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kain_kusanagi on 20 July 2010
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Makaha said:
DirtyP2002 said:

Microsoft's Xbox 360 'S' enjoyed a blistering UK launch over the weekend - even out-performing the release of Sony's PS3 Slim in 2009.

The hardware was released at retail on Friday - with a host of sellers discounting the SKU or offering it as part of a cash-saving bundle.

The 250GB console is smaller than the Xbox 360 Elite, and comes with WiFi capability under its hood. It also contains one fan compared to the previous model's two - something Microsoft guarantees will help kill off the Red Ring Of Death. It's also very shiny.

According to official UK industry data monitor GfK-ChartTrack, the XBox 360 S achieved the biggest ever launch in the UK for a "revised" home console - surpassing the launch sales of both PS2 Slim and PS3 Slim.

Over its first two days, the console sold around the same as the original Xbox 360's launch sales total back in week 48 of 2005.

GfK-ChartTrack has not released the sales figures, but we'll check in to see if there's any additional data available.

The firm reports: 'This is even more impressive when you take into account that the original Xbox 360 was launched across two versions, Pro and Core.'

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=256202

 

 

the 360 slim

certainly did well in U.S.

and the Others region

 

but....

 

the 360 slim was a total failure

in Japan

 

in fact, in the Japan preview for the upcoming week, the 360 hardware is expected to be at pre 360 slim levels already

 

that's pretty pathetic

 

in fact, I think the boost the 360 hardware had a few weeks ago was due to MH and not the 360 slim

 

the 360 slim did absolutely nothing for 360 hardware sales in Japan as sales are already back to normal levels

 

don't forget, last year, before the PS3 slim came out in Japan, the PS3 was averaging about 8-10k hardware sales per week in Japan before the PS3 slim launch.  The PS3 slim has PERMANENTLY raised that to at least 17-22k per week.  The PS3 slim made a permanent change to PS3 hardware sales in Japan, while the 360 slim did nothing for long lasting hardware sales as the 360 hardware sales are already back down to normal levels this week.

 

so no, worldwide the 360 slim launch was not as successful as the PS3 slim

 

of course,

the PS3 slim also had a big price drop as well, when it was released.....

 

the price drop also helped the PS3 slim sell 150k hardware in Japan alone, the week it released, compared to only 17k for the 360 slim in Japan, when the 360 slim released there a few weeks ago

In my opinion the Xbox 360's sales in Japan aren't what's really pathetic. What's truely pathetic are Japanese gamer's apathy for a great console and stellar games. I mean look at how successful the 360 is everywhere else in the world. Everybody loves the Xbox 360 except Japan? How is that possible? It's like they are snubing it becuase it's not a Japanese company. Don't try to tell me that the Xbox 360 library only appeals to westerners becuase we buy tons of Japanese styles games. It's not that Xbox 360 doesn't appeal to the Japanese, it's that the Japanese seem to refuse to accept a foreign competitor. Fun games are fun no matter where you live and if they gave Halo a chance they'd probably love it as much as Final Fantasy.