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reask on 01 August 2008

 

Heres part of an interview given by  John Schappert who is the corporate vice president who runs pieces of Microsoft’s game business.

 

VB: With the recent price moves, there is less of a price spread between your mainstay unit and Sony’s mainstay unit.
JS: In Europe, we have lower prices and it has flown off the shelves like hot cakes. Remember that 75 percent of the units sold at $199 or less in the last generation.

 

Heres the whole interview where he covers live avators among many other things.

 

http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/31/qa-microsoft-game-exec-john-schappert-talks-about-xbox-live-netflix-deal-and-blu-ray/



 

 

 

 

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Xen on 01 August 2008

Numbers don't say so.



Auron on 01 August 2008

Lol they might have been flying of the shelves like hotcakes but they sure as hell weren't being sold.



whatever on 01 August 2008

Apparently Europeans aren't big on hotcakes either.



reask on 01 August 2008

I,m European and quite like hotcakes actually.



 

 

 

 

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konnichiwa on 01 August 2008

Cakes don't sell well in Europe?






akuma587 on 01 August 2008

Always the best source of information to go to.



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xbox360 on 01 August 2008

i hpe they like a deal buy 2 games and get an Xbox 360 at 199$....hotcakes



Diomedes1976 on 01 August 2008

I was looking for a X360 two days ago ...I couldnt decide if buying a second hand machine for 129 euros or a brand new machine.THe brand new machine was 217 euros and had packed Forza Motorstorm 2 ,Viva Piñata and Ninja Gaiden II.It was an arcade unit.

I decided to buy that ,it was dirty cheap after all and I wont subscribe to Live so dont need the HD.

Then I spoke to the guy in the store (the chain is GAME ,and these guys have a promotion issue with MS in Spain ,so they are usually mad to sell you the console as they receive incentives) and he told me not to buy the arcade as there was a huge number of consoles faulty ...he told me to buy the Elite that had a way more reliable score.

After that ,and considering the Elite was 370 and hadnt Ninja Gaiden II but a stupid FPS in the pack ,I decided to left the store without buying the console.

Selling your game console with 3 games for free does seem a bit desperate doesnt it?



Jo21 on 01 August 2008

if so then the ps3 psp wii ds are selling like donuts in a police convention.