Mikey,mikey,still at this late stage of the 360 sales you come around asking a question like that?where were you all this time?that train of thought is getting old.enough people have been using it to death the last couple of weeks.

but to see it show up again at this stage,hmmmm?maybe people feel like they can trust the hardware finally,what say you?i think you already know the answer to your questions brahhh. 

This argument is asinine, I know many people who work for gamespot, walmart, best buy, etc. I used to work for Target and I know for a fact that used/refurb consoles do sell to new users looking to buy a console on the cheap. I have an out of warranty 360 that I need to fix so I can sell, I know 2 people who want to buy it.

lol dude old stock on the old systems dried up 7 weeks ago.  We are seeing nothing but Slim sales now.

OT that is seriously impressive and if someone told me last year that MS would be having these kinds of numbers I would have laughed in their face.  That being said I'm sure DS will come out on top during the holidays especially with the price cut. 

surprising

6 months ago this would have been the funniest joke ever.

This is the funniest joke ever xD

Yeah that is true, UK is probably the 360's region now along with USA! really impressive. If the wii wants to outsell it, i see nothing less than a pricecut and a new UK hit, maybe Wii Party Just Dance 2? 

No they didn't plenty around here actually. You under-rate how much old 360 SKU's are on the market still.

USA / Canada / México and U.K... 360 is dominating those places over Ps3 and Wii... already was before Slim... Well not over Wii but close.

I have had several people call me out for asking questions, trying to determine the rationale for the surge in Xbox 360 sales.

I know that PS3 has had price drops and a new model ... but other than stock clearance as the new slim model was released, I know of no permanent price drop for the system over the last year.

It does seem odd that an item on the market for five years is having its better year-to-year sales than it did in any of the last three years -- but both the Xbox 360 and PS3 are doing that. But as I said above, the PS3 is at its lowest price while the Xbox 360 reached those prices a year ago (though the slim model comes with a 2x hard drive). 

I had hoped to compare these trends with other consoles ... but I cannot find the graphing function that used to be on this site, nor something that would give me weekly sales x weeks from launch. 

I do think that increased reliability and more value for the money have helped sales. But I also know there were trade-in programs run by retailers and that there are still places to find the old models at reduced prices (and also some retailers are offering give-aways with the purchase of a console).

Thus, my wonderment regarding the sales surge is genuine. And I also wonder how many of the new slim purchases are by existing owners seeking to have a more reliable machine.

Mike from Morgantown