Xbox 360 storms past 7m sales in Europe

Fishy Fingers - 398 days 12 hours ago

MS have just confirmed they're just shy of 25 million units. Shipped/sold I don't know, but it's more than 18.8 either way.

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green - 398 days 12 hours ago

Going by your logic the ps3 as of June had sold only 11million.4 in the USA,5 in Europe and 2.2 in japan.

So apart from the USA,Japan and Europe (which consists of 51 countries), there are no other countries again that a console can be sold.What happened to the other 137 countries in the world?Did the billions of people that occupy them mysteriously vanish.

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Why o why - 398 days 11 hours ago

Australia, the rest of asia et el but yep it seems MS have been tricky with the numbers. The price cut in europe definitely done them a favour though as its now cheaper than the wii with twice the tech (except wireless and motion control)

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Why o why - 398 days 11 hours ago

yeah green, i see you telling ALL those 360 guys that there's more than just doing well in NA to this console war to the point where im now BORED of you being sooo objective *sarcasm* yeah, ummm, right

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Arsenal4Ever - 398 days 11 hours ago

1.2 - PS3 has install base of 17 million.

5/6mil in USA, 2. something in Japan thats total of 8 million so PS3 in europ must have.

17-8 = 9million.

PS3's ahead in Europe by about 2 million

360

USA 11 million
Japan 800,000
Europe 8 million

Thats 19.8 million.. PS3 17 million Worldwide.

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green - 398 days 11 hours ago

Pls can you provide a link to prove that the PS3 is at 9 million in Europe?

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vasilisk - 398 days 11 hours ago

There's something quite fishy whenever microsoft releases their numbers. Two months ago they stated that they were 22 million 360s sold worldwide. Now it's close to 25. With the NPD numbers telling us that they sold around 700K in NA during these 2 months (their strongest territory) I don't see them selling 2.3 million consoles for these months to the rest of the world.
Now they're telling us that they sold 5 million 360s in 30 months and then they sold another 2 million in 6 months. And the price cut was in September, alive only 2 months now...
Anyone wanna bet that these 2 million consoles are consoles shipped for the holiday season?

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vasilisk - 398 days 11 hours ago

PS3 is not at 9 million in Europe But it's closer to 8.

http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

Sony stated that they were at more than 5 million back in May. That's 5 million consoles in 14 months because we all know that PS3 was not launched in Europe in Nov 2006 but in March 2007. What took 360 30 months to reach in Europe, PS3 did it in 14 months. So Sony sells approximately 2.2 million/6 months. If you add the fact that Metal Gear Solid 4 was launched in June then it's safe to say that they sold around 2.5 million at least for these six months placing them near 8 million consoles right now.

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jaysquared - 398 days 11 hours ago

There's no way the PS3 has sold 9 million in Europe. It was just at 5 million this past May.. You really think with the financial crisis Sony was able to sell another 4 million in 6 months? It tooke them 1.5 years to get 5 million!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/...
http://www.xbox360fanboy.co...

Love how PS3 fans just flinging numbers around without doing research first!

@Above- please provide a link that says sony has sold 8 million PS3s. If not please rewrite your post to "I think Sony is close to selling 8 million."

In my opinion judging from the bad global economy and the cheaper 360 I would put the PS3 at 7 million as well.. I guarantee however that the 360 will surpass the PS3 this coming holidays because of price alone!

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vasilisk - 398 days 11 hours ago

Nope you're wrong. As I wrote above, PS3 launched March 2007 in Europe, not November 2006. So it's 5 million consoles in 14 months not in 18 months as you claim. It's funny how you accuse people of not doing their research...
So it's 2.2 consoles per 6 months average for PS3. If you think that PS3 sold less than that with MGS4 out in June for this 6 month period then anything I say won't make any difference. If it's not close to 8 million then it's definitely around 7.5.
And secondly as I wrote above it took 360 30 months to reach 5 million and it took PS3 only 14 months. This means PS3 outselling 360 in Europe more than 2:1. You logic is flawed. You say there's no way for a company that sells 5 million in 14 months to sell 3 million in 6 months (with the release of MGS4 which had a great impact in Europe) but then you easily accept a company that sold 5 million in 30 months to sell another 2 million in 6 months.

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Why o why - 398 days 11 hours ago

damn

why you smack him so hard. Its like the sense you made makes no sense to them at all. Its right there in MS's and Sony's own numbers. I wonder if anybody can take u on with those facts....lets see

bubbles 4 u anyway

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jaysquared - 398 days 10 hours ago

I'm sure MGS4 made some impact in PS3 sales but dont think that big of an impact you make it out to be. Unless you can provide links that prove other wise your words are just like the word of PS3 fans proclaming how LBP is going to sell 2 million its firt week and how its going to move over a jillion PS3 consoles! LOL! I dont think LBP even sold a single ps3 consoles! Gotta love it though!

Europe is Sony land(even though they keep getting f!cked over by Sony)and the anti trust lawsuits brought on by European Union over M$ practices a few years back didn't help at all in selling the 360s at first. But now that's all settled and no longer in the news M$ is image is getting better. Even better with the new cheap console and the great games coming out! So i'm not suprised that Sony at launch sold more compared to the 360 but like everybody says it doesn't matter how your start its how your finish is where the race is won.

Every PS3 fan in this place proclaimed that 2008 will be the year the PS3 outsells the 360 because it was outselling 360 the FIRST 8 months of the year! But what every PS3 fans keep forgetting its the last 4 months of the year that really counts. And guess who the 360 just outsold 2:1 this last NPD? If that keeps up in the biggest gaming market in the world and the 360 sales continue the way they are in Europe then the 360 doesn't even need japan to outsell the PS3 this year!

Edit-Also according to NPD the PS3 sold after May 2008 in N. America
june 2008-405k
july 2008-225k
august 2008-185k
september-232k
October-190k

Total= 1,237,000 PS3 sold after May 2008 even if you add mays number which is 209k the PS3 in N. America, the biggest gaming market in the world Sony only sold a little less than 1.5 million PS3s. With those numbers you really think the PS3 could've sold 3 million PS3s in Europe when it couldn't even sell 1.5 million in the BIGGEST GAMING MARKET in the world? We dont' know how much Sony has sold in Europe right now but I highly doubt unless you can provide facts that its at 8 million. In fact after pulling those NPD numbers I highly doubt the PS3 is even at 7 million in Europe!

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MURKERR - 398 days 10 hours ago

a lot of reports state over 33% thats over a quarter of sales so how many of these so called 'millions' were to the same customers? ms are being very coy and elusive show some financial sheets like sony and nintendo do

they say every cloud has a silver lining ms have used rrod to inflate numbers

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jaysquared - 398 days 10 hours ago

and how many of those 100 million plus PS2 owners were returned customers because their console stopped reading DVDs or they wanted to upgrade to the slim ones? We dont know but it doesn't really matter. A console sold is a console sold..

"ms are being very coy and elusive show some financial sheets like sony and nintendo do "

What are you talking about M$ is a publicly traded company like Sony and Nintendo they have to publish their financial sheets to their shareholders and to the public.. So get your facts straight before you make yourself look like an idiot!

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Why o why - 398 days 9 hours ago

damn. you really are just blinded or love playing the 'wrong n strong' role. What vasilisk is saying is that the trend was already in the ps3'e favour and that trend is that it is outselling the 360 regardless. He even corrected your false release date and gave you the numbers. He mentioned the release of metal gear because he believes it would also spike sales on top of the constant outselling of the 360 just like the NPD in the US said it did over there so why not over here huh? What vasilisk didnt mention was that there has been a price decrease in Europe so that logically would spike more sales plus most of the sales charts from Europe show the ps3 on top even though the 360 had a head start.

Remember that it was MS's own people that stated that they had to do more to compete in Europe yet your here banding numbers around and saying stuff like its only certain months that matter. lol cumon now. Ill wait until the end of the year just like last year when the gap was proved to be closing AGAINST what all of you boys were telling us .....tut tut

an A for effort because u did at least try;)

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duelingdragon - 398 days 8 hours ago

jaysquared,

The US is the biggest gaming market in the world is it?

This report says different.

http://uk.gamespot.com/news...

In 2007 the US was ranked 3rd, Europe 2nd. Europe is Sony land and Sony sold 5.5m PS3's in 14 months (april 2007 - may 2008). An approximate 6 months of sales using average monthly data gives you 2.3m, add that to 5.5m they where at in May, places them close to 8m in Europe - thats basic math, without taking into account sales spikes like MGS4.

Well done to MS for getting to 7m in Europe. Even if it took ’em longer.

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AAACE5 - 398 days 6 hours ago

It's good to see they are getting some traction in those tires, and not just slipping on the ice like they were doing! Sometimes you have to downshift, in order to make any progress.

For those who didn't get that... The lower price helped them move some consoles.

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Fishy Fingers - 398 days 12 hours ago

MS have stated they will not be another price cut for years, I imagine they've got it as low as they can.

"going all out to ensure they beat the PS3 this gen and its defiantly working,"

Well they been outsold by both the PS3 and Wii since their launch so I'm not sure it's "definitely working". But I imagine they'll have a good Christmas, beating Sony but not close to Nintendo.

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jaysquared - 398 days 11 hours ago

No console this gen is going to get close to the wii! Its unstoppable at this point. 2 years after it launched and its still selling like hot cakes when everybody proclaimed it was just a fad! Its no longer a fad! the consumers love the wii. The gaming industry is back to to the original king. I can now say Nintendo is going to be this gens console wars winner.

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Sarcasm - 397 days 16 hours ago

"I imagine they've got it as low as they can. "

If they shut down Rare, they can drop the 360's price to $149 FOR THE CONSOLE WARS WIN!

:)

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Steven Colbert - 398 days 11 hours ago

Exactly.Not to mention I have noticed people buying 360s sometimes just for one game like Left 4 Dead or Gears 2.I think people should show some respect to a company dedicated to delivering content like games and updates in a timely manner.Look at how they announced Gears of War 2 this spring,funded the development,and placed it firmly on a November release without delays.I consider that service

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jaysquared - 398 days 11 hours ago

definitely true steven. also the fact M$ is just delivering the games and providing more and more incentives in paying for XBL. I love the new netflix stream feature this has to be the best update ever!

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cayal - 397 days 22 hours ago

Yep, they provide excellent service. Just crap hardware.

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wicked - 398 days 11 hours ago

you are forgetting the about the rest of the world, i.e not in europe / Japan /USA.

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Foxgod - 398 days 11 hours ago

indeed, australia, new zealand, canda etch

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bomboclaat_gamer - 398 days 8 hours ago

dummy

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Immortal Kaim - 398 days 2 hours ago

Your ignorance is why the US is not respected in the international community, please refrain from posting your 'opinions' if you can't even justify your statements. Sorry Champ, the US is the third biggest videogame market, Oh look at that, Europe is the second biggest.

http://www.gamecyte.com/eur...

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BIGBAER - 398 days ago

You have plenty of time.

Come on, please! For your own sake take some time to consider your posts. As others have already pointed out, you are excluding significant market---and peoples---from your calculations.

Japan numbers do not include, logically, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong not to mention the entirety of the rest of Asian sales e.g. India et al.

And then we have Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania.

How about the Arabian peninsula and all the way down to The Republic of South Africa?

You see? Don't disenfranchise these gamers from adding their purhases to the console tallies. MS's Xbox 360 has plenty of support in the above regions to make their stated numbers.

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BIGBAER - 398 days ago

...as well as Central & South America. World sales means just that---WORLD SALES.

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Foxgod - 398 days 11 hours ago

canada and australia are also important, and india falls under asia.

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earwax - 397 days 23 hours ago

http://news.filefront.com/e...

Fing ZERO BTW, COD? that is what America did for YOUR ass NOT ours. Enjoy that Muslim invasion too h.omo

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Foxgod - 398 days 11 hours ago

the ps3 will have to outsell the 360 3:1 for the coming three years to beat the 360.
Right now the 360 is outselling the ps3 worldwide.

And we all know that the 720 wont be out until late 2011 at earliest.
On top of that, the ps3 and the 360 are pretty neck at neck in the graphics and gameplay department, the ps3 hasnt shown anything that blows the best 360 games to bits.

and as an extra detail, the software sales on the 360 put the ps3 software sales to a shame, that doesnt really indicate that the 360 is outdated/dead.

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Foxgod - 398 days 10 hours ago

ahem.

Halo3 recon
Halo 3 chronicles
Star Ocean 4
Halo wars
Mass effect 2
Forza 3
Beyond good and evil 2
Ninja blade
Alan wake
Blue dragon 2
Deus EX3
Poject offset
Splinter cell conviction

Yeah your right (sarcasm)
This is so not enough to fight off GT5 and heavy rain

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Irving - 398 days 9 hours ago

I almost spit my coffee on the keyboard. You should at least warn people before making such comments :D

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Omg_Armageddon - 398 days 7 hours ago

this war between the 2 behemoths last a few more years and Sony will have time to catch up, since MS new console will launch and they will kill off some support for the 360. Ok now I'm talking crap lol... Who knows the hell will happen, maybe sony will drop the ps3 to 199$ and MS will drop the 360 to 99$ to save our down turn economy lol and everyone will have a gaming system. the wii... on the other hand, ninendo ups the price to 299$ because their rolling in the dough and nintendo goes bankrupt from the stock market, all it's investors jumps ship and Hiroshi Y. dies and his stock gets sold off. Man what a future!

that's the war to win, the battle at hand, will be this Christmas.

Sony has some high end games this xmas but will it be enough to put a halt in MS arcade/ gears2 walk to victory? surely they both are fighting for 3rd place. Can the wii over take the ds and win the holiday .

I love christmas specials :)

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NowGen - 398 days 6 hours ago

XBOX360

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Antan - 398 days 5 hours ago

hhmm, no that says XBOX360.....The finish line comes at the end of the life cycle. Come back to me in 5 years or so.

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morganfell - 398 days 11 hours ago

The overall 25 mil figure comes in because this is the one way in which they finally acknowledge, albeit in silence, that they are counting multiple 360 ownership that occurs when you send your console in for repair. You get a 'new' 360 back (in their mind).

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ultimolu - 398 days 11 hours ago

I find it extremely suspicious as well. It sounds like they're inflating numbers.

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Foxgod - 398 days 10 hours ago

howabout you add canada, asia and australian numbers.

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ReTarDedFisHy - 398 days 3 hours ago

and MS' numbers are based on consoles shipped not sold.

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cmrbe - 397 days 22 hours ago

Canada is counted in NA. NA is US+Canada+Mexico.

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karlostomy - 397 days 15 hours ago

at the excellent sales numbers for MS.

god. get a life. douchebags.

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Why o why - 398 days 11 hours ago

im glad to see there is still some humour around here. We need Dark Sniper back on our side to deal with you (all in good fun though)

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Why o why - 398 days 11 hours ago

there may be nothing wrong with your statement so i've no issue with it its just it doesn't tell the whole story

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IzKyD1331 - 398 days 10 hours ago

the 360 also had like a dozen price cuts in Europe this year, and PS3 has outsold 360 in Europe this year by miles

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shawnsl65 - 398 days 5 hours ago

i'm glad 360 hardcore fanboys will never see the light of ps3. I can't imagine what it would be like for you brats to migrate from xboxlive to psn. You annoy us regular gamers enough with your squeaky voice and annoyance over xbl. Stay away from the ps3 and psn cause you're not wanted there.

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Why o why - 398 days 11 hours ago

which it seems it isnt. TUT TUT. like vasilisk said in the gamerzone. IF NPD said they sold 700k in their strongest territory in the same period, where did the rest come from if it wasnt japan or europe........ Australia maybe??

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karlostomy - 397 days 15 hours ago

will you stop trying to get hits for your pathetic blog?

You are the biggest saddest, douchebag, selfpromoting, narcissist i have ever encountered!

If you need money, then get a job!

You are worse than Bruceongames.

fuuuuuuuck.

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Arsenal4Ever - 398 days 10 hours ago

ARSENAL 2 - 1 Manchester United.

Give it up loser!!

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Why o why - 398 days 8 hours ago

did u get lured in by the sweeties. how'd he taste

ARSENE KNOWS

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shawnsl65 - 398 days 5 hours ago

grow up you lil freak. I'm glad you don't own a PS3. Every logical gamer other then dumb ass zombie lemmings know that MS is always full of shiit when it comes to #.

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GiantEnemyCrab - 397 days 22 hours ago

Yes says Shawn the $ony lemming zombie!

Give it a rest! How funny that the $ony chum strokers will believe bullsh*t numbers from $ony that they've matched XBL subs with zero pause and then question every single number that comes from MS and try and spin it.

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shawnsl65 - 397 days 20 hours ago

you're a retarded fanboy crab. Check out my history post since you have plenty of time anyways. I'm a gamer, i only speak what is on my mind and i do own all 3 systems. Everyone knows Microsoft is full of shiit when it comes to #'s other than you and the rest of your fanboy boy scouts. What kind of company waits til people's warranty to run out to release the RROD NXE update? If my box dies, that's it for it.

oh i forgot who i was typing to. The blind crab PP.

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GiantEnemyCrab - 397 days 22 hours ago

Now these mental nutjobs are actually saying their is 1.8mil in difference in install base!! They get worse with their FUD and lies by the week.

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