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Onimusha12 on 11 September 2008

If Microsoft were to steal Japan from Sony, that would be a huge fiasco for the PS3.



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dbot on 11 September 2008
mrstickball said:
dbot said:
selnor said:
dbot said:
So the 360 is supply constrained in Japan, and Microsoft cuts the price? Poor marketing or is someone not being truthful?

 To inform you, the 360 will have a big shipment on 11th. Seems M$ need to make sure they send more 360's to Japan regularly now. Seems to me Price cut is in tie with the big shipment.

Thanks for the information.  The 360 moved 860 units in Japan last week.  I hope that shipment isn't too big.

It seems that it's a large shipment - Microsoft has had 3 weeks to send new units to Japan. Why do you hope the shipment isn't too big? Afraid that it may start selling well, and beat out the inferior PS3?

 

Maybe they will be able to double last weeks sales and get close to 2k.

 



Thanks for the input, Jeff.

 

 

Jo21 on 11 September 2008
mrstickball said:
dbot said:
selnor said:
dbot said:
So the 360 is supply constrained in Japan, and Microsoft cuts the price? Poor marketing or is someone not being truthful?

 To inform you, the 360 will have a big shipment on 11th. Seems M$ need to make sure they send more 360's to Japan regularly now. Seems to me Price cut is in tie with the big shipment.

Thanks for the information.  The 360 moved 860 units in Japan last week.  I hope that shipment isn't too big.

It seems that it's a large shipment - Microsoft has had 3 weeks to send new units to Japan. Why do you hope the shipment isn't too big? Afraid that it may start selling well, and beat out the inferior PS3?

 

 

inferior? uh... sometimes people make it very clear.

360 its just isn't selling in japan, its not the price, but the brand they buy only japanese things.

even with RPG after the week of the game release things go by to normal numbers and even so its big game this year didn't do more 24k



blazinhead89 on 11 September 2008
mrstickball said:
dbot said:
selnor said:
dbot said:
So the 360 is supply constrained in Japan, and Microsoft cuts the price? Poor marketing or is someone not being truthful?

 To inform you, the 360 will have a big shipment on 11th. Seems M$ need to make sure they send more 360's to Japan regularly now. Seems to me Price cut is in tie with the big shipment.

Thanks for the information.  The 360 moved 860 units in Japan last week.  I hope that shipment isn't too big.

It seems that it's a large shipment - Microsoft has had 3 weeks to send new units to Japan. Why do you hope the shipment isn't too big? Afraid that it may start selling well, and beat out the ****Superior****** PS3?



Bitmap Frogs on 11 September 2008
Jo21 said:

 they buy only japanese things.

 

For how long will this lie linger around the forums?





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Aozora on 11 September 2008

I really don't think Sony has anything to worry about with Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII remaining exclusives in Japan.



smbu2000 on 11 September 2008
dbot said:
mrstickball said:
dbot said:
selnor said:
dbot said:
So the 360 is supply constrained in Japan, and Microsoft cuts the price? Poor marketing or is someone not being truthful?

 To inform you, the 360 will have a big shipment on 11th. Seems M$ need to make sure they send more 360's to Japan regularly now. Seems to me Price cut is in tie with the big shipment.

Thanks for the information.  The 360 moved 860 units in Japan last week.  I hope that shipment isn't too big.

It seems that it's a large shipment - Microsoft has had 3 weeks to send new units to Japan. Why do you hope the shipment isn't too big? Afraid that it may start selling well, and beat out the inferior PS3?

 

Maybe they will be able to double last weeks sales and get close to 2k.

 

360 should sell quite a few systems this week. When I checked around my area last week there were pretty much 0 360's available. When I checked earlier today (9/11, the first day of the price cut and intro of the 60gb 360, also the release of IU) there were 360's in stock (though the biggest store had the Arcade sold out). The 360 should be above the PS3's sales again, like the ToV week. (my guess anyway)

 




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MontanaHatchet on 11 September 2008
mrstickball said:
dbot said:
selnor said:
dbot said:
So the 360 is supply constrained in Japan, and Microsoft cuts the price? Poor marketing or is someone not being truthful?

 To inform you, the 360 will have a big shipment on 11th. Seems M$ need to make sure they send more 360's to Japan regularly now. Seems to me Price cut is in tie with the big shipment.

Thanks for the information.  The 360 moved 860 units in Japan last week.  I hope that shipment isn't too big.

It seems that it's a large shipment - Microsoft has had 3 weeks to send new units to Japan. Why do you hope the shipment isn't too big? Afraid that it may start selling well, and beat out the inferior PS3?

 

Wow Stickball, even I have to stand in awe of that trolling. It's not even stealthy.

Anyways, if the only evidence this man has of the 360 selling well is that he saw 4 people buy a 360...call me unimpressed. I was in a Best Buy for an hour during the Halo 3 craze, and I only saw 2 people buy a 360. From that, I could infer that Infinite Undiscovery and the 360 price drop in Japan is going to move more consoles than the Halo 3 launch. I'd like to see you prove me wrong, unless you went to a store in Japan and saw 1 person buying a 360.

 



 

 

smbu2000 on 11 September 2008
MontanaHatchet said:
mrstickball said:
dbot said:
selnor said:
dbot said:
So the 360 is supply constrained in Japan, and Microsoft cuts the price? Poor marketing or is someone not being truthful?

 To inform you, the 360 will have a big shipment on 11th. Seems M$ need to make sure they send more 360's to Japan regularly now. Seems to me Price cut is in tie with the big shipment.

Thanks for the information.  The 360 moved 860 units in Japan last week.  I hope that shipment isn't too big.

It seems that it's a large shipment - Microsoft has had 3 weeks to send new units to Japan. Why do you hope the shipment isn't too big? Afraid that it may start selling well, and beat out the inferior PS3?

 

Wow Stickball, even I have to stand in awe of that trolling. It's not even stealthy.

Anyways, if the only evidence this man has of the 360 selling well is that he saw 4 people buy a 360...call me unimpressed. I was in a Best Buy for an hour during the Halo 3 craze, and I only saw 2 people buy a 360. From that, I could infer that Infinite Undiscovery and the 360 price drop in Japan is going to move more consoles than the Halo 3 launch. I'd like to see you prove me wrong, unless you went to a store in Japan and saw 1 person buying a 360.

 

Haha, actually the person in line ahead of me at the store I was in bought a 60gb 360!! (I was buying Infinite Undiscovery)

edit: and yes in Japan!




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Me since the games were revealed, the fanboys since E3."

Skeeuk: "playstation 3 is the ultimate in gaming acceleration"

mrstickball on 11 September 2008
MontanaHatchet said:
mrstickball said:
dbot said:
selnor said:
dbot said:
So the 360 is supply constrained in Japan, and Microsoft cuts the price? Poor marketing or is someone not being truthful?

 To inform you, the 360 will have a big shipment on 11th. Seems M$ need to make sure they send more 360's to Japan regularly now. Seems to me Price cut is in tie with the big shipment.

Thanks for the information.  The 360 moved 860 units in Japan last week.  I hope that shipment isn't too big.

It seems that it's a large shipment - Microsoft has had 3 weeks to send new units to Japan. Why do you hope the shipment isn't too big? Afraid that it may start selling well, and beat out the inferior PS3?

 

Wow Stickball, even I have to stand in awe of that trolling. It's not even stealthy.

Anyways, if the only evidence this man has of the 360 selling well is that he saw 4 people buy a 360...call me unimpressed. I was in a Best Buy for an hour during the Halo 3 craze, and I only saw 2 people buy a 360. From that, I could infer that Infinite Undiscovery and the 360 price drop in Japan is going to move more consoles than the Halo 3 launch. I'd like to see you prove me wrong, unless you went to a store in Japan and saw 1 person buying a 360.

 

My whole point was (which I should of fleshed out more) was/is that Sony really isn't trying as hard as Microsoft or Nintendo in Japan. Both the X360 and PS3 are in dire straits: Horrible sales, no momentum after big games, ect.

Sony does.......What? Wait for a few big IPs in hopes they work? Wait for X360 RPGs to go Multi-Plat?

While on the other hand, Microsoft buys up every 3rd party game that could cater to the Japanese audience (within financial reason), and at least attempts to woo the market away from the big N.

 

Of course, neither company is doing what Nintendo is: Actually understanding the market. Nintendo is obviously catering to the Japanese user base more than anyone, while MS steals the Otakus away from the Playstation, and Sony gathers up the 2nd place scraps, gamecube style.

 



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