Microsoft Announces Black Friday week sales

Next Gen Biz
Microsoft announced Thursday that that Xbox 360 sold 310,000 units for the week of November 18 in the US. This compares favorably to the year-younger Nintendo Wii, which sold 350,000 units during the same time frame.

Aaron Greenberg
"We turned around and replenished those units," the Xbox 360 product manager said in a phone interview. "We're seeing thousands and thousands of top big box retail stores reporting outages depending on SKUs, and some reporting outages of the whole Xbox 360 line."

[the worst]

what ever

[Lex Luthor]

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[Lex Luthor]

Ahhh.. Please don't cry.

[Evil0Angel]

HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA
360 outsold PS3

Software sales continue to outpace those of Wii and PS3, with Xbox 360 capturing 54 percent of total software sales at $162 million during October, according to NPD. Wii and PS3 captured 30 percent and 16 percent, respectively

do not say this normal becuase 360 got bigger instal base blah blah caz there is 10M 360--- 10M wii 6Mps3 but 360 outselling them compained.
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i think MS game divsion will be out of red this quarter

[lawman1108]

Ohhhhh how quiet it is.

[Led Zeppelin]

It's funny you say that because if it were the PS3 that was doing that, you'd be creaming your pants.

[jjfunaz]

Your actually very wrong. I expect 360 to sell the most software because in the US, Xbox has 2x more then wii sold, and 3x more then ps3s. I believe the numbers are:

360: 8mil (~50%)
wii: 6mil (~30%)
PS3: 3mil (~20%)

So the software ratios is exactly what you would expect in the US. This shows that software sales for all three systems is roughly the same when compared to the amount of systems sold.

Good new for MS though as they are stil doing very well in the US. Europe and Japan though need a boost though.

[lessthanmarcus]

Could care less who sells more. We'll see who sells more in '08 where PS3 has about 10x more exclusives. But even then, still don't care

[Meus Renaissance]

Sony released a percentage with a high figure, although the smart ones knew what percentage really translated to in terms of figures. Microsoft PHONE the media and announce numbers sold. To sell Sony 2:1, when the price difference is close to nothing, is a smack in the faces of the ones in the suits in Japan.

Luckily the holiday season has just begun and we'll be monitoring the figures till past Christmas, but Sony need to desperately become on par in sales figures this holiday with Microsoft if they have the intention of over leaping the X360 userbase this time next year.

They have a lead in Europe but its not of a ratio of 2:1 although it will most likely reach that in 2008 with the games that Sony has on the racks for release by then. Will this generation be exclusively dependant on territories? Damn. Microsoft has North America wrapped around their little finger it seems. Japan is Sony's love-child.

All eyes on Europe.

[BLaZiN PRopHeT]

couldnt agree with you more.

[rubarb23]

except for japan being sony's love child. ps3 has outsold the wii for like what 3 weeks in a row or something?
the wii has been killing the ps3 since launch over there. i'd say japan is wii's girlfriend and ps3 is throwing kisses at japan and japan is starting to take notice.

[jiggyjay]

You sony fanboys are funny! How bout you guys just keep your mouths shut until the PS3 is actually outselling the 360 3:1 all the time because that's the only way the PS3 will catch up to it.. Wait till the PS3 launches.. Wait till HS, Lair and Uncharted comes out.. Wait till the 40 GB PS3 comes out! Now its wait till 2008 comes out! Look I don't doubt that the PS3 has great games on 2008 but games alone will not attract the masses to the system! Its also price! And guess which TRUE NEXT GEN console will be at $199 and will even have a bigger library of games with GTA 4 by next fall! Let me give you a clue its not going to be Sonys console!

Theres no way the PS3 is going outsell the 360 unless the PS3 becomes cheaper than the 360! Its all about price! So just freakin shut your traps until the PS3 actually is doing it!

[Meus Renaissance]

Software sales continue to outpace those of Wii and PS3, with Xbox 360 capturing 54 percent of total software sales at $162 million during October, according to NPD. Wii and PS3 captured 30 percent and 16 percent, respectively.

LMAO. That is insane. But unsurprising I suppose with the large user base. Alright, seriously, who didn't buy Uncharted? Own up. Admit your shame and go buy the game NOW. Come back and show Daddy Meus a picture of the receipt

[razer]

doesn't the Wii have a larger install base now??

[GIJeff]

will have mine tomarrow! im so excited.

[Meus Renaissance]

Yeah but what is there to buy for the Wii other than SMG? In my eyes anyway

[paul_war]

Sorry Daddy Meus but its not out in the UK yet. I promise though 1st day of release.

@ bellow, snap, 14 games also, only 9 blu-rays so far though...

[hardcorehippiez]

but its not released here yet lol one more week to go then its bought and my collection will now stand and 14 games 11 bluray :)

[bym051d]

I didn't buy Uncharted... but it's on my Christmas list.

the 360 has better attach rates for 3 big reasons.

1. Hardware numbers are very close to Wii and 2x what PS3 is.
2. 360 owners are often more mature owners with more disposable income than Wii owners.
3. There are far more good games to buy on the 360 than on the Wii.

[Method]

Why would anyone want to BUY a 7 hour game?

It's a rental at best.

[OOG FunK]

yea theres no denying that the XBOX n 360 have had retarded attach rates...which all in all is great esp if you end up falln behind your competition in the future but still dominate the charts for software...

[ARBitrator]

Please "kindly" correct me if I'm wrong. But does attach rate really have anything to do with user base. If you have a user base of 25 and I have a user base of 100, and we have both sold a specific game 10 times doesn't that put your attach rate higher than mine. So shouldn't a console with a lower user base have higher attach rate. Or wouldn't that said attach rate climb faster with less users.

Thanks kindly for correcting me on the attach rate thing if I don't have it down correctly.

[lockload]

The whole point of attatch rates are it is console unit sales neutral ie its an avergae of software units sold divided by no of console

Seriously jack trenton must be thinking what can they actually do

[bym051d]

No, you're right. Attach rate is a percentage and not an absolute. I was mostly talking about total software sales, but I meant to talk about attach rate.

Attach rate is not necessarily related to install base size, but it is related to install base demographics.

[Probotector]

LOL, ROFL, LMAO

Sony is the only company that publish sh!tty percentages, instead of REAL numbers like Nintendo and Microsoft does.

Poor PS3, is doomed.

[GIJeff]

Playstation is as doomed as you are smart. So, to simplify, your dumb as turds and sony is doing just fine and getting stronger every day. How did the ps2 software do?

[SquallSK]

From all I know, Nintendo said they sold 350 000 in one day (BF),not in whole week ..

[Meus Renaissance]

Companies can never really make strong assertions on how many they've sold until they get those figures back from the retailers at the end of the month. Instead, what Microsoft are doing now - like what Sony did a few days ago - was estimate numbers based on the information they get from retailers daily, and how many units they'll intend to increase in shipments and translate that to possible sales.

The NPD group gather figures from retail groups but don't announce weekly figures and they also have a wide chain of sources to get their research done whilst Microsoft can only respond to retailers who contact them for shipping information.

Soooo, um, I forgot what I was going to say. These are just estimates but in all reality, it's fantastic news for Microsoft if these estimated figures are shown to be true by the NPD in a few weeks. You gotta give credit where it's due. I don't think the X360 is the better console, but that's my opinion and clearly the majority last week in America did not agree with me.

[King2008]

How so? Because at this 1 year point in 360 history they had about the same amount of units in homes? I dont see why people cant support their system of choice without bashing the other. Or at least get both and have the best of both worlds. Gamers are no longer gamers...seems like they are more interested in the politics of console wars and seeing the demise of another corporation when if that happens it would really really hurt the video game biz.

[montavious]

Sony's responsible for their own erogance and all the fanboys that have bashed Micosoft for how many years now? Lay in the bed you've made!

[BIoodmask]

It is rather impressive to be relatively close to Nintendo Wii in sales. The Wii has outperformed it's rivals for quite some time. It is funny bc there was an article posted previously that the 360 had underperformed the week of Black Friday.

I would be willing to bet that the 360 install base will be well over 15 million once Christmas has come and gone. With a large install base, and larger software sales than Wii and PS3 combined, Microsoft will have great bargaining power for future 3rd party exclusives. Since game producers will see good returns on 360 games development.

[datoejama]

LMAO....

NO.

360 Oct. Sales= 366k
Week of Nov. 18 sales =310k

If they had a pace like that all month then could it be possible that both the Wii and 360 sold over a million in Nov.?

[v1c1ous]

360 accounts for more than half software sales(more than wii+ps3 combined) i already knew.

but i'm surprised wii moved more software than ps3 (not that much). i would have assumed ps3's attach rate, higher than wii's, would have played a part but :/

[Meus Renaissance]

You need to take into factor userbase. It's estimated that the Wii's userbase in North America is three times that of the PS3's, so for software sales to be double the PS3 on that basis alone is not much of a negative. But I had hoped it would be close to being the same because there are some great games out there now for the PS3

[actas123]

MS had a promotion with purchase of 360 on black Friday, I think it was if u buy the system you get 3 games for free... I think those three games with the high sale numbers of the 360 had a big influence on the percentage of software Xbox posted...

[KingJames1906]

Most people here in America see the PS3 as a cheaper (if you can call $400.00 cheap) blu-ray movie player. During Black Friday, you could buy a PS3 and get 10 free Blu-Ray Movies to go along with that new LCD, DLP, or Plasma TV purchase (No free games though unless you call that $500.00 Motorstorm bundle a free game.) This is Sony's issue from the start and why Microsoft and Nintendo will outsell Sony on the Games front. Sony marketed the PS3 as first a Blu-Ray player, then a computer, than a games machine. When you buy a Wii or Xbox360, you know your getting a game machine first and foremost.

[Bladestar]

I hope Sony learn a thing or 2... this is how is done... Only Sony fanboys are stupid enough to piss on their pants over %... Sony really know their fanbase and treat them accordinly... Numbers prove facts... % are meant to hide facts...

[Lex Luthor]

Why doesn't sony post real numbers instead of percentages?
Soemthing to hide maybe? I remember when the droids where bouncing up and down about the 300% rise. But 300% of nothing is still nothing(Theoretically speaking, i'm not saying sony sold no ps3's).

Anyways, Fantastic news for 360, there are absolutely dominating software sales. And 310,000 is pretty damn great considering Wii only sold 40,000 more.

360 left out of Black Friday? I don't think so.

[rubarb23]

the king of sting when it comes to software sales. my goodness 54%, lol, just killing em all.

[green]

I went for a friends house warming party.Fantastic apartment and noticed a shiny new PS3 next to his 50inches LG HDTV.

I also noticed a brand new collection of DVD movie,4 BLUe-Ray movies and no games.When asked were his games were he responded saying he aint got a console.Which means he purchased it along with his other electronics based on the Blue -Ray capabilities.

This might be the reason why the PS3 is having such a low attachment rate for games.Some sales assistance are not pushing it as a game console 1st,so you end up seeing some consumers buying it because of its other capabilities.This strategy is great for Blue - ray but not so great for 3rd party developers.Sony needs to push the PS3 as a games console 1st then as an entertainment hub with blue-ray and all next.If not the attach rate will still be much lower than the 360.I know that sony will change the strategy when the PS3 enters more homes but i hope 3rd party developers wouldn't have jumped sheep to rival consoles.

This is just a theory i might be wrong

[actas123]

You also should consider the fact that America is a FPS country. There are not that many FPS games on the PS3 right now.. Another thing Xbox offered 3 video games with purchase of console while PS3 did not.. Black friday was a normal day for PS3 it was not a promotion day, they did not offer any free games or anything of that nature. I think PS3 should consider bundling offers, and bundling with games as well as movies

[Urbancowboy786]

but I work at Circuit City and did so on Black Friday week and almost all of the skus for the 360 are sold out, with the exception of the Halo sku. It was crazy, we had one 80gb ps3 left (out of 100) and 2 Wii (out of 2). So this article is no lie.

[neid]

Sounds like every console had a great Black Friday week sales. No gloom or doom from this gamer. After all, competition makes them work harder to gain our money, right?

[ukilnme]

Blind fanboys will never understand that.

[Lex Luthor]

MS said that it outsold PS3 by 2:1 during Black Friday week, which means PS3 must of sold around just over 150,000(Amazing by sony's standards this gen).

[lockload]

Its not amaazing it just highlights how low sony are at the moment when even an 300% increase still sees them 150,000 short of the competition

[Green-Hag]

I guess the technology does not matter. It is the price that counts.

[BloodySinner]

Someone with a brain!

[datoejama]

Price is important but it comes second games. While PS3 is starting to get games, I dont think that average consumer knows about them yet, while 360 has seen a rush of high profile games hit the system since August.

[mesh1]

NAH ur rong technology matters but the tech has to be put towards making games not towards a media centre that were ps3 went rong this gen the 360 fans buy games and that all what matters when it comes to console wars software make console and atm no release this year fo rthe ps3 is great i can play any ps2 game and feel ive gotten more than the current ps3 games that just the fact

[Drillin]

Well it is not to shocking. NPD will be the same as it is every month. Wii on top, 360 in second and PS3 in third. Grats to 360 those are really good sales.

[eagle21]

but I need Sony's numbers before I claim 2:1. Plus official WORLDWIDE numbers. And percentages of next gen software is vague when there are 3 other consoles to average.

[lawman1108]

40 360 games are sold for every 1 PS3 game. Funny how all of the PS3 fan boys (Shmee, PS3 limps on ,mighty douche, gamesblow and the rest) avoid this post. Where is all their trash talk now?

[djt23]

that really suck for those xbox 360 user

[Lex Luthor]

huh?

[skagrerrrr]

HAHAHA funny guy...

[Darrius Cole]

We already knew this.

VGChartz estimated that X360 sold 298,918 in the US, compared to the PS3's 174,045 sold in the US. That is a ratio of 1.72 to 1 which is roughly equivalent to 2:1.

VGChartz also estimates Xbox 360 sold 6,006 units in Japan and 71,785 units sold in the "Other" locations for a total of 376,709 units sold for the week.

VGChartz estimates that PS3 sold 56,211 units in Japan and 102,631 units in the "Other" locations for a total of 332,887 units sold for the week.

The worldwide numbers are not that bad for PS3. Granted it is still selling less than 360 overall, but not as much less as it had been.

Granted, VGChartz numbers are just estimations but by they are not the far off of the numbers that Microsoft reports.

[rofldings]

No... Last night they had the numbers at 210k?

They just changed it when this report came out.

Seriously, they just pull numbers out of their asses.

[Darrius Cole]

Sorry for the double post (browser glitch)

[Anything but Cute]

Wii is announcing less that what shows on VG Chartz, XBOX 360 is announcing more.

But Microsoft also had me believe that they had sold 10 million units by the end of 2006.

[jazzmanb]

the 360 is best gaming platform bar none..its the most powerful gaming rig and it has the best online service and library of games..the ps3 is a blue ray player that ps3s supporters were dooped into buying to help sony play dirty and win a format war..

[Boink]

glad they released numbers instead of stupid percentages...

[Anything but Cute]

They just changed the figures today, compared to what they had yesterday.

So now we can't even trust VG chartz initial reports that get posted on n4g, why are we wasting our time?

In reality we need to stop wasting our time and realize that we have to wait a month for the NPD. But then I guess n4g.com would be really boring.

[karlostomy]

The sting! It smarts.. ouch ow ouch!

300% up and still behind. ouch!
16% of software sales? ouch!

Did i mention OUCH!?

daaayum!

[Anything but Cute]

it smarts??

[Real gamer 4 life]

Look like the arcade version of the 360 sold very well, that good for microsoft. Sony has to try and lower the price for the ps3 futher to try and compete with its rival. They should do the samething that microsofr does with the arcade, They should take away the harddrive and replace it with a memory card and throw in some old games like pac man and tetris, and put a price of 280.

[SJL480]

[UPDATE] It seems that SCEA is disputing Microsoft's 2:1 Xbox 360 to PS3 ratio. Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter Todd Bishop received the following e-mail from Sony rep Kimberly Otzman, who said: "It's (Sony Computer Entertainment America) policy not to disclose our unit sales numbers until NPD numbers are officially released which will be December 13th. However, I can assure you that Microsoft's estimates of our PS3 unit sales numbers are way off and they did not outsell PS3 2:1 during Black Friday week."

[Real gamer 4 life]

Where did you get this piece of infor from, can you please provide a link for us?

[Captain Tuttle]

Read the article. It's at the bottom.

[lawman1108]

What would you expect they to say? They will be beioutch slapped in a few days.