The new model of Xbox 360 caused a good deal of console sales in the month of June, but discounted old hardware sold more.
Bit-Tech: Perhaps the biggest surprise was that the tide of console gamers is a cultural phenomenon which does not appear to cross every border. According to NPD's research, while the UK has the highest incidence of console usage out of all the markets analysed Germany boasts the biggest number of PC gamers.
France, meanwhile, is clinging on to dedicated hand-held consoles like the Nintendo 3DS and Sony PlayStation Portable at a time when NPD's analysis shows that gamers in most other nations have ditched theirs in favour of getting their portable gaming fixes on smartphones and tablets.
"when NPD's analysis shows that gamers in most other nations have ditched theirs in favour of getting their portable gaming fixes on smartphones and tablets."
you mean like japan, europe or the US where the 3ds is breaking records?
People are ditching the 3DS so fast in the US, 3ds sales have doubled over ds first year sales and the year isnt even over.
No source, no truth
who approved this garbage?
but 250 million global online PC Gamers say other wise.
Everyone with a Gaming PC can play Wii Games so does that mean the world is a Wii Nation?
I think people just enjoy Games and it really doesn't matter the platform.
Console Nation, PC Universe, iPhone Realm, doesn't matter just enjoy your Games.
Considering most PC Gamers will own 1 or more consoles , declaring the UK as a "console nation" is complete and utter bollox.
owning a console and playing the occasional game once in a blue moon doesnt make you a console gamer. Just like owning a pc and maybe playing some random flash game doesnt make you a pc gamer. Alot of pc gamers bought ps3s, its a blu-ray player and media hub that plays games.
I'm from the UK and game on nearly every platform I can think of.
But yes in general I'm more thumbs than fingers when It comes to my games.
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That does look sick and the sound is even more awesome. Too bad the darn Xbox 360 is so expensive still.
When the Wii U drops the xbox prices will take a serious nose dive. Hopefully they still have that particular one floating around retail.
people like me are waiting to make sure that there is no more hardware faults.
so far the news and the tests supported by videos on youtube are all showing that the new console still standing.
Hopefully, if MS play it smart then they will reduce the Slim model price near Halo Reach release. If they do that then I will consider getting one,
I think people went for good deals offered for the old models. Plus if i want another one i'd go for older model as i cn swap my old 250gb HDD b/w consoles. Slim would be incompatible with my existing 10+ games which are way more than 16GB flash can take.
Although this is likely true, its still pretty strange that on online stores like amazon and gamestop the Slim ranks at the top while the older models are no where to be seem even whilst still being in stock. It likely only accounted for 40% in June due to the massive shortages but it will definitely be the main seller from now on, and once the $199 slim arrives that will take the lead.
But I got a feeling that just before Kinect's releases MS will drop the price of the slim models down to the price of the old models.