All liars are friars!

im used to seeing the 360 being in the mid to last part of the sales charts but i was surprised to see it on top and beating the wii and ps3 by that much. its not really impressive when the uk is like america for the 360 and it had 2-3 weeks of more hype and pre ordering (double ps3)

Were people downplaying the PS3 Slim sales like this when it launched?

well deserved,

then, Arcade 360S will arrive

then, Halo Reach

Then COD

then Holiday Kinect bundle(s)

I doubt it, seeing as the PS3 had an acceptable failure rate around that time.

Really good sales for the 360 S, wonder how long it will last.

You know what is interesting is how many people with a 360 are buying the new unit. I do not understand the appeal of the new 360s outside of it apparently fixing RROD and wifi. Yet as we see here many many 360 owners apparently do. Now why do I say it is previous owners? Well consider that the 360 saw a 400% hardware increase this month it also saw a 7% software decline. Now can you honestly tell me that all these new owners did not buy a game? I doubt it so I ask previous owners who made the switch what did it for you?

OK so why does a 360 S cost more to distribute vs a 360 Elite?  If the consoles shipped in June then they will be included in the results.  Certainly the July 16th Europe sales were consoles shipped bu June 30th.

As for PS3 vs 360 profits. Please the 360 has been selling at a profit for 3 years now.  Since the November 2005 release the 2 main SKUs (with and without HDD) have dropped a total of $100 each (not counting when SKUs are cleared with a price break).  The PS3 has dropped $300 and that is why the 360 has sold for a profit for the past 3 years and the PS3 is just now selling for a small profit. 

As for 360 S R&D. Those costs will not show up in the 4th qtr report this Thursday. The R&D costs have certainly been absorbed over the last couple of years.  We have known for awhile that a combine CPU/GPU has been in process for a couple of years.  Its not like in March the 360 team said hey lets put togther a smaller, quieter, cooler 360 and lets get it done for summer release. 

Good stuff..Many people disliked Xbox 360 because of its hardware failures, so new model will do great on market.

Of course, that's how it goes in here and every other internet forum in history.

The funny thing is, when I came to Vgchartz nearly three years ago (became a member, that is) I really cared about the console wars (wanting the PS3 to reign supreme since it was/was going to be such a great console, I was wrong and it is a pale shade of the PS2 imo) but now it means basically nothing as my PC is my go to platform for this generation. I like to think it makes me a better member and poster. And smarter. And more handsome.

360 >>>> wii and ps3 getting very close to wii. What a great day. :)