Stromprophet on 12 January 2007
Townzy said:
Also lets assume the 5.38m for NA and .32m for Japan are correct (for year end 2006)
the 2.64m for Other is way too low.
900k have been sold in UK, 150k have been sold In Aus
Last Gen there were 6m Xbox's sold in Europe (2m in UK) so UK accounts for roughly 33% of sales
900 / 3 = 2.7m in Europe (+ 150k in AUS)
= 2.85m
But thats not all.
last gen 2m were sold in Asia with 450k of that being in Japan (i think asia included 800k Aus sales) = 800k for the rest of Asia so japan accounts for another 33% of Asia
= 320* 3 = 1m
= 3.85m
360 has also launched in all new country's (india, china, korea)
another 150k is viable from these
so 4m for other is about right.
360 is at about 9.2 - 9.4m WW
Your math is a little off.
1) XB sold 500,000 units in Japan as of January 1st, 2006.
2) You're going off what the manufacturer "sold" to retailers overall. (This would be the same for both Nintendo and Sony. They are not reporting how many are actaully counted as end users. There are PS2s a plenty sitting around in warehouses and retailers in the world. You really think they've "sold" 120 million to end users, cause that's what their shipping claims)
3) Japan 500,000, if Austrilia was 800,000, that would mean the remaining is 1.3 million. Japan accounts for 38% Then, not 33.
I agree, that Europe is doing better this time. The uptake was about 35% of US sales last time, now I think it's closer to 40-45%.
I think the number is a little higher than what's on the site, but not over 9 million. Until we get some official sales documentation for Europe for all of 2006.
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