Microsoft’s Xbox 360 sinking quickly in face of opposition from PS3 and Wii

[LordTheNightKnight]

Imperial said:

LordTheNightKnight said:

BMaker11 said:

LordTheNightKnight said:

DOATS1 said:

Slimebeast said:

Only a rabid fanboy would call the X360 "sinking" when the truth is that the X360 has increased a whopping 40% in world-wide sales in 2008 compared to 2007.

libellule this was a very unneccessary thread.

.....well are you going to mention ps3's or wii's increase? or did you forget to pick those cherries?

 

But no one was claiming they were sinking. We know those systems increased their sales. The point is that so did the 360.

It's all relative though. Relative to itsself, it's doing great, but relative to the PS3 and Wii, it's sinking. It still has healthy sells, there's no doubting that, it's just that in terms of month-to-month sales, it's in last place amongst the 3. And when you were once in the lead, this situation is called sinking (in THIS generation. Don't try and pull a "since the PS2 was on top, the PS3 must be sinking" or something along those lines)

No. Sinking means a negative. Relativity makes positives look bigger or smaller, but it does not inverse them. So that is just bull.

The 360 is making money now, unlike the Xbox, and according to this week's hardware sales, the 360 is still selling about 250k worldwide, which is mcuh better than it has been doing the past few weeks. Those are not sinking, even from a reletive point of view.

Depends on what criteria your judging , in respect to the 360's performance against [itself] it's not sinking , it's showing a steady improvment . In respect to it's performance against the PS3/Wii it is actualy [sinking] , it is no longer outselling the Wii neither is it outselling the PS3 anymore ( in terms of hardware ) therfore in comparison to where it was and where it is now it is indeed (negativley) sinking.

Microsoft are also far from recouping the cost's of the 360 , RROD , Buying exclusives , 10/10 reviews , Halo 3 advertising , GTA IV DLC and the list goes on.....

Bull. Compared to last week, both the PS3 and 360 sold 60% more hardware. BOTH had that percentage increase. That can't even be sinking in a reletive manner.

As for costs, the only real expense you listed was the RRoD, and that was deal with last year.

Halo 3 marketing? The game made about $170 million in revenue on the first day. Even if they spent a fraction of that on marketing, it wouldnt' have taken that long to recoup the costs.

As for exclusives, the biggest payout we know of was for GTA, and I would say it's likely Microsoft's cut of that revenue already covered that. 

Buying review scores? Now you're just making things up. If you can't use real facts, no wonder you think you can make it look as though the 360 is sinking.