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Microsoft Sold 750,000 Xbox 360s Last Week

Posted on Tuesday, November 27 @ 14:32:10 Eastern by Alex_Osborn

In case you've somehow forgotten, Black Friday was last week and people bought a lot of stuff on the cheap. Microsoft's Xbox 360 turned out to be quite the hot item, as console sales hit the 750,000 in the U.S. last week. 

While this is lower than the 960,000 units Microsoft sold last year, it's still quite an impressive number, especially considering the fact that the Wii U only sold 400,000 in the same timeframe. Sure, the Nintendo's console just launched and supply is limited, but the fact that many consumers aren't having too much trouble finding Wii U's on store shelves isn't all too encouraging either.

It's incredible that the Xbox 360 still has some serious selling power, especially in light of the fact that the hardware is now a good seven years old. I really hope Microsoft doesn't use this as an excuse to hold off on announcing the Xbox 720. We want new hardware now!

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  • wildmario
    wildmario
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Nov 27th, 2012 at 2:43 pm
    Hmm I wonder what pushed the sales for it? Other than Black Friday of course.
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  • Klandathu
    Klandathu
    Joined: Apr 2008
    Posted: Nov 27th, 2012 at 5:42 pm
    I'm gonna jump on the "Halo 4 pushed sales" bandwagon as well.
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  • sg4real
    sg4real
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Nov 27th, 2012 at 3:07 pm
    My guess would be Halo 4, Black Friday, Cyber Monday & Xmas coming!
    I think it sold better then the wii U because its less expensive.
    They have this bundle with the xbox, kinect & 2 games for 199$
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  • wildmario
    wildmario
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Nov 27th, 2012 at 4:07 pm
    Oh I'm an idiot forgetting about Halo 4
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  • LawnGnome
    LawnGnome
    Joined: Apr 2007
    Posted: Nov 27th, 2012 at 3:32 pm
    I think it's finding a lot of success with the whole $99 + $15/mo. subscription thing. The lower upfront cost is much easier for people to fit into their Christmas budgets. If Nintendo had something similar for the Wii U I'd probably go out and get one right now.
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  • usaglory
    usaglory
    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Nov 27th, 2012 at 3:49 pm
    What's not too encouraging for Nintendo is how everybody keeps clamoring for the release of new hardware, when they did just that just a week ago.
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  • whytenoiz
    whytenoiz
    Joined: Feb 2011
    Posted: Nov 27th, 2012 at 4:16 pm
    Yeah, there are guys like me that didnt expect the wait list to be so short and expected my Wii U after Christmas, therefore I can't afford a single game for it for a month or so....looks like I am borrowing my 9 year old brother's Wii games for a while (I didnt get the original Wii since it came out my first year in college and I had 0 money.)
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  • Guernica
    Guernica
    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Nov 27th, 2012 at 4:25 pm
    They sold a bit more last year didn't they? Still very impressive numbers though.
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  • xDUMPWEEDx
    xDUMPWEEDx
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Nov 27th, 2012 at 4:41 pm
    That is very very impressive.
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  • Jessica_Vazquez
    Jessica_Vazquez
    Joined: Sep 2010
    Posted: Nov 27th, 2012 at 4:58 pm
    I wonder how many of those were 4gb consoles...
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  • whytenoiz
    whytenoiz
    Joined: Feb 2011
    Posted: Nov 27th, 2012 at 5:36 pm
    Yeah, there are guys like me that didnt expect the wait list to be so short and expected my Wii U after Christmas, therefore I can't afford a single game for it for a month or so....looks like I am borrowing my 9 year old brother's Wii games for a while (I didnt get the original Wii since it came out my first year in college and I had 0 money.)
    0 0
  • Fieperskaivu
    Fieperskaivu
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Nov 27th, 2012 at 5:41 pm
    Hah! Called that **** in this thread
    0 0
  • Fieperskaivu
    Fieperskaivu
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Nov 27th, 2012 at 5:42 pm
    Can't post links to GR? Anyway its the "No plans to bring Halo 4 to PC" thread...
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  • pennpsu
    pennpsu
    Joined: Sep 2010
    Posted: Nov 27th, 2012 at 7:18 pm
    3/4 of a million people bought a 360 just to play Halo 4?!?! I think that someone interested in Halo 4 would have played previous Halo releases, and therefore owned a 360. Unless they were all victims of red rings and waited for the release of Halo to jump back in. Just can't see the logic there.....


    I think Halo had a lot less to do with this than Black Friday did.
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  • BigTruckSeries
    BigTruckSeries
    Joined: May 2006
    Posted: Nov 27th, 2012 at 7:47 pm
    Would you believe some parents are so dumb that THEY ACTUALLY BELIEVE YOU HAVE TO BUY A BRAND NEW XBOX-SLIM to use KINECT ???

    My aunt was ready to buy one and I had to explain to her that Kinect works with the original Xbox.

    It was within my best interest to save her money because SHE OWES ME $5000.
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  • BigTruckSeries
    BigTruckSeries
    Joined: May 2006
    Posted: Nov 27th, 2012 at 7:48 pm
    Wii U is going to underperform sales goals quarter after quarter - with Japan driving sales and North America lagging behind. I haven't seen anything there worth owning.


    CallofBottyBlackCocks2 is going to drive Xbox360 sales.
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  • xDUMPWEEDx
    xDUMPWEEDx
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Nov 27th, 2012 at 8:21 pm
    BO2 is obviously a huge system seller. The BO2 commercials at the end play the Xbox logo and say play it on Xbox so I'm sure a lot of casuals/parents think that only 360 plays BO2.
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  • BigTruckSeries
    BigTruckSeries
    Joined: May 2006
    Posted: Nov 28th, 2012 at 3:32 am
    Parents are the real dummies. They don't even do what they demand their kids do in school and READ THE INSTRUCTIONS.
    0 0
  • ShadeTail
    ShadeTail
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Nov 27th, 2012 at 9:34 pm
    This looks like an apples-to-oranges comparison to me. One is a long established console with a special deal, the other is a new release that's still building hype. Are there numbers for how the 360 sold during its first one or two weeks?
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  • TurinAlexander
    TurinAlexander
    Joined: Sep 2006
    Posted: Nov 27th, 2012 at 10:07 pm
    This is why I think it's still too early for a new round of consoles. The current generation is still going strong. With the economy in it's current state, I don't think any new console is going to sell well when there are already very capable machines readily available at reasonable prices.
    0 0
  • Ivory_Soul
    Ivory_Soul
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Nov 28th, 2012 at 1:25 am
    Like I keep saying, no one has been asking for a new generation of consoles yet. I have yet to talk to someone who says, "Man, I hate my PS3 it is so old and boring". I know the consoles are really dated, but look at all the sales and games being published. I think Sony and MS holding off is really smart.
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