Buenas noticias tanto de Splinter como de ventas en europa(hardware)

Y es que en ciertos foros de cuyo nombre nome dejan acordarme, he visto que Xbox ha vendido 1.4 millones de consolas en Europa, 100.000 menos que GC, y que dado el aumento creciente de xbox, para el año que viene xbox se situara en 2.6 frente a 2.2 millones de GC. Recordemos que antes del pack de sega, Gc vendió un millon frente a 500.000 xbox, vamos, remontada del carajo!!!!!!

sobre el Splinter, Ubi a anuncado que el juego sera multiplataforma en OCTUBRE del 2003, osea, tenemos casi un año de exclusividad, y que en EEUU ha vendido un millon de copias y 600.000 copias en Europa, vamos, todo un HIT de xbox, sobrepasando el millon y medio de copias en el mundo, bestial eh!!!!!

Nota Oficial Ubi soft

Paris, FRANCE - January 7, 2003 - Ubi Soft® Entertainment, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announced today that it will release Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell™ for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system as well as for Nintendo’s GameCube™ and Game Boy® Advance by autumn 2003. Impatient fans will be treated to a PC-version of the blockbuster game earlier this year.

Since its initial release for the Xbox™ video game system in November 2002, Splinter Cell has gone on to sell 1 million units in North America alone, and 600, 000 units in PAL territories. It boasts an average rating of 94.4 (out of a possible 100), based on a sample of 54 reviews, and was most recently awarded GameSpy’s Xbox Game of the Year 2002 title.

Splinter Cell on the Xbox™ has already been one of the most talked about games in the industry during this holiday season and the game is now anticipated to be very popular on the other platforms this autumn. By expanding the game's release, Ubi Soft confirms its commitment to offer outstanding moments of entertainment to all players as well as its long-term ambition for the Splinter Cell brand.

“With its all-around stupendous reviews and now its record sales, Splinter Cell is blazing a trail the likes of which the industry has rarely seen. We are eager to take the run-away success of this game to an even wider audience,” said Yves Guillemot, President and CEO of Ubi Soft Entertainment.



Ventas Hardware en Europa

13:30 07Jan2003 RTRS-UPDATE 1-Europe No. 2 player Nintendo sells 1.5 mln GameCubes

(adds Xbox sales forecast, online gaming plans, recasts throughout)
LONDON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Japanese video games company Nintendo <7974.T> said on Tuesday it had sold 1.5 million GameCube units in 2002, holding off rival Microsoft for second place in Europe's hotly contested game console market.
The company also said it sold three million of its portable Gameboy Advance devices in Europe in 2002, and that a new model aimed at older gamers would be introduced in March.
With the sales update, Nintendo maintained its slim hold on the number two position in game consoles in Europe, well behind Sony's <6758.T> PlayStation 2 but ahead of Microsoft's Xbox.
Analysts say GameCube and Xbox are in a close battle for the Number 2 position, and that Microsoft could overtake Nintendo in Europe particularly if it sticks to an agressive strategy of bundling free games in with each Xbox sale.
Ben Keen, executive director of market research firm ScreenDigest, forecast on Tuesday that Xbox sold 1.4 million consoles in Europe last year while PlayStation 2 sales are expected to come in at around the six million mark .
He projected Xbox would outsell GameCube in 2003 by a margin of 2.6 million units to GameCube's 2.2 million units.
NO CHANGE IN PRICE
Nintendo European managing director David Gosen said the strategy in 2003 would be to push new game titles, but not touch the price tag. GameCube carries a suggested retail price of 199 euros ($207), compared to Xbox's price of 249 euros.
"We intend to make 2003 a strong year for GameCube in which we focus on new games and we intend to build on our number two position," European manager David Gosen told Reuters.
He said over 80 new games will be launched for GameCube in 2003 and more than 60 new Gameboy Advance games. The first online GameCube game in Europe will be for sale on March 7, he added.
A new and thinner Gameboy Advance, called Gameboy Advance SP, will be introduced in Europe for between 129 and 139 euros on March 28. Current Gameboy Advance devices retail for around 99 euros in Continental Europe.
Nintendo will also enter the online gaming market in March, when it will begin to sell broadband and dial-up modem adapters for European Internet users to engage in multi-player online gaming.
The company has not disclosed prices for the adapters. It will launch online gaming with one title, Phantasy Star Online, an action game developed by Sega Corp. <7964.T>.
((Writing by Bernhard Warner and Lucas Van Grinsven, editing by Joe Ortiz; European Equities Desk, +44 20 7542 2490; email: Bernhard.Warner@reuters.com; Reuters Messaging: bernhard.warner.reuters.com@reuters.net))
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Buenisima snoticias ambas cosas, para que luego digan que a xbox le va mal, joer, no me extraña que cada vez haya mas juegos, el pastel(y su tecnologia) empieza a ser bastante amplio para la consola de MS