The 360 leaves the unnumbered Xbox behind

Over at GameDaily BIZ, they’ve pointed out something many of us might have forgotten. Microsoft made a console before the Xbox 360, and an economic analysis shows that the unnumbered Xbox is getting no love these days.

According to Wedbush Morgan Securities (WMS), software sales for the unnumbered Xbox have gone down 57 percent as people have placed their attention on its predecessor, the 360. In fact, the expected software sales for September were higher than WMS’s original expectations, picking up US$ 104 million in September compared to 89 million in August. While this is still money in the bank for Microsoft, it’s sad to see the Xbox seemingly dying a slow death because of his big brother’s appearance, even while the PS2 is going strong.

While a spokesperson did mention that support for the Xbox’s hardware and Live functionality still exists, in addition to 3rd party game titles, Microsoft itself seems to have left it behind as they have no scheduled titles planned for production for it at all. While it’s not surprising that something like that could happen, it does leave a kind of hole between the two existing generations of consoles, one that was filled up by the PlayStation 2. Do you think they should be pushing ahead this quickly for the 360, or could they be making a bad move in not giving better support for their starting console in preparation for the Wii and the PS3?

Over at GameDaily BIZ, they’ve pointed out something many of us might have forgotten. Microsoft made a console before the Xbox 360, and an economic analysis shows that the unnumbered Xbox is getting no love these days.

According to Wedbush Morgan Securities (WMS), software sales for the unnumbered Xbox have gone down 57 percent as people have placed their attention on its predecessor, the 360. In fact, the expected software sales for September were higher than WMS’s original expectations, picking up US$ 104 million in September compared to 89 million in August. While this is still money in the bank for Microsoft, it’s sad to see the Xbox seemingly dying a slow death because of his big brother’s appearance, even while the PS2 is going strong.

While a spokesperson did mention that support for the Xbox’s hardware and Live functionality still exists, in addition to 3rd party game titles, Microsoft itself seems to have left it behind as they have no scheduled titles planned for production for it at all. While it’s not surprising that something like that could happen, it does leave a kind of hole between the two existing generations of consoles, one that was filled up by the PlayStation 2. Do you think they should be pushing ahead this quickly for the 360, or could they be making a bad move in not giving better support for their starting console in preparation for the Wii and the PS3?