Only 300,000 Xbox 360 units sold in 2008?

VideoGamer.com reports: "Back at the beginning of the year Microsoft announced that worldwide Xbox 360 sales figures had reached 17.7 million units by the end of 2007. According to the latest sales figures, revealed by Microsoft's John Schappert, this number has risen to 18 million units over the early parts of 2008.

This suggests that the Xbox 360 console has sold only 300,000 units during the opening weeks in 2008."

[jack who]

Only 300,000 Xbox 360 units sold in 2008?

whats todays date?

[whoelse]

Its probably more like 18.1 or 18.2

300,000 would sound about right for America but not globally.

[s8anicslayer]

the post is system counts from january 08 to current, not from time of release, read the post before you comment

[marinelife9]

I guess it takes a little longer to make an xbox when you're trying to actually make it right the first time. Hopefully they'll catch up with the shortages before GTAIV is released.

[whoelse]

Im talking since start of 2008, not since time of release.

it sold 230,000 in January according to NPD (US only). So 300,000 say by February 10th is about right.

[MikeGdaGod]

there are plenty of 360s in Best Buys and Gamestops around me. the shortages must be in tiny hick towns because there are plenty where i am.

[ben hates you]

about console sales

[ericnellie]

I'll agree with you on that one:)
The whole obsession with console counting is out of control =) I just like reading all the different posts when the NDP numbers are posted!

To each his own ;)

[Nevers]

...yet some of these rants (factual or not) are pretty damn entertaining. Wish the mods would just move the ones over to the zone "they belong to" instead of outright deletion.

[Bill Gates]

Lets see the BABOONS spin this one.....AHAHAHAHAHHAHA

You BABOONS are pathetic gammers that play CRAP games on a pathetic system....AHHAAHAHA

[Superiorrior]

Funny how they have been selling so little, and all of a sudden they jump to 18. Mln units... Take it away Bill Gates!

[SSCOOLCHEA]

Will fix everyhting for microshiiiiiiiiiiii

[Stubacca]

The less suckers out there the better.

[kewlkat007]

now were keeping track to the day huh...

Isn't this slow months for gaming after every has emptied their pockets on the holidays...

Plus no big games out really besides DMC4...hmm what else?

[Bathyj]

I agree its been soooo slow for gaming news. PS3 outselling XB in NA and BR winning is still the biggest thing to happen this year. Hopefully march/april should see some good games and more news.

[ravinash]

I've only just got DMC4 and UT3 here in the UK....if this is a slow month, I'd hate to see a busy one.

[Richdad]

It hard to find a 360 in markets. Hopefully they might get stock ready by the end of the month Hope they do something abt the hardware quality, because I want to enjoy thier great lineup without any hazard. Seriously this year lineup of 360 is getting even better than 2007.

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GOTY 2008 NG2 and not GOW2 or even RE5.

[BeaArthur]

I live in VA and every Best Buy, Gamestop, Game Crazy or any other retailer have had plenty since since as far back as I can remember. That was a classic Microsoft spin job; like when they said there is nothing wrong with 360's and that the failure rate is exagerated. The fact is that the 360 has been out for longer and naturally over time their sales with start to decline.

[NikV3]

i live in va aswell, down here at va beach everyone has 360's, my friend works at gamestop and the only time they've sold out since the begining of 07 is around gaylo 3. most people i know are buying ps3 getting ready for there 08 onslaught

[Fishy Fingers]

If it was November/December 08 now that might be worrying for MS but we're on 7 weeks in? Stupid article, who cares...

[subzero9]

Wow that is sad, when the xbots kept talking about ps3 not selling we later find out ps3 has gotten up to 10,000,000 4 MONTHS before the 360 got up to 8,000,000, now to see that only 300,000 sold so far means that have the xbots been given a reason to shutup? i see a future and the future is 20,000,000 ps3's in homes by the end of 2008 when there are 18,000,000 in homes by the end of 08. PLUS!! XBOX had a FULL YEAR HEADSTART!!!

[rawd]

but but but.... Gears of War 2!

360 has nothing left in the tank, so they have to get their lackey followers excited about something.

[lawman1108]

Something is up, they must be getting ready to put out a new SKU with new chips because in the NYC area they have not had an Elite since September and you can't find any Pro's either. The arcade is the only one I have seen and the stores only have a few of them.

[Silellak]

"Flamebait article posted on N4G to start fanboy war."

[beavis4play]

sad thing is over half of articles on this site are flamebait.

[-EvoAnubis-]

The Wii has had shortages from day one, but they seem to have no trouble outselling every other home console in the world. What the hell is MS's excuse?

[Silellak]

The Wii is easy to make. Nintendo has been making the Gamecube for years, and the two systems are very similar.

My theory is that there was a 'gap' in 360 production once Microsoft stopped manufacturing the really-broken original 360 model and started manufacturing the only-somewhat-broken 360 model with a new heatsink.

That, and it seems they also overestimated the popularity of the Arcade model, since the only ones people can't find easily (in some places) are the Premium and Elite. Finding an Arcade is easy, but people don't seem to want it.

These, combined with a large amount of sales over the holiday season, led to a minor "shortage". Even without the shortage, the PS3 probably would've sold better than the 360, though.

[ROCCOZILLA]

i didnt think they sold 3000.the xbox 360 and 720 ship is sinking.....fast.and the gow2 live vest wont keep them from drowning.JUMP OUT!

[kurochi]

FTW!!!!

[Sez]

you got to love sonyfanboys. ready to bash 360 when ever there a hint of bad news for MS. sony has one good month and sonyfanboys think it's the end of MS. by the way didn't 360 out sell ps3 in japan when AC6 was released. was that the end of ps3 in japan(no).so do us all a favor (including yourselves) STFU until sony actully outsell 360 by months. not just one month.

ps. by the was at least it never sold under 100k. think before you start casting stone.

@below. yeah provide a link. cause the only month it outsold the 360 was last month. 360 outsold the ps3 every month until last month. nov was when ps3 drop the price for the second time. after wii and 360 hand sony it's [email protected]@ on a plater. and 360 sold over 1mil units for dec. stop reaching ok

[heyheyhey]

actually i think it outsold the 360 in January, December and November and maybe some other month

so yeah the month of January wasn't just a one-off

[Superiorrior]

Sony has one good month? PerfectionStation 3 outsold Xbox in 2007 and in the the last couple months in NA alone, please educate yourself.

[rawd]

You have to understand that the average 360 user doesn't realize there is more to the world then North America

[heyheyhey]

@rawd

yeah Americans tend to be a close-minded and easily brainwashed bunch

[Sez]

am i surpose to feel some way because you don't like americans.

[rawd]

I don't recall typing anything about Americans

[heyheyhey]

@vega

wtf???

[Superiorrior]

It is sad when these idiots and I do mean idiots come posting in here and don't even bother to educate themselves, I mean is this Americas school system at work? Producing idiots like off an assembly line.

[Percy]

Its just the demogaphic that buys 360 you can pick them out in a crowd they are the ones that smell and take their sisters to the prom or live in a frat house and play halo because everyone else is doing it same goes for the racist pricks who decide to get together and make racist remarks to people on xbox live. Basicly people who aren't the brightest.

[Stubacca]

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the country that gave us George W. Bush.

-COMEDIC ICON OF THE CENTURY

[HarryEtTubMan]

ps3 REALLY IS GONNA CRUSH THE JUNKBOX

[EZCheez]

I'm tired of caring about console sales, and I feel the new 360's have gotten to a much better reliability point. This site took control of my gamer instincts. As much as I love my PS3, I can't let some dumb console war make me forget why I'm here in the first place.

I love video games, and I shouldn't feel some sort of dedication to one specific console. Other people on here should realize the same thing, because we're here because we love games, not consoles.

Also, I'm starting off pretty satisfied because I'm going to be playing through Gears of War, Dead Rising, Halo 3 and Mass Effect one after another. Great start!

Just remember the most important thing people. Games make you love what you play, not the console. I'll shut up now.

[NextGen24Gamer]

Well said and enjoy playing those fantastic games. That is what its all about. Games...Games...Games ! ! !

[hardcorehippiez]

but well done , i think ill hold out a little longer tho as ive had one die on me . gears is very good so enjoy .

[DJ]

18 million 360s, 23 million Wiis, and 11.5 million PS3s.

[hotshot127]

its funny when people use the 360 outselling the ps3 in japan by 100 units that one WEEK in january.

lets factor in some possibilities.

1. the ps3 was selling on average around 16,000 a week. the 360(at a cheaper price) dropped the price even more and released ace combat 6 and it outsold the ps3 by 100 that 1 WEEK.

2. the ps3 was still very expensive and its was in pending for a price cut withen the next week, hence more people holding off for one as we saw with the 60,000 being sold the next week.

so for those reasons exactly is why the 360 outsold it for that WEEK and im saying this to say that this is by no way in comparison to the ps3 outselling the 360 in AMERICA since january and on.

[beavis4play]

none of us get any money out of it. are peoples lives so empty that they live vicariously through the success of their game system?!

[Mandangoof]

Then next year, it should overtake it in America, and be about 20 mil ahead thanks to Europe and Japan.

Microsoft distant third. Again.

[BLUR111]

(Microsoft distant third. Again... yeah ok buddy we will see after gears of war 2. anyways im glad to get back into gamerzone, openzone is nothing but sony flammers and i got banned from gz just for saying what comment6 said in one article

[Pain]

But in Reality PS3 sold MORE faster and Is Selling More now.

Must Suck to be blind to the facts that xbox is just a US thing.

[captainjy]

Well, what other country is there? Of course it's a US thing.

[lawman1108]

Yeah, the last time I checked the USA makes up over 1/2 of the WORLD WIDE video game sales unlike whatever 3rd world $hit hole you come from. There are police departments in the USA that are larger then some "country's" armys. If you can't win the USA you can't win the system war my friend and as you stated the 360 OWNES the USA. 2 million copys of DMC4 have been sold world wide and 1.5 million were 360 copys. This is why MGS4 will be sold on the 360 maybe not on day one but it will come out for the 360.

[Pain]

Wow...
(Yeah, the last time I checked the USA makes up over 1/2 of the WORLD WIDE video game sales unlike whatever 3rd world $hit hole you come from.)
-i Come from the 3rd world called Canada Its the HUGE ASS Country Above yours Look at a Map

(There are police departments in the USA that are larger then some "country's" armys.)
-Cuz u all Have Guns and like to shoot each other daa

If you can't win the USA you can't win the system war my friend and as you stated the 360 OWNES the USA.
-yea For Now but watch that lead go REAL Fast to the wii then PS3 by end year .

2 million copys of DMC4 have been sold world wide and 1.5 million were 360 copys.
-LOL thats Funny Kids says the darndest things Link Kid or go away.

This is why MGS4 will be sold on the 360 maybe not on day one but it will come out for the 360.
-U Lost All hope ii care what u say from this day forth with that one LOLOLOLOLOLOL FAIL!!!!!!!

[pegger24]

Please quit using anecdotal evidence to prove something is or isn't happening.
"Both Target's buy my house do not have an Elite or Pro, neither do the bestbuys for that matter, that means no where in the world are there 360's" see how stupid that is. Just because your game stop has some doesn't mean that all of them do. Just like the stores by me in Minneapolis not having them does not mean that all stores are empty. for christ sakes, Microsoft didn't say there were none, just that the supply channels were not stocked that well, which they aren't

But anyway on topic, 300K seems right, I mean, January had them at a little of 200K and February isn't even over yet, but whatever, not sure of the point of this article as news

[EZCheez]

I had to settle for an Arcade, but i'm looking for a hard drive on ebay right now.

[funkysolo]

Go online and see if you can't order a 360. Only an idiot would not be able to get A 360...I can't beleave how 360 fans fall for these crap. Just to prove my point try to find a will online or at retail and then try to find a 360 online at retail. I bet you can't find a wii but can find 10 different stores that got the 360 instock....If you are looking for one I'll be more than glad to show you, because you are to incompetent to type buy.com, walmart.com, bestbuy.com, circuitcity.com..

[captainjy]

This isn't even worth commenting on. For one, this isn't news. This is some no-name blogger. Secondly, if MS has sold 18.3 million consoles, do you think they are going to announce, "Hey everybody, we have sold 18.3 million consoles!" No, they are doing to say, "We have sold over 18 million consoles.", as reported at GDC. You Phony Phuckers are desparate.

[captainjy]

When you PSFreeites can produce real, hard numbers, let me know.

[InYourMom]

What kind of 1/2 assed article is this??

Seems to be getting harder to find anti-360 articles lately. You know all this good MS news this week wouldn't go unchecked for long by the droid army.

The article even has a question mark on it because even the author of this 2 paragraph piece of FUD isn't even sure.

[Stubacca]

@InYourMom

Seems to be getting harder to find anti-360 articles lately? I wonder why?

And what good 360 news this week? That fable has one button for every action or that they are making you pay for downloadable content they couldn't fit on a DVD?

[Anything but Cute]

It just depends on where you live.

Anyway, those sales don't surprise me. PS3 has been putting a damper on 360 sales wordwide.

And all 360 has this year is Gears of War 1.5, Grand Theft Borat and Grand Theft Borat: Shivering Isis which requires broadband and all your hard drive space.

PS3 has Resistance 2, Killzone 2, Grand Theft Borat, Metal Gear Solid 4, Gran Turismo 5, Final Fantasy XIII, Little Big Planet.

I think PS3 wins.

[chfthnder26]

wut do u mean gears 1.5 dont be mad because your ps3 doesnt have n e games out that can even begin to compete with gears and also you forgot ninja gaiden 2, fable 2, alan wake, too human, fracture, goldeneye and also devil may cry 4 just to name a few good day now

[jinn]

Microsoft is a success

[Stubacca]

When?

[sonyfanonly]

GOD A MIGHTY XBOTS EVEN THE LEGENDARY HALO 3 WASNT ENOUGH TO STOP THE MIGHTY PS3 - I REMEMBER BACK WHEN - WHEN YOU ALL SAID THAT WHEN HALO 3 LAUNCHED THAT WOULD BE THE END OF SONY BUT LOOK SONY IS GAINING MOMENTUM FAST AND FASTER THAN THE 360 SO SUCK ON THAT M$ TURDS

[moodymofo]

thats probably not bad for an allready establishd system on a non holliday time of year i mean most people already own a 360

[Bubble Buddy]

xbox controller's triggers feel nice...

[Kuest]

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[EZCheez]

The marks on the analog sticks that stick up drive me crazy. I love that they are concaved but I took an exacto blade and shave off the notches.

I'm loving the in-game music though. It's been too long.

[360_Rules]

Do you PS tools know the meaning of the word? That is the reason the 360 has sold little so far this year. In March they are going to get a lot more in and the 360 is going to outsell PS3 in North America. You PS3 fanboys tools going to be Pwnt!

[Atomic]

I think the 360 is doomed to fail , why ? because it will never attain the mainstream audience and will exclusively stay with the hardcores.

if you want to prosper in this business ,you have to gain in the lucrative casual market that constitute the majority of potential home console owners , and for Microsoft or any other c