Yeah well, 3,6 million isn' t that bad. If you consider that GC, in the end, sold about 20 million consoles, while PS3 sold 120, the difference isn' t that big, compared to the rest of the world.
PS2/GC 4,4 : 1 (Using your numbers) in Japan
PS2/GC 6 : 1 All together.
So basically they did better in Japan, then they did in other markets.
And I consider it an ass kicking if a completely new competitor beats someone like Nintendo, who had much more experience with consoles.(And well, Xbox has been dead before the Gamecube. Microsoft abandoned that thing already back in 2005)
Oh and Microsofts loss on the original Xbox has been 4 billion, not 7.
As for Japan sales. You have to consider that the original Xbox was sold for ¥34,800 and mere 3 months later dropped to a price of ¥24,800, while both versions of the 360 - core and premium - are retailing for more (¥29,000 and ¥39,795).
As for your last point: I was saying the japanese market is LOSING in importance. And if you look at your numbers - the only reason why the japanese market is competeting so well, is because you are including handhelds. Limit your numbers to stationary consoles only (Because this is what we are talking about in this thread) and there is a considerable gap between USA/Europe and Japan.
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