Microsoft is reporting their European sales are the best they’ve seen in the history of Xbox 360 sales. They’re claiming the sales are double what they were in the 2007 holiday season. They are saying 8-million consoles have been sold to date in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Microsoft’s fast to push out […]
Microsoft Claims EMEA Holiday Sales Victory
January 5th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Industry News · Microsoft · Press Release · Xbox 360
Almost Three Million Lose Life To Lich King
November 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Wrath of the Lich King is the fastest selling game of all time beating the old champion: Burning Crusade. Believe it or not, Blizzard is saying 2.8-million people picked up the expansion to World of Warcraft and are currently sitting at home forgetting to eat their dinner in the first 24-hours of launch. This probably […]
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Xbox 360 Price Cut Leads To 100-Percent Sales Increase
September 11th, 2008 · No Comments
Why release a single block buster game with a two week pop when you can simply lower the price of your console and boost sales by 100%? That’s a question Sony may be asking themselves right now, as Metal Gear Solid 4‘s hype may have lasted years but the sales and console unit sale boots […]
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Xbox 360 Japan Sales Drop, PS3 Sales Crappy
August 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
The Xbox 360 saw a huge jump last week with Tales of Vesperia from Namco Bandai, but has dropped back down to normal sales (about none). Some are saying it’s mainly because of a short supply as the 360 sold out in Japan as a result of Tales of Vesperia. In other news, the PlayStation […]
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Tales of Vesperia: Xbox 360 Outsells PS3 In Japan
August 15th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Sony’s been talking about how they’ve overtaken the Xbox 360 here in the States, perhaps this is because Microsoft shifted their attention to pwning them in Japan? Xbox 360 sold 25,000 units to PlayStation 3‘s minor 9,673 units according to Edge Online, that’s 2.5 times more if you’re into that math thing. Seriously though, Microsoft […]
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Nintendo Wants More Wii and DS Sales
July 16th, 2008 · No Comments
At E3 Reggie Fils-Aime let the world know he wasn’t satisfied with the sales progress of the Wii or DS in 2007 and hopes Nintendo can do better this year. Perhaps Nintendo is playing the humble card? No doubt they bragged about their 10 million sales of the Wii and 20 million sales of the […]
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