Xbox 360 Registers Biggest Black Friday in Its History

Xbox 360 consoles and games sell at record levels; outsells PlayStation 3 by three-to-one ratio.

REDMOND, Wash., Dec 01, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system kicked off the holidays with record- breaking console sales on one of the biggest shopping weekends of the year in the U.S. Retailers reported Xbox 360 console sales over the Black Friday weekend were on pace to beat previous years, outselling the PlayStation 3 by a three-to-one ratio and estimating a 25 percent increase from Xbox 360 Black Friday sales figures from 2007.

Strong game sales rounded out a historic Black Friday for Xbox 360, with record-paced software sales continuing for key Microsoft titles, such as "Gears of War 2," "Fable II," and "Lips." Xbox 360 continues to have the highest game attach rate of any console at 8.1 games per console.

"We entered into the Black Friday sales period with cautious optimism, knowing that dollar for dollar, Xbox 360 offers more social entertainment value than any other console on the market," said Don Mattrick, senior vice president of the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft. "Record Black Friday sales in the U.S., coupled with our existing global install base of 25 million and an online community of more than 14 million Xbox LIVE members, have laid the groundwork for continued global sales momentum in 2009."

Xbox 360 sales have also surged worldwide since the September price drop, outselling the PlayStation 3 week over week across Europe. Console sales in Europe are up as much as 400 percent, with sales nearly double year over year and reaching 7 million consoles sold this generation.

With a mass-market price point starting at $199.99 worldwide (estimated retail price) for Xbox 360 Arcade, a games lineup of more broad-appeal social titles than any other platform, and the recently launched New Xbox Experience, Xbox 360 is leading the industry and inviting everyone to play.

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Uh, you forgot to put on your flame suit.

Dammit we must have been reading this at the same time :( , I was going to post this!

So how much did it outsell the Wii by?

estimating a 25 percent increase from Xbox 360 Black Friday sales figures from 2007

So we should expect 350k in US instead of the 500k ioi said?

Damn 3:1 ratio, I wonder how many sold.

Not necessairly because Black Friday is for the US alone and that 500k is for NA for a full week not just one day.

It says 3 to 1 for the weekend, up 25% for the black friday. or thats how it reads. the estimated 500,000+ is the week

Actually it would be 387,500. This would also mean the PS3 only sold 129k on black friday. And like katinjin said, this was only 2/3 of 7 days for the week.

Sorry Katin your right. Last year vgchartz has the 360 at 275 for NA. So to find US only I should multiply it by .9 then to find the increase I should multiply it by 1.25 MS expects 310k in US only. times that by 1.1 for Canada and you get 340k.