| StarcraftManiac said: Does the 360 need Japan?! - To end up 1st place overall in sales?! Yes. Definitely. - To end up as a healthy system in the 20-35 million hardware sales?! No. |
Er dude MS is going to need well more than 35 million units sold by 2012 to call it a HEALTHY system. Last gen the xbox needed about (at the very least) 35 million to give the 360 some breathing room and it only managed 25 mill. Dude, the writing is on the wall; The 360 is going to have to sell roughly 45-50 million for MS to even consider taking a chance at an Xbox3. It'll also have to show more sales in the software dept. over last gen which stood at about 190 mill sold.
If it's not obvious that the 360 comes in last this gen and may not even go on to an xbox 3 then I guess you're one of those that'll be losing the $$ they invested in a 360. Don't get me wrong, a console doesn't do badly cause it came in last. It can still be considered a success even though it was last in the race (a la the GC) but this is not the case for MS's xbox system. The way things are shaping up I doubt they'll be able to move more than 32-35 million units and that would be a serious problem especially for a console that came out the gate a full year ahead of the others.
