Thu, Nov 13, 2008 | 21:19 GMT
Microsoft looks to 100 million consoles with 360, NPD to show 2:1 ratio to PS3 for October
Speaking at today’s annual BMO Capital Markets Interactive Entertainment Conference, Microsoft entertainment division CFO Mindy Mount insinuated that Xbox 360 is to become a 100 million-selling machine.
Mount said that by the end of this month, Microsoft predicts the console’s global installed base will reach 25 million units, surpassing that of the first Xbox.
“It’s a great milestone for us, but it’s still only a start, when you consider that history shows that more than three-fourths of a console’s sales come at a price of $199 or lower,” a price point that the company reached just a month ago.
Mount also said that tonight’s NPD figures will show a 2:1 sales ratio to PS3 in the US in October.
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Tags: mindy mount, october npd 2008
10 comments
#1
Truk
14/11/08, 12:10 am
Mindy Mount? Americans sure know how to name their children.
#2
morriss
14/11/08, 12:14 am
Best name ever.
#3
Psychotext
14/11/08, 12:21 am
100m… yeah. lol
That 3/4ths of sales waffle doesn’t really take into account that the consoles which have done that were $199 or under for something like 6 years worth of sales each. I can’t see the 360 being around in 2014.
#4
No_PUDding
14/11/08, 12:30 am
If the NXE works how they want it to, it’s possible.
#5
Psychotext
14/11/08, 12:43 am
If it works how they want it to… sure. But that doesn’t make it any more likely.
I’d like to wake up with Kyla Cole in my bed, but sadly life isn’t always fair.
#6
No_PUDding
14/11/08, 1:24 am
Kyla Cole ‘Google Image’s very nicely.
#7
Psychotext
14/11/08, 1:32 am
Mmm… pleasing.
#8
absolutezero
14/11/08, 1:35 am
Had to check that out and this picture made it all worthwhile.
http://images.askmen.com/galleries/model/kyla-cole/pictures/kyla-cole-picture-1.jpg
Its SFW. and awesome.
#9
Psychotext
14/11/08, 1:38 am
She should have turned up to the WoW expansion launch.
#10
No_PUDding
14/11/08, 2:03 am
Hahah, exactly.
It was better for me, becuase for some reason SafeSearch wasn’t on.
And that’s NSFW. NS at all.