Dante Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 Xbox 360 outsold Sony's PlayStation 3 in Japan in September, beating the rival machine in monthly unit sales for the first time in Sony's home market, a game magazine publisher said. Strong sales growth came after Microsoft cut prices for its game console last month. Microsoft sold 53,547 units of the Xbox 360 in the four weeks to Sept. 28, compared with 33,071 units of the PS3, data from Enterbrain showed on Friday. Nintendo safely maintained its leading position in the Japanese console market, having sold 109,548 units of the Wii during the month. Although popular in the United States, the Xbox 360 has been struggling to compete with the PS3 and the Wii in Japan, home to both Sony and Nintendo. In a bid to lift sales, Microsoft on Sept. 11 cut the price of the Xbox 360 Arcade, which comes without a hard disk drive, by 8,000 yen ($76) to 19,800 yen. It also lowered the price of the high-end Elite model by 8,000 yen to 39,800 yen. Sony sells the PS3 with a 40-gigabyte hard disk drive for 39,980 yen, while Nintendo offers the Wii for 25,000 yen. The Microsoft console also got a boost from Square Enix Holdings' popular role-playing game, "Infinite Undiscovery", launched in Japan on Sept. 11. In the handheld video game market, Nintendo sold 234,477 units of its DS, compared with 109,274 units of Sony's PlayStation Portable. Sales of the PSP seem to have slowed ahead of the planned launch on Oct. 16 in Japan of a new model of the portable machine, Enterbrain said. The new PSP-3000 will come with a built-in microphone and advanced LCD panel that is better suited for use outdoors and offers a shorter response time than the existing machine. Nintendo will launch a new DS on Nov. 1 that can take pictures and play music, potentially encroaching into the territory of Apple's iPod and iPhone. www.cnbc.com
khilafah Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 The Last Remnant TGS '08 Trailer http://www.gametrailers.com/player/40828.html 360 king of the RPG's
Roostophe Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 I've now got a gold membership, and will have for the next 13 months. Go team me...
Dante Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 I've now got a gold membership, and will have for the next 13 months. Go team me... ive got two months left on mine then have to buy a new one.
Jimbob Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 I got about 14 months left on mine, re-newed it with a month to go. And now to look forward to all the new games online over the Christmas period. First up NBA 09.
Dyson Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 I've now got a gold membership, and will have for the next 13 months. Go team me... Oh hell yes! FIFA here we come
Choze Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Possiblity of FFVII remake being made on 360. MS and SE people have been seen together prepping announcemnts together.
Guest Jordan Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 If that happened, I fear many Sony fans would commit suicide and Microsoft would have to pay a metric fuck tonne of money for Square to make it in the first place.
Mundi Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Possiblity of FFVII remake being made on 360. MS and SE people have been seen together prepping announcemnts together. If that happens I am going to die laughing. The internet would crash because of all the trolling the bitching and moaning.
Roostophe Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 I don't think I would be that bothered... Oh hell yes! FIFA here we come You and I = Rock Band. Time and date: whenever both of us can. Up for it, mo' fo'? :wink:
McPhee Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Possiblity of FFVII remake being made on 360. MS and SE people have been seen together prepping announcemnts together. AAHAHAHAHA. No way? Seriously? I can't wait to see the reaction if they do. Imaging the GameFAQs forums!
Hellfire Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 I'm sure it has nothing to do with FFXIII, Star Ocean or Last Remnant, it's obviously FFVII remake :P
Mundi Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 I'm sure it has nothing to do with FFXIII, Star Ocean or Last Remnant, it's obviously FFVII remake :P Ssssh don´t ruin the mood. I want to imagine the hilarity if it´s true.
Dan_Dare Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Possiblity of FFVII remake being made on 360. MS and SE people have been seen together prepping announcemnts together. that could be about anything gah. shame on you, internet.
Mundi Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Speaking of internet and hilarity has anyone checked the Last Remnant trailer? It looks like every generic JRPG put together in one game with extra cheese on top.
Choze Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Yeah TLR looks silly. that could be about anything gah. shame on you, internet. Japanese insiders are teasing saying the word remake will be popular. Also Ms are saying expect major announcements.
Daniel Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 The Last Remnant TGS '08 Trailerhttp://www.gametrailers.com/player/40828.html 360 king of the RPG's Lmao theres a character called Wilfred
Solo Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Possiblity of FFVII remake being made on 360. MS and SE people have been seen together prepping announcemnts together. Tbh I probably wouldn't pick it up simply because I really can't be bothered to visit that story again. It came along, it was awesome, now leave it alone.
Shorty Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 FFVII remake won't happen... they wouldn't do it for PS3 even after making that technical demo. It's some rumour based on nothing. But it would be really awesome.
Dyson Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 I don't think I would be that bothered... You and I = Rock Band. Time and date: whenever both of us can. Up for it, mo' fo'? :wink: Better believe it - though my drums are at home as I'm at uni so I'll have to take up the reigns of guitarist. Not that I'm trying to steal your crown of course Sounds good to me mate!
Roostophe Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Better believe it - though my drums are at home as I'm at uni so I'll have to take up the reigns of guitarist. Not that I'm trying to steal your crown of course Sounds good to me mate! You would often end up being the bassist. But I could always get on the drums so then you could be the guitarist.
Dyson Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 But I could always get on the drums so then you could be the guitarist. Eeeeeeeeeeeexactly
Choze Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Looks like Tekken 6 is going 360. Was kind of suspected with the 'ps3 for now but we are open' comments. I guess they needed a small nudge from M$ or Sony to decide . Hopefully they dont abuse DLC like in MS games and SC4.
Recommended Posts