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sully1311 on 01 September 2009

Week-on-week sales increase as a result of price drop and bank-holiday weekend.

GfK ChartTrack has told MCV that the Xbox 360 saw a week-on-week sales increase of 43 per cent in the UK. The sales boost is thanks to a combination of the £30 price reduction on the Elite and a UK bank holiday weekend.

ChartTrack also added that the UK should not expect a serious and consistent upturn in weekly hardware sales until October.

While the Xbox 360 enjoyed a late summer surge, sales of Sony's PS3 fell 20 per cent ahead of today's launch of the new PS3 Slim - a large sales boost is expected as a result of the launch.

http://www.videogamer.com/news/xbox_360_sales_up_43_in_the_uk.html



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sguy78 on 01 September 2009

But I thought the Xbox 360 would just stop selling with the release of the PS3 Slim.



DirtyP2002 on 01 September 2009

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Crashdown77 on 01 September 2009

Are these results post slim release in the UK? If so, this kind of blows my mind. I think I've been drinking the "PS3 Slim will pwn all" kool-aid lately. I thought the UK was relatively hostile to the 360?



blazinhead89 on 01 September 2009

PS3 Just hit today in UK and Ireland. Expect the increase this week.



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FreeTalkLive on 01 September 2009
sguy78 said:
But I thought the Xbox 360 would just stop selling with the release of the PS3 Slim.

We have to wait the actual release of the PS3 Slim to find that out.  Once it is out and has been tracked for a week, we shall know.



 

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sguy78 on 01 September 2009
FreeTalkLive said:
sguy78 said:
But I thought the Xbox 360 would just stop selling with the release of the PS3 Slim.

We have to wait the actual release of the PS3 Slim to find that out.  Once it is out and has been tracked for a week, we shall know.

I was being just slightly sarcastic.



Aion on 01 September 2009

Great, nice too know 360 still is going strong there.



 

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richardhutnik on 01 September 2009
sguy78 said:
But I thought the Xbox 360 would just stop selling with the release of the PS3 Slim.

What, that isn't true?  I thought the universe centered around the PS3 and everything Sony did.  The entire world was waiting for Sony to do the right things, before they decided what they are going to do.

Now excuse me.  I need a towel to dry off.  I hate dripping in sarcasm.



sinha on 01 September 2009
sguy78 said:
But I thought the Xbox 360 would just stop selling with the release of the PS3 Slim.

This spike in 360 sales is kinda like how a chicken will run around for a few minutes after its head is cut off.

 



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