Xbox 360 outsells Wii & Wii U combined
Xbox 360 console sales almost double that of Wii U.
More Xbox 360 consoles were sold in North America last week than Wii and Wii Us combined, according to sales figures released by Microsoft.
Over 750,000 Xbox 360s were sold during Thanksgiving week - almost double the amount of Wii U consoles Nintendo managed to shift during the same time period.
400,000 Wii Us and 300,000 Wiis were sold last week. Sony has yet to announce how many PlayStation 3s were sold.
Xbox 360 sales even exceeded Microsoft's internal forecasts.
But despite the high sales figures, Xbox 360 console sales were actually down year-on-year.
Microsoft sold 960,000 Xbox 360 consoles during last year's Thanksgiving week, with 800,000 of them sold during a 24-hour period alone.
Wii U launches in the UK this Friday.
Source: Major Nelson
User Comments
Woffls@ Clockpunk
Back to my original point: Of the Xbox 360 sales made even in this year, some will be to replace broken consoles no longer covered by the pathetic warranty allocated by Microsoft. BUT 750k is still very impressive... providing the numbers are accurate.
Bloodstorm
DancingRhino
Clockpunk
Woffls@ Clockpunk
I need to punch the console just above the disc tray for it to open if there's no disc in there.
It freezes randomly, ruining things like my five hour Halo ODST Firefight run.
I have to open and close the tray for anything up to 20 minutes for any discs to be read. (Probably related to the first one)
My PC is really loud, with three hard drives, four fans, a dvd drive, and one of the loudest GPUs ever: the Nvidia 8800GT... my Xbox 360 is louder than this.
Also 20Gb HDD and no wifi, and the grip on both my controllers has worn down entirely... but these aren't manufacturing faults or poor quality.
pblive
The Wii won't sell in great numbers now due to the Wii U launch and the Wii U is limited by stock anyway, although speaking to local retailers around here there hasn't really been the expected demand, so not sure if that was the same in the US or if they sold all their stock allocation.
Also..."according to sales figures released by Microsoft." hmmm. Though it doesn't mean it isn't true, but still I'd be cautious.
Wido
FantasyMeister@ Clockpunk
The whole 'broken console' thing is still quite current :)
rbevanx@ Clockpunk
Clockpunk@ Woffls
Woffls
MJTH
Nintendo hasn't done the best job marketing it, and apparently there were stock issues in some places. The 360 on the other hand has had 7 years worth of marketing grunt to get in to the public viewpoint.
And besides, those 360's were probably discounted so low in the thanks giving Black Friday sales that buying one would be a no brainer. The Wii U on the other hand having just been released, so had no chance for a discount.