Xbox 360 passes Xbox in Japan

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stof said:

Legend11 said:

Read the first post, it'll likely pass it before the end of the year. And since the 360 very likely has at least another 3 years ahead of it (according to third parties that have mentioned Microsoft's 5+ year plan for the 360) it'll definately do a lot better.

 

The 360 will definately do considerably better than the original box. But that still only makes it a slightly faster snail. Either way, it still amounts to little more than a small trail of slime.

 Right, that's one way to look at it, and it's important that we keep it in mind. However, there are two additional points to make:

1) The 360 will probably see 200 percent of the Xbox's Japanese sales or more in its lifetime. No matter how small a pie you have, twice as big is good.

2) This mirrors Microsoft's other properties, such as Internet Explorer. They never (to my knowledge) take a market by storm: the enter it, and gradually build market share over time.