Microsoft Japan has seen sales of its Xbox jump over 600% in the week ending May 26 following a price-cut that saw the machine priced at around £160.
Now cheaper that the PlayStation 2, Xbox sales have leapt from under 1,000 units to 6447, hammering the GameCube, which only managed 3502 hardware sales.
It was widely expected that a sales surge would follow the price-snip, as Japanese gamers gear up to play the Sega Xbox exclusive titles Crazy Taxi 3 and the awesome Panzer Dragoon Orta.
PlayStation 2 sales also fell away. Having stabilised at around 65,000 hardware units per week, sales of Sony’s market leader fell to 55,764
Now cheaper that the PlayStation 2, Xbox sales have leapt from under 1,000 units to 6447, hammering the GameCube, which only managed 3502 hardware sales.
It was widely expected that a sales surge would follow the price-snip, as Japanese gamers gear up to play the Sega Xbox exclusive titles Crazy Taxi 3 and the awesome Panzer Dragoon Orta.
PlayStation 2 sales also fell away. Having stabilised at around 65,000 hardware units per week, sales of Sony’s market leader fell to 55,764
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