Microsoft to launch Xbox 360 Elite in Japan in Oct
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| Microsoft sold 122,565 units of Xbox 360 in the first half of calendar 2007
| in Japan, a home turf for Sony and Nintendo, according to data from game
| magazine publisher Enterbrain.
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| Nintendo's Wii sales came to 1.78 million units and Sony sold 503,554 units
| of its PlayStation 3 during the same period.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070705/bs_nm/microsoft_xbox_dc
This is relevant to Linux not just because of PS3 Linux, but also because it
represents one among many failures to evolve and depart from cash cows that
lose their role (Windows and Office).
Related:
Microsoft stoic despite massive losses
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| If you were to judge by the PR rhetoric, you'd think the 360 was
| an unstoppable commercial juggernaut. As usual though, PR lies.
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http://www.gamerscan.com/articles/06/10/09/microsofts.massive.losses/
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