| prinz_valium said:
You keep inferring US, which is what I meant. but as i said before. he made this statement after 10m us not global sales. Again, timing of statement doesn't mean that it doesn't mean global sales. ms always focus on theire home market. and mainly only care about theire home maket So you are saying that they have their own goal posts for being #1? That I buy. the us was (and is) the biggest console gaminig market. so why should "win the generation battle" mean selling the most units globally and not only winning the most important market? Because winning one large battle doesn't mean the smallers battles don't add up and cause you to lose. and by the way. when he made that statement, the wii was leading globally by 7.5 million units Irrelevant in the same way as the timing being 10m US. so yeah. sure when he said "winning the generation battle" he was talking about sell the most units worldwide while being 7.5m units behind place 1 instead of talking about the us, where they were in the lead... Seeing as these statements were made towards the beginning of the generation he could've very easily anticipated a comeback globally. ur interpration vs mine. what semms to be more realisic You would say yours, I would say mine. maybe we should just ask him, what he meant |
Also, let's take the full quote in context, with one important part bolded:
“This year will be the largest in the history of the video game industry, with Xbox 360 leading the charge in the U.S. and abroad,” said Don Mattrick, senior vice president of the Interactive Entertainment Business in the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft. “History has shown us that the first company to reach 10 million in console sales wins the generation battle. We are uniquely positioned to set a new benchmark for the industry.”
They sure thought they were still in first place everywhere...
