http://www.gamepolitics.com/2011/10/21/576-million-xbox-360-consoles-sold
"Buried inside its first quarter fiscal year 2012 results, Microsoft revealed that it has shipped 57.6 million Xbox 360 units around the world to date."
Given that they said they'd need to ship 50 million units this gen before committing to the next, I'd say that the prospects of an Xbox 720 (in 2013?) have never looked better,
they've done well, it's a good console (apart from the rrod and noisy drives at the start of its life). its the one i use the most of all the platforms.
next generation excites me, like it or not, competition is good and it will be interesting to see if microsoft can push on and improve further, what sony will do to get some of that market share back and if the wiiu will survive once ms and sony bring out their new systems.
What's the latest figure for PS3's? I'm curious as to how they compare?
xbox live has 35 million users, so does this mean there are 20 million xboxes not hooked up to live? Or is there a hint at how many replacement xboxes people have had to buy thanks to the shoddy hardware the early xboxes were packing?
@ Cozzy
On the Playstation 3 Wiki page it states that 51.8 million (as of June 31, 2011) PS3 units have been sold worldwide.
This means sadly, we have lost against the mighty XBox 360. :[
@Paul
Cheers for the info and haha maybe but remember the PS3 released a year after Xbox so it's not too bad :)
That means MS don't include other platforms when calculating Live userbase as opposed to certain companies. It also means there obviously aren't that many alt accounts on live.
@Cozzy: Not quite so clear cut. You'll need to wait another week to see the latest Sony figures. It's likely they'll be within 3m or so of the 360 overall.
@Psychotext
Ah fair enough at least they'll be relativley close to each other. I own both an Xbox and PS3 and personally prefer the PS3 (I am a bit of a fanboy as all my primary consoles have been Sony) so I'd rather the PS3 won the "console war" but neither will catch the Wii in sales now.
@Paul: Microsoft say "shipped" (= consoles left factories) and Sony say "sold" (= consoles bought by consumers), so the difference isn't as big as the numbers make it seem.
It'll be interesting to see how much Sony will be able to catch up with Microsoft in the next few years, given that Microsofts first party studios seem to divide their attention between Kinect and Halo 4.
That's not accurate Anders.
Their figures are recorded in an identical manner. Both are number of consoles sold to stores, not consumers. It used to be that Sony measured production shipments (ie how many had left their factory, but that stopped a long time ago).
Example here: http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdataps2_e.html
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i think they did pretty well with the 360 (apart RROD of course which i had the pleasure to experience once - but i was truly amazed of the ms customer service).
ms had a good feeling of what the console neeed or not and when (blue ray wifi etc.) - at least in my book.
i played pc and (today retro) consoles as a kid - many of my friends had ps´s later, and then ps2´s which i had as well, also i had a dreamcast and a gamecube. only one friend had a xbox were i played and enjoyed halo - still before this gen launched i wanted to buy a ps3 of course.
then xbox launched earlier, starting the next gen - i think this was the most clever thing ever. i couldn´t resist, bought one, loved it, got rrod, hated it, got a brandnew one and 3 month xbl for free from ms, loved it again.and then i got so used to the console that i beleived i do not want a ps3 anymore. for what? ok exclusives. the big exclusives war of this gen.
i had 4 or so 360´s - right now i have a 120 gb elite again after trading it in for the slim for nostalgia reasons. i will probably keep this console untill the next gen starts.
i just love the 360 pad - it´s the best for me. it is perfect imo and i really hope they don´t mess it up with the next console. i really hope.
i had ps3´s this gen too of course - had both consoles for quite some time - really like the ps3 - but the ps 3 wasn´t able to deliver some "emotions"...the games did, but the console feels cold and boring (interface, ps store is horrible, friendslist etc)...and i never really liked the ds controller. that´s just my opinion. i can understand if someone prefers the dualshock or the stylish and slick interface of a ps3...i just don´t. i like that the 360 has a more toyish approach interfacewise. it is still techy and modern enough. to me these things are still gaming consoles. i use them for that.
i am superexcited for the next gen. right now i am much more excited about the next ms console - but we´ll see. i will buy which i think will be the one i can enjoy the most, not because one company or the other manufactures it.
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