I'm surprised Japan retail stores haven't dropped the machine yet.

Well, didn't Soriku predicted something similar? See my sig. :)

Yeah, that website is full of it and just fishing for hits, but some people will repost whatever as long as it sings to their tune.

yes, lets trust this 360 fan!

why would they waste all this time drawing up a report based on pure lies? and about console sales in an incredibly small market mind you. if they wanted hits they should have said the 360 is consistently outselling the PS3 in japan.

y would u drop the machine??? While the GC was doing bad, nobody dropped the machine - u just have less shelf space dedicated to it

360 is bigger in most stores in my area then the wii. I don't think its dying at all and the sales in vgchartz points to that. Australia is really quite equal in regards to the current gen consoles. They all sell well.

Gamecube was dropped in many UK stores, but I don't think it will happen to 360 in Australia, not anytime soon at least.

 It's been a few years since I took a math class but i'm pretty sure 5 years after 2008 is 2013 not 2009, calling them similar is quite a stretch indeed.  Feel free to correct me if I made some stupid mistake like not carrying the one.

Man, I shouldn't be teaching you something so basic but hey I feel generous today.

Most websites revenue is based on the number of hits (visitors to the website) they get. Posting extravagant and outrageous stories will get you hits, just like newspapers increase sales whenever they have flashy, exagerated news. Something like "ORANGE JUICE CAUSES CANCER" will sell newspapers. "XBOX360 GOING OFF THE MARKET" will make people click the link, go to their website and increase smarthouse.com wallet.

For your info, the smarthouse has already stated that the ps4 would be released in 2008, that microsoft has already switched to blueray and other equally false news to generate hits. That's their business: scandalous stories get them visitors and they get money from the visitors. FYI what they have on that website isn't a report, it's just a brief piece that can take just a few minutes to write.

Finally, you can't call people fanboys just because they shoot down FALSE stories even if they are good to your side of the console war. Neither the 40gb ps3's have a 40% failrate (as some websites reported) nor the 360 is being dropped in australia. Happy now?