Xbox 360 only sells 58% as well as original Xbox did

az_bont · Post by **az_bont** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 11:21 am

GamesIndustry.biz wrote:Early sales for Xbox 360 can't match Xbox due to stock shortages

The first independent figures regarding the launch performance of the Xbox 360 in North America have been released by the NPD Group, revealing that 325,902 consoles were sold by the end of November.

Shortages of the hardware at retail have held back Microsoft's console sales, which lag behind the early performance of the original Xbox - which sold 556,000 units in a comparable amount of time after launch back in 2001, despite direct competition from Nintendo's GameCube, launched only three days later.

Source: GamesIndustry.biz

compacho · Post by **compacho** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 11:45 am

Please stop with these topics. The system just launched ok.

Post by **melancholy** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 11:48 am

Wow, imagine that. A sold out system cannot outsell a system that has plenty of stock. Who would have thought it?

Komid · Post by **Komid** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 12:02 pm

Microsoft is going to release enough consoles to keep the public interested. Its human nature to want what they cant have, sales will be consistant for the consoles as they are pumped out of the factories and put on the shelves to be snapped up by consumers just at a slower rate for the time being.

Wich really is a smart move to have a conservative stance on hardware production considering the 360 still has to compete with the previous generation of consoles in hardware and software sales. The strategy is to slowly build up a solid user base and get the 3rd party publishers to really start taking notice and in turn start making more games. Once the software base is up, Microsoft can be more confident with its hardware production.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 12:43 pm

It's kind of hard to sell systems when they don't exist. Pretty simple really. Why don't you compare the percentage of stock sold instead of the sales numbers?

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 6:28 am

I wonder why......

Xbox was a lot more powerful than the PS2, it came out a long time after - 10 Hype Points

Xbox had Halo - 10234.5 Hype Points

The Xbox 360 has....Perfect Dark (meh) and PGR3 (Nothing that new) - 1 Hype Point (For Perfect Dark)

The Xbox 360 has even more Ghz and Hz and THREE flux capacitors. But its the first next gen console out so everyone is waiting, for Sony

I can't say im suprised really

Jeeba Jabba · Post by **Jeeba Jabba** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 7:15 am

melancholy wrote:Wow, imagine that. A sold out system cannot outsell a system that has plenty of stock. Who would have thought it?

IDK ITS COMPLICATED OR SOMETHING

Tall Israeli · Post by **Tall Israeli** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 7:29 am

I just headed over to BestBuy and was told anyone without a voucher would have to leave.

jaredfogle · Post by **jaredfogle** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:38 am

xobx is tehs uck.

Post by **Specially Cork** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 10:14 am

This is quite clearly to do with the suckiness of the 360. Its easy to blame it on stock shortages, but if the 360 was as good as Microsoft have hyped it to be, people would break into the factories in desperation and make their own 360s.

toastman · Post by **toastman** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 11:20 am

From what I understand, they aren't selling out in Japan.

Tall Israeli · Post by **Tall Israeli** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 11:23 am

toastman wrote:From what I understand, they aren't selling out in Japan.

Someone call the obvious police.

MystiK · Post by **MystiK** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 12:25 pm

i see where this is going, the DREAMCAST had much better sales huh? the DC is the best console ever in the super duper universe isnt it?

hearld500 · Post by **hearld500** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 1:47 pm

I saw a 360 on friday for the first time. I was very unimpressed with it.
Unless they release some titles with significantly better graphics, I'm not going to get one.

Zealous zerotype · Post by **Zealous zerotype** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 1:55 pm

omg dc > xbox 360 lawlz.

JuddWack · Post by **JuddWack** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 10:07 pm

jaredfogle wrote:xobx is tehs uck.

You drunk dude?

toastman · Post by **toastman** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 7:56 am

Tall Israeli wrote:
toastman wrote:From what I understand, they aren't selling out in Japan.
Someone call the obvious police.

Well, everyong is screaming "Tehy have know stockz!!!!" "HOw can u sell wat u dont hav? LOL!?!?!?!?!"
So the fact that they have a ton of 360s lying unsold in Japan is apparently not that obvious. And it may be due to the lackluster Japanese sales as to why the 360 isn't performing sales-wise like its predecessor.

Oh shit, watch out, logic coming in on your 6.

mikozero · Post by **mikozero** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 8:10 am

toastman wrote:So the fact that they have a ton of 360s lying unsold in Japan is apparently not that obvious.

if they had, as you appear to be suggesting, shipped enough stock over there to affect supply in their primary marketplace they'd be guilty of a monumental business miscalculation and afaik they only shipped 159,000 units to Japan.

toastman wrote:And it may be due to the lackluster Japanese sales as to why the 360 isn't performing sales-wise like its predecessor.

Its predecessor didn't really perform sales-wise in Japan either so blaiming the current lack of overall 360 sales (compared to its predecessor) on the Japanese situation seems to me to be a rather moot point and besides the article specifically states it's about North American sales.

toastman wrote:Oh crap, watch out, logic coming in on your 6.

I'll hit the brakes, it'll fly right by.

jaredfogle · Post by **jaredfogle** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 12:51 pm

JuddWack wrote:
jaredfogle wrote:xobx is tehs uck.
You drunk dude?

I might have been, but not enough to write that.

It's a terribly obscure [as] reference, a card from the era of the civil war between Comedy and Action.

az_bont · Post by **az_bont** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:55 pm

According to this German article, Microsoft sold something between 41,817 and 62,000 units in Japan during the first two days, whilst the original Xbox sold 123,000 units during its first two days.

As Japanese stores still have plenty of stock left, it's obvious that the lack of sales are not down to a lack of supply, and confirms my initial suspicions - that Microsoft have been holding back stock to create artificial demand, and make the Xbox 360 appear more popular than it actually is.