360 sells more than Wii & PS3 combined in US

[Doctor_Hades]

Golly gosh, an established console now in mass-production having been out over a year outsells two new consoles that are in short supply having only been out mere weeks at the end of 2006!!! Who'd have thought, eh?

I think we'll need to wait until this time next year to guage a better idea of how all three machines are really doing and I'd expect the PS3 to be the biggest seller Christmas 2007 followed by the 360 and then the Wii.

[thelazyone]

I think the only suprising fact from this artical is the fact that the gameboy advance is still doing really well, who would have though!

[Petebrolly]

[Crow555]

To be fair, the Wii is sold out pretty much everywhere whereas there are reports of PS3's being returned in the states after not being sold on ebay which in my opinion speaks volumes. Obviously, a year old console in plentiful supply is gonna sell more but sales are sales.
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[csdaveuk]

I'm surprised that the PS3 has sold as well as it has, tbh. That's good news, as competition drives quality.
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[Doctor_Hades]

@Petebrolly - I'd be very surprised if the Xbox 360 outsells the PS3 next Christmas mainly because Sony's machine *will* sell in Japan unlike the poor old 360 where it continues to sell in embarassingly low numbers. The PlayStation name and Sony's marketing will ensure the PS3 sells. No matter how hard I try, I just cannot see the Xbox 360 being anywhere near as popular even with a much lower pricepoint.

[xxulyssesxx]

For some reason I have seen PS3 consoles sitting on the shelves of major retail chains within the past couple of days. I am thinking this is an indication that sales were primarily fueled by the early adopters and holiday season. Wiis on the other hand are no where to be found.

[steve_2003]

Well done Microsoft, Have been a gamer for over 25 years and glad to see another newcomer to the games console scene doing well with Xbox 1 and now Xbox360.

Really impressed with the console & Live service (have met a whole bunch of new gamers and friends) and looking forward to all the big 360 titles in 2007.

The constant upgrades, "Live Anywhere, Live Arcade, Video Marketplace and IPTV" features coming this year and 360 console exclusives like "Mass Effect, Halo 3, Alan Wake, Gears of War & Forza 2, Banjo 3 & BioShock, to name a few are great.

Keep up the great work and carry on with the co-op titles (Gears of War, Kane & Lynch & Crackdown) Brilliant!

[henry_the_horse]

"Interestingly, NPD notes that both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 were held back by short supplies, perhaps indicating there's still good sales to come for the consoles, as hungry gamers discover them on shop shelves."

I think this is a mis-print. It's supposed to say "...both the Playstation 3 and Wii..."

There've been ceiling high pyramids of 360s at every store I've been at since it's launch, through the 2006 holiday season. Only thing that held Nintendo and Sony back from outselling the 360 was their product shortages. Same goes with why Wii outsold PS3.

As for the comments about PS3s on store shelves all over, it is way over embellished. The reason why you can get a PS3 easier than a Wii has nothing to do with their demand. It's because now that Sony fixed the PS3s manufacturing issues they're flying out of the factories. Stores are literally getting mutliple trunk loads a week. And for Nintendo, they're still only sending a couple to stores a week. It's confusing why Nintendo is still having trouble manufacturing Wiis and did in the first place since its technology is so readily available. I thought this was one of the benefits for the Wiis weak power, that it would be easy to manufacture. Odd why there hasn't been any press covering why Nintendo has shortages which have now lasted longer than Sonys, but Sony got all the spot light on this fault. Unless Nintendo addresses this with a respectible explanation it smells a little fishy. Like Nintendo causing shortages to make people think Wiis are in outrageously high demand.

You can't get Wiis because they only send two to a store each week.

[Asaron]

[voodoocharlie]

If these figures are, in fact, only for December, then Microsoft have done very well. The fact that people in the states are still buying the 360, even though there are 2 new consoles on the market, speaks volumes.

[seancuk23]

Wow wii Xbox 360 sells the same amount as wii bringing its totel to 6million forgettin that wii and PS3 have only been out for a month or so Microsoft must be brickin it I would be if I was Xbox director

[Diomedes1977]

Funny thing is X360 continues selling almost the exact same numbers as the original Xbox ....the Xbox 1 sold 1.15 million in its second december and the X360 has managed 1.10 ...

[DaRockwilder1]

[MrPirtniw]

Erm... could you try rephrasing that? Y'know... so it makes sense? Xbox directors bricking it? What for?

[bazzatuk]

[henry_the_horse]

[Peddy]

I hate news like this, its so obvious what the reasons for this are so theres no point arguing about it. This December will be more interestng, at least then there will be no excuses etc

[The_Hun1]

Its a bit hard for us to walk into a best buy store and see how many PS3 they have, since many of the people are in the UK and not the states and PS3 and best buy dont exsist here.

As for 360 selling more, off course it would, but interesting thing here about it, is the PS2 sold 1.4 million and that costs less than 100 bucks now, 360 sold 1.1 million in december without the price shifting since it came out, which is more than the Wii which costs alot less, it's really only the DS and PS2 that sold more and their both cheaper but quite a margin than 360.

as for PS3 sales, its way more expensive than anything else and sony have fixed the problems with making them, and it didnt do even half the number of 360 in december, no doubt it had a massive advertising campagin and hype to push it out to people.

Next xmas in the states 360 will still sell more than Wii and PS3, off course 360 will get a price cut on the same day as halo 3 comes out, thus ensuring the console stays number one in the market (PS2 sales will have dried up by then), thats if you dont count handheld sales aswell. PS3 will increase slighty (lets face it this machine wont take off, till great software and a massive price cut happens), to make the machine appeal to the mass market.

Wii will interesting, depends on the software availble a new pokemon game and a new mario for xmas and it has the potential to sell a few million units in november and december, i doubt it will get a price cut, since its already cheap to make and nintendo already make money from it.

Thats the states, in europe i expect the PS3 to sell more in december 2007 than 360 (but not by much) 360 will still have a healthy lead and will do till the end of 2008 start of 2009 in europe, thats when PS3 will overtake it (same thing happened with the SNES and megadrive in europe).
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[natman2000]

I doubtPs3 will sell as many consoles as many fanboys are letting on. People are put off by high prices and unless there are some attractive packages like the 360's Gears of War bundle, Sony are going to have a hard time.
Theres not much call for high definition input from these so called super blu-ray devices, many people dont realise their shiny new plasma's will benefit from hi-def.

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[BeNdEr91]

I believe that Wii will live on on the sidelines while the PS3 or the 360 dominates. After that, the winning console will sell like hotcakes. The price for the PS3 has to drop and the good thing with it is that you can upgrade it. The 360 is a machine with great potential but tbh I can only imagine its owners switching to Sony due to the growth of HD and if people get a PS3 then Blu-ray will prosper and again people will be getting PS3 just as a standalone Blu-ray player.

PS - I'm not a Sony fanboy. I'm just a boy with extreme manliness.

[screamingdean]

No mention of the PS2 selling more than any console with the exception of the DS? Click Here
And the Wii and PS3 sold more in the same time the 360 did when it was http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6164106.html

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