Xbox 360 Sales May Exceed Microsoft's 10M Forecast


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sounds good to me and i don't see a problem with that happening at all. The X360 should definitely sell that many in my book. Even if they are only estimates, i'm sure they have about 2 million consoles out there waiting to be picked up during the christmas selling season.

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What is a NPD estimate?

The NPD Group, founded in 1967, is the leading global provider of consumer and retail market research information for a wide range of industries. We provide critical consumer behavior and point-of-sale (POS) information and industry expertise across more industries than any other market research company.

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They're pretty renowned for giving out good estimates for these kinds of things.

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But I thought NPD only gave out estimates for US sales?

Well the US is the biggest market out of all of them for MS, so it's a pretty good indicator of how well they're doing.

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But really I would think so too since, PS3 is nowhere to be found and comparing Wii vs. 360 of course 360 win. I was planning to buy ps3 but I couldn't find for anywhere around 600 miles I live. I just see stocks and stocks of 360 and not even 1 Wii or ps3, even the demo workstation were having a problem while Wii didn't had any control and ps3 kept freezing (this is 4 day old circuit city I was talking about.)

We (Circuit City) don't and won't have a Wii demo in any stores, as it would be incredibly hard to prevent theft of the controllers. I don't know what you're talking about :huh:

And, honestly, do you expect the PS3 to not freeze?

/me runs from Sony fanboys

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Well the US is the biggest market out of all of them for MS, so it's a pretty good indicator of how well they're doing.

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True, but I don't see how you could come up with a worldwide number from that.

Anyway, the results are in.

November 2006 (NPD):

DS = 918,000

PS2 = 664,000

GBA = 641,000

360 = 511,000

Wii = 476,000

PSP = 412,000

PS3 = 197,000

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Total Xbox 360 US sales according to NPD is ....... 3.8 million. :/

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Total Xbox 360 US sales according to NPD is ....... 3.8 million. :/

So, what happened to the 5 million that MS said were sold by the end of June this year...

Considering MS just shipped their 10 millionth unit, I'm guessing there aren't 6 million on store shelves...

I know I'm generalizing beyond just the US, but it still applies.

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So, what happened to the 5 million that MS said were sold by the end of June this year...

Considering MS just shipped their 10 millionth unit, I'm guessing there aren't 6 million on store shelves...

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Yeah, people brought that up back in June how the numbers were so different. MS was talking about the whole NA, so maybe Mexico is bringing up the rear. :p

Seriously, I really don't know who to believe, honestly.

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I believe NPD does not represent the total number of units sold in the US. I've read they don't even include retailers like Wal-Mart, for example.

For me, the most notable point in their report was actually the fact that Gears of War outsold FF XII by a lot - even though FF XII was out for the entire month and GoW was not, AND the fact that there are like a billion PS2s out there and a relatively small number of 360s.

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