Last time I checked, PS2 sold almost as much IN JAPAN as the Xbox sold WORLDWIDE (23m vs 24m). How in the hell do you think 360 is going to put up better numbers than PS2 if it’s doing worse than the original Xbox over there? That doesn’t even make sense.

Furthermore, the thing is being outsold by a six year old console in a country where many are assuming its dominance.

Do the math: if M$ keeps up it’s average of 246,000 consoles sold a month (246k * 12), and they keep the 360 as their main system for four years (2.95m * 4), that’s only 11.8m sold in the US.

For shits and giggles, let’s say that over the course of the 360’s life, they can do those numbers in Europe, Australia, and Japan as well, which we all know ain’t happening (11.8m * 4). That’s only 47.2m and they they still aren’t touching PS2.

Now before everyone writes me off as a Sony or Nintendo fanboy, my 360 gets a fair amount of tick. It will be a successful console and capture a good amount of market share and there are and will likely be many great games for the system. BUT I’m not buying into M$’ bullshit so much that I think they realistically have a chance to come close to selling as many 360s as Sony sold PS2s.

Oh, and that “great Australian launch” that was sooo impressive? They sold 30,000 in their launch weekend. 360 sold more than that in its first week in Japan. But yea, Japan doesn’t mean shit, huh?

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