Six year old hardware sells 800,000 at $299 in 24 hours

[neiltc13]

Entering the seventh year of its lifecycle, Xbox 360 just closed the biggest sales week in the history of Xbox, selling more than 960,000 consoles in the U.S. during the week of Black Friday.

Microsoft’s retail partners are equally excited about our sales performance this holiday.


“We have seen tremendous excitement from customers for our hot holiday gaming offers,” said Chris Homeister, senior vice president and general manager of Home Entertainment at Best Buy. “Xbox 360 was among the best-sellers at Best Buy this Black Friday, and is a testament to the continued popularity of the gaming category this holiday.”

Sales highlights in the U.S. during the week of Black Friday include:

Xbox 360 sold more than 960,000 consoles in the U.S. alone, of which more than 800,000 were sold within a period of 24 hours – the biggest week of sales in Xbox history. (Source: Internal data)
More than 750,000 Kinect for Xbox 360 sensors were sold in the U.S. – standalone and bundled. (Source: Internal data)

http://majornelson.com/2011/11/29/xbox-360-records-the-biggest-week-in-xbox-history/

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Seems like Microsoft is still on to a winner here. The new software update is out on December 6th and it adds a bunch of online TV streaming options.

 

[Bonch]

X = Poop

PoopBox 360

 

[blueroom]

X = Poop

PoopBox 360

Haha, work on that all night?

 

[yg17]

X = Poop

PoopBox 360

Insightful.

And if x = poop, then it's Poopbopoop 360.

 

[mobilehaathi]

And people complain about Macs being expensive with out-of-date hardware....

 

[charlieroberts]

How can you say xbox 360 is out of date if there isn't anything better? (spare the xbox vs ps3 vs whatever) If nintendo had its new generation system available (the same goes for sony) then I might get people complaining, but all systems available are roughly equally old... so...

I think its good that consoles live for so long. I would not want to be forced into buying a new xbox every year!

 

[dukebound85]

How can you say xbox 360 is out of date if there isn't anything better? (spare the xbox vs ps3 vs whatever) If nintendo had its new generation system available (the same goes for sony) then I might get people complaining, but all systems available are roughly equally old... so...

I think its good that consoles live for so long. I would not want to be forced into buying a new xbox every year!

I agree. It is nice not having to rebuild one's library all the time

 

[steve2112]

I'm really surprised that they are selling these numbers given all the hardware problems they had. I've heard about people having to return several units for repair due to the dreaded Red Ring of Death. They better sell a lot of units to make up for those issues since it cost them $1 Billion to pay for the repairs.

 

[dukebound85]

I'm really surprised that they are selling these numbers given all the hardware problems they had. I've heard about people having to return several units for repair due to the dreaded Red Ring of Death. They better sell a lot of units to make up for those issues since it cost them $1 Billion to pay for the repairs.

Those issues have long been resolved

 

[ericrwalker]

Insightful.

And if x = poop, then it's Poopbopoop 360.

wouldn't it be poopbox 360?

 

[blueroom]

Burning the midnight oil.

 

[dukebound85]

wouldn't it be poopbox 360?

nope

it would be

poopbopoop three sipoopty

 

[Firestar]

wouldn't it be poopbox 360?

No, cause you'd have to replace every X.

 

[ericrwalker]

No, cause you'd have to replace every X.

Gotcha. I was thinking only the X portion. since I was looking at the x in box as a word, not just a letter.

 

[bruinsrme]

I'm really surprised that they are selling these numbers given all the hardware problems they had. I've heard about people having to return several units for repair due to the dreaded Red Ring of Death. They better sell a lot of units to make up for those issues since it cost them $1 Billion to pay for the repairs.

I know it's not like other companies can sell millions of devices with such issues surrounding antenna design or battery issues.
All I can say is MS fixed my RRoD at no cost to me.

 

[*LTD*]

Games are fun. Sometimes I wish I was 16 again.

 

[Shrink]

X = Poop

PoopBox 360

Insightful.

And if x = poop, then it's Poopbopoop 360.

wouldn't it be poopbox 360?

nope

it would be

poopbopoop three sipoopty

I knew there was a reason I joined MR - it's the intellectual quality of the discussions here.

 

[shstiger2009]

I love my Xbox 360, I currently don't see any reason to update it to a new one with sales still flying.

 

[roadbloc]

Games are fun. Sometimes I wish I was 16 again.

Have you nothing nice to say about Microsoft? Really? This is a pretty massive achievement. You'd be posting your links and writing your long paragraphs on how Apple were the best tech company in the world and how everyone else just weren't cut out to be successful in the video games console market.

For your information, it isn't just 16 year olds who are into non-portable video gaming. And even if it was, that is a hell of a lot of 16 year olds Microsoft has catered for. I think Microsoft will be rubbing their hands over this.

 

[steve2112]

I know it's not like other companies can sell millions of devices with such issues surrounding antenna design or battery issues.
All I can say is MS fixed my RRoD at no cost to me.

Yeah, it didn't cost you anything, but it did cost them.

Those issues have long been resolved

I know the recent redesign seems to have fixed the problem. I just wonder how much they actually make on the XBox. I've heard mixed signals on it. Between the R&D costs on it and the RROD losses, I wonder how much they have made on the line. I also wonder how much of this sales surge is driven by the Kinect.

 

[OllyW]

X = Poop

PoopBox 360

OS Poop?

Final Cut Pro Poop?

 

[cherry su]

OS Poop?

Final Cut Pro Poop?

Quicktime Poop!

Too bad iTunes does not get the poop suffix.

 

[ChazUK]

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Games are fun. Sometimes I wish I was 16 again.

Weren't you gushing over Dead Space on the iPad a few weeks ago? What happened?

https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/13340765/

What's this farm and carrots game? Sounds cool.

I probably never heard of it because I was too busy playing Dead Space on my iPhone 4 and iPad. Sadly, it doesn't have any carrots.

https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/13072806/

 

[OutThere]

After 5 replacement 360s I finally have one that has been incredibly reliable, and I really like the fact that the system has had such a long lifecycle—it has given developers the opportunity to develop really deep and well integrated games for the system, and it has allowed me to develop a library of games that is not immediately out of date.

 

[dukebound85]

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Weren't you gushing over Dead Space on the iPad a few weeks ago? What happened?

https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/13340765/

He must have just turned 17