Microsoft has told GamesIndustry.biz that UK sales of the Xbox 360 family of consoles surged last weekend, up over 1000 per cent compared to the previous week.

Sales were driven by the release of the Xbox 360 S, along with price cuts on existing models of the Arcade and Elite models, with Xbox EMEA boss Chris Lewis claiming an 84 per cent share of the market.

"It's only a couple of days of sales, but it does further enforce the appetite that people have for the Xbox 360, and excitement for the 250GB slimmer, quieter version," said Lewis in an interview published today.

Although not revealing hard numbers, Chart-Track said earlier in the week that sales of the redesigned console – which features built in wifi – were higher than Sony's release of the slim PlayStation 3 model and the launch of the smaller PS2.

The Xbox 360 S has a RRP of £199 in the UK, while the Elite is selling for £149 and the Arcade unit £119. Lewis did not offer a break down of the different SKUs.

Earlier today Microsoft detailed pricing for a new 4GB Xbox 360 S which comes in matte black (£149.99) or bundled with motion control tech Kinect plus one game (£249.99). Kinect is also available with a game for £129.99.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/uk-360-sales-surge-1000-percent-on-new-sku-release

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According to VGC, the jump was "ONLY"  579%. So MS could really crossed the 100k mark in UK alone. That is just massive.

did the author just say matte black no its still gloss finish moron proofread before you make articles

If I had $1, and my profits increased a thousand percent, what would my money be?

That's right, $10.

>120K would cause some kind of rift in the space-time continuum.

or it could mean, that the 360 sold half of what VGC tracked the week before "360 S" - "percentage jumps" are ambivalent

of course they're gonna increase massively over the week before, whose gonna go out and buy one the week before when there's a new model out and thew prices are crashing on the existing models.

Still good numbers though and it'll be interesting to see how they hold over the next few weeks.

good, hopefully soon 360 and PS3 will dominate the UK smashing out the awful Wii and its casual bs.

NO it is matt black actually. Why be so offensive??

really?

if i have 1$ and next week my profits increase 0%, i still get 1$.

if my profit increase 50% i have 1$ 50cent.

if my profit increase 100% i have 2$.

if my profit increase 1000% i have 11$.

Dtewi Maths fail?

Mark the day and date...this may never happen again.