Post by: UncleBob on September 15, 2005, 04:16:11 AM
November 22nd...
Post by: blackfootsteps on September 15, 2005, 05:03:07 AM
Ok correction: Dec 2 for Europe and Dec 10 for Japan.
Post by: couchmonkey on September 15, 2005, 05:25:41 AM
Still, I really have to wonder how the games are going to turn out. It feels really rushed, and to do it in multiple countries at once seems even more insane.
Post by: blackfootsteps on September 15, 2005, 05:43:33 AM
That being said Australia does not get Meteos until December, some 4 months after the US release. Wha-?
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on September 15, 2005, 06:19:14 AM
Post by: Toruresu on September 15, 2005, 06:52:48 AM
Post by: Spak-Spang on September 15, 2005, 07:50:07 AM
The biggest concern is the games. Very little actual media has been shown for the Xbox 360. If they don't have near complete games at the Tokyo Game Show that blow everything else away then Microsoft is in trouble...and really I haven't seen anything to blow me away yet.
Something tells me that there is going to be a small launch lineup, and several delayed games that won't make it out before Christmas, or will be buggy as hell when released.
I also predict something like this:
1 million hardware units for Japan
1 million hardware units for Europe and Australia
2-3 million hardware units for United States (split between the different packages)
So microsoft will sell out and announce big successes.
Post by: vudu on September 15, 2005, 08:42:33 AM
50,000 for Japan
1 million for Europe
3-4 million for United States
None for Australia
Post by: Ian Sane on September 15, 2005, 09:16:05 AM
The X360 is very likely going to sell out at launch in North America. There's going to be people left in the cold that will have to wait. Meanwhile 900,000 out of a million Xboxes sent to Japan are gathering dust. Ideally you want to allocate the units so that they sell out everywhere.
MS does have the advantage that people can't just buy a PS3 or Rev right away if an X360 isn't available but there's going to be some buzz regarding the competition especially the PS3. Microsoft's best strategy is to get impatient games to buy the X360 instead of waiting. They can't do that if all of their available units are in a region where no one wants them.
Post by: stevey on September 15, 2005, 09:48:20 AM
ha if more than a 1000 are sold a launch week I'm put my balls in a chessgrader.
Post by: KDR_11k on September 15, 2005, 11:08:57 AM
Post by: Dirk Temporo on September 15, 2005, 01:25:12 PM
Post by: IceCold on September 15, 2005, 03:24:57 PM
Post by: kirby_killer_dedede on September 17, 2005, 03:12:14 PM
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Originally posted by: Dirk Temporo
This almost makes me wish I was getting a 360, since that's four days before my birthday. Kinda like the Gamecube launch on November 21st in 2001.
Really? I wasn't aware that the DS launched exactly 3 years after the GC...
Post by: NotSoStu on September 17, 2005, 08:06:22 PM
And didn't N64 come out in October or November as well?
Post by: ThePerm on September 18, 2005, 03:00:32 PM
Post by: couchmonkey on September 19, 2005, 07:10:47 AM
They showed quite a bit of new media at TGS, but I've heard that the demo version of DOA 4 that was shown to the press was only 50% complete! It's likely that the "in progress" version is a little further along than that, but for the demo version to be 50% complete with only two months until launch is terrible. There's also no new info on Perfect Dark 0, I smell a delay.
I think Microsoft may be looking at a DS-style launch, which is probably fine for North America, but I think it's going to really hurt them in Japan and possibly in Europe. There is one RPG in the works that looks like it might be quite far along, but if it's not ready for launch day in Japan, I think the system is going to look pretty boring and "American" over there. Not the impression MS needs to make.
Post by: Ian Sane on September 19, 2005, 07:22:19 AM
Now that we've seen the Rev controller the 360 launch date introduces a new deadline. I think Nintendo should show us a real game before then. We've seen the concept, so let's see what ideas they had cooked up for it. There's not as much pressure to show things in time as there was before because the controller was the most important part but it would be nice if when people go to EB to pick up an Xbox 360 they can see a trailer for real Rev games on the monitors.
Post by: Ymeegod on September 19, 2005, 07:34:41 AM
Post by: The Omen on September 19, 2005, 03:44:33 PM
Post by: PaLaDiN on September 19, 2005, 04:14:02 PM
Didn't the DS have a couple of lists by this time after it was unveiled?
And Nintendo said they wouldn't show the games until the controller was unveiled... so now is the time.
Post by: Artimus on September 19, 2005, 05:00:36 PM
Post by: Arbok on September 19, 2005, 05:48:23 PM
Arr, why not just pick up a regular Xbox or PS2 instead o' purchasin' a console for top dollar with t' intention o' sellin' it soon matey? Unless ye be interested in t' launch titles, generally speakin' I ain't.
Post by: The Omen on September 22, 2005, 08:24:04 PM
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Arr, why not just pick up a regular Xbox or PS2 instead o' purchasin' a console for top dollar with t' intention o' sellin' it soon matey? Unless ye be interested in t' launch titles, generally speakin' I ain't.
Because I can play the best Xbox games on the 360. (Or my PC, but that's another story....
)Seriously, it's more of an impulse buy. I have some extra cash...why not buy a new console? If the REV were coming out by Christmas, I would just wait, like I normally do, for Nintendo. But I figure I have a good year of in between time.
