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December 8th, 2009, 11:20
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2009/12/500x_prettynails.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2009/12/prettynails.jpg) Looking back, 2006 and 2007 were awesome years for console sales. 2008 was so-so. 2009? Blergh.
This colorful graph from the TV Tokyo news shows console sales in Japan from 2005 to 2009. Each platform is color coordinated, and there is a color key in the corner. The gray box that reads ??? means "Other".
The numbers on the side start at 2 million and max out at 16 million. Notice the drop off in 2008 and then 2009? Notice anything else?
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2009/12/500x_poof.jpg Well, besides the lady's fancy finger nails. That's right, the Xbox 360 (http://kotaku.com/tag/xbox360/) has all but disappeared from the sales tally. 2008 saw Xbox 360 games like Tales of Vesperia. 2009 didn't. At least the PS2 is still hanging in there!
???????Xbox360?????????????????! (http://jin115.com/archives/51605920.html) [????????@?]
http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?p=1 (http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?p=1)http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2226http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kotaku/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/kotaku/full?a=cg0l4mBWoAM:dZTO63xIz9g:yIl2AUoC8zA) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kotaku/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/kotaku/full?a=cg0l4mBWoAM:dZTO63xIz9g:H0mrP-F8Qgo) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kotaku/full?i=cg0l4mBWoAM:dZTO63xIz9g:D7DqB2pKExk</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/kotaku/full?a=cg0l4mBWoAM:dZTO63xIz9g:D7DqB2pKExk) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kotaku/full?i=cg0l4mBWoAM:dZTO63xIz9g:V_sGLiPBpWU</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/kotaku/full?a=cg0l4mBWoAM:dZTO63xIz9g:V_sGLiPBpWU)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kotaku/full/~4/cg0l4mBWoAM
More... (http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/kotaku/full/~3/cg0l4mBWoAM/2009-the-year-the-xbox-360-practically-vanished-in-japan)
This colorful graph from the TV Tokyo news shows console sales in Japan from 2005 to 2009. Each platform is color coordinated, and there is a color key in the corner. The gray box that reads ??? means "Other".
The numbers on the side start at 2 million and max out at 16 million. Notice the drop off in 2008 and then 2009? Notice anything else?
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2009/12/500x_poof.jpg Well, besides the lady's fancy finger nails. That's right, the Xbox 360 (http://kotaku.com/tag/xbox360/) has all but disappeared from the sales tally. 2008 saw Xbox 360 games like Tales of Vesperia. 2009 didn't. At least the PS2 is still hanging in there!
???????Xbox360?????????????????! (http://jin115.com/archives/51605920.html) [????????@?]
http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?p=1 (http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?p=1)http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2226http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kotaku/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/kotaku/full?a=cg0l4mBWoAM:dZTO63xIz9g:yIl2AUoC8zA) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kotaku/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/kotaku/full?a=cg0l4mBWoAM:dZTO63xIz9g:H0mrP-F8Qgo) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kotaku/full?i=cg0l4mBWoAM:dZTO63xIz9g:D7DqB2pKExk</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/kotaku/full?a=cg0l4mBWoAM:dZTO63xIz9g:D7DqB2pKExk) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/kotaku/full?i=cg0l4mBWoAM:dZTO63xIz9g:V_sGLiPBpWU</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/kotaku/full?a=cg0l4mBWoAM:dZTO63xIz9g:V_sGLiPBpWU)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kotaku/full/~4/cg0l4mBWoAM
More... (http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/kotaku/full/~3/cg0l4mBWoAM/2009-the-year-the-xbox-360-practically-vanished-in-japan)