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Friday, January 12, 2007

Xbox 360 outsells PS3 and Wii ...

... Depending on who you ask.

But if the NPD Funworld numbers are any indication, this seems to be the case.

Microsoft sold 1.1 million units in December alone, benefitting from the Wii (604,200 units in December) and PS3 (490,700 units) shortages.

And while Microsoft is trumpeting December, it's also crowing (via press release) it outsold "all next-generation consoles in November and December" -- but the Xbox 360 had full production and a full month so sales in November, where Nintendo and Sony not only had shortages, but had partial month sales, since they were released on November 19 and November 17 (respectively).

And Sony is crying foul at the NPD numbers, saying it doesn't account for Canada (?) and 150,000 units shipped the last week in December. I think I need to do a separate post deconstructing some of the recent Sony corporate communications indescretions. Besides, I've been snapping picts of retailers in town, and PS3s are sitting untouched.

Oh, and forum poster fanboys are bad enough, but I'm disappointed to see some "objective" multiplatform sites (that is, not things like TeamXbox.com), slanting their news stories to one particular console or another.

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SOURCES: Gamespot.com, joystiq.com, kotaku.com, Xbox.com, IGN, GameInformer, Official XBox Magazine, CNN, gamesindustry.biz, and others.

Adam Creighton, Computer and Video Gaming (Subscribe)

Friday, January 12, 2007

Xbox 360 outsells PS3 and Wii ...

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