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Microsoft Claims Price Drop Doubles 360 Sales
Over Last Week’s Numbers
Following the sizable price drop for all Xbox 360 models, Microsoft has stated that sales of the console doubled last week. According to a Microsoft email sent to Bloomberg.com, retailers are reporting a sales increase of 100 percent for all Xbox 360 models. No specific numbers were mentioned, but MS claims that some models increased sales by over 500 percent.
We won’t be able to verify this until the NPD numbers arrive for September, but if it’s true, it would mark the first time the 360 has outsold the PS3 in months. The article, and presumably Microsoft’s email, makes no mention of whether they’re referring to American sales or worldwide sales, but one can assume that the recent release of the 360-exclusive, Tales of Vesperia, would have given a boost to the console’s recent Japanese sales. Either way, it seems that the price drop, which now positions the Xbox 360 Arcade version as the lowest-priced current-gen console option, is working. If Sony wants to continue calling 2008 the “Year of the PS3,” they may need to sweeten the deal.
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well i really dont think its for Sales in JPN, the numbers for this past week were just shown.
VGChartz reports via Famitsu that hardware and Software charts in Japan during Sept. 1st to Sept. 7th, 2008 were as follows:
Top 10 Software:
1 Rhythm Heaven Gold (DS) 46k 672k
2 Wii Fit (Wii) 27k 2.543m
3 Blue Dragon Plus (DS) 25k 25k [NEW]
4 Fire Emblem: New Shadow Dragons and the Blade of Light (DS) 16k 220k
5 J-League Winning Eleven 2008 Club Championship (PS2) 16k 129k
6 AFRIKA (PS3) 14k 50k
7 Phantasy Star Portable (PSP) 14k 586k
8 Daigasso! Band Brothers DX (DS) 14k 315k
9 Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 13k 1.706m
10 Inazuma Eleven (DS) 13k 79k
Other New Releases:
Chi's Sweet Home (DS) 2.9k
The Elder's Scroll IV: Oblivion (PlayStation3 the Best) 1.8k
Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII InterNational (Ultimate Hits) (PS2) 1.7k
Drag on Dragoon 2 ( Ultimate Hits ) (PS2) 750
Drag on Dragoon ( Ultimate Hits ) (PS2) 70
Total Hardware:
DSL: 49000
PSP: 33000
Wii: 29000
PS3: 8500
PS2: 7800
360: 840
Dude it sold 840 systems in Japan. That's like a billion % increase over there.
haha i thought it was higher than that the week that vesperia launched?
I was just looking at your chart. it was probably quadrillion times that when Veperia launched. There was a shortage wasn't there?
there was right after the game was released i believe .19
So that means if there was a shortage... all of Japan only had under 1000 Xboxes? I guess that makes some kind of sense to somebody. I'm pretty sure there's 1000 inbetween Philly and Doylestown alone.
I'm really curious to see how they twisted those numbers around... I have a hard time imagining that sales would literally double.