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[neo2046]

suddenly the hardware sale is boosted 50% more


http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/2005/12/12/103,1134395397,46690,0,0.html
Xbox 360 hardware & Software sales number in the first 2 days (Famitsu)


hardware
X360 - 62135

Software
Ridge Racer 6 - 29891
Perfect Dark Zero - 14897
Need for the Speed - 6842

Total soft/hard = 0.91

 

[Gahiggidy]

lies!

 

[DopeyFish]

told you. Those were first day sales. pwnt

 

[Wario64]

An increase from Bloomberg's numbers, but still ain't much.

Ridge Racer 6 - 29891


470k to go!!

 

[malek4980]

This number is less fun.


What a terrible tie-ratio.

 

[WindyMan]

Total soft/hard = 0.91

I don't see people getting the hardware now and sitting on it just for DOA4. That's the only reason why people would have gotten the system and no games.

 

[pilonv1]

An increase from Bloomberg's numbers, but still ain't much.

Ridge Racer 6 - 29891


470k to go!!

1k a week for 5 years.

 

[jman2050]

Seems consistent with the Famitsu inflation we're used to.

Just for the record, Media-Create is considered much more accurate than Famitsu. I believe the Japan sales thread ohas more on that very subject.

 

[FeedMeAStrayCat]

I wonder how much the original PD sold in Japan.. anyone know? It can't be much, I'm sure.

 

[Wario64]

I don't see people getting the hardware now and sitting on it just for DOA4. That's the only reason why people would have gotten the system and no games.

The Japanese are content with their free demos.

 

[AniHawk]

Only half as much instead of 1/3. That's slightly not as crappy.

 

[sonycowboy]

Interesting that there is that much of a deviation. Especially, since MC goes as far as to project that 28% of the initial shipment sold based on their numbers (as retailers also report initial stocks). So, if the 41k is wrong, wouldn't that mean that they shipped ~more than 150k to Japan?

In any case, clearly a better number, but still abysmal in the face of their previous launch and what must have been raised expectations by Japanese publishers.

However, I will still hold out hope that not having DOA really caused a lot of folks to wait and that we'll see launch part 2 in a couple of weeks.

 

[GhaleonEB]

1) Much better!

2) Still terrible!

3) So some people bought it just for the FFXI demo? Weird.

 

[PhatSaqs]

lies!

:lol

 

[Izzy]

An increase from Bloomberg's numbers, but still ain't much.

Ridge Racer 6 - 29891


470k to go!!

:lol

 

[Oblivion]

3) So some people bought it just for the FFXI demo? Weird.

"Buy a FFXI demo and get a free Xbox360!"

 

[Gahiggidy]

May I remind people of the ToS ("Terms of Service") of the Gaming-Age Forum...

II. Expected Behavior

.....


D. Copyrighted Material

The posting of full transcriptions of articles and whole or partially-scanned images is not allowed. Users in breach of this rule are subject to banning, although a verbal warning may be administered for a first offense. The posting of review scores (without text), news summaries, rumors, and review paraphrasing is acceptable, as long as credit is given to the original source.

E. Media-Create

Media-Create is the official sales-tracking service of the Gaming-Age Forums for the Japanese market . All other sales-tracking services are not to be taken seriously.

F. Emulation/Piracy

The topics of emulation and piracy, including the technical nature of emulators and ROM images, hardware modification technology, as well as their effect on the industry as a political topic are deemed to be generally acceptable.

Linking to pirate download sites, directions on how to get pirated software to work, reviews or impressions of pirated software will all result in the banning of the user in question.

......

 

[DCharlie]

bought for the FFXI demo? not sure - but Mrs C bought hers early on saturday and it still hasn't made it out of the box yet.

"um... you going to play on this?"
"*shrug* probably not for a while, no..."
"???"

 

[GhaleonEB]

May I remind people of the ToS ("Terms of Service") of the Gaming-Age Forum...

You're Drinky Crow, aren't you?

 

[Speevy]

You're Drinky Crow, aren't you?

That's been obvious for a while.

 

[thefit]

That TOS is POS yah dig!


I got nothin

 

[FallenOne666]

You're Drinky Crow, aren't you?

When Drinky resigned as a mod/admin, there was a thread in OT where he challenged people to guess his two other personas on the boards. I believe Gahiggidy was one of them.

 

[Oxymoron]

The Japanese are content with their free demos.

That, or they're buying their 360s to watch The Matrix.

 

[GhaleonEB]

When Drinky resigned as a mod/admin, there was a thread in OT where he challenged people to guess his two other personas on the boards. I believe Gahiggidy was one of them.

In the last GAF Confessions thread he admitted one of his other accounts was " a known Nintendo fanboy", which sealed it for me.

 

[Oblivion]

When Drinky resigned as a mod/admin, there was a thread in OT where he challenged people to guess his two other personas on the boards. I believe Gahiggidy was one of them.

What? So which persona is the real one?

 

[GhaleonEB]

What? So which persona is the real one?

He has one "real" account, and two joke ones. Gah and Drinky are the jokes. Was his other one ever found out? (Lemurnator? )

 

[cvxfreak]

I think Famitsu's numbers are more accurate. 41K just seems way too low even for the 360.

 

[Blackace]

uh... Gah? Drinky? you guys are so not.. oh well never mind

 

[GDGF]

In the last GAF Confessions thread he admitted one of his other accounts was " a known Nintendo fanboy", which sealed it for me.

I kinda had a theory that Gahiggidy was a real Nintendo fanboy poster some years ago that later lost interest in the GAF or was banned, and Drinky took over his account. I don't know. Who doesn't dig a good mystery?

 

[yoopoo]

Famitsu ALWAYS reports higher hardware numbers than MC, check gamefront.de for weekly famitsu sales.

http://www.gfdata.de/archiv12-2005-gamefront/01599.html

 

[littlewig]

So, are the Xbots now going to use Famistu numbers for everything, or just when it benefits them?

The only good thing about Famistu numbers are their monthly sales and LTD sales.

They release more information than MC's top 20 a week.

 

[Blackace]

So, are the Xbots now going to use Famistu numbers for everything, or just when it benefits them?

The only good thing about Famistu numbers are their monthly sales and LTD sales.

They release more information than MC's top 20 a week.

are you on a team??

 

[littlewig]

are you on a team??

The winning team!

 

[cvxfreak]

Famitsu ALWAYS reports higher hardware numbers than MC, check gamefront.de for weekly famitsu sales.

http://www.gfdata.de/archiv12-2005-gamefront/01599.html

Interesting... I've been wanting to use Famitsu hardware for awhile when it comes to complete system totals. Maybe if I find data for 2002, 3 and 4 I'll stick with it.

 

[Blackace]

The winning team!

which is?

 

[polg]

which is?

 

[littlewig]

Depends which market

Handheld:

Console:

 

[damisa]

suddenly the hardware sale is boosted 50% more


http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/2005/12/12/103,1134395397,46690,0,0.html
Xbox 360 hardware & Software sales number in the first 2 days (Famitsu)


hardware
X360 - 62135

Software
Ridge Racer 6 - 29891
Perfect Dark Zero - 14897
Need for the Speed - 6842

Total soft/hard = 0.91

These numbers make more sense then the other thread since:
29891+14897+6842 = 51,630 software units

there are also a couple other games uncounted.

51630/41817= 1.23

and

51630/62135= 0.83

with the other games, the total might indeed be 0.91

 

[FallenOne666]

These numbers make more sense then the other thread since:
29891+14897+6842 = 51,630 software units

there are also a couple other games uncounted.

51630/41817= 1.23

and

51630/62135= 0.83

with the other games, the total might indeed be 0.91

You are assuming that the software numbers are right. They very well could be inflated also. That said, I think the truth lies somewhere in between.

 

[sonycowboy]

These numbers make more sense then the other thread since:
29891+14897+6842 = 51,630 software units

there are also a couple other games uncounted.

51630/41817= 1.23

and

51630/62135= 0.83

with the other games, the total might indeed be 0.91

Uhhh,

There's a pretty serious error in your logic. Famitsu's SW numbers will, by definition, fit Famitsu's HW numbers. I'd assume that Media Create will also have lower software numbers.

 

[Blackace]

Depends which market

Handheld:

Console:

hahah wow... I never can understand why some people care so much about "their" companies... Myself, I just like good games...

 

[polg]

Myself, I just like good games...

then you are in the wrong forum!

What is unsual to GAF, compared to other forums, is the level of emotion in discussions of business topics. While there are other gaming forums (such as the IGN, GameSpot, or 1UP forums) where the relative merits of games are hotly debated, and a number of other forums (such as QuarterToFour) where business topics are discussed, GAF has emotional discussion of, for example, the latest sales numbers out of Japan.

 

[Blackace]

then you are in the wrong forum!

uhhh.. been here for a while pal.. but thanks for playing..

I know what goes on here. Just don't understand why it goes on.. why deny that the Xbox has some good games? Why deny that the GC has some good games... and so on and so on..

It all comes to taste. If more western style RPGs came out from Sony's end I'd never would have bought the Xbox..

 

[GhaleonEB]

uhhh.. been here for a while pal.. but thanks for playing..

I know what goes on here. Just don't understand why it goes on.. why deny that the Xbox has some good games? Why deny that the GC has some good games... and so on and so on..

It all comes to taste. If more western style RPGs came out from Sony's end I'd never would have bought the Xbox..

Some people become emotionally invested in products they buy. Others pick teams (much like sports) and trash talk the "opponents" and build up their "players". Different strokes for different folks.

 

[PhatSaqs]

Some people become emotionally invested in products they buy. Others pick teams (much like sports) and trash talk the "opponents" and build up their "players". Different strokes for different folks.

There it is.

 

[littlewig]

I still need the new Krazy Ken Kutaragi trading card.

If anyone has it, I'm willing to trade a laughing Iwata and a Kicking ass and taking name Reggie card for one.

 

[trilobyte]

told you. Those were first day sales. pwnt

It's still shit :/ pwnt!

 

[Blackace]

Some people become emotionally invested in products they buy. Others pick teams (much like sports) and trash talk the "opponents" and build up their "players". Different strokes for different folks.

Heard it all before. I can kind of understand that logic, being a sports fan. And Sport teams like console companies don't give a damn about what you or I think.. But Sport has a place where you can watch and judge things. Consoles just has sales figures... And no one can admit if their "team" is lame.. When I was young and had to watch the Hawks.. I knew they were lame and when they beat a good team it was fun to gloat.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

Xbots everywhere take a HUGE sigh of relief

"We still have a chance!"

 

[littlewig]

Heard it all before. I can kind of understand that logic, being a sports fan. And Sport teams like console companies don't give a damn about what you or I think.. But Sport has a place where you can watch and judge things. Consoles just has sales figures... And no one can admit if their "team" is lame.. When I was young and had to watch the Hawks.. I knew they were lame and when they beat a good team it was fun to gloat.

Sales comparison is only a part of the judgement, you also have the companies spokespersons. Nintendo has Iwata and Reggie, Microsoft has Jallard and Moore, and Sony has Ken. These guys supply endless quotes for each team to use.

Also, analyst and journalist provide more quotes to use in judging the companies. Interviews and sales make up a large part of the war.

Oh yea, we also have the games, but that's only if you are into that sort of thing...