September 23rd, 2008

Xbox 360 Sales In Europe

Heh, it seems that video game statistics are more interesting to some of you than I would have imagined, and that's nothing but good news. After all, we have to know where it all started, how's it going and, most important of all, where it's headed. Information is power, and who has it can consider himself a wealthy man. Since you asked about how many video games and consoles have been sold, and new information regarding Xbox 360 sales in Europe became available, I find myself compelled to tell you about it, so here it is...

...an article about Xbox 360 sales in Europe, and a few more interesting things. Ready or not, here we go - according to Gfk Chart-Track, Xbox 360 hardware sales rose 32 percent over the weekend of Microsoft's latest price cuts. Even more, here's something interesting for you, so that you can get the larger picture - during the previous weekend, Sony PlayStation 3 sales went down 8 percent!

I know the above is not enough, so here's more - according to Microsoft, Xbox 360 sales in Europe reached the 6 million units mark. After these latest price cuts, the Arcade Xbox 360 became the cheapest home console from the current generation, with a price of only GBP 129.99 in the UK, while the Premium console retails for GBP 169.99 and, finally, the top-of-the-line Xbox Elite, complete with 120GB hard-drive, comes for GBP 229.99.

Software sales are also going strong, since hardware console sales usually drive software sales up, too. This, combined with a serious promotion from Morrisons, who sells chart titles for half the price, pushed Xbox 360 software to a very high level, since Star Wars: The Force Unleashed sold 48 percent of all copies sold for the Xbox 360 console, although it was released for no less than six platforms.

Good, now we covered Xbox 360 sales in Europe, and I hope we'll get to PlayStation 3 sales pretty soon, since I am also interested in a console, and probably the chosen one will be a PS3, but that remains to be seen, there's still plenty of time until Christmas!