Xbox vs Xbox 360 market shares

[Mummelmann]

Legend11 said:

Mummelmann said:
Those are some very interesting numbers, and they show what I've suspected all along; MS are riding everything on North America, which is shortsighted and very assuming at the least.
There's no way they'll beat the PS3 WW if this continues, the PS brand is a big seller in Europe once the prices go down.
A couple of years down the line, things will return to their usual selves, with Xbox below Playstation, and I'm not sad about it even one bit... That's what they get for shoddy tactics and all but overlooking the entire world outside NA.

They're bringing out Japanese rpgs, what else exactly do you want or expect them to do? The Japanese are unwilling to pick up a 360 no matter how low the price is or what's packed in. The PS3 sold more than the 360 with basically no games, and even games that would sell in the many hundreds of thousands if not millions on other consoles in Japan sell only a small portion of that on the 360. What more can they do? Pay for the development of even more rpgs (they're paying for at least 3 more big unannounced ones) all of which no matter how amazing they are (they could be the greatest rpgs of all time) they'd still very likely sell in the hundred thousand or less range.

 Even though I see your point, you can't hide the fact that MS has and will favor NA like before. What with the pricecuts and launching of new sku's and all. 

The fact remains that Xbox is not a strong name outside of the US, and it won't be either if trends continue.