Microsofts NPD spin

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eugene on 13 December 2007

Xbox 360 - Consumers voting with their wallets, Xbox 360 winning this holiday Fueled by the greatest holiday lineup in video game history, consumers spent more holiday dollars on Xbox 360 consoles, games and accessories than any other platform in the month of November according to NPD. #1 in Game Sales: Four of the Top Ten Titles are on Xbox 360, compared to three on the Wii and two on the PS3. Xbox 360 holds the #1 title with "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare" (Activision), selling nearly 1.5 million units on Xbox 360, compared to 444,000 units on the PS3. #1 in Total Revenue: Xbox 360 leads in total revenue with $763 million compared to $587 million for Wii and $364 million for PS3 according to NPD. #1 in Game Quality: Xbox 360 delivers the highest-rated games lineup this generation, with 6 out of the top 10 rated games through the end of November according to Metacritic, the world-wide authority in entertainment reviews

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W29 on 13 December 2007

Cool cause I just bought 5 games today:

Crackdown
Bullet Witch
Kameo: Elements of Power
Peter Jackson's King Kong
Ridge Racer 6

All at decent prices, well worth it and my time!

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erikers on 13 December 2007

What a coincedence, Microsoft state's they've sold over 1 million copies of Mass Effect and everybody ignorantly jumps on it and claims it was to retail. Boom, Mass Effect does half a million America in alone the first week. I like how people actually thought they were lying when NPD was coming out 5 days later.

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kn on 13 December 2007

Crackdown is fun... definitely a great bargain bin pickup.

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Rubang B on 13 December 2007

Hahahaha, you go MS. If you dream hard enough, maybe it'll work.

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eugene on 13 December 2007

The part that really should make them happy is that they win in total revenue. People forget that the Xbox is more expensive than the Wii so they dont have to sell as much to match it and they are priced almost on par with the PS3. Then they got the incredible software sales, and largest userbase online for a console. Im assuming Microsoft makes a killing on Xbox live revenues if you include subscription costs, Video marketplace downloads, and Xbox live arcade sales.

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Rubang B on 13 December 2007

Of course they have to focus on revenues, to ignore the sound smoking they received in both sales and profit.

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famousringo on 13 December 2007

Hard to deny that MS is very strong in North America. It's the rest of the world that they have to worry about.

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