Xbox has proved to be the biggest hit at Sitex 2003 as more than 2,000 units of the Xbox Limited Edition Holiday Bundle were snapped up over the four-day exhibition in Singapore. The Limited Edition Holiday Bundle contains the Xbox console, 3 games (Halo, Tetris and Star Wars: The Clone Wars) and the Xbox DVD Movie Playback Kit.
?We never had a faster moving video game console at Sitex like Xbox,? said Jill Neo, Assistant Manager (Corporate Sales) for Challenger Superstore. Teo Seer Seer, Director IT Buying for Courts also added ?As the festive season is approaching, people have purchased the Xbox as a gift idea.? And for Best Denki, it was about value. ?A complete value-added product was delivered by the sound partnership of Xbox and Best Denki to the consumers of Singapore,? said Mr C J Raj, Manager Operations and Promotions for Best Denki.
The Xbox booth at Sitex was gamers? playground, with over 40 consoles loaded with all the latest games for everyone to try out the Xbox experience. Visitors got to try out games like Voodoo Vince, Crimson Skies, Amped 2 and Magatama, which were among the huge batch of new titles released in time for the holidays, bringing the total number of Xbox games titles to 150 by the end of 2003. The top five games sold over the four-day period were:
1. Project Gotham Racing 2 (Microsoft Game Studios)
2. FIFA Soccer 2004 (Electronic Arts)
3. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Electronic Arts)
4. Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge (Microsoft Game Studios)
5. Top Spin (Microsoft Game Studios)
