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360 sells more than Wii and PS3

Posted on Saturday, 25 November 2006 by Speed, source: MSN
MSN is reporting that Microsoft's Xbox360 has sold more units than either the Nintendo Wii or Sony's PS3 over the last weekend.

Retailers and analysts across North America confirm that the hottest selling gaming console this past weekend was the Xbox 360.

In Canada Microsoft Game Studios was offering a three game deal with a system with a 20GB hard drive and an extra controller at one retailer for $449.99. One of the free games was Gears of War and when that sold out gamers could get the new Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter and Xbox Live Arcade: Unplugged.

The reason that the 360 sold so well was because a lot of people went to stores hoping to get a PS3 or a Wii and found those to be sold out so went back home with a 360 package as "the next best thing".

Well, it's one advantage of being around longer: your supply is a lot better :)
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24 Comment(s)

Anonymous

Anonymous

Well I give props to Microsoft for playing their cards right. They knew exactly what they where doing by coming out early last year. And if my memory serves me correct, they called it by stating that they where going to be ready to sell 360's when potential PS3 and Wii costumers did not find what they came for. And I guarantee you that those people will not be disappointed with their 360s. As of right now it has the best Library of the next gen systems plus it has the best online service hands down.


Of course those are going to be better you douche.. 360 has been out for a year, its had time to gradually build those two up.... Watch, Wii is going to own both 360 and ps3 combined.
[quote]Well I give props to Microsoft for playing their cards right. They knew exactly what they where doing by coming out early last year. And if my memory serves me correct, they called it by stating that they where going to be ready to sell 360's when potential PS3 and Wii costumers did not find what they came for. And I guarantee you that those people will not be disappointed with their 360s. As of right now it has the best Library of the next gen systems plus it has the best online service hands down. [/quote] Of course those are going to be better you douche.. 360 has been out for a year, its had time to gradually build those two up.... Watch, Wii is going to own both 360 and ps3 combined.
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Posted on 06:26, November 26th 2006
Anonymous

Anonymous

lol @ ps3.. what a joke.
lol @ ps3.. what a joke.
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Posted on 07:28, November 26th 2006
Anonymous

Anonymous

lol @ 360... what a joke
lol @ 360... what a joke
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Posted on 10:14, November 26th 2006
Parallax

Parallax

I see this topic has degenerated into the usual bullshit :P
I see this topic has degenerated into the usual bullshit :P
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Posted on 11:03, November 26th 2006
asqwanka

asqwanka

Wii sold about 650,000 in its first 3 days ...

I seriously doubt that XBox360 sold that number this weekend.


Considdering the 360 is being sold all over the world, and the wii currently only in america, I can believe it ye. But I doubt the 360 sold more in america, that I cant believe. Especially since the source is a microsoft company :)
[quote]Wii sold about 650,000 in its first 3 days ... I seriously doubt that XBox360 sold that number this weekend. [/quote] Considdering the 360 is being sold all over the world, and the wii currently only in america, I can believe it ye. But I doubt the 360 sold more in america, that I cant believe. Especially since the source is a microsoft company :)
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Posted on 11:42, November 26th 2006
Vexxed

Vexxed

Like sales figures is going to change the minds of the narrow minded anonymous tits on here.

As Para says,it allways spirals into anonymous idiots just spouting out PS3 rules and MS are shitgays or something randomly stupid and totaly pointless.

Sales figures dont mean a machine is good or bad, people fall for hype too much these days and so many people weather they admit it or not give in to peer pressure, Playstation is a brand name and i have witnessed people read the bad press its been getting and even seen the games and then seen better games on another system but still say they want a PS3 simply because its the PS3.

I can totaly believe X360 out sold PS3, more men have walked on the moon than there was PS3's for sale on launch, i can also believe it out sold Wii since although £129.99 is cheap most kids would have to give up smoking and drinking alcho pops for atleast 2 weeks to get that kind of money together.

Too many people these days are scared to have an opinion that goes against the norm and unfortunatly Sony's Playstation is the norm of the masses when it comes to consoles.

Yes X360 has been out a year and therefore will have a bigger library of games, but PS3 just being launched does not mean they started making games for it two weeks ago, COD3 is on both machines and the X360 version is better (fact), it would've obviously been in development on both machines for the same amount of time.

MS online service is awesome and at the cheap price of £39.99 A YEAR is a bargain(if you cant afford that then you cant afford to be into gaming period), but Sony's is free which is obviously a good sales point unless ofcourse you scratch the surface on both consoles online service and see what your really going to get for your money or what your not going to get for none of your money, for starters there is no such thing as a free lunch and when is anything free any good but hopefully it will get better as i would love to play Tekken 6 online or GT but on decent servers with chat and an easy to use frontend for the online service but at present and i would say not in the near future that isnt going to happen.
Also just because the service is free doesnt mean everything on there is going to be, if you think otherwise then your mad, money is whats its all about.

As for Wii owning both, im surprised you managed to turn your computer on, let alone find this website with all the crack you have obviously been smoking.

Like someone already said, if those people spent their PS3 money on a X360 then they didnt want a PS3 for the right reason or they would've gone home empty handed and waited for more PS3's to be in stock.
Like sales figures is going to change the minds of the narrow minded anonymous tits on here. As Para says,it allways spirals into anonymous idiots just spouting out PS3 rules and MS are shitgays or something randomly stupid and totaly pointless. Sales figures dont mean a machine is good or bad, people fall for hype too much these days and so many people weather they admit it or not give in to peer pressure, Playstation is a brand name and i have witnessed people read the bad press its been getting and even seen the games and then seen better games on another system but still say they want a PS3 simply because its the PS3. I can totaly believe X360 out sold PS3, more men have walked on the moon than there was PS3's for sale on launch, i can also believe it out sold Wii since although £129.99 is cheap most kids would have to give up smoking and drinking alcho pops for atleast 2 weeks to get that kind of money together. Too many people these days are scared to have an opinion that goes against the norm and unfortunatly Sony's Playstation is the norm of the masses when it comes to consoles. Yes X360 has been out a year and therefore will have a bigger library of games, but PS3 just being launched does not mean they started making games for it two weeks ago, COD3 is on both machines and the X360 version is better (fact), it would've obviously been in development on both machines for the same amount of time. MS online service is awesome and at the cheap price of £39.99 A YEAR is a bargain(if you cant afford that then you cant afford to be into gaming period), but Sony's is free which is obviously a good sales point unless ofcourse you scratch the surface on both consoles online service and see what your really going to get for your money or what your not going to get for none of your money, for starters there is no such thing as a free lunch and when is anything free any good but hopefully it will get better as i would love to play Tekken 6 online or GT but on decent servers with chat and an easy to use frontend for the online service but at present and i would say not in the near future that isnt going to happen. Also just because the service is free doesnt mean everything on there is going to be, if you think otherwise then your mad, money is whats its all about. As for Wii owning both, im surprised you managed to turn your computer on, let alone find this website with all the crack you have obviously been smoking. Like someone already said, if those people spent their PS3 money on a X360 then they didnt want a PS3 for the right reason or they would've gone home empty handed and waited for more PS3's to be in stock.
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Posted on 19:59, November 26th 2006
Drofder2004

Drofder2004

Just another point to add to an out-of-control-same-old-bullshit amount of replies above, MSN is not the "source", the article was by Todd Mowatt, a journalist who does not work for Microsoft/MSN....

And btw, Vexxed above, has hit every nail on the head...
Just another point to add to an out-of-control-same-old-bullshit amount of replies above, MSN is not the "source", the article was by Todd Mowatt, a journalist who does not work for Microsoft/MSN.... And btw, Vexxed above, has hit every nail on the head...
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Posted on 23:23, November 26th 2006
Anonymous

Anonymous

Sony counts sold units as units shipped, so they shipped 110,000 million ps2s to shelves, but 40 mil are just sitting there. Just look at there psp "claimed" sales, the system is a complete flop yet they say otherwise. Meanwhile DS sells every 2 seconds (that is the actuall rate), and has sole more than ipods. While the no power cheaper thing worked for the portable market (historically its always this way see "game genie") it probally wont be as effective in home consoles. I agree though that if you want an effing media center, use your pc, not your ps3. Sony priced it way to high
Sony counts sold units as units shipped, so they shipped 110,000 million ps2s to shelves, but 40 mil are just sitting there. Just look at there psp "claimed" sales, the system is a complete flop yet they say otherwise. Meanwhile DS sells every 2 seconds (that is the actuall rate), and has sole more than ipods. While the no power cheaper thing worked for the portable market (historically its always this way see "game genie") it probally wont be as effective in home consoles. I agree though that if you want an effing media center, use your pc, not your ps3. Sony priced it way to high
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Posted on 05:29, November 28th 2006
Anonymous

Anonymous

Meow. I'm buying a wii. xbox only has halo to hold on to, and ps3 is trying to be a super computer. they also both make millions of similar FPS games, that are complete shit. wii has diverse games, whereas ps3 n xbox are only going for people who love shootin the crap outta each other.
Meow. I'm buying a wii. xbox only has halo to hold on to, and ps3 is trying to be a super computer. they also both make millions of similar FPS games, that are complete shit. wii has diverse games, whereas ps3 n xbox are only going for people who love shootin the crap outta each other.
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