X-Box 360 Tops Wii and PS3 in Holiday Sales !

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Market Analyst, NPD, has released preliminary estimates for sales of Gen-Next video gaming consoles through the 2006 holiday season.

As per these estimates, Microsoft's Xbox 360 was the best selling game console in the US - through the holiday shopping season from November till December 25, 2006.




Nearly 2 million Xbox 360 consoles were sold in North America during this period.

Coming in a close second was Nintendo's Wii, which sold around 1.8 million units through the holiday season.

This is especially significant, considering that the Wii was launched not before November 19, which means that the sales figures are quite impressive for Nintendo.

Sony's PlayStation 3, which launched on November 17, came in a distant third, with approximately only 750,000 units sold from November through Christmas day.

While lack of supply is being cited as the primary reason for Sony's poor performance, it would be well to point out that both the Wii and the PS3 were difficult to find through the holiday season.

And, Microsoft more than made up for these shortfalls. At any given point of time, there were more Xbox 360 consoles on store shelves than there were Wiis or PS3s available.

So, while shoppers scrambled to get the consoles of their choice, they opted for the next best thing when they could not find what they were looking for.

Complete Sales figures for the 2006 holiday season would be released by NPD sometime later this month



Pretty impressive, when you consider that both the Wii and PS3 were released this 4th quarter, and the 360 has been available for over a year now.

I still think Sony shitted on themselves by limiting the amount of PS3's they had available...now I hardly even want one, especially not for that price tag.
 
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it has always been like that....whatever console is already out makes more sales due to the lack of supply of the newer ones. this doesn't really mean much. by this time next year there will be clear cut winners in the console war
 
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i heard best buy got a nice stash of ps3's now.. u can order them online..

just picked up the 360 myself. simply a better buy at this point in time
 
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remember when the dreamcast was the first 128 bit system out on the market, about a year ahead of ps2 and gamecube? i wonder if the xbox360 will see the same fate. doubtful, considering the size of microsoft compared to sega, and the standings of each company at the time of release. if i remember correctly, sony didn't have a lot of ps3's available because they moved up their release date in order to beat the wii's release date and create a market hype.
 
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Sony was supposed to release the PS3 last november, they delayed it until March, and then this last November... Nintendo was very smart releasing the Wii two days after the PS3, it helped kill the buzz Sony had... and it's obvios when you go to Best Buy and see PS3's all over the place, but you can't find a Wii anywhere...
 
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ps3 all over the place?? i doubt it.

major retailers had PS3s on Jan 1, 07 and the limit for each store was 20. I saw the ads on monday(1/01) in the afternoon and i figured that they'd be soldout. I didn't even go to Best Buy because I'm not interested in the PS3 no more(maybe in a year or two i'll purchase one). As of now i'm looking into a Wii and then a 360.......i'll have both by the end of the spring(i hope......if time permits).
 
Defy

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Masked Lemon said:
Sony was supposed to release the PS3 last november, they delayed it until March, and then this last November... Nintendo was very smart releasing the Wii two days after the PS3, it helped kill the buzz Sony had... and it's obvios when you go to Best Buy and see PS3's all over the place, but you can't find a Wii anywhere...
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I don't know where you live, but every place I seen was sold out of ps3 but had wii's
 
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i just might have to try this wii thing cause all i hear is good feedback with it. i thought it was gonne be like the gamecube but next time im at a store with it on display imma have to try it out
 
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One of the big reasons Wii sold better than PS3 is....the availability and price of it. only $250 i beleive, thats way cheaper than PS3 at 500/600. And right now PS3s are more available than the Wii....

the reason Xbox had the upper hand this gen was launching a year before PS3....and PS3 doesnt have alot to offer right now cause you can find all the good shit on Xbox360...Im trying to get a PS3 for the Bluray and to try Resistance, but besides that if I have the chance Im scooping a Wii first...dying to try the controller.
 
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