, then i would quit console gaming, or at least new console gaming



ironmanDX on 21 December 2012
DieAppleDie said:
the day ive feared most has reached
if Msoft gets control over the console market, count me out, no jk

Enjoy "gaming"  on your Imac.



DieAppleDie on 21 December 2012

i wont buy a Msoft console ever, just that, and he did not understand your post by the way



Dallinor on 21 December 2012

While the 360 has done terrific this gen and established itself as a household name, the probability of most hardware manufactures exceeding the original xbox in sales with a second go, especially given the fact that it was essentially cast aside and resources put to getting a successor out early, is very high I'd think. More so given that unlike Sega for example, MS could afford to take a massive hit to keep pushing it's foot in the door.

As for these percentage growth figures, I mean if you fail once at something, then succeed, the difference is obviously going to be much greater. While highlighting the success of the 360, this thread also puts a spotlight on the Xbox and just how poor it's sales were.

If a void was created after the dominance of the PS2 era, then Nintendo squeezed more into that gap this gen I suppose.