Xbox sales triple after UK price cut Comments by Tom Bramwell

You would be silly not to buy an XBox with the lineup coming in next months.

I think I read in MCV that the PS2 sales were doubled on the week before. But when you consider that everyone knew the PS2 price was coming down, and no one was going to buy one in the week before it did... surely there can't be that many scrotes out there who want a PS2 but haven't bought one yet?

"You would be silly not to buy an XBox with the lineup coming in next months"

Sigh. I must be silly then because none of that lineup appeals to me. Still, it is cheap and I admit to being tempted to buy one - I just don't know why!

its a bargin for £99, the xbox has a bloody good selection of games out, and with some big AAA titles due out before christmas i wouldn't be surprised if it over took the PS2 for the first time

PES4 on LIVE will no doubt lure a few of the PS2 faithful over. Already some on GR are wavering!

Shame this is all far too late to make an impact this gen, although Microsoft will be hoping that they can carry some form of momentum through to Xbox Next, and burst out of the gates running....

"big AAA titles coming"

I hate marketingspeak... what I know is that there are loads of games coming and that there are loads out there that I want and know are excellent...

but I need a frigging vacation not more games...

How is the Gamecube doing, sales wise?

but I need a frigging vacation not more games...

Do you mean a frigging holiday?

;-)

You would be silly not to buy an XBox with the lineup coming in next months.

I'm still not convinced. There are a small number of games I'd like now, but no one 'must have at all costs' title either now or in the near future. Anyway... I don't have time for another console! :-)

burst out of the gates running

/pictures Gates in John Hurts place in Alien

How is the Gamecube doing, sales wise?

I think somebody bought one a couple of weeks ago.

I practically play only racing games... so it's just GT which would tempt me to buy a PS2. I'm happy with the racing games on my Xbox. Most racing games exist on both consoles anyway, so i'm not missing out on much...

Hurray for the racing games...

PS2 is still outselling Xbox 2:1 and Xbox in turn is out selling GameCube 10:1

Yeah.. the Cube is out of the picture in UK

Ok Blerk if you are into JRPGs and turn based strategic games, there is not much on the XBox.

>Shame this is all far too late to make an impact this gen

Well still two years to go... who knows. XBox seems to be gaining speed every day.

I think somebody bought one a couple of weeks ago.

Heh!

"I think somebody bought one a couple of weeks ago."

I think I might buy one if RE4 is any good :P

Blerk: Halo ?

It had to be said.

Well, I won't be buying one. Not because I can't afford one (I'm sure I could justify the cash), or because nothing on it appeals to me (there are some titles there I'd like a punt at), but I just don't have the TIME. I recently got a Gamecube (because I could afford one, and titles on it appealed to me :) ), and I've got a massive backlog on that. And on my PC too. So I really can't start buying X-Boxes or PS2s right now!

Blerk: Halo ?

Halo's good, but I don't think it's as good as people make out. Not to me, anyway - FPS isn't really my kind of thing. I prefer Timesplitters 2, tbh.

Y no comment Microsoft? You usually gush emphatically at this.
Is is because you had expected to reduce the price many moons ago but didn't have to for PS2 reasons?

YES

Lost Soul asked " How's the Cube doing? "

Most likely the Cube will be doing 'Badly' as per usual.

So this means that three people now own one...

I wish TimeSplitters 2 would let you have a crosshair on screen at all times. There's really no excuse for them not giving players that option. Especially seen as how the game usually gives you so little feedback on whether your bullets are hitting your enemy.

I know you can get a crosshair to appear by turning on Aim mode, but then (with most weapons) the controls are far too twitchy for anything but standing still and aiming.

should i swap my cube for an xbox? id buy one, but i dont have any cash

my mate IS silly. very so. He bought all sorts of crap for his PS2 even went online with it. he could have bought a box with all that cash. now he'll probably sell it all and buy one.

GOD YES !!!! swap your gamecube for the xbox


while you still get more than a tenner for it :)

Well, I plan on buying one! After Gamestars Live, I want one just for Outrun 2! :D

The Xbox is about to take off and rule the planet, just think of the impact the Xbox would have made, if it had been launched at £99. This is great news, I can see Nintendo pulling out of Europe all together now, he, he. The Gaycube is no more, no more kiddie games, just lots and lots of FPS and driving games, oh and of course Fable. I can see the Xbox outselling the PS2 before the launch of the next gen machines, yes a 100 million Xboxes around the world before 2006. Europe won't see the Nintendo DS or the Revolution, Nintendo you have been evicted, you are the weakest link, goodbye.

"The Gaycube is no more, no more kiddie games"

I know I really shouldn't feed trolls, but...FFS. Just for the record (and my sanity) could you please explain how a plastic cube can be a) gay and b) how that constitutes an insult?

Nobody is forcing you to play those "kiddy games", by the way.

> I think somebody bought one a couple of weeks ago.

Well, I will buy one, too - next year (Wind Waker is a must and maybe RE4 will be good, too).
But I'll get an X-Box this year (just because Ninja Gaiden ;).

no more kiddie games, just lots and lots of FPS and driving games

Sounds like my idea of hell!

Chavs are buying 'em. It is now the chav console of choice, the PS2 has been usurped.

Peej

But your idea of heaven is everyone else's idea of hell ;)

You'll all come round to my way of thinking eventually.

These aren't the games you're looking for!

/waves hand

kevf123 - I'm going out on a limb here: you own an xbox, right?

All broken? :)

"Blerk: Halo ?"

Is it me you're looking for?

This thread needs nuking...

I thought the schools had gone back?

"I traded in one of my Gamecubes"

So how many Gamecubes do you own?

Right, now I'm going to take issue.

My tastes are somewhat 'off the wall', but that doesn't mean I don't like to play some of the games that the rest of you like. I quite regularly play Halo, and it's a very good game - but it's not the sort of thing I generally like to play 'in my own time'. There seems to be this general idea that the Xbox has this 'all-conquering' line-up from now until Christmas that is going to wipe the floor with everything else. Maybe it will? But this 'all-conquering' line-up is full of the types of games that I generally don't like playing, so to me it's nothing special.

The Xbox has a great line-up and some wonderful games. But its scope is very, very narrow - there's hardly anything in there that's 'a bit different', and hardly anything that's of Japanese origin. I like that stuff. I have no need for an Xbox.

Dizzy made a post right at the top of the page. I answered it.

/huff

btw, I wasn't talking about lost_soul, Max!

pjmaybe: But their turdmobile suspension won't be able to take the weight!

/keeps an eye out for low riding turded novas.

Nah they'll just stick 5-spoke alloys on each corner of the box and wheel around on that...!

Peej

Eh?
Well I thought that joke was funny (if a little late).

/gets coat

"Blerk: Halo ?"

What have I done!

My love for halo is unadulterated, not confined to the breezebox but these "people", dear dog forgive me!

/points gun to head

Don't do it!

Shoot the moron instead.

Christ another thread going down the pan.. nice to see kev helping to drag it down, he does post the odd interesting comment though, sometimes.

Don't let em get to ya Blerk!!

If xbox sales have indeed tripled after the price cut why don't Nintendo follow suit with the Gamecube? Come on Nintendo, with your back catalogue and RE4 coming soon, you know it makes sense!
Even I might buy one...

Cheap cube = great
Cheaper cube games = better idea!

Peej

Why I own a cube: NFSUG is better on the cube, Star Wars co-operative, metroid, resident evil, better graphics for games like Spiderman 2 & Everything or Nothing. I paid 50 euro for my cube - resident evil was about 6 euro and I got 2 pads with that.
As for Ps2 - dont know how true this is, but a friend who works at Gamestop told me that ps2 sales had actually decreased since price reduction because package deals weren't perceived as being as good any more.
Ps2 Online is fantastic btw - no fees and no pc to set it up either. Just bloody works - the way it should be (also its mostly serious gamers who looked into the whole thing for themselves as there seems to have been very little marketing for Ps2 online).
I probably will face the hoarding masses on xbox live one of these days but I resent credit card fees & subscriptions for my gaming...

After ditching my chipped 100Gb Xbox in favour of getting my second PS2 I have to say I am well happy now. The Xbox controller is just shit for footy games, and I aint waiting around for months for GTASA to come out either (the xbox GTAVC was a pretty crappy bug ridden conversion)

However the overall Xbox build quality is pretty stunning. My aqua ps2 looks better though, even if it is made of paper thin plastic ;-)

"Cheap cube = great
Cheaper cube games = better idea!"

Even better, a package deal that cannot be refused!

"HALO,CHRO: OF RIDDICK,RAINBOW SIX 3 and now DOOM3"

That is chicken counting there.