Posted by
CmdrTaco
on from the well-they're-just-so-much-cuter dept.
Kamalot writes "JoyStiq is reporting that the new Nintendo DS pre-orders are outselling the new slimmed-down version of the PS2 in Japan as well as the Xbox. Outselling the Xbox is easy though. They sold less than 200 in Japan last month."
I'd have expected the PS2 to far outsell the DS after so many people got burned with Nintendo's last cool handheld, the Gameboy Advance. People don't seem to learn from their purchasing mistakes, it seems.
XBox less than 200 units? Is that really accurate
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voxel
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Wow, Microsoft is really hated in Japan, or the USA is, or both are which doesn't suprise me.
XBox is superior hardware, and good gaming library, why is it doing so poorly if not the "We hate the USA" argument, "Stupid americans".
-- Modesty is one of life's greatest attributes
Re:eh0d loves his mommy !!!!
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erick99
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Am I the only person who read that, momentarily, as penis mightier? Oh, well . . .
-- http://www.busyweather.com/
Re:XBox less than 200 units? Is that really accura
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Anonymous Coward
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Thank you for posting the most fucking superficial and uninteresting comment of the day. Your persecution complex rivals that of my elderly jewish grandmother.
If you don't know what the fuck you're talking about keep your mouth shut.
I'm not japanese, but there's whole lots of times I wish I wasn't American. Thank you for making me feel that way once again.
Re:Market Saturation
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Anonymous Coward
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Japanese hate the Xbox for being made by MS and it's crappy game library. Halo isn't that good. I wish I never bought the turkey since Fable sucks monkey ass.
Re:Just to clarify
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Anonymous Coward
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As to the X-Box,[snip]
Can we all stop saying "as to"? I've heard it more and more often lately, and it always makes me think, "That person's an idiot."
Can someone tell me where this "phrase" came from?
Re:XBox less than 200 units? Is that really accura
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Anonymous Coward
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> So they have more space in their pockets for their.. yeah, because we all know they do not need that space for their dicks... now black people for example have to carry 2lb with them...
Either the DS trolls from gamefaqs have taken over slashdot, or the people who run slashdot can't read.
Re:Just to clarify
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AndyChrist
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But the X-box exclusives...the games that make you buy an X-box over other consoles, are mostly pretty weak. Even Halo isn't so attractive if you own a PC.
(Halo is the FF7 of FPSs. Good game. Not as good as it was hyped to be, and hyped for FAR too long...and originally it was hyped for a different platform. AND it's most strident fans usually never played another game in the same genre before it)
I mean, look at the x-box titles they get in Japan. Probably the most saleable exclusive apart from Halo is Shin Megami Tensei Nine, which looks like an alright game, but is missing the one factor common to all the really successful Megaten games (unless you count Devil Children)...Kazuma Kaneko, the character designer. Panzer Dragoon Orta is nice, but Panzer Dragoon didn't help the Saturn much...even in Japan it did pretty well but wan't really a rousing success.
The X-box was doomed from the start in Japan, and it had little to do with nationalism. Hell, Microsoft had a hit platform in Japan before! (MSX)
Re:Just to clarify
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Anonymous Coward
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Cuz it's not really that fun of a game, the graphics aren't amazing, and it isn't innovative in the least.
My question is how can you like Halo over every other fps out there?
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I'd have expected the PS2 to far outsell the DS after so many people got burned with Nintendo's last cool handheld, the Gameboy Advance. People don't seem to learn from their purchasing mistakes, it seems.
Wow, Microsoft is really hated in Japan, or the USA is, or both are which doesn't suprise me.
XBox is superior hardware, and good gaming library, why is it doing so poorly if not the "We hate the USA" argument, "Stupid americans".
Modesty is one of life's greatest attributes
Am I the only person who read that, momentarily, as penis mightier? Oh, well . . .
http://www.busyweather.com/
Thank you for posting the most fucking superficial and uninteresting comment of the day. Your persecution complex rivals that of my elderly jewish grandmother.
If you don't know what the fuck you're talking about keep your mouth shut.
I'm not japanese, but there's whole lots of times I wish I wasn't American. Thank you for making me feel that way once again.
Japanese hate the Xbox for being made by MS and it's crappy game library. Halo isn't that good. I wish I never bought the turkey since Fable sucks monkey ass.
As to the X-Box,[snip]
Can we all stop saying "as to"? I've heard it more and more often lately, and it always makes me think, "That person's an idiot."
Can someone tell me where this "phrase" came from?
> So they have more space in their pockets for their .. ... ...
yeah, because we all know they do not need that space for their dicks
now black people for example have to carry 2lb with them
Either the DS trolls from gamefaqs have taken over slashdot, or the people who run slashdot can't read.
But the X-box exclusives...the games that make you buy an X-box over other consoles, are mostly pretty weak. Even Halo isn't so attractive if you own a PC.
(Halo is the FF7 of FPSs. Good game. Not as good as it was hyped to be, and hyped for FAR too long...and originally it was hyped for a different platform. AND it's most strident fans usually never played another game in the same genre before it)
I mean, look at the x-box titles they get in Japan. Probably the most saleable exclusive apart from Halo is Shin Megami Tensei Nine, which looks like an alright game, but is missing the one factor common to all the really successful Megaten games (unless you count Devil Children)...Kazuma Kaneko, the character designer. Panzer Dragoon Orta is nice, but Panzer Dragoon didn't help the Saturn much...even in Japan it did pretty well but wan't really a rousing success.
The X-box was doomed from the start in Japan, and it had little to do with nationalism. Hell, Microsoft had a hit platform in Japan before! (MSX)
Cuz it's not really that fun of a game, the graphics aren't amazing, and it isn't innovative in the least.
My question is how can you like Halo over every other fps out there?