Microsoft Hypes Xbox 360 Momentum

Xbox is the BEST6760d ago

It's the facts.

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jack who6760d ago

overkill

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rape ps3 n wii combined in software revenue

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Gordii6760d ago

No crap.

Jay da 2KBalla6760d ago

Does anyone know how many 360's were sold in October?

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kewlkat0076760d ago (Edited 6760d ago )

"For the month of October, Xbox 360 led in total revenue with $354 million compared to $246 million for Wii and $116 million for PS3.

Xbox 360 software revenue at retail surpassed that of Wii and PS3 combined.

For the month of October according to NPD, Xbox 360 software represented 54 percent of total software sales (at $162 million dollars) for this generation, compared to 30 percent for Wii and 16 percent for PS3."

1. These feats/accomplishments and solid numbers speak directly to the Game Developers and Publishers.{YES Square and Konami, I know your reading and surveying the public} This means the 360 is the console right now, to make the most money off. The fans do buy lots of games and XBL live content.

2. Your gauranted to break even)OK a least come close)

3. This can only help MS recruit more DEVS. This should be more interesting after the holidays. I got a feeling , that's why MS touts these Sales accomplishments, since that is what fuels Revenue/Devs and keeps a console alive. {Sorry Dreamcast}

4.The 360 may have some issues but as a fan, it's good to see 360 gamers buy games and content. The 360 has been selling based on GAMES, CONTENT + XBL, not so much Price-Drops. If you think about it there was a measly $50 drop or something like that.

Imagine when there is a real full $100+ Price-Drop...We would be looking at a $200 console with a LARGE Library of A+ B and some C titles..

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sniddles6760d ago

I've heard the "software revenue surpassed wii and PS3 combined" so many times already too.

If stats like this don't grab more dev support, then devs don't like money. They'd be stupid not to make their games for 360, even with the user base the same as the wii, 360 still blows it out of the water in software sales...

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andy0016760d ago (Edited 6760d ago )

Hmm, all I see is that Halo 3 accounted for probably 80% of that revenue, and was supported by Microsoft marketing money in unprecedented amounts. You think MS will send free Mass Effect themed 360's to all the reviewers? Didn't think so.

The 360 has sold less consoles this year than it did last year. That is not momentum, and MS need to increase sales, but they can't because they are still losing money. They are in a pickle at the moment, and lets hope that the RROD problems are behind them and that they can continue to attract good developers to their system. They need 4-6 blockbusters every year, and they can't count on Halo to bail them out now that Bungie is going to spend a couple of years doing something new.

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JasonPC360PS3Wii6760d ago (Edited 6760d ago )

This year isn't even over yet you moron and I don't even know what to say about all that other BS you spew accept that it's just Droid jealousy. "The 360 has sold less consoles this year than it did last year. That is not momentum," WTF you call the PS3, progress?

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andy0016760d ago

No one mentioned the PS3 except you mate, and I am not mentioning it here, as it is irrelevant to my point. If you think MS can sell another 6.5 million 360's before end of December then cool. That would then match the 10 million consoles they sold in 2006.

Surely the term 'momentum' means to continue to move at the same or faster rate, in this case, meaning sales.

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jazzmanb6760d ago

the 360 well always be the leader in sales,next to the wii that is..the ps3 sales are going to start to slow down very soon..

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Xi6760d ago

there's a company that isn't hyping their junk going into the shopping season?

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joydestroy6760d ago

damn, i have no idea how PS3 plans to catch up with that if devs continue to see those numbers for the 360.

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DJ6760d ago

Total revenue for the platform doesn't mean much since there's something like 7 million Xbox 360 owners in the U.S. versus 2 million PS3 owners. The real question is how well numerous titles are doing in conjunction to the installed-base, as well as which large titles came out right before the month of October (Halo 3).

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theoneandonly6760d ago

Developers will flock to the 360 like crazy!!!!!!!!!!!

Virtually ALL the real games will go to the 360, because we XBOX OWNERS buy the most games per system period. Overall the original XBOX even passed the PS2 in software attachment sales until they added the country of JAPAN into it....

And with the 360 doing better in JAPAN, the software sales are only INCREASING. The attachment ratio for the XBOX will ALWAYS be highest it seems, because we simply buy more *gasp* GAMES. And that means instant-profit......there's not a developer in the WORLD who doesn't want the profit including KONAMI..........

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Xbox is the BEST6760d ago

Imagine a real price drop
Jump In

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DJ6760d ago

Lower than September, but that's expected. Let's see if they can keep their momentum going into November and December.

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JasonPC360PS3Wii6760d ago

Slap!

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Armyless6760d ago

I know, bad joke.

Wakka wakka.

rebelxs6760d ago

This is great news for those of us that have invested significant dollars in the 360.Hopefully all major third parties will support the system with top tier games.Content will always be the lifeblood of any successful console.

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Gina-get-u6760d ago (Edited 6760d ago )

It's not exactly fair to compare total 360 software sales directly to the PS3's, because the 360 has been around much longer and has more games. The fairer and more informative comparison would be on a per title basis of multi-platform games. If the PS3 installed base is currently slightly less than half of the 360's, then PS3 sales of each multi-platform game should also maintain the same proportion of just slightly less than half of the 360 version.

Even on this basis, it's not looking good for the PS3 so far. I'm looking at Guitar Hero 3 sales, and the fact that the PS3 version did not even crack the top ten tells me that it sold less than a third of the 360 version.* There's no excuse for this. There are fewer other good game choices on the PS3 to compete for spending cash, and yet 360 owners managed to more than triple PS3 GH3 sales despite having purchased two other games in significant numbers - Halo 3 and Orange Box. I would understand if Ratchet & Clank TOD cannibalized GH3 sales, but Ratchet hasn't even broken the 100K mark yet. And what's even more worrisome for Sony is that GH3 is not a shooter, contradicting an oft repeated fanboy claim that the 360 appeals only to FPS fans.

This month I want to see the ratio of COD4 sales for 360 and PS3. Everybody pretty much agrees that that game has the same high quality on both platforms, so it should serve as a true test of whether PS3 owners buy as many or fewer games than 360 owners. If COD4 also sells proportionally fewer copies on the PS3, that's a signal to third party devs that PS3 owners don't deserve the investment of extra time and effort, and should just settle for cheap ports or even outright cancellations.

EDIT: I made a booboo. In the USA, the PS3 userbase is under a third of the 360's. Based on this ratio GH3 is actually selling as well per capita(106K vs 386K)on the PS3. Oh well.

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fredy6760d ago

the 360 will always be ahead by one year, well in that case we may never be able to compare them then.

MS came out early and that was their STRATEGY.

Sony came out late and that was their PROBLEM.

Sony had Extra year to work on its games and its hardware.

Everyone was accusing MS of rushing but look at whos delivering with game sales. If it will never be fare that sony was late well MS never had an extra year to get comfty with their hardware and extra development time on thier games either.

The strategy was to build a box devs was comfortable with and it seems to be working, if ms goal was to steal market-share from the giant Sony and nintendo.

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Reanimator6759d ago

Was it 'fair' that Sony had already released the PS1 and the PS2 before Microsoft released the XBox?
Was it 'fair' that the Playstation brand was ballyhooed by Sony every time Microsoft tried to talk about its upcoming 360.
Was it 'fair' that when the 360 was released, Sony came up with a big PR campaign for the PS3 (to be released a few months later in the spring), which turned out to be a lie, but the hype had already started.
Was it 'fair' that Sony released a 'Blu-Ray player disguised as a game system, in an attempt to receive large numbers of sales from video enthusiasts. Then they can crow about how many game consoles they sold out of one side of their mouths, and how many Blu-Ray players they sold out the other side? AT THE SAME TIME???!!

This is business. Money talks and Bulls..t walks! And the money is game sales! And 360 owners buy games. Lots of them. Hell, I've got (lemme count them) 20 360 games myself. And after giving my XBOX to my nephew, with about 17 games, I still have 6 of them in my collection. Tomorrow I'm going to sell my 360 to a co-worker for $250, then buy a new 360 (with 2 free games), and buy COD4. Then buy Mass Effect on Tuesday! It is all about the games!

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karlostomy6760d ago

360 software revenue is astounding!
It eclipses the ps3 and WII COMBINED!

Isn't that where the manufacturers recoup their development and manufacturing costs?

Looks like PS3 is facing a steep, steep uphill climb.

x440Magnumx6760d ago

Eh, it may be an unfair comparison, but even considering that, it makes the PS3 look really bad. Especially with the Wii, which the 360 also had a big head start on, chugging right along in 2nd as far as dollars goes.
No matter how good Uncharted is it won't be able to take on Halo 3 sales wise, and if it wasn't the holiday season I doubt it'd even see Bioshock-like numbers thanks to the much smaller (but extremely vocal!) number of PS3 owners.

MGS4 and GT5, when those come out, maybe the PS3's numbers will finally take a move up from the embarrassing level they're at now.

Hopefully for the PS3 (and good competition in the industry), that'll be enough to be considered "average".

Though beware the price cut potential for the 360, the extra cashflow it's enjoying right now will make it that much easier for MS to do.

A 360 price cut right before GTAIV or MGS4 (which ever comes first) would really hit the PS3 hard. Can it bring itself to a level to tolerate that hard a hit before then?

JasonPC360PS3Wii6760d ago

Slap!
"For the month of October, Xbox 360 led in total revenue with $354 million compared to $246 million for Wii and $116 million for PS3."

Slap!
"Xbox 360 software revenue at retail surpassed that of Wii and PS3 combined."

Slap!
"For the month of October according to NPD, Xbox 360 software represented 54 percent of total software sales (at $162 million dollars) for this generation, compared to 30 percent for Wii and 16 percent for PS3." 16% double slap!

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"Xbox 360 was home to seven out of the top 10 rated games through the end of October according to Metacritic."

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"Of all 3rd party U.S. software revenue in October, Xbox 360 generated more than double that of the PS3 and Wii. Xbox 360 weighs in at 57 percent with $130 million, compared to Wii with 28 percent and PS3 at 15 percent."

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"PS3 and Wii combined had one third party title in the top ten console title list for the month, while Xbox 360 weighed in with 2. Since November, third party partners have seen their titles hit the top ten 29 times for Xbox 360, compared to 2 for PS3 and 2 for Wii."

Slap!
"In last week's earnings announcement from Electronic Arts, Xbox 360 represented 50 percent ($218 million) of their total revenue during the third quarter. In fact, EA titles on Xbox 360 outperformed those same titles on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PSP, Wii and DS combined."

To Sony and all it's fans Slappity slap slap!

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Reanimator6759d ago

Slap 'em just one more time. They sound like a bunch of masochists to me anyway.
SLAP!!

Just slap the PS3, leave the Wii alone. They're young and knoweth not what they do. They are not a threat. At least, not to the 360. They're also slappping the PS3 in the Land of the Rising Sun!

Mr Marbles6760d ago

These numbers have nothing to do with how long the consoles have been out. These numbers are for October alone, it just so happens that this trend of 360 dual raping PS3 and Wii combined occurs every month

Gina-get-u6760d ago

Well, we assume that having been out longer, 360 has many more titles, new and old, than PS3, giving 360 gamers more opportunity and occasion to spend for their console than PS3 owners. Either way, defending the PS3's abysmal attach rate is a tough argument for a PS3 fanatic to win, because he has to admit that the 360 has either a superior game library or superior owners. He cannot logically deny both and must accept one or the other.