A price drop might rake in enough units to make a 100 million
The Xbone selling more though? HA!
The Xbone selling more though? HA!
Microsoft Predicts 100 Million Total Xbox 360 Sales
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Optimistic to the point of foolishness? Maybe. Nobody ever went bankrupt underestimating consumer intelligence. Let's see the actual release months and then we'll talk again.
no don't you see if you count the number of consoles that they had to give away for defaults, you could easily double the numbers. (on the 4th x-box and I'm not even using it)
Consider:
(A) The negative reactive is from the "hardcore gamers" who are very vocal online but will probably turn around once E3 and the actual game announcements come out. (I like how MS pointed out that the big game reveals would be at E3 and nobody was listening, then they hated on MS for failing to reveal games... sigh)
(B) The Xbone reveal was marketed more at "casual gamers" who don't bother with websites like these. The "casual gamers" have been much more accepting of the Kinect than the "hardcore crowd" (I am aware that there are incredibly blurry lines in there).
So this is a bit more feasible than it appears at first blush. I still won't be buying one for a few months because Kinect annoys the hell out of me and I have a ton of games I haven't finished yet. (so I may have to buy another 360 when I burn mine out)
(A) The negative reactive is from the "hardcore gamers" who are very vocal online but will probably turn around once E3 and the actual game announcements come out. (I like how MS pointed out that the big game reveals would be at E3 and nobody was listening, then they hated on MS for failing to reveal games... sigh)
(B) The Xbone reveal was marketed more at "casual gamers" who don't bother with websites like these. The "casual gamers" have been much more accepting of the Kinect than the "hardcore crowd" (I am aware that there are incredibly blurry lines in there).
So this is a bit more feasible than it appears at first blush. I still won't be buying one for a few months because Kinect annoys the hell out of me and I have a ton of games I haven't finished yet. (so I may have to buy another 360 when I burn mine out)
Wasn't there some talk about a "Stingray" Xbox project to be launched alongside the Xbox One as a cheaper Xbox alternative? Is that what the guy is on about? If they did released a price-dropped 360 when the Xbone comes out, I'd consider picking one up.
400 million units? Only in the US?! Wow, that IS a lofty goal. I mean, it's not like any of the mentioned features are going to work outside the US anyway because "Fuck Europe, amirite?" and Japan apparently still doesn't like Microsoft sooooo... apparently every household in the US has to buy at least 3 Xbones... that sounds like a reasonable estimate...
*rereads article*
Oooh, a decade... yeah, well, that's a lot more likely but I'm too lazy to hit backspace
*rereads article*
Oooh, a decade... yeah, well, that's a lot more likely but I'm too lazy to hit backspace
400 million in 10 years. Odds are they wont hit 100 million in 5.
I think I will extend the life of my current X360 by swapping out it's laughable heatsink for a liquid cooled system.
I think I will extend the life of my current X360 by swapping out it's laughable heatsink for a liquid cooled system.
Hey, how much of those fancy numbers is due to the RROD problem? A significant portion, I would say.
i still have my first ps3. shes a little small on the harddrive. and the controllers need replacing. but she still runs like she always has. being all backwards compatable and all. hell i still get to play my old ps1,2 games.... shame no one growing up in the new gen can say the same.CardinalPiggles said: