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damkira on 27 February 2008
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thekitchensink said:
damkira said:
How long will a new SKU prop up the 360? There's been.. what? Three skus of the 360, which is less than what the PS3 had and its in last place and its not like they can tout the hd dvd player anymore.

1. Where the hell did you get 5 SKUs from? There's the Core/Arcade (which are EXACTLY the same except that Arcade comes with a memory card and some XBLA games), the Pro (20-gig) system, and the Elite (120-gig) system. Maybe you're counting the Halo 3 edition, which is a Pro console with a custom skin? Or the Pro bundle that has Marvel and Forza with it? If that's the case, then Ps3 has had at least 7 SKUs, and PS2 has had at least 30.

2. They never touted the HD-DVD player. If they were touting it, they would have had it built-in. What they did was say 'hey, it's there if you want it.'

3. If 360 is in last place, then where does that leave the PS3, which is 7 million consoles behind?


 I didn't know the core and the arcade were the same thing, but I do count the Halo 3 as a separate sku. That makes four... not to mention, they were released at different times and none really improved the 360s market position. 

 They promoted HD-DVD like crazy. I'll post links if you don't believe me.

As for my languishing in last place comment, the numbers are on this website for all to see. Microsoft used to be able to claim the American market, but they can't anymore because the 360 has sold less than the PS3 all month. 360 has also fallen greatly behind in Europe and is nearly non-existant in Japan.