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June 2010 NPD Sales Data

The June 2010 NPD data report has been released which covers the hardware/software sales for the month.

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Valay5783d ago (Edited 5783d ago )

The 360 JUST beat the Wii out this month. Not by much. Meanwhile, the DS continues to sell well.

Aquanox5783d ago

Nice, Xbox 360 back on first place.

The PS3 also had a sales boost. I wonder what originated this, maybe "Move" ?

Immortal Kaim5783d ago (Edited 5783d ago )

Pretty good numbers all round really, everyone should be happy (yeah right) ;)

Edit: Can we all agree that the PSP is dead outside Japan? Sony really needs to do something special with the PSP2 if they want to remain competitive in the handheld space. A shame really, cause I really like my PSP :(

Solidus187-SCMilk5783d ago

but I guess that june is a better month for hardware sales as all the consoles are doing more than 1 weeks worth of sales more.

I think hat june may have been the first time in a while that sony had a good supply of ps3s as they went up alot. 360 sales were really good as expected. The DS is a beast wow.

thereapersson5783d ago

I'm going to go back to playing games on my console, and not sales on the internet. :)

You guys have fun!

mrcash5783d ago

Then why are you posting on this thread?

Ocelot5255783d ago

"the PS3 also had a sales boost. I wonder what originated this,"

summer vacation started and many kids want a rather next-gen activity than playing fetch with the dog?

darthv725783d ago

did mario lose in a gun fight to red dead 2 mos in a row?

NMC20075783d ago

Alan Wake and his wife got stomped to death by one of those RDR horses, later on Barry called the cops only to have a cop car come crashing into the police station, guess who was driving, yep, a horse from RDR, Barry was dead in seconds from the stomping of a lifetime.

Applegate5783d ago (Edited 5783d ago )

And once again reality smacks N4G in the face!!!

gaffyh5783d ago

Wow eedar and pachter were way off with predictions this month. Surprised that PS3 sold so well despite having no major game in June. Good numbers for Xbox as expected.

HolyOrangeCows5783d ago (Edited 5783d ago )

So the 360 has outsold the PS3 WW for the first time in 11 months, eh?
I wonder if it will last.

theKiller5783d ago (Edited 5783d ago )

it still got life!!

very nice for this gen. keep up the competition and we gamers won!! even though MS are doing very dirty tricks to gain money!!

what 360S offering now ps3 was offering in 2006!! and still it doesnt have blue ray and free online gaming!!

i truly think MS is ripping of customers but thats the customers problems!!

as a gamer this is good news so sony keep their support strong like now for ps3 until the end of the gen cycle!!

raztad5783d ago (Edited 5783d ago )

@HolyCow

I dont understand th WW reference. Where are you getting WW figures from?

I think the PS3 is selling better because stocks are replenished again.

NegativeCreepWA5783d ago

I glad to see something out sell the wii, everyone here spends so much time hating the 360 and PS3 when we should all be hating the wii.

ConanOBrien5783d ago (Edited 5783d ago )

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The exclusive PS3rd needs to beat Wi1st and X362nd to save humankind...
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i sense exclusive tears >>>>>>

AngryTypingGuy5783d ago

360 is the top selling console...just as it should be :-)

playnation5782d ago

i wonder what originated this... maybe 360 slim? loool

HolyOrangeCows5782d ago

"Trolling"? Wow, the truth hurts, doesn't it, Moderators?

sinclaircrown5782d ago

Shouldn't we be happy for the Wii? Hasn't the Wii generated an insane amount of cash into the gaming industry? Shouldn't we be excited to see what Ninentendo can do with all that money in R&D?

Love it or hate it, Nintendo brought something new to the table, and it paid off. Now they get the chance to bring something else. For all you know their next 'gimmick' might actually be something that blows gamers minds. With HD, 3D, BluRay.

You should be excited to see what the future holds for the once King of consoles now that they got a huge share of the market back.

NegativeCreepWA5782d ago

To me all the Wii did is make MS and Sony want to make games that my mother would play. Good for the industry, bad for me.

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thereapersson5783d ago (Edited 5783d ago )

wrong reply

house5783d ago (Edited 5783d ago )

100k and the trolls come out to play and this isnt world wind sales is it

Imperator5783d ago (Edited 5783d ago )

Overall, sales are great this month. Guess the price cuts on older 360 models did the trick.

IdleLeeSiuLung5783d ago

Except the Xbox 360 also outsold the PS3 in May.... The gap has just widened this month.

But yeah, a price cut always does the trick. Helped the PS3 numerous times as well as the 360... The cycle repeats!

SnuggleBandit5783d ago

^^ in America, yes

in the world, no

Montrealien5783d ago

So, when the PS3 outsells the 360 in NA. WE call out the marching band! IF they don;t, NA is not important anymore....This place is so strange..

/on topic

Great sales all around! WE live in a great time to have so many amazing consoles selling well enough to keep giving us great games. I love this industry!

edhe5783d ago

Hm,

Why is it that Americans only care about the rest of the world when it comes to ps3 sales?

IdleLeeSiuLung5782d ago

Because America gets sales statistics every month and America happens to have the largest market share, about 50% of the world wide gaming market. That is more than Japan and Europe combined!

JD_Shadow5782d ago (Edited 5782d ago )

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. They cut the prices of the other models to make room for the new SKU, and that came out this month, too. It's not surprising in the least, as it's not every month that the 360 beats the Wii. You guys DO remember last year when Sony introduced the Slim and the price cut, and what they did to the NPD sales that next month, do you?

Not to mention that the PS3 was still having shortages hurting its sales (which Sony DOES need to get fixed).

And those that aren't 360 fanboys care about the rest of the world AS WELL (not JUST the "rest of the world") because those sales matter, too. If the 360 doesn't get a foothold in Japan (which they don't at ALL), guess what happens to Microsoft's chances to getting Japanese developer support? How about European developer support if the UK numbers don't hold up? And then what does that show the American developers about the strength of a system across ALL territories? If the system can only beat another in the territory in which it originated (which the 360 is doing), then it's not going to be AS attractive to put something exclusive onto a platform that only the US is going to be able to play. I'm sure EA and Take Two sees it this way, and they obviously do.

So yeah, you might want to START caring about "the rest of the world". But why do I have a feeling that the people who disagree with this won't JUST disagree with it or even say WHY?

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SWORDF1SH5783d ago

Now that Vgchartz as made a comeback on N4G, since the 360 as been winning may I add, I would like to point out that Vgchartz are way out for last month.

About 250,000 in the americas for PS3 and 520,000 in the america for 360.

Montrealien5783d ago

I don' t know about you, but I will still sleep at night.

jneul5783d ago

yeah it's like what I said they use estimation from the data they do get and always undertrack ps3, this time is by a whole whopping 90k, they are always nice towards the 360, but seriously they have doubted shortages for months on end now, despite lots of facts being around, now shortages are finally gone and ps3 does 300k, and x60 does 450k, so that is not impressive for the 360 considering ps3 did 500k in one week alone on slim release and I think about 1.5m ps3s was sold in a month world wide so basically even when x360 goes on sale over here it has no chance of going beyond what ps3 slim did

candystop5783d ago

It's good to see 360 kicking butt again. Nice sales all across but one console is definitely in dead last as usual. Heck even if Alan Wake isn't doing impressive things one can't deny overall 360's software sales destroy PS3's.

n4gno5783d ago

In your dreams delusional fanboy.. :)

PS3 sales worldwide, software and hardware, are better than xbox since more than 2 years, just check the reality.

KwietStorm_BLM5783d ago

And you get some kind of joy from this?

J-Smith5783d ago

it's your monthly masturbation time xbox360 supporters LoL

watch the xbox360 sales fall next month to

Applegate5783d ago

Yeah and right about this time of the months PS3 fanboys get a reality check, oh and a bucket full of tears too!

MRMagoo1235783d ago

i dont really care that 360 sold well in america it always sells well there but its still gonna be losing ww as usual do some americans really believe that there is no places outside of the USA just incase you didnt realise there are loads and loads of other countries you may have seen them on the tv.

candystop5783d ago

Stop excluding USA from WW figures. Once you put it in the mix the 360 easily outsell PS3 and has been distancing itself for months now. After this holiday the trend will be realized. 360 has the potential to gain much more market share so keep on thinking it's not winning.

MRMagoo1235783d ago

prove it. i dont expect a reply because it wont happen

and also who didnt include the USA sales i didnt say once they didnt count i said ww sales which by definition means the world wide sales as in the whole world once again you prove my point about some americans thinking USA = the world

before you have a rant too notice i say some not all because there are americans that arent ignorant or retarded.

scofios5783d ago

@MRMagoo123
Don't say that guys like Applegate might commit suicide . If they know that the rest of the world don't give a shit about the there lord and master microsoft .

demonddel5783d ago

y every time the npd numbers comes out some fool always says america dont equals the world fu@^ it outsells all countries

scofios5782d ago

Every time they show the NPD numbers some poor uneducated trailer park guy ^^ thinks usa = world

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Consoldtobots5783d ago

I find these numbers MEANINGLESS as the 360 has no exclusives.

Consoldtobots5783d ago

oh excuse me,
no exclusives worth talking about.

how's that?

CernaML5783d ago

"had?"

I didn't know that this year was already over...

BISHOP-BRASIL5783d ago

MAG, HR, GOW3, WKC, Y3, MNR and 3DDGH make 7 PS3 exclusives so far in 2010.

VS

X360 only got 2, AW and C2... Even if add the PC multiplats ME2, SCC and M2033, it still got beaten by PS3 exclusive lineup so far. Unless I'm missing something.

insomnium5783d ago

Way to go bishop! How about that Bravo?

secksi-killer5783d ago (Edited 5783d ago )

just another butt-hurt fanturd. you post is meaninless loser.

i know its difficult for idiotic fanturds like you to handle, but sonys days of domination are over.

just do what i did, and buy both consoles, you know you mite even grow up a bit

Strikepackage Bravo5782d ago (Edited 5782d ago )

I said exclusives, I didn't say blockbusters and or AAA games. 360 has exclusives that are completely overlooked by the media every year because they are not massive budget games.

Sniper: Ghost Warrior just came out, this game is the perfect example of what Im talking about. Low budget exclusive, but still a great game to many; yet completely ignored by the gaming media.

PS3 no longer gets these low budget gems because the cell is a fortune to work with.

No exclusive on PS3 is ignored by the gaming media by the way, no matter how insignificant it is, thats just how the Sony bias in the media works.

Sitdown5782d ago

if the 360 has no exclusives, would that not make these numbers all the more meaningful? That a console with "no exclusives, as you put it, is able to outpace a console in the US that carries the same games plus exclusives, while offering a bluray player with wifi built in from the jump? The console that only does everything? Yeah....great logic on your part....way to take part in an article with "meaningless" numbers.

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Strikepackage Bravo5783d ago

The 360s was released in early june NOT the beginning of june. You also have to keep in mind it took about week for units to hit shelves after release, and even then supplies were quite limited. None of this changes the fact it is PS3 that is doomed to 3rd place for the rest of this gen.

moparful995782d ago

I, as most other ps3 users, could care less if the ps3 finishes first,second, or 23rd. Point is that it is still neck and neck with the 360 despite microsoft spoon feeding you and your xbox brethren that its the end all be all of consoles. Remember the first xbox? Laughed out of the industry by sony and the ps2, you really think that a gap of 4.5 million consoles at this point is anything to brag about let alone declare victory over?? Wow you microsoft sack suckers are really desperate for something to rejoice about aren't you? It must be a sad existence devoting yourself to a company...

Sitdown5782d ago

1.)How was the original xbox laughed out of the industry by Sony and the ps2? 2.)You do realize victory for Microsoft is not necessarily being in 1st place at this end of this console generation, but greatly increasing his fanbase from the original, so that it will be in place for a third console. 3.)How can you say that Microsoft is spoon feeding individuals that its the "end all be all of consoles", when its Sony who has the advertising of "it only does everything". 4.)Your oversight of the 3 points above, makes one wonder if you to have a "sad existence devoting yourself to a company". 5.)I say all this without necessarily being in agreement with Strikepackage Bravo's comments.

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solar5783d ago

Other than the couple months that the PS3 outsold the 360, its always the same arguement. "PS3 sold more worldwide!!!". "there was a shortage!!!". I like my PS3, again for the morons on this site i dont OWN a 360, but the 360 is what consumers want int the most important demographic for game hardware manufacturers. Its been the 360>PS3 since i joined this site. Stop all the nonsense spin, MS is doing a better job, as of right now, giving US consumers what they want in a console.

moparful995782d ago

Don't confuse giving U.S. consumers what they want with "Spoon feeding lies and promises to get the unededucated consumers here in america to buy" Dude this is the only country on the face of the planet where people run out in droves to buy a product because "Their friendz haz one!" Despite the numerous quality problems, overpriced add ons and features, lack of features standard on other consoles people keep throwing money at microsoft. One FACT i've discovered is that alot of hardcore 360 owners have bought multiple consoles which inflates the numbers. It's not nonsense spin as you put it but people highlighting the fact that the ps3 is outperforming the 360 despite its strong sales here in america..

Pika-pie5783d ago

I dount theres as much new 360 adopters as you think. Alot of 360 purchases will be those people who are upgrading

edhe5783d ago

Money is money - if the same person gives you money repeatedly are you going to complain?

Can say the same for ps3slim adopters, dsi buyers..

Pika-pie5782d ago

Im not complaining. I myself purchased a Slim to upgrade (which by the way is awesome!!!) Even quieter than the PS3 now

Platform holders make the bulk of their profit from game sales. If there are no new adopters then there game sales remain unchanged.

Biggest sellers on the 360 pages of Amazon and Play recently have been the 360 slim at number 1. and the HDD Migration kit at number 2.

Pika-pie5782d ago

Because its a known fact of the industry. Its why MS, Sony & Nintendo sell their consoles at such a low margin, and even below cost on some occassions.

Anything else?

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WildArmed5783d ago

Every month...
the day NPD comes out..
All the trolls wake up..
in such a fashion.

jneul5783d ago

vgx360 would have had a really bad day as they always undertrack ps3, and love the 360, oh well face palm to them for doubting what the ps3 fans told them all along

DigitalAnalog5783d ago (Edited 5783d ago )

I guess we can all learn one thing. A newer slimmer design is always popular.

In other words, you should all FEAR THE WII SLIM!

-End statement

Horny5782d ago

If the wii was any smaller my dog would swallow it, wii slim not needed. A wii HD would be nice though

DigitalAnalog5782d ago

I'm just referencing the trend here. We all know the Slim's get massive boost sales and looking the Wii sales, you can imagine the catastrophe it would bring.

And no, Wii HD would alienate A lot of fans. This is like saying the new XBOX 360S is only capable of playing 2011 games and beyond.

-End statement

codyodiodi5782d ago

It sold a couple thousand more than the Wii. I consider that a little more than "just barely"

Hallmark Moment5782d ago

I said the 360 would outsell the Wii last month and it will do it again this month because the 360 slim did not have enough stalk for demand and the 360 slim was only on the market for half a month.

tinybigman5782d ago

End of the month npd article can spark this type of responses from the fanboys on both sides.

Everybody feels vindicated with their purchase now?

eagle215782d ago

The Wii is still kicking ass and making the funnest games. Go cry elsewhere haters. :)

sinclaircrown5782d ago (Edited 5782d ago )

Nintendo looked dead to me when I saw the gamecube. I thought it was their last chance. It was somewhat sad as a gamer to see them fall so far.

Then they made something so popular, for so cheap. And they're back, good day for gamers. Wether it be your mom, dad, or 3rd cousin you never see.

The Xbox Empire5782d ago

PS3is third this gen. Woo hoo Xbox all the way baby! Taken over this gen!

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GreenRingOfLife5783d ago (Edited 5783d ago )

Wow that is a lot of consoles sold compared to the competition, amazing

nothing stands in the way of Xbox 360
Xbox 360 even won in software sales!

@ 2.1

360 – 451.7K
Wii – 422.5K

MajestieBeast5783d ago (Edited 5783d ago )

The wii would like a word with you.

gtsentry5783d ago

the wii outselling xbox=bout 500 times
the xbox outselling the wii=bout 1 time
NOTHING STANDS IN THE WAY OF THE XBOX

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The Xbox Empire5782d ago

360's kickin ass bro! No doubt! Wait until holiday season when you can actually find 360 slim's, Halo Reach is launched and Kinect!

Sad times for the Last Placetation 3!

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ClownBelt5783d ago

Finally it's out.

Great sales for the 360. That's actually a huge difference between the PS3 and 360.

Imperator5783d ago

Eh, Japan's June PS3 sales will even the gap and I believe the PS3 leads in Europe so overall, PS3 and 360 are either even (WW) or PS3 is higher.

gtsentry5783d ago (Edited 5783d ago )

yea,wen 360 slims sales decline thats wen ps3 will go in for the kill,especially wen the white ps3 debuts in japan.everyonee will be running around like godzilla's attacking haha

Mahr5783d ago

"Eh, Japan's June PS3 sales will even the gap"

Not really. Outselling something by 50K in Japan does not 'even out' a 200K lead as much as you seem to think it does.

http://www.nintendoeverythi...

IHateYouFanboys5783d ago

bubbles to you Mahr.

Sony fanboys love playing the japan card. they think that because Microsoft wins in America and Sony wins in Japan, they cancel each other out. the problem is that Microsoft has sold 20 million 360s in America, whereas Sony has only sold 5 million PS3s in Japan. so company A selling 200k more than company B in America is most definitely not cancelled out by company B selling 50k more than company A in Japan. Company A is still 150k up for that month.

Japan is, in reality, not very important in the grand scheme of console sales - and every generation its getting less and less important. Japan is notoriously 'patriotic' with technology. unless its from Japan, they dont want a bar of it. this mentality is whats becoming their undoing in the video game world, as their style of games are becoming less and less wanted and more and more outdated. i mean, they make RAPE games! and games where you lift up anime girls skirts! is it any wonder why Japan is being left behind?

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IHateYouFanboys5783d ago (Edited 5783d ago )

@guzman:

wow, way to overreact lol. nothing i said is racist. reported for your vile and vulgar personal attacks.

also, the fact that youre defending games where you rape people says everything about your character as a person. in fact, looking over your posting history basically every single post is filled with personal attacks and foul language. you have anger issues.

reported and blocked.

badz1495783d ago

just because 360 is not selling over there, it's not unreal! and to say that Japan is not really important in terms of anything video games related is IGNORANT at the highest level! just because you love the 360 and Japan don't, doesn't mean they don't matter!

cayal5783d ago

"Sony fanboys love playing the japan card. they think that because Microsoft wins in America and Sony wins in Japan, they cancel each other out. the problem is that Microsoft has sold 20 million 360s in America, whereas Sony has only sold 5 million PS3s in Japan. so company A selling 200k more than company B in America is most definitely not cancelled out by company B selling 50k more than company A in Japan. Company A is still 150k up for that month.

Japan is, in reality, not very important in the grand scheme of console sales - and every generation its getting less and less important. Japan is notoriously 'patriotic' with technology. unless its from Japan, they dont want a bar of it. this mentality is whats becoming their undoing in the video game world, as their style of games are becoming less and less wanted and more and more outdated. i mean, they make RAPE games! and games where you lift up anime girls skirts! is it any wonder why Japan is being left behind?"

If Microsoft have sold 20 million in USA and 1 million in Japan it's 21 million.
If Sony have sold 15 million in America and 5 million in Japan its 20 million.

So it's basically even.

You are ignorant if you think Japan doesn't matter or the numbers don't add up.
PS3 is going to outsell the 360 by over 1 million this year and it does that every year gaining around 4 million on the 360 in it's lifetime.

The Xbox Empire5782d ago

New Flash: PS3 lost this gen. :)

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Ivan Drago IV5783d ago

Agree if you want move.. Disagree if you want Kinect.. ready, get set.. go!

tplarkin75783d ago

If they were free, but you could only pick one. And, you had to pick one because your mom told you so.

PirateThom5783d ago

I'd still pick neither, I don't tend to ask my mother's advice when purchasing consumer goods.

If someone held a gun to my head, probably Move since I can play games with it.

Cheeseknight285783d ago

If they were free? Seeing how Ape Escape seems to be butchered with the real game coming out later, I'll take Kinect for the ultimate Child of Eden experience.

It's pathetic that that game is the ONLY game Kinect / Move related I'm excited about... but it's true. And yes, I know you can play it with a controller.

NoBias5783d ago

You should have included "Bubbles if you want Neither".

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Sez 5783d ago

i don't know if people are just disagree with your comment. or alot of people want kinect. *confusing*

Omega45783d ago (Edited 5783d ago )

Was sure that other submission was posted before this one but anyways.

Wow 360 above PS3 AND Wii, very rare indeed and only a week and a half of slim sales. Don't think the PS3 has ever topped the Wii in the US yet. Just think of the impact of the $199 Slim :S. Plus 360 contiues to outsell the PS3 WW too and is neck and neck with the Wii. The gap between the HD consoles could grow to 7-9ml by year end depending on if Kinect is a hit and MS can keep up with demand.

Edit: Ok it did it once, think the 360 has done it 3 times, with Halo 3 and the big pricecut

Edit 2 @Adva : Nope just the facts :)

moegooner885783d ago (Edited 5783d ago )

Don't think the PS3 has ever topped the Wii in the US yet:
September 2009 NPD sales data disagrees !
PlayStation 2 146.0K
PlayStation 3 491.8K
PSP 190.4K
Xbox 360 352.6K
Wii 462.8K
Nintendo DS 524.2K

http://n4g.com/news/413702/...

Adva5783d ago

X360 outsells PS3 WW? In your fantasy land?

N4PS3Fanboys5783d ago

The 360 has been outselling the PS3 worldwide ever since the new model launched.

Christopher5783d ago

Kind of hard to say that as a fact considering 1) all of June isn't accounted for, only estimated and 2) July hasn't even been calculated at all for sales.

I do see a huge leap in sales in U.S. and UK for the new 360, but worlwide? I'd have to see the solid numbers to go with that.

playnation5782d ago

hahahaa im loing so hard hahahah you actually believe that? looool haha
so funny go back to ur hole delusional ms boy.

gamerzBEreal175783d ago

how can u guys disagree with him? he is right the slim will make a huge gap in the sales if sony wont get a price cut going and kinect will sell regardless to if it fails are not b/c of microsofts adds and just the idea of it is cool and the pre orders show it killing move it will be a huge sale gap when that comes out to even bigger then this redesign and im pretty sure there will be another price cut this year all the progress sony has with closeing that 8 million to 4 is sadley about to be loss :{ but we still have good games every year something 360 has been lacking for 3 years lol

Ju5783d ago

And yet, I still believe those numbers are a high percentage of re-buys. Why I say that ? Despite the increase of 360 HW sales (over the last 4 weeks now) the SW sales compared between 360 and PS3 remain constant. I would assume, this shows, the gap is not really growing. We will see at the end, but, if you take absolute numbers in the US, and say, the SW sales would somewhat be proportional to those numbers, the HW to SW ratio does not match. This is either, because the 360 gets replace more frequently or 360 users buy less games (per console).

Maybe you are right, and the ArcadeS will have a bigger impact, but so far, despite the success of the 360 - which had a new model introduced and clearance of older models (down to $150) - I think the increase is moderate. Also note, the PS3 doubled its sales from May to June. This is far more interesting since Sony has neither announced a price cut nor a new model.

Mustang300C20125783d ago (Edited 5783d ago )

Just like the PS3 slim when all Sony fanboys were talking about buying 1, 2, 3 news ones right? RIGHT????
What difference does re-buy make regardless which console you buy. A purchase is a purchase. The fact that you are trying to downplay that a person went and repurchased a console is sad since it is still a sale to the company.

Ju5783d ago (Edited 5783d ago )

The sale to the company means nothing, if the margin comes from SW sold, not necessarily the HW itself (margins on HW - if any - won't make anybody rich). The HW is an instrument to grow the SW market. If that doesn't happen, install base means nothing.

Re-buys effectively do not grow the install base, and as such also do not grow the SW market.

They can sell 1M if it is basically replacements, it doesn't mean a thing. Hopefully they can make enough to cover the 2 years development costs...

Mustang300C20125783d ago (Edited 5783d ago )

Yet you are ignoring that the 360 still sales actual software. The attach ratio is still high for the system so your concern about growth is pretty minor. Plus If some of those sales are rebuys what it is telling you is that consumers are continuing to buy software for that console. You are also assuming consumers only have one console in the home. I have 3 and took my Dec 05 console to Gamestop for the trade in for a new 360s. No one here has actual numbers what was sold to what consumer. Speculating doesn't change the fact that they were sold and you can't tell how big a bump/decline in software without actual data so it is really a waste of time to claim one way or the other.

Sony is claiming they have solved their shipment slump. Plus for the last 7 months the 360 has outsold the PS3 for NPD so I am not sure where the view that it is considered moderate when the last system to get a price drop was the PS3 with a slim. Again your claim about software sales should be the same effect that happened with the PS3s when it was released.

maxcer5782d ago

don't forget to add pirated copies of games don't contribute to SW sales either making it even more impressive

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nickjkl5783d ago

gran turismo 5 200 dollar price tag calling it now

that would be a killing blow right there

Jaces5783d ago (Edited 5783d ago )

I'm sure once everyone has replaced their old 360, the sales numbers will go back to what they once were.

....what? It's true.

MR LOOKINGBILL5783d ago

The same can be said about teh PS3

Jaces5783d ago

So Gamestop had a "trade your old PS3 in for the new slim" sale as well?

moparful995782d ago

Again the reason you only have 1 bubble is painfully apparent in your laughable and erroneous comments. You've already been proven wrong with the ps3>wii sales now let me educate you.. There is only a 4.5 million difference in 360 and ps3 lifetime sales. There is 5 months left in this year.. In order for the 360 to grow its lead too 7million by years end means the 360 would have to outsell the ps3 by 500k every month.. LOl the 360 cant outsell the ps3 in any region except north america and you really think its going to sell 500k in america every month? Yea keep thinking that as the 360 lead continues to dwindle. Your idea of facts hold no bearing in reality..

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai16d ago (Edited 16d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio16d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing16d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9216d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit16d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing16d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9215d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."