Lasse Penttinen
24 Jul 2003 9:26
No, the Xbox is not capturing the market. The reduced sales figures are a typical market phenomena as most people who were interested in the so called second generation consoles mostly have already purchased one. Sony is stil the king of the game console hill, as they have sold about five times more units than Microsoft or Nintendo (Game Cube).
"It will start to slow naturally," said Adrian Drozd, managing analyst at Datamonitor. "Most people who want a games console already have one."Source: BBC News
But he said Sony should not be worried by the latest figures as the PS2 is still the undisputed king of the console market.
Sony has said the console shipments are in line with expectations.
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Console salesPlayStation 2 - 51.2 million GameCube - 9.55 million Xbox - 9.4 million