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PS2 Vs. X-Box: Winner Emerging?

Posted by Hemos on from the battle-of-the-titans dept.

gripdamage writes "This article on MSNBC says XBox's sales are slowing and are not expected to meet Microsoft's expectations. MSNBC previously reported that sales have been weak in Japan. The strongest and most interesting assertion in the article is that "In its regular global video game survey last week, Goldman Sachs said U.S. retailers showed a 'surprisingly clear' preference for Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 2 over the Xbox."" X-Box isn't dead yet - not by a long shot.

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  1. Uh, what about the... by gergi · · Score: 3, Flamebait

    Gamecube? It's my preferred system by and far to either the PS2 or the XBox. The XBox doesn't interest me at all (supporting evil isn't my thing :) and the PS2 is pretty cool but just doesn't have as many games out or coming out that interest me.

    PS2 - quantity
    Nintendo - quality
    XBox - wants to be both but fails at both

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    1. Re:Uh, what about the... by DigitalDragon · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      Who moded this as Interesting???? This is pure flaimbait. C'mon. Microsoft - supporting evil.. Grow up. PS2 - quantity, Nintendo - quality???

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  2. Gamecube by Troed · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    No this isn't flamebait. Microsoft has a tough time breaking into a market so dominated by one console (PS2, out for a long time, many games) and where a lot of gamers (yeah, not kids - I'm 27) have nostalgic feelings for Nintendo and will buy their new console.


    The Xbox is selling around 5k units a week in Japan (PS2 80k, GC 40k), 3k units a week in Australia (PS2 8k, GC not released) and no figures have been released for Europe. Last figures I saw for the american market was 28k for the Xbox (PS2 80k), and the Gamecube had 32k ...

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  3. Re:X-Box soon to be dead. by mark_lybarger · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    i wasn't really interested in MSFT's venture into the gaming market either, untill i saw them in the stores. the games look awesome. there may be less games, and the console might be less feature rich (do they play dvd's yet?), but from looking at it, it's a high quality gaming machine. awesome graphics! that's what it's all about. the PS2 is outdated, and hardly compares to the now dead dreamcast. dreamcast was a super high quality game machine for its day, and now we have the x-box. since dvd players can be had for 80$, that's not really a feature i want in a gaming machine anyway.

  4. Re:A bunch of easy reasons here... by CaseyB · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    'More expensive' is not really that debatable! Its either more expensive, or its not. In the UK, the X-Box is more expensive

    Since when is the UK the whole world? Sorry, that hasn't been the case for over 200 years. You're just another random euro province now. In every important country, the prices are the same.

    Repeat after me - it doesnt matter about the tech - nobody buys consoles for the tech!

    Can you read?

    I just said that Xbox 2 isn't going to be the way that MS attacks their problems, the way people here are suggesting.