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vaio on 22 July 2009

Compared to previous sales weeks and generation the xbox is doing great.

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TheThunder on 22 July 2009

dolemit3 said:
LOL, DQ IX sales killed the 360 in Japan.
Btw, for the past six generations, the console that came in third in Japan ended up being second world wide. Go figure.

Dreamcast ??

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dolemit3 on 22 July 2009

TheThunder said:

dolemit3 said:
LOL, DQ IX sales killed the 360 in Japan.
Btw, for the past six generations, the console that came in third in Japan ended up being second world wide. Go figure.

Dreamcast ??

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JEDE3 on 22 July 2009

LOL lord completely different... Go figure though, when it benifits you GT5P is a full game but ever other time its just a 40 dollar demo.

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richardhutnik on 22 July 2009

Microsoft made progress this generation with the XBox brand. It is a LONG struggle, but has made some.

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Lord Flashheart on 22 July 2009

Jed3 you missed the point I was making.
I'm not surprised.
Missed it by a mile.
Again, not surprised.

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wenlan on 22 July 2009

This is bound to happen when Microsoft stopped funding the 3rd party developers to halt the release of games on PS3 in Japan.
Microsoft spent a lot of money to secure the time exclusive deals for some big titles last year. For Microsoft, one year is enough, and now the market share of X360 is too big to be ignored by the Japanese developers, especially in the western market.

Microsoft achieved its goal and stopped injecting more money to support the JRPG fans in Japan. Japanese 3rd party developers start porting those games on PS3 with extra bonus to piss off the gamers who bought the X360 version. This is what we call business. But at the end of the day, companies that are too "tactical" and screw their customers again and again will fail miserably. Maybe not now, but the time will come.