jarrod said:
Early adopters tend to be core users, which for platform refreshes tends to be people upgrading who already own a version of the platform. It was the same for PS3 slim launch, go back and look at it's first four weeks of software sales... PS3 software didn't really start growing appreciably until the holidays and spring following slim's summer debut, I'm guessing it'll be the same for 360 S/software. |
There are roughly 1.5 to 2 million first generation dying XBoxes out there (most of which have been refurbished at least once through the RRoD cycle). All these units are being replaced this and next year. It is really not surprising to see high sales on hardware without any change in software sales. My guess is roughtly 95% of all slim sales (above the baseline) are users replacing their first gen XBox.
