Xbox not helped by it's "ethnicity"

[Diomedes1976]

The 360 doesnt sell as well in Europe (in fact it sells even less that the estimations of this page ) because some very clear factors .

First ,its brand name is bad .Microsoft operative systemas are bad ,they have security breaches ,virus can get inside easily ,have lots of spyware ,compatibility issues ,freezes ,etc etc .They imposed themselves by doing illegall practices and copying the Screens OS illegally and now they have that huge market but most people hate them all the same .And the 360 having around a 30% failure rate doesnt help .

Second ,no exclusive games .Most of its games are on the PC or will be on the PC sooner or later .Some japanese IP as Blue Dragon and Lost Oddysey could change that but unfortounately those arent so hot.

Third ,the machine has a stupid name .Who would like to buy a box called X ?

Fourth ,online fees .Once added ,and adding them in the long term is what intelligent people do ,its way more expensive that the PS3 .Having a new receipt arriving at your bank account is simply people here dont like .Young people dont like it ,and parents buying the console for their children run scared when they hear MS and bank account in the same phrase .

Fifth ,the Playstation brand has a lot of loyalty and its consumers are happy .If they have been happy with the PS1 ,PS2 why would they change sides ?Specially since the PS3 has been out here for 9 months and since then it has showed a very good lineup ,exclusive titles ,the Playstation Eye ,the new Singstar ,PES 2008 etc etc .For people here the PS3 is delivering what it promised .Sony brand in general is well regarded too as quality products .The 600 pricetag was frightening enough to persuade many users and made them wait ....

....but as Willem told once it is at 399 most people just spend 50 euros plus and get the quality he expects without add ons,accesories ,online fees and all that rubbish .