Stromprophet on 11 January 2007
Monty said:
Just to clarify one thing... it took the Xbox 19 months to reach the 10 million shipped level. The 360 did it in 13... tying the PS2 as the fastest to reach the 10 million mark. The 360's sales are not behind the Xbox, and at this point aren't behind anybody's sales figures for a launch. While it's HIGHLY unlikely it will match the PS2's total in the end (beyond unlikely, actually), it will clearly sell at least double of the Xbox 1 or GameCube, and I doubt many people here would argue that.
And, I'll gladly take a bet with you if you don't think it'll outsell the Xbox 1!
No. It did not do this so much sooner. Here is an article from sales thru September of last year. 360 surpassed Original box in October.
http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=14095
Thats stats from analysts who follow this info. And it's not ahrd to see why. When original box launched they sold 1.5 million units in November/December in the US in 2001. In 2005 November/December they only sold 600,000 units. (These are US sales of course), but that's a lot of units to catch up. And eventually they did. But not until recently.
For a comparison according to NPD reports Original Box sold 470,000 November 2002 (year after launch). 360 511k November 2006 (year after launch). It's not as though it's blowing the original figures away.
