Microsoft trumpets Xbox 360 sales growth
Wii still in the lead, though
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 promotional department has kicked off 2009 with a bang, by claiming that over 28m units have now been sold worldwide since the console's 2005 launch.
The console's sales figure puts it ahead of Sony’s PlayStation 3, which has sold roughly 20m units since 2006, according to a report by the LA Times.
Aaron Greenberg, Director of Product Management for the Xbox 360, said that Microsoft is widening its lead against the PS3. “This [2008] was the best year in the history of the Xbox, despite the tough economy”.
Total European Xbox 360 sales now sit at around 8m, according to Microsoft. The figure highlights impressive sales for the console over the festive period, because Microsoft announced back in November that European Xbox 360 sales had already reached 7m.
Microsoft’s announcement comes not long after Mindy Mount, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division, said that the total number of Xbox 360s in use globally would reach 25m before December 2008. ®
COMMENTS
@mark
Er......I think you should re-read the figures that you have quoted.
The gap narrowed from 9 million to 6 million in the years '06 and '07 respectively, but then for '07 and '08 the gap grew back from 6 million to 8 million.
So, over the last year the gap increased as 8 > 6.
(or to look at it another way, over the span of the 4 years that the figures are quoted for, 360 sales have maintained a consistent lead)
Re: Mark
Own a PS3 do we?
PS I don't own a console (haven't had one since the Sega Master System) but do enjoy watching Microsoft get up Sony's nose!
Mindy Mount?
Paris because this is just a childish "Hehe, what a slightly innuendoey name" thing.
Sigh
Are you fanboys so insecure that this actually matters to you?
28m??
Yeah and about 6m of those were probably replacements for broken consoles!!!
