Xbox 360 Sales Surpass Original Xbox

[stompy]

How on earth would you seperate those from sales records? They are judged by the raw number of consoles shipped, and replacement 360's, both from the store and from the repair facilities, are counted in this raw total.

Sorry, I wasn't aware how replacement consoles were given out. I thought that the number of consoles shipped to replacement centres were counted separately to those sent to retail stores.

 

[TsunamiWombat]

How on earth would you seperate those from sales records? They are judged by the raw number of consoles shipped, and replacement 360's, both from the store and from the repair facilities, are counted in this raw total.

Sorry, I wasn't aware how replacement consoles were given out. I thought that the number of consoles shipped to replacement centres were counted separately to those sent to retail stores.

Dingo isn't exactly the best source of Xbox360 news and info, all respect intended...

 

[stompy]

Dingo isn't exactly the best source of Xbox360 news and info, all respect intended...

I'm guessing that... anyways, does anyone know how they collected their data? You know, with sources.

 

[Lance Icarus]

It's a fact that it's winning, it has not yet won.

I don't think you can declare a winner in a generation until a new generation emerges. It's like declaring Roger Federer the winner of Wimbledon when the score is 6-0,6-0,5-0 in his favour. He could have a brain aneurysm in the final game and get comprehensively beaten from then on. It's highly unlikely but not improbable.

So are you saying that the Wii is going to get disqualified? Did the Wii video tape a PS2 practice? Come on man, I know the new generation isn't out yet and this generation is still technically up in the air, but that's like saying your football team's still in the playoff race when the leader just needs to win one more game in the next six weeks.

It would take a complete Nintendo fallout and profit loss unlike anything we've ever seen for anyone else to even have a chance in surpassing Nintendo for console sales, let alone if you include the DS. Nintendo is going to be on top for the foreseeable future.

I do have an idea to throw out there though. How about we all just stop caring about who's winning and play some video games? Anyone with me?

 

[Eagle Est1986]

Note: 360 owner, don't flame! don't flame!

Maybe it's something to do with all the extra copies people have been buying whenever their previous console kicks the bucket.

Exactly what I was going to say. I know plenty of people who've bought a second 360 because the first one died, myself included. Sure Microsoft offered the extended warranty for sufferers of the RROD but there's plenty of other things that regularly go wrong with that console.
So congrats Microsoft, you've sold more 360s than you did original Xboxs but it's only half the console than the original was in my eyes.

 

[Virgil]

I'm just stating the fact that a reporter is supposed to report the news and not bring his own opinion into it.

Ironically, that's not a fact, that's an opinion. One that we generally don't agree with here.

How on earth would you separate those from sales records? They are judged by the raw number of consoles shipped, and replacement 360's, both from the store and from the repair facilities, are counted in this raw total.

Consoles shipped would include the number of consoles shipped to retail stores only, minus the ones that were returned from the retailers (returns, damaged shipments, etc). For Microsoft, or any manufacturer, these are what they consider their sales numbers and they keep track of them very closely. Actual sales to consumers are much harder to keep track of, since they have to get those numbers from individual retailers.

Consoles sent out from repair facilities do not count as 'sales' - they're exchanges covered under their warranty programs. They have to be kept track of separately from sales records for accounting purposes (sales are a profit, returns/repairs are a loss).

You should be able to take the numbers at face value, it was inevitable - the Xbox 360 is a much better console than the original Xbox, with a larger variety of better games. It would have been major news if it hadn't sold better than the original.

 

[Eagle Est1986]

Yes but you're missing the fact that a lot of people didn't get their 360 replaced, they simply got a new one. I know several people who have done this, myself included. So that's a boost to sales, simply because of poor build quality.

 

[bad rider]

Sad the PS3 will probley never manage to best the PS2.

*Runs for cover*

Anyone who makes those kinds of sales will be sleeping on a bed of gold for a long time to come.

 

[bad rider]

How on earth would you separate those from sales records? They are judged by the raw number of consoles shipped, and replacement 360's, both from the store and from the repair facilities, are counted in this raw total.

You would have thought someone would have an article about how microsoft had lied by now if they did that. Shit, I don't think it would have left the lips of the guy who suggested it before someone had written a "omfg ms r lyers" article, should they have done that.