
GFK-ChartTrack confirms increase following last week's price cuts
Xbox 360 sales rocketed up 32 per cent over the weekend, official UK retail monitor GFK-ChartTrack has confirmed to MCV.
The console outsold the PS3, which saw an eight per cent drop in its sales compared to the previous weekend.
MCV broke the news last night that Xbox 360 had hit six million unit sales in Europe this week.
Microsoft brought the entry-level SRP for the Arcade console down to £129.99 on Friday, with the standard 60GB 360 priced at £169.99 - leaving it with two consoles under Wii's bargain £179.99 pricetag.
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6 million?
The 360 has sold 6 million in total since its launch in Europe...
Yet the PS3 is aiming to sell 6 million just for this year in Europe.
The 360 has a LONG way to go if it wants to tackle Europe.
Re: 6 million?
@Dean: Actually, I think you will find . . .. . Oh what's the point. You won't listen anyway.
Re: Re: 6 million?
Dean,
I do by some means agree that MS has a little way before it "conquers" Europe. But this article isn't about Europe. It's about the UK, where the 360 is doing well. That 6m you refer to? Well more than 1/3 (about 2.5m) of that is the UK only. So yes by all means, it has alot to do in europe, But the UK which we are talking about here in this article is going strong for MS.
Re: Re: Re: 6 million?
Dean, Sony expect to shift 6 million PS3 sales this year in Europe? No they don't. Please check up before posting such rubbish.
**** the fanboy ****.
I think it's about time someone said congrats on a job well done.
Perfect timing and a ballsy and proactive move by Microsoft.
Okay for now
32% isn't massive, but might not have had the publicity yet, besides not having a full week at the new price.
SONY has sold 7.5m PS3s in europe
so ps3 is ahead of x360 by 1.5m units in europe
By the end of this year ps3 will have a 5m lead over x360 in europe
UK is the only region where x360 is selling. It was still trailing ps3 though
However the x360 is fully dead in all other european regions which include Spain/Italy/France and Germany
X360 is a lost cause in both Japan and europe
It will die in NA too very soon
Re: SONY has sold 7.5m PS3s in europe
Larry? Since when did you become a comedian.
Haha so laughable.
Re: SONY has sold 7.5m PS3s in europe
Oh Shut up! . . Whats with all this fan boy crap.
Give it a rest will you.
If you have nothing contructive to say, go away. Go to N4G or C&VG.
Facts, just facts. Not the pre pubesent dribblings of somone who feels personally affronted because their console of choice is not winning some ficticious 'war'. ARrrghhhh!
Re: Re: SONY has sold 7.5m PS3s in europe
@Jimothy; that rant was not dirrected at you. its for Larry, and Dean. Who I suspect are, in fact, the same person/child.
Larry = Sony clown
You are right Noob, kid-larry is using multiple nicknames to post all his crap.
Btw, the 360 is well alive in France, with 800 000 consoles sold, the 1 000 000 mark should be achieved at the end of the year.
ps3
i think ps3 and WII gonna sale most.
Xbox has too many problems plus now it is shifting to blu-ray. i work in a game shop in mauritius and i have 24 xbox 360 with dead light showing. Only 2 ps3 has Lens problems. WII =0 problem. X-box 360 has copy games but when u modify it ,dead light shows up after sometime.
Re: ps3
"X-box 360 has copy games but when u modify it ,dead light shows up after sometime."
Thats the funniest thing I've read all day!
Re: Re: ps3
yeah the ring of death of the x-box 360 is a true thing i have 3 friends that got this problem this prob with it very sad for a good console like this microsoft should have built a better machine because it has great games i think i will take a ps 3 it may be more expensive but i truly think it has a longer life span it has also the blue ray reader to watch film in hd 1080p and i heard that in a near future ps 3 will have games in 1080p at 120fps i am not fooling around i have investigate now programmers understand ps3 and his cell processor better
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