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Xbox 360 hits 10 million sold in the US
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article published on 14 May, 2008
Microsoft has announced that it has moved over 10 million Xbox 360 consoles in the United States, being the first next gen console to hit that sales milestone in the States. Overall Microsoft has sold 19 million units worldwide to date.
The software giant also added that the launch of Grand Theft Auto IV has pushed Xbox Live memberships to over 12 million players worldwide.
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14. May 2008 @ 18:48 |
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How many wiis and ps3s have sold so far?
subtract 30% off MSs 10 your left with 7M with a good attach rate for games, the 360 stands agisint odds, the PS3 will soon toss it from the path it and the Xbox made once the industry choses it or the WII, I really think the WII will be left behind by the industry most wont make games to run on it and most will make party games for it leaving nin to fill the void.
The 360 is filled with issues it has no whereto go but down unless its overhauls itself, the PS3 seems to be the most future proof of the lot sadly..
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lxhotboy
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14. May 2008 @ 19:52 |
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Congratulations to 10 million units to Microsoft. I agree that Nintendo will eventually be left behind but i dont think PS3 will be leading the way. People are still buying them regardless of all the problems it has had.
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14. May 2008 @ 20:05 |
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fuuny - i am on my 3rd one.
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14. May 2008 @ 20:21 |
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Originally posted by SDPadsFan:
fuuny - i am on my 3rd one.
Congratulations you just became a statistic! lol...
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14. May 2008 @ 21:47 |
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Originally posted by lxhotboy:
Congratulations to 10 million units to Microsoft. I agree that Nintendo will eventually be left behind but i dont think PS3 will be leading the way. People are still buying them regardless of all the problems it has had.
WHatsmorelikely tho the WII being ignored by industry or the PS3 being embraced byit? I think a variant of each is most likely, the industry LOVES shiny more than it loves cheap profit, right now EA is willing to down grade for the WII it wont take much for the to not and they are not doing it with every multi port title, the WIIs effect on normal gaming is minamial at best right now casual casual and non gamers love it but that will last for so long.
So whats left to fill the real gaming void the PS3 that has full HD+ BR or the 360 thats falling apart at the seems?
It seems to me in a 3 year time spend the WII will drop to 2nd game wise the PS3 will push to the top leaving the 360 trailing by body length,the ps3 is currently trailing the 360 in 3rd place by a head, unless it gets blu ray then things might change but I do not see it.
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14. May 2008 @ 21:47 |
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even though your on your 3rd do you still want another...yes most likely you do.
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14. May 2008 @ 21:52 |
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Originally posted by Thoatih12:
even though your on your 3rd do you still want another...yes most likely you do.
you buy a system and have a 100$ library you kinda want to be able to play them, MS will absorb some fo the cost of refrub,but its all fubar to me, I had one it went back got it fixed and sold it off.
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OFI
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15. May 2008 @ 05:01 |
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Yea.. it's hard to brag about 10 million sales with such a high failure rate lol
Yes I have a 360, almost six months now *touch wood*
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EricCarr
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15. May 2008 @ 05:08 |
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That's 10 million red rings of deaths ti fix.
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MrXenu
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15. May 2008 @ 10:01 |
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subtract 30% off MSs 10 your left with 7M
For obvious reasons replacing a 360 because it is broken, doesn't mean it is counted as another sale!
The 360 has the best attach rate, however I beleive that ps3 sales have only be high because of the BR player sell point, not because of a gaming machine! CUrrently the game library for the ps3, isn't the best in the world, and every 'exclusive' seems to flop, and doesn't deliver! The Wii, is being bought massivly by casuals, and has a poor small library of games! Its going to turn into a party toy and that will be it!
The 360, whilst having a high fail rate (on my second, bought at launch) is still the best option atm for gamers, because of the decent game library and great online!
Maybe in a few years the ps3 might start challenging the 360 for game library, however in a few years time, we'll be looking at Nintendo and M$'s 8th gen consols, where as Sony, will still be with the ps3, which will look like a child compared to the 2 new consols that will be coming!
Frankly 7th generation, Sony messed it up big time, and were just way to cocky, expecting the PS3 to sale because it was a Sony product! So far it has produced what was promised! The only reason to buy one is for the BR player! However next gen players aren't even that main stream yet, becuase not everyone even has a HDTV! I beleive BR (for gaming) will come alive in 8th gen gaming! When we have machines with Dual core GPU's with 512mb-1gb and RAM of 2gb-4gb! That is when gamign will truely be able to use BR properly! (and also when the read speed get greater aswell)
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bdoggie08
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15. May 2008 @ 10:18 |
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thank god, a page with no fanboyism :P
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15. May 2008 @ 10:52 |
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subtract 30% off MSs 10 your left with 7M
For obvious reasons replacing a 360 because it is broken, doesn't mean it is counted as another sale!
The 360 has the best attach rate, however I beleive that ps3 sales have only be high because of the BR player sell point, not because of a gaming machine! CUrrently the game library for the ps3, isn't the best in the world, and every 'exclusive' seems to flop, and doesn't deliver! The Wii, is being bought massivly by casuals, and has a poor small library of games! Its going to turn into a party toy and that will be it!
The 360, whilst having a high fail rate (on my second, bought at launch) is still the best option atm for gamers, because of the decent game library and great online!
Maybe in a few years the ps3 might start challenging the 360 for game library, however in a few years time, we'll be looking at Nintendo and M$'s 8th gen consols, where as Sony, will still be with the ps3, which will look like a child compared to the 2 new consols that will be coming!
Frankly 7th generation, Sony messed it up big time, and were just way to cocky, expecting the PS3 to sale because it was a Sony product! So far it has produced what was promised! The only reason to buy one is for the BR player! However next gen players aren't even that main stream yet, becuase not everyone even has a HDTV! I beleive BR (for gaming) will come alive in 8th gen gaming! When we have machines with Dual core GPU's with 512mb-1gb and RAM of 2gb-4gb! That is when gamign will truely be able to use BR properly! (and also when the read speed get greater aswell)
Xenu
You got a point, but the PS3 dose have more to it tha BR and the BR factor wil assist sales you cant argue how well unit sales dose fora console look at the WII who's selling improportionately to lite casuals and non gamers their attach rate has to be horrid they don't buy games steadily.....
The 360 despite logic and reason is doing great the WII came from no where and has done greatly but its not great for software so far, the industry has 2 choices moving forward either move to the PS3 or the WII, I just don't see 360 being clung to over the next 3 years there will be a shift it will either be to the WII or the PS3 and with the graphic/power nature of the industry the PS3 is it.
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15. May 2008 @ 15:18 |
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subtract 30% off MSs 10 your left with 7M
For obvious reasons replacing a 360 because it is broken, doesn't mean it is counted as another sale!
Xenu
it does if it rrod'ed after the 12 month warranty
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15. May 2008 @ 19:24 |
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subtract 30% off MSs 10 your left with 7M
For obvious reasons replacing a 360 because it is broken, doesn't mean it is counted as another sale!
The 360 has the best attach rate, however I beleive that ps3 sales have only be high because of the BR player sell point, not because of a gaming machine! CUrrently the game library for the ps3, isn't the best in the world, and every 'exclusive' seems to flop, and doesn't deliver! The Wii, is being bought massivly by casuals, and has a poor small library of games! Its going to turn into a party toy and that will be it!
The 360, whilst having a high fail rate (on my second, bought at launch) is still the best option atm for gamers, because of the decent game library and great online!
Maybe in a few years the ps3 might start challenging the 360 for game library, however in a few years time, we'll be looking at Nintendo and M$'s 8th gen consols, where as Sony, will still be with the ps3, which will look like a child compared to the 2 new consols that will be coming!
Frankly 7th generation, Sony messed it up big time, and were just way to cocky, expecting the PS3 to sale because it was a Sony product! So far it has produced what was promised! The only reason to buy one is for the BR player! However next gen players aren't even that main stream yet, becuase not everyone even has a HDTV! I beleive BR (for gaming) will come alive in 8th gen gaming! When we have machines with Dual core GPU's with 512mb-1gb and RAM of 2gb-4gb! That is when gamign will truely be able to use BR properly! (and also when the read speed get greater aswell)
Xenu
Didnt the ps3 just sell more in japan and others recently leaving only america to clean up when some actual games come out.
Didnt the ps3 sell more in its first year than the 360 did with no competition.
A lot of ps3 AAA titles are coming out in fall, early next year we shall see what happens I think its going to be a slaughter house when games like gow3, gt5, socom, ff, killzone 2, star ocean, re5, jrpgs start coming out to name a few.
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16. May 2008 @ 04:01 |
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Hey i heard recently that GTA doesnt run in full HD on ps3 because of lack of ram, is this true?
If so that goes against what people are saying here about ps3 been more future proof than xbox because of a larger disk copasity.
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16. May 2008 @ 11:44 |
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Originally posted by Bushed:
Hey i heard recently that GTA doesnt run in full HD on ps3 because of lack of ram, is this true?
If so that goes against what people are saying here about ps3 been more future proof than xbox because of a larger disk copasity.
Wasn't it a programming oversight on Rockstar's part? And isn't it fixed with a downloadable patch?
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16. May 2008 @ 11:45 |
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Yes it's true. PS3 runs at 640p native. Although RAM is not related to disk space if that is what you were trying to say...
To be honest the amount of pop ups i'm getting on the 360 perhaps it would have been an idea to go for 640p on that too.
Anyway regardless this isn't related to the thread much..
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voyager
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16. May 2008 @ 20:54 |
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And the reason are the games:Mass Effects,BioShock,Halo,Gears of War...are really games of NextGen plus XboxLive rules.M$ is going to resolve the RRoD soon and when this happens sales of XB360 will SkyRocket again.
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16. May 2008 @ 21:14 |
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Originally posted by voyager:
And the reason are the games:Mass Effects,BioShock,Halo,Gears of War...are really games of NextGen plus XboxLive rules.M$ is going to resolve the RRoD soon and when this happens sales of XB360 will SkyRocket again.
Live blows and should be free, everything else is on PC but for halo ep 3 and lost oddessy.
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17. May 2008 @ 02:53 |
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Originally posted by voyager:
And the reason are the games:Mass Effects,BioShock,Halo,Gears of War...are really games of NextGen plus XboxLive rules.M$ is going to resolve the RRoD soon and when this happens sales of XB360 will SkyRocket again.
Live blows and should be free, everything else is on PC but for halo ep 3 and lost oddessy.
That basically sums it up.
Also how long have you (voyager) been saying "M$ is going to resolve the RRoD soon"? yet years later it still hasnt happened.
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17. May 2008 @ 04:16 |
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Originally posted by voyager:
And the reason are the games:Mass Effects,BioShock,Halo,Gears of War...are really games of NextGen plus XboxLive rules.M$ is going to resolve the RRoD soon and when this happens sales of XB360 will SkyRocket again.
Live blows and should be free, everything else is on PC but for halo ep 3 and lost oddessy.
That basically sums it up.
Also how long have you (voyager) been saying "M$ is going to resolve the RRoD soon"? yet years later it still hasnt happened.
I'm talking about the new motherboards for this year,Jasper and Valhalla....,Well! at least the Jasper motherboard.
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17. May 2008 @ 21:41 |
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well since off topic is the thing here, gow2 looks mind blowing... i'd like to buy a 360(have ps3) but "M$ is going to resolve the RRoD soon"? yet years later it still hasnt happened.
no fun resolving your faulty hardware issues!
been there to much(mainly pc)
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Troyjoe
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17. May 2008 @ 21:50 |
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I beleive BR (for gaming) will come alive in 8th gen gaming! When we have machines with Dual core GPU's with 512mb-1gb and RAM of 2gb-4gb! That is when gamign will truely be able to use BR properly!
agree
agree 100%
you hit the nail on the head!(assuming we don't fall deeper into this current US and Worldwide(i think)Recession!!)
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17. May 2008 @ 22:43 |
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meh GOW2 looks no better than GOW and I beat it will be shorter if halo ep 3 is any indication on the trend to sale less for more money.
Looking at HDVD prices and lack of players Nintendo might jump on it since they so love vague formats, MS and SONY need BR to pad sales, they are on the high end of tech/gaming.
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Troyjoe
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17. May 2008 @ 22:57 |
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sorry ZippyDSM
just now dealing with the 360 is a pretty dam good product... except the reliabilty factor... don't like that part.
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