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Xbox fading away |
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Written by Donny De Leon
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Tuesday, 08 August 2006 |
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Midway says original Xbox will be the first console to die out.
With Microsoft leaving the Xbox behind to focus on the 360, support for the original green box is dying out as well. [quote] Talking in the conference call following the Midway financial results announced earlier today, Midway execs commented sharply on the swift dropping of support by Microsoft and game publishers for the original Xbox console. Responding to an investor question, Midway executives noted: "Clearly, Microsoft has shifted onto the 360. Xbox software sales, month over month, continue to drop pretty quickly." However, the execs contrasted this with other sales for current-gen consoles, admittedly likely to be in better shape because their next-gen counterparts have not yet launched, commenting: "We are pleasantly surprised about how well GameCube sales have held in, particularly for specific genres that Nintendo have done well with - kids in particular." They also noted: "PlayStation 2 continues to perform very well", commenting: "PlayStation 2 should be around... Sony has a very good history of supporting their platforms long after the new machines come, and Nintendo has a pretty good history there as well." However, with Microsoft's only partial success with backwards compatibility, and many games sitting on shelves with consumers somewhat unclear whether they might play on the Xbox 360 or not, the Midway execs suggested: "Xbox is going to be the platform that, after the holidays, it's certainly going to be pretty difficult to certainly sell any new games for." [/quote] I'm a Nintendo fan and even I thought that the Gamecube would be the first one to die out however Nintendo did confirm that they were going to be selling their Gamecube Consoles even after the Wii is out. Microsoft is doing just what Nintendo is doing with their own handheld(back then) The gameboy color was only around for 3 years before the GBA was launched and then everyone moved to the GBA and left the GBC in the dust. It looks like the same thing is happening with Microsoft. With the 360 out everyone is leaving their Xbox gathering dust if not getting rid of them. Source: http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=10350 |
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