Xbox 360 global sales top 25m

Foxgod - 394 days 7 hours ago

you forgot the asian, AU and canada region your persistent annoying fanboy.

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ambientFLIER - 394 days 7 hours ago

Don't worry, Arsenal is just a typical american fanboy, blissfully ignorant of the rest of the world.

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xaviertooth - 394 days 7 hours ago

Asia: xbox is non-existent there lets say 100k
AUS : ok, lets say 400k
CAN : for all i know, Canada is part of Americas region (unless you can show a link)

still when you add those numbers, it so far from what they are CLAIMING.. so i still go with Arsenal4Ever's numbers.

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fakeplasticlung - 394 days 7 hours ago

microsofts INSTALLED user base is now 25 million get over it u rabid fanboy. lol arsenal lost 3-0 to man city, villa will finish 4th.

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ambientFLIER - 394 days 5 hours ago

I'm going to go with the numbers of............................ ..................THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY SELLING IT. Microsoft.

The rest of you dorks can dig for PS3 blogs that downplay them.

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Jason 360 - 394 days 4 hours ago

Whatever excuses you need to make you feel better about what place the PS3 is in. Looks like MS and Nintendo stole some of that PS2 install base, and they keep taking them.

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mint royale - 394 days 3 hours ago

Not just MS! From this news we can tell that MS is not at 25 million in people's homes but 25 million in stores. So for actual numbers in people's homes take 1-2 million off.

Same goes for sony and nintendo's numbers.

All ship to retailers because there is no way of knowing accurate numbers of sold to consumers. Thats why services such as NPD exist!

Alot of ignorant people once again, with only a few actually in the right!

Edit: Come on, explain how i'm wrong if you disagree!

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kopicha - 394 days ago

dont worry i am for one who agree with you. dont get too bothered with the disagree. as long as you know you speak the truth :)

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Bathyj - 393 days 21 hours ago

Mint, you're wrong because Sony have been reporting SOLD numbers for a long time now. M$ reports SHIPPED. You want a link, look it up yourself. Thats just how it is and has been for over a year.

PS
Its not hard for Sony to know how many units sold when they know how many they send out every month to retailers. If they keep 100 in stock and order 50 the next month they probably sold 50 of them. M$ could easily report SOLD as well, but they like to pad their numbers cos people keep believing them. Remember Christmas 06 when they flooded the retail chains and claimed they had sold over 10M, only then they didn't sell quick enough (what do you know, they had 2 consoles to compete against now) and they had to cut their shipment forcast and they stayed slow til about April/May. Later it was reveal they had only sold about 8M for the year, not over 10 or 11. Hence why M$ reports SHIPPED. Now you tell me why I'm wrong.

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Jason 360 - 393 days 20 hours ago

You don't have a link Bathyj, if you did you would have used it to prove your point. Sony on the other hand changed its policy and stopped reporting shipped and sold. Now thet combine the two and report that, they did it so investers wouldn't worry about the huge loss they were taking on the PS3. MS has never had to do that, they don't have to because the 360 is in 2nd, and the sales are still healthy. MS and Nintendo don't need to play dirty, it's always the whiner in last place that does that.

Have a happy Thanksgiving...:)

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Bathyj - 393 days 20 hours ago

"they did it so investers wouldn't worry about the huge loss they were taking on the PS3. MS has never had to do that"

Man, thats funny. From a company that still hasn't made one single red cent of profit overall in 7 years.

Heres my link.

http://www.google.com

Thanks for the holiday wishes be we don't have Thanksgiving. Appreciate the thought though.

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mint royale - 393 days 19 hours ago

I commend you for trying but it seems your interpretation of financials are abit off.

Yes Sony did change the way they report their figures, they changed from reporting shipped to warehouses to shipped to retailers in line with Nintendo and Microsoft. I repeat no company in the world can know exactly how many consoles are sold they can only know demand roughly from the orders retailers are putting in.

Please try not to be a fanboy, what does it get you? It isn't going to change the facts.

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DG - 393 days 18 hours ago

Who cares if its shipped or sold as far as MS, Nintendo or Sony is concerned they still get their money when they ship the products. Do you think they ship the goods before payment. No its C.O.D. muthafuqqqa (Cash on delivery or even before that). Silly fanboys console numbers are for kids, just go play your pokeman on your DS and STFU!

Edit:I'm actually surprised they hit 25M before Christmas, best wishes to Sony as competition keeps MS on their toes, and we all know the big "N" dont need any help. (PS where is the HD Wii I may actually grab one for my daughter but HD only, is it even in the pipeline still? 2011 is too far!)

http://www.wiinewsdaily.com...

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SonyOwnsNextYear - 393 days 9 hours ago

SALES
+
REPAIRS
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=
25 MILLION?

I WONDER HOW MANY MILLIONS ARE REFURBISHED REPAIRS?

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mint royale - 393 days 8 hours ago

because when any company reports shipped figures it is figures for consoles that the company has been paid for - thats why its in the FINANCIALS. In other words MS only get paid for their new consoles not refurbs, their shipped figures are figures of xbox's off the production lines. Did sony include repairs of the ps2 faulty disc drive in their numbers? Course not so stop being a fanboy with absolutely no relevant facts or basis for your accusations except MS is teh evils!!!!1!!!

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Foxgod - 394 days 7 hours ago

then why does it say installed base, it doesnt say shipped.

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Jenzo - 394 days 7 hours ago

"but it has now confirmed to MCV that 360 has already overtaken the original Xbox's total sales of 25 million."

Sold, not shipped.

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xaviertooth - 394 days 7 hours ago

if they claim it to as installed base, then i smell misinformation-spreading.

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darkride66 - 394 days 7 hours ago

But these are most certainly shipped numbers. MS's own numbers just put them at 22 million at the end of last quarter, and they have not sold 3 million since then by any stretch of the imagination (the past two months since the price cut they've shipped around 800,000 consoles). Logic would dictate that if we're missing 2-3 million consoles to meet MS's number, the most obvious answer is they're counting units sent to stores for the start of the holiday season.

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Death - 393 days 17 hours ago

NPD shows almost 400,000 in sales in October alone for the U.S. Europe and others sells approximately the same. Japan has also seen a rise in sales. November of last year shows 770,000 Xbox 360's in North America. If Octobers year over year increase is any indication, we can expect to see close to 800,000 in North America alone. Once again, factor in the rest of the world and you can see how it is very possible to achieve when added to the 1.1 - 1.2 million sold in North America this last two months.

Some food for thought, December is the big month. Last year there were 1,260,000 Xbox 360's reported by NPD. It is very possible that Microsoft will be past the 27 million mark by the end of the year. This means that both Nintendo and Microsoft are gaining market share since they have both surpassed their previous install bases with less time on the market.

-Death

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Foxgod - 394 days 7 hours ago

MS counting replacements is a false unproven rumor, wheres the backup of that claim ?

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green - 394 days 7 hours ago

Its a fan boy thing.

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vega75 - 394 days 5 hours ago

it's a fanboy thing. it's like saying that sony counted all the ps2's that died from DRE into their 130mil sold. i guess that would be a fair claim too.

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SaiyanFury - 394 days ago

OK, so it sold 25 million. Good for them, now back to Valkyria Chronicles, I still have a few battles to finish.

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xaviertooth - 394 days 7 hours ago

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

since when is that?

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Fishy Fingers - 394 days 7 hours ago

Stop being so dramatic.

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ultimolu - 394 days 7 hours ago

...Lmfao.

The console war is far from over. There won't be a clear winner with just one year, although I must say Nintendo won period.

Oh teh drama...

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darkride66 - 394 days 5 hours ago

I mean, take a look at your game sales charts. Notice something in the top 10 that seems out of place to you? It's PS2 games, still hanging in the top of the charts worldwide. Have a look at sales for the new WWE game, it's selling better on the PS2 than the 360. It's still consistently holding it's own against all the newcomers. So, how on earth do you think that MS has taken that market share away from Sony? The PS2 is still selling, and still moving software. It's not like these sales just ceased the moment the 360 was launched and the next gen began.

Consider MS games division reported a revenue of 8 billion for fiscal 2008, vs Sony Games 12.2 billion. Compare that to fiscal 2007 which saw MS at 6 billion compared to Sony's 10 billion. Both of these grew year over year, but one didn't grow at the expense of another.

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darkride66 - 394 days 3 hours ago

You'd be stupid not to be. Do you think Sony's all upset their low-end tv's sell better than their hi-end? Or their lower end cameras sell better than the top of the line stuff?
As for the fanboy comment, I'm a 360 fan. (DarkrideHex66 on XBL). I'm loving Fable 2 and Gears 2 to death right now. But only a moron would view the PS2's continued revenue stream as a bad thing while the PS3 is still selling faster than the 360 ever did (just look at how long it took the PS3 to hit 15 million vs how long it took the 360 to.)

Just look at the revenue numbers and it's clear that 360 revenues are still growing - but to claim that they're growing at the expense of Sony just isn't supported by the facts, MS games took in 4 billion less in revenue than Sony games in 2007, just like in fiscal 2008. Sony still brings in far more between the PS2, PS3 and PSP than MS can realistically hope to. You don't have to be a deluded Sony fanboy to understand that, it's pretty cut and dry. I'm just looking at this from a rational business perspective - not a fanboy system wars "GOO HALLLLOOOO!" perspective.

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Death - 392 days 21 hours ago

A vast majority of the PS2 owners are mass market or casual owners. They bought when the system dipped below $199. The PS3 still costs twice that amount, so winning these consumers over is not an option at this point in time. If these consumers don't jump when the PS3 hits the mahic $200 mark, then you have a point. Until that time passes, it is silly to think they will jump now.

-Death

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outlawlife - 394 days 6 hours ago

$127 to be exact...they did pay shipping though and it only took 2 months to repair

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darkride66 - 394 days 2 hours ago

You know what, when my 3rd 360 console died on me...I didn't for one second think "Oh well. 8 years ago the PS2 had some issues as well."
No, I thought "This sucks. This has been almost 4 months now I haven't been able to play the bulk of my games library. If I had any idea what a hassle this would be, I would have never, ever bought a 360."

Really, people who get hit with RROD don't care what the hell happened to the PS2 8 years ago. It has zero bearing on what's happening with the 360 right now.

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outlawlife - 394 days 1 hour ago

you're right it has no bearing but the rrod thing gets really old, people act like no other console has had nagging problems

rrod happens it is a fact, but what can you do? if it happens they fix it and thats really it

my 360 has rrod 2 times and it has been replaced for free both times no questions asked

my ps2 bricked on me a few months after launch and they charged me to fix it, it came back and was dead again within 6 months and they wanted to charge me for a repair again

it is all in how the issue is handled and what your personal experience is, if you have a bad experience with a problem it sours you, if your treated well you deal with it

i had a bad ps2 experience and felt very ripped off, up until now my 360 problems have been dealt with for free and really fast so i havent turned yet, if it some how does screw me over down the line my views will change

but it all comes down to each individuals experience, and those who are blind to the problems of other consoles and act like 360 is the only device to ever have troubles then you need to pull off the rose colored glasses

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insomnium - 393 days 12 hours ago

I Wonder how you will feel after the 3 year warranty runs out...
I wonder if you have ever had your discs scratched while playing...
I wonder if you have ever lost a whole days playingsession due to disc read error and no autosave (Halo 3 for example)...
I'm guessing your answer will be "ofcourse not you blind sonyfanboy"

BTW to all the Valkyria Cronicles-fans out there: I beat Jaegar's tank in chapter 17 in 5 turns. Grade A and 90k exp and $190k. I'm so happy (and lucky also). This has to be one of the greatest games of all times along with FF7 and Suikoden!!!

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outlawlife - 393 days 11 hours ago

you missed the point of my entire post, read it again

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xaviertooth - 394 days 7 hours ago

good time to spread misinformation ehh... and here we go again with scummy microsoft on their dirty marketing (as usual, as always) ploy. wtg monkeys! although the whole world knows better!

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Algullaf - 394 days 6 hours ago

hi pp mgs4 2008 goty :(( so bad go kill your self

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Foxgod - 394 days 7 hours ago

where is your proof ?
assumptions are worth nothing.

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xaviertooth - 394 days 7 hours ago

where is the truth???

the truth is all over the world... the internet... the newspapers... tv, radio and by all means of data, there it is!

are u blind or deaf or in denial or just a simple moron?

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Foxgod - 394 days 7 hours ago

i am indeed not hearing very well, but i at least aint so stupid to believe fanboy ranting.

The Rrod is confirmed, however that MS counts replaced xbox's is just a load of fanboy propagenda.

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Magic_The_Celt - 394 days 6 hours ago

so much hate for a company that did so much.

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Jenzo - 394 days 6 hours ago

I know. Companies change, don't they?

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Magic_The_Celt - 394 days 4 hours ago

^^ Yeah like greedy micro$oft switching from software to try get into the console market

lets see..

we got a monstrosity of a console the Xbox original.. which was 100% abandoned (oh noes it may have lost them a tiny bit of money!) when the 360 came out

and the 360 itself, honestly i dont think that console could have been built any cheaper if they tried.

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Jenzo - 394 days 3 hours ago

Just goes to show how sh!tty the PS3 is, since more people prefer the 360.

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Magic_The_Celt - 394 days 3 hours ago

^ Just goes to show how sh*tty the 360 is

since more people prefer the Wii

hahaha

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pshizle - 393 days 21 hours ago

everything else > wii

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Eiffel - 394 days 6 hours ago

You do know Microsoft is only on their second console right, Sony is on their third and is barely suriving the year anyway through slow and low numbered game sales.
The Xbox 360 has been outselling the PS3 since 07 in games..what goods a console with the least good games and barely even sells any?

You should not let Fanboism control you its makes you look like a wannabe boner.

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kazuyaM - 394 days 6 hours ago

Eiffel replying and criticizing a fanboy comment making a fanboy comment!...Well eiffel's statement: "Sony is on their third and is barely suriving the year anyway through slow and low numbered game sales", is completly hilarious! Way to go!

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Jason 360 - 394 days 4 hours ago

Sony has a long way to come close to the legacy of Sony, after all look at the PS3...:) oh I bet that stings

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Magic_The_Celt - 394 days 4 hours ago

No jason its just very retarded, since pretty much any moron with a brain cell or two could come up with that but hey i wouldnt expect someone like you to come up with a half way decent or inteligent argument back to my comment. But it wasnt mainly about the PS3, it was about the Playstation and sony, these days people act as if sony and the playstation have always been fail (but if you want to talk about PS3 how about how it still rapes the 360 in europe?) and that coupled with the fact fangirls like to use sales these days brought into light my comment. mmkay.

oh i bet that stings about as much as your comment huh?

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Jason 360 - 394 days 3 hours ago

You already been owned, like a used car...:)

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Magic_The_Celt - 394 days 3 hours ago

^ Case and point haha. Wow man did you google that one!? or did you think it up all by yourself

if so give yourself a slow sarcastic clap on the back from me :)

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Foxgod - 394 days 6 hours ago

people should bubble him, hes hilarious :)

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Jenzo - 394 days 6 hours ago

Are you the universal sales counter of MS?

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mint royale - 394 days 3 hours ago

you spread pure lies. Sigh. Why does this matter so much to you that you have to lie?

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