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Xbox 360 sees sales boost in AugustDVDBack23 @ Sep 19, 2007 15:38 | 36 comments
For the month the 360 sold 276,000 units, a hefty jump from the 170,000 sold in July. The boost means the console outsold the PS2 and PSP for the month, the first time that has occurred in quite some time.
On August 8th, Microsoft cut the price across the board on their console and the strategy seems to be working. That, mixed with the hot selling new Madden title and the upcoming Halo 3 title could mean a couple more good upcoming months for Microsoft. The console sold almost double the amount that Sony did for the month with their PlayStation 3.
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Comment by: BIGnewb (Sep 19, 2007 23:51) microsoft fanboys are so easy to manipulate.bungie puts out halo and everyone loves it and then they get these nerds to hype the other 2 up when they really do suck.i mean come on the sniper in that game is worse than modern snipers.you can see the bullet flying which is completely medieval.lmao and the failure rate :D cant wait to see some broken xbox 360s.have your halo 3 pffff |
Comment by: Pop_Smith (Sep 19, 2007 23:53) Halo 3 is not, as noted, the only reason for the recent sales boost. Its a combination of a (small) price cut and the soon-to-be released titles of Madden, which is an extremely popular game, and Halo 3.
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Comment by: saltynuts (Sep 20, 2007 00:08) Originally posted by BIGnewb:
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Comment by: justme81 (Sep 20, 2007 00:14) For all you MS haters wait for the the game to come out b4 you say the game is going to suck. WAIT FOR THE GAME THEN JUDGE. and for those who call anyone who supports MS a fanboy your just pissed because your ps3 that you spent at least $500 some $600 on has no KILLER app like halo or Gears of war or Bio shock or any other number of good solid games. Stop hateing on a company that has success you made your choice and live with it. |
Comment by: saltynuts (Sep 20, 2007 01:02) Originally posted by justme81:
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Comment by: nptwenty (Sep 20, 2007 03:16) I own a PS3 and a 360. Think about it. How many playable games are there for PS3? I own 1 PS3 game and 20 360 games. I for one am glad I own a 360 cause I would have traded my PS3 in by now. Maybe when sony stop fussing about blu-ray and start supporting thier games console. There might be some games. I welcome all new 360 owners. Its the best decision you have made this year! |
Comment by: 24Lover (Sep 20, 2007 13:02) Originally posted by justme81: I have played the Beta & i can tell you that its nothing more than Halo 2.5 & a lot of people that was part of the beta feel the same way i did im damm sure they couldn't have changed that much in the game in just a few months.I traded my 360 in because 360 been on the market for almost 2 years & they have 2 killer apps thats piss poor if you ask me with horrible Hardware at least PS3 owner can rest to sure there game isn't going to die on them.I was the most rabbit Microsoft fanboy but i have really open my eyes to all the crap that Microsoft has done there are no better than Sony. |
Comment by: saltynuts (Sep 20, 2007 14:19) Originally posted by 24Lover:
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Comment by: axemurder (Sep 20, 2007 15:26) Yeah im not a big halo fan . wasn't even a 360 fan till sony decided to want to rape everyone of there $$ .. 360 + overlord= good times |
Comment by: 24Lover (Sep 20, 2007 15:27) Quote:Originally posted by 24Lover: Thanks you just proved my point after two year & investing roughly 300.00 for a gaming system & 100 buckets for online all you can come up with is 8 games.Lets be fair 360 first year there was only 3 titles worth playing.Dead Rising,Saints Row & Gears of War.Look were PS3 is at with months to go before the PS3 is even a years old.
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Comment by: vinny13 (Sep 20, 2007 15:43) This is what I hate about M$ fanboys. They always overlook that the PS3 hasn't been out for even a full year yet, and that it uses new technology that the devs are also new to(Blu-Ray). Xbox uses DVD-9's, which isn't a problem... yet.
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Comment by: 24Lover (Sep 20, 2007 16:03) Originally posted by vinny13: It took some of my friends to really get me to realize this because after G.O.W came out on the 360 i was really loving my 360 but after that i really have felt a let down from MS,no game even came close to what that game had to offer & going to be almost a year since it was released & MS going to release the full version for PC thats a slap in the face. |
Comment by: vinny13 (Sep 20, 2007 16:16) Quote: My friends are the reason I'm not getting a 360... and they all have one. They're so diehard, especially one guy where Halo 3 to him is like the return of Jesus. Besides, out of all of the games there is out for the 360, I don't like 1 exclusive. No, not even GoW. PS3 so far is up by 2.5, and it looks like they have a pretty decent line-up of games, where of course M$ is just focusing on Halo 3. Plus, seeing I'm a cheap guy, tere's no way in hell I'm gonna pay to play with a bunch of immature 2-year-olds. The PS3 is more money, but it also has more features which at least I'm gonna use...
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Comment by: DoomLight (Sep 20, 2007 19:23) i saw the ending of halo 3 on the net somewhere. i think youtube.
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Comment by: saltynuts (Sep 20, 2007 20:29) what is with all the M$ hate going on around here.the 360 is not the bad of a thing it has some good games and a very solid online system.its not free but it is very good.as a ps3 owner i can say that the online for the 360 is much much better than the ps3.and some might say that sonys online is better that is a matter of opinion.yes we all know that the 360 has a fail rate but its still selling so that means people still want a 360.now not to put the ps3 down its just that some people dont want to wait for games.
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Comment by: wetsparks (Sep 21, 2007 13:44) Originally posted by saltynuts: Compared to the Sony hate on any Sony article, this is nothing. I don't understand one line from the article though. Quote: Guess what, Madden was also released on the PS3, and they are exactly the same. And those two games are exactly the same to the xbox and ps2 versions of the game except with slightly less graphics. The reason there is a boost in sales is because of the drop in price, just like the PS3 had a sales boost when they dropped their price. I doubt there are 360 sales because of Halo 3 already because I believe there is a special Halo 3 version of the 360 coming out and if you are going to buy the system for one game, you might as well go all out. |
Comment by: jerdog (Sep 21, 2007 14:13) Halo is ok but it still doesn't change the fact that people like my self that dropped 400.00 bills for a game console had it crap out completely after 6 months or less. I've never owned anything other then an Xbox and was stoked when they tauted the 360 to be the end all of game consoles. Now like myself there are thousands of people with jacked up conoles that can't even play games unless they suck it up and drop more money into a marginal at best console. Who cares what new game Microsft is releasing. The only thing my and thousands of other 360 consoles play are red lights!!! |
Comment by: wetsparks (Sep 21, 2007 14:16) Originally posted by jerdog: Have you ever heard the phrase "If it sounds to good to be true, it probably is." |
Comment by: voyager (Sep 21, 2007 16:40) Halo 3 is near the corner and is going to boost the sales again.
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Comment by: BIGnewb (Sep 21, 2007 21:09) lol umm 360 has like no exclusives.once its on pc then its not exclusive and i can play it lol.evn tho its styll crap.next ps3 has more exclusives.plz see:
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Comment by: saltynuts (Sep 21, 2007 21:48) Originally posted by BIGnewb:
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Comment by: ck44 (Sep 22, 2007 13:13) Quote:Originally posted by BIGnewb:
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Comment by: borhan9 (Sep 28, 2007 08:00) All i can say is well done for the increase. |
Comment by: BIGnewb (Dec 17, 2007 01:34) dont u feel dumb now that 360 has no 08 lineup and that ps3 is killing it worldwide and that dualshock3 is out.DAMN 360 is done.i have 360 elite and i only have cod4 for it.halo 2.5 is shit so is gears.lost planet is on ps3 too and so is saints row 2.metal gear and killzone are the best looking games looknig to destroy 3shitty. |
Comment by: voyager (Dec 17, 2007 02:05) Well,Xbox is dominating in this christmas season too. |
