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starcraft on 27 March 2008
mrstickball said:
Biggest events would be (for the timeline):

Grand Theft Auto IV - Could also involve a pricedrop...If that happens, could re-invigorate NA sales to the best they've been yet.

Ninja Gaiden II - Definately a big IP for Japan. NG sold 66k in Japan on a useless Xbox that sold very, very poorly that year (the X360, for the same year, outsold the Xbox's comparative sales in just a 3 months for what the Xbox did the whole year).

Infinite Undiscovery - If it's a summer release, that'd be 2 big, J-Centric games for Japan in the span of 1-2 months. Could help the 360 out a bit.

Jasper - Jasper is still a big deal, because it reduces Microsoft's prices, and could usher another price drop in, after awhile.

Halo Chronicles - Could move a few consoles...Not many, but could move a few.

Gears of War 2 - Like what Halo 2 did, we could see tons of extra gamers come into the fold since GoW1 sold oh-so well.
This is true, but a lot of people will tell us that noone new will purchase a console for GeoW2.

 



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Squilliam on 28 March 2008
starcraft said:
mrstickball said:
Biggest events would be (for the timeline):

Grand Theft Auto IV - Could also involve a pricedrop...If that happens, could re-invigorate NA sales to the best they've been yet.

Ninja Gaiden II - Definately a big IP for Japan. NG sold 66k in Japan on a useless Xbox that sold very, very poorly that year (the X360, for the same year, outsold the Xbox's comparative sales in just a 3 months for what the Xbox did the whole year).

Infinite Undiscovery - If it's a summer release, that'd be 2 big, J-Centric games for Japan in the span of 1-2 months. Could help the 360 out a bit.

Jasper - Jasper is still a big deal, because it reduces Microsoft's prices, and could usher another price drop in, after awhile.

Halo Chronicles - Could move a few consoles...Not many, but could move a few.

Gears of War 2 - Like what Halo 2 did, we could see tons of extra gamers come into the fold since GoW1 sold oh-so well.
This is true, but a lot of people will tell us that noone new will purchase a console for GeoW2.

 


Dude! When the Xbox sells 30 million consoles before the release, there will be noone else left to sell a console to!



Tease.

dallas on 28 March 2008

Y'all forgot to add that the 360 fell to 3rd place....oh wait this was 07, sorry



Squilliam on 28 March 2008
dallas said:
Y'all forgot to add that the 360 fell to 3rd place....oh wait this was 07, sorry

???????

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Hi, have you taken your meds today?



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mrstickball on 28 March 2008

The 360 won't fall to 3rd place this year. It's still 6.5m+ units ahead of the PS3, and has plenty of gas left in the tank to hold on to #2 for the rest of this year.



Back from the dead, I'm afraid.

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EaglesEye379 on 28 March 2008

My hopeful big events for 360/MS in the next 2 years:
- Slim version of 360 with Blu-ray drive
- Xbox Live fee cut
- Be able to redeem Gamerscore for Marketplace points
- MS buys Valve/Epic!