Xbox 360 vs PlayStation 3 (PS3) Sales: Xbox 360 Wins!
The battle between gaming consoles heats up as Microsoft released a report on the sales of Xbox 360 for 2008 claiming that Xbox 360 sold more than 28 million units in 2008, beating the sale of Playstation 3 (PS3) by 8 million units. The Xbox LIVE community also has 17 million plus members despite the fact that Xbox Live has been down several times last year.
In terms of global sales, figures released by Microsoft indicated that “Xbox 360 is experiencing record-setting sales around the globe, particularly in Japan and Europe, nearly doubling market share in these key territories. In Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) specifically, Xbox 360 has now sold more than 8 million units, extending its lead over the PS3 by more than 1 million units.” In a related story, research shows that majority of children play video games in the US, which largely contributes to the worldwide success of Xbox 360 consoles.
Xbox 360 Game Consoles Beats Sony PS3 in Sales in 2008
Some of the most popular arcade games of Microsoft Xbox LIVE at the end of 2008 are as follows:
- Worms
- A Kingdom for Keflings
- Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
- Castle Crashers
- Puzzle Arcade
I’m just wondering if Microsoft Xbox 360 will be able to maintain this lead at the end of 2009 when Nintendo DSi will have been launched worldwide. Let’s wait and see if results will change.
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xbox wins cool what if microsoft will have tekken for 2009? if the rumor are true.
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err… Xbox 360 (dec ‘05 WORLDWIDE) = 27m Units.
PS3(mar ‘07 WORLDWIDE) 20m Units.
20/1.9 = PS3 10.5m Units/year.(we AREN’T in march yet), so in march this year, PS3 completes 2 years WORLDWIDE(not talking about america, but WORLDWIDE) and will have 21m Units sold.
27/3.1 = 360 8.6m Units/year.(we HAVE PASSED december 08) 360 already passed 3 years and 2 months.
Xbox 360 sells more?
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[...] The new Xbox Live update was released on Feb 3, 2009. The update to Xbox Live is only limited to registered subscribers with Gold subscriptions. For other subscriptions, the new Xbox Live update won’t work. Here is a brief explanation on this one: “There are two levels of service for Xbox LIVE. The Silver level is free and lets you download content from Xbox LIVE Marketplace, chat with friends, and share your gamer profile and achievements with other users. The Gold Level is a paid service with all of the Silver level benefits, plus with the ability to play multiplayer games online against other members of the Xbox LIVE community, create parties and join games with friends, and, if you’re a Netflix member, even watch streaming movies right on your Xbox 360.” [...]
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What is funny about these numbers are that the 28 million units that this post is claiming were sold in just 2008 were actually the life span numbers for the system and not just during 2008
Retail availability = November 22, 2005 (details)
Units sold = Worldwide: 27.93 million (as of January 14, 2009
Wiki is your friend might wanna use it before you make an add outta yourself.
and just to be fair, here is the ps3 side of things.
Retail availability = November 11, 2006 (details)
Units sold = 21.3 million (as of December 31, 2008)
released 354 days after the 360, and numbers are based 15 days before the numbers posted for the 360, yes it is less then the 360 for the life span of the system, but like i said, that’s 354 days after the 360 release. How many 360’s sold in those 354 days. hmm so unless the 360 sold less then what 7 million consoles in the year of 2006 that means that the 2 systems have been on par with each other since the ps3 was released. and lets not forget about the beautiful RROD that retailers are claiming is 33% of the market. That sales are automatically going to go up 33% of the actual number. sorry… but 360 didn’t win. I find it mildly amusing when people only look at the numbers they wanna see and not the whole picture.
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I own both Ps3 and Xbox 360, i only bought the Ps3 cos i loved the Ps2 but fact remains the 360 is better in every department almost. I havent even turned my Ps3 on since i cleared Drakes Fortune about 8 months ago :@
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To be honest it doesnt really matter which console sells better… its who sells more games… and in the game dept 360 is kicking PS3’s butt.
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