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Xbox 360 allegedly outsells PS3 by 3 to 1 last week photo

Uh oh, Microsoft is being smug again.

According to the platform holder, the Xbox 360 enjoyed "record breaking sales" this Thanksgiving weekend, allegedly outselling the PlayStation 3 at a 3:1 ratio. The system saw a 25% increase in sales over 2007's Black Friday. The 'Soft also continues to boast having the highest game attach rate with "8.1 games per console."

"We entered into the Black Friday sales period with cautious optimism, knowing that dollar for dollar, Xbox 360 offers more social entertainment value than any other console on the market," boasts Don Mattrick, senior vice president of the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft. "Record Black Friday sales in the US, coupled with our existing global install base of 25 million and an online community of more than 14 million Xbox LIVE members, have laid the groundwork for continued global sales momentum in 2009."

After seeing that video of people acting like chimps to get Xbox 360 consoles on Black Friday, I'm not surprised the console saw big sales. That said, if Microsoft gets any smarmier, you'll be able to spread it on your toast.


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Redzie's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 08:26
Redzie
Just how many of those purchases were made to replace RROD'd consoles? At $199, it seems to tempting not to wait for MS to fix your brokeass console.
TorpedoTed's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 08:27
TorpedoTed
Thats becasue its better, like the Nes ruled the master system, Snes ruled the megadrive(genesis), playstation ruled the Saturn, PS2 rule the dreamcast.
Its just fact!
TorpedoTed's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 08:31
TorpedoTed
Also at the price point it is and the fact Jasper is out sales will only speed up faster and faster!!

PLus i would like to add, how stupid are MS to make all the different system errors do a pretty red ring...did they not see an onslaught coming with nicj names etc...??If the thing just stopped working what would the epidemic been called...oh my xbox is broken..omxib...hasnt got the same handy let the media run with it ring!
Cube's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 08:32
Cube
Does it really matter any more? please wake me when one of them dies a slow death like the sega saturn and drops out of the market.

I don't really care what one Hell all of them could die at once and pull dreamcast death with a special press meeting and I would not care that much.
randombullseye's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 08:33
randombullseye
Allegedly.


Allegedly.


ALLEGEDLY.
gamesronlygames's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 08:43
gamesronlygames
several factors
1-bad economy(its ok to call it a recession now)
a-360 has way more games
b-360 is 100-200 bucks cheaper
c-bluray feature not as appealing during recession-why pay 25 on bluray when you can buy the dvd for 3.99 and it upscales too
whormongr's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 09:00
whormongr
@TorpedoTed I disagree with your comparisons- I was a bigger fan of the genesis and the dreamcast in those generations- in fact my dreamcast is still hooked up alongside my wii and ps3 - I have considered getting a 360 as well, why? one reason only- it is cheaper than a wii right now, and that is a pretty big price drop. I do wonder though how many people that cut on the ps3 have actually used one- I get the same reaction when I am playing my psp from a lot of my friends who are die hard ds fans till they actually play on the psp and then end up saying "this is a nice little machine". One of them was over a couple of weeks ago and had no idea that the psp even has an analog stick till he played it. I still may get a 360 @ some point, hopefully after hardware improvements because I would like to play some of the games on the 360, but I don't see the point right now- I don't even have time to finish the games that I have on the ps3.
whormongr's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 09:02
whormongr
@TorpedoTed I disagree with your comparisons- I was a bigger fan of the genesis and the dreamcast in those generations- in fact my dreamcast is still hooked up alongside my wii and ps3 - I have considered getting a 360 as well, why? one reason only- it is cheaper than a wii right now, and that is a pretty big price drop. I do wonder though how many people that cut on the ps3 have actually used one- I get the same reaction when I am playing my psp from a lot of my friends who are die hard ds fans till they actually play on the psp and then end up saying "this is a nice little machine". One of them was over a couple of weeks ago and had no idea that the psp even has an analog stick till he played it. I still may get a 360 @ some point, hopefully after hardware improvements because I would like to play some of the games on the 360, but I don't see the point right now- I don't even have time to finish the games that I have on the ps3.
TorpedoTed's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 09:10
TorpedoTed
@ whormongr

You are right to have your opinoin, however this is on sales...the dreamcast was pumelled!! it lost before the genration was over...the megadrive did have a firm lead until the snes was in its 3rd year or something like that then the exclusives where just oooooo much.

Id recommend an xbox, i for one hated the original xbox and have never really stuck to a brand loyalty alone...dont get me wrong i love my Nintendo but if there were no games i wouldnt buy it..(darn appealing gimmicky wiimote!!)... The 360 took me back to my days of playing my Snes (or my mates megadrive) games were fun again not just cool and stale which is the product of the playstation era!!
Also if you got mates with an xbox, Achievments are the new highscores, give more of a sense of purpose!!ive played too many games in the past where the story loses my attention and i put it down never for it to grace the tv again..however this time id play that extra bit to get the achievment and you never know the story may pick up and you find that the lul in the middle was just a hick up to a brilliant game you may have missed out on...

well worth the cheap price it is, FUN is the word and fun is what you get!..also touchwood my xbox hasnt had to go back..infact none i know have had a faulty one..toch wood..touches it again...didnt look a gift horse in the mouth...
elsteveo's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 09:25
elsteveo
i love how every story that has to deal with the 360 all the PS3 guys comment on the RROD which has not been a factor as much now. Especially with the newer systems.
Corak's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 09:47
Corak
Its not surprising AT ALL!!! Why? Because black friday shoppers are bargin hunters. And the price of the 360 is really the motivating factor here. The average consumer does not know what an RROD is or whatever fanboys use in their arguments. They see price and think to themselves "hey Jimmy would probably like that" and grab it, sometimes in a fit of shopper rage acting like animals. A lot of stores were giving away 4 games with it and it was just a little more than a Wii, not hard to see what bargin hunter shoppers were buying. Its not that the 360 isn't a good value, it is, it just happens to be at a much better price point for the holidays so their sales should be better. Doesn't take a genius to figure that out. If you expected the PS3 to outsell the 360 being what $200 more you're just kidding yourself.
silvain's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 10:13
silvain
The Wii still beats them both in terms of sales. lol
dgschrei's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 10:27
dgschrei
@ Corak
You sure are right but even with all the black friday shoppers being bargin hunters a 3:1 ratio still is amazing. I'm really interested in the NPD numbers now. We will see if the 360 will manage toget its 10 million units lead back by the end of the year.
DinnertimeNinja's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 10:43
DinnertimeNinja
Yeah, I'm not at all surprised either.

Did you guys SEE those 360 deals? Things like the Arcade System, a 20gb drive, an extra controller and an extra game (not the live games pack) for around $200.

That's all you need to start actually playing the system and having fun.

With the Wii you need to AT LEAST buy an extra controller set since it's a party system. It's similar with the PS3, as well.

Simply put, the PS3 didn't really have any amazing bargains last week, and what they did have (even if they were a great value) were still TWICE the price of the 360 deals.
elsteveo's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 11:00
elsteveo
@ silvain

It might beat them in consoles sold. Games that are worth a shit though 360 and PS3 destroys the wii. I think the Wii is actually the dust collecting machine these days.
doktorwyzzerd1's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 11:30
doktorwyzzerd1
OR maybe the sales are fueled by 1st gen 360 owners, like me, who are having to replace their systems?

I love the software for 360 but I've already had RRoD, now after getting that fixed by M$, I have "Unplayable Disc"!

Damn you M$!!!!!!!

Worst system ever! The 32X was a piece of crap, but at least it worked!!
silvain's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 11:51
silvain
@elsteveo

Look, I just think it's funny everytime Sony or MS bring up sales numbers, they pretend that the Wii doesn't exist.
parrothead's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 12:12
parrothead
360 is not better than the PS3, it's just cheaper
Kalmah's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 12:25
Kalmah
This just in, the console now costs $29.99

BUY MORE! WE NEED TO TOP ALL THOSE FUCKING CHARTS, OTHERWISE WE WON'T SLEEP AT NIGHT!!! MOOOOOOOORE!!!!!!!
necrozen's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 12:26
necrozen
It seems everyone is overlooking one important factor. What is the highest selling home console? The Wii. How many of you turn it on every day and play it? Yeah... So really, can sales be used to justify which console is better? No. You can deduce which has better marketing, which is cheaper, etc, but don't say that sales tells you which is better because if that were the case, the Wii would be the best fucking system ever made and, since I haven't used mine in nearly 3 months, it CLEARLY is not.
elsteveo's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 12:36
elsteveo
PS3 is not better than the 360. It just has a blu-ray player
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 13:27
mix
"PS3 is better than the 360, it has a blu-ray player"

I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE


As long as you like your system who the fuck cares who well/bad the other systems do? It's not like your going to wake up and your PS3 has RRoD on you....ZING
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