360 Slim UK release - 1000% sale increase, beats PS2/3 Slim sales


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July 19th, 2010 @ 10:55

By Johnny Cullen

Chart-Track’s announced that 360 Slim’s UK launch has surpassed those of both PS2 and PS3 Slim.

When it launched in September last year, Chart-Track boss Dorian Bloch told VG247 that sales of PS3 Slim were over 1,000 percent in the UK.

From GfK’s website:

“Microsoft’s new, improved, slimmer Xbox 360 console, the Xbox 360 250GB (or Xbox 360S) achieves the biggest launch in the UK for a ‘revised’ home console, surpassing the launches of both PS2 Slim and PS3 Slim and recording over two days around the same as the original Xbox 360’s launch sales total back in week 48 2005.

“This is even more impressive when you take into account that the original Xbox 360 was launched across two versions (Pro and Core).”

This morning’s news is the cherry on top of what must already be a good day’s cake for Microsoft, with Crackdown 2 holding the number one spot in the UK software charts for a second week running.

http://www.vg247.com/2010/07/19/360-slim-uk-release-surpases-ps2-ps3-slim-launches-says-chart-track/

Awesome news :D

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UK sales of Xbox 360 up 1,000% thanks to new SKU

July 20th, 2010 @ 20:41

By Stephany Nunneley

Microsoft Europe boss Chris Lewis has said UK sales of Xbox 360 are up a whopping 1,000 percent over last week, thanks to the console’s new SKU.

Speaking with GI.biz, Lewis attributes the surge to price cuts on older Elite and Arcade models, along with the slimmer console revealed at E3, providing Microsoft with an 84 percent share of the market.

“It’s only a couple of days of sales, but it does further enforce the appetite that people have for the Xbox 360, and excitement for the 250GB slimmer, quieter version,” said Lewis.

The slimline Xbox 360 runs £199 in the UK, while the Elite sells for £149 and the Arcade £119. Lewis did not provide a break down in percentage of the different SKUs.

It was announced by Chart-Track yesterday that sales for the redesigned console were higher than Sony’s release of PS3 Slim, as well as the slimmer PS2.

Lewis’ “1,000 percent” comment is similar to the comment Chart-Track boss Dorian Bloch made to VG247, when he told us PS3 Slim sales were over 1,000 percent in the UK at launch last year.

Microsoft today announced a 4Gb Xbox 360 slimline for £149.99, which can also be purchased in a bundle with Kinect plus one game for £249.99 come November, when Kinect will also be made available with Kinect Adventures for £129.99.

http://www.vg247.com/2010/07/20/uk-sales-of-xbox-360-up-1000-thanks-to-new-sku/

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Well this is great and all but you sure it's not jus' cause everyone wants a quiet 360 they can actually rely on not to die.

Maybe if the PS2 n PS3 had such a high failure rate/bad rep then people'da jumped higher for the slim.

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Well this is great and all but you sure it's not jus' cause everyone wants a quiet 360 they can actually rely on not to die.

Maybe if the PS2 n PS3 had such a high failure rate/bad rep then people'da jumped higher for the slim.

or because the 360 is more popular than the Playstation 3 :D

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Well this is great and all but you sure it's not jus' cause everyone wants a quiet 360 they can actually rely on not to die.

Maybe if the PS2 n PS3 had such a high failure rate/bad rep then people'da jumped higher for the slim.

Well you could say the same thing about PS2 and dvd failures or the PS3 and the YLOD...

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Well this is great and all but you sure it's not jus' cause everyone wants a quiet 360 they can actually rely on not to die.

Maybe if the PS2 n PS3 had such a high failure rate/bad rep then people'da jumped higher for the slim.

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Unfortunately I'm no expert but it was my understanding that the 360 had a much higher failure rate and that it's rep for dying from RROD was far worse than the PS2s dvd failures or YLOD which most of my gaming friends who dont spend all their time on a forum would never have heard of, in comparison to the RROD which is always bandied around.

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Unfortunately I'm no expert but it was my understanding that the 360 had a much higher failure rate and that it's rep for dying from RROD was far worse than the PS2s dvd failures or YLOD which most of my gaming friends who dont spend all their time on a forum would never have heard of, in comparison to the RROD which is always bandied around.

Widespread enough to cause a class action lawsuit. They had some pathetic settlement where they gave you a replacement and/or a game for your trouble.

And then continued using cheap drives for the rest of the console's life which failed. Go figure!

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How many have MS had? :laugh:

3 by my count, 2 of which are hardware related and MS offers more than enough support for them.

1: RROD lawsuit - offers refunds on repairs & offered free 3year warranty with a fixed console/replacement

2: Disc scratching - offers free replacements

3: wah wah wah, you banned me cause I pirated games - sling yer hook ;)

Much better than Sony - *shrug* Here's a free copy of Babie's Horse Riding :p Now pay us $100+

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https://www.squaretrade.com/htm/pdf/SquareTrade_Xbox360_PS3_Wii_Reliability_0809.pdf

This is what most people forget when talking about RROD in 2010:

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There's lots more detailed info in the full pdf as well, everyone should check it out before they keep going on about the RRoD.

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Well this is great and all but you sure it's not jus' cause everyone wants a quiet 360 they can actually rely on not to die.

Wha?!

Unfortunately I'm no expert but it was my understanding that the 360 had a much higher failure rate and that it's rep for dying from RROD was far worse than the PS2s dvd failures or YLOD which most of my gaming friends who dont spend all their time on a forum would never have heard of, in comparison to the RROD which is always bandied around.

I think the PS2 was actually worse, just not as advertised because the internet has grown so much since the release of the PS2.

There's lots more detailed info in the full pdf as well, everyone should check it out before they keep going on about the RRoD.

They won't check it out. It doesn't suit their agenda.

Great news yet again for the sales. Europe (especially the UK) loves the 360.

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Wha?!

I'm pretty sure you all know exactly what I mean. Joe bloggs is gonna jump on the new slim cause it's a solution to what is perceived to be a widespread problem, even though we know that it isn't.

I think the PS2 was actually worse, just not as advertised because the internet has grown so much since the release of the PS2.

Which would support my point in that its the publics perception of a hardware fault.

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I'm pretty sure you all know exactly what I mean. Joe bloggs is gonna jump on the new slim cause it's a solution to what is perceived to be a widespread problem, even though we know that it isn't.

That scenario is indeed possible, though I believe it wouldn't be a blip on the radar of what would make the difference. More than likely, the sales of the 360 S specifically were hardcore gamers looking to upgrade their old 360 (not because it wasn't quiet), current PS3 owners, and a very few casual gamers (very very few).

Granted, that is my opinion. My PS3 is loud, and I am a hardcore gamer, but I haven't bothered buying a slim yet. I think those buying a new console for the purpose of reducing fan noise would be trivial in quantity.

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I'm not gonna say that's why I think it surpassed PS sales, though my earlier post might've sounded like that, it was just meant to be saying here this could be a contributing factor.

But the 1up brigade pounced.

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Honestly I think it's a trivial matter to begin with to even bring it up. The end result is all MS/retailers care about.

Unless you're going to Q every buyer for their reason they bought one you'll never know. From what I've seen on Neowin so far, it's users with working 360's that bought the slim, so their reasons aren't because they needed a new console.

Of course that is a very small number, but they represent the "hardcore" community.

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Didn't the same thing apply with the PS3 slim? Because people wanted a smaller cooler PS3? I suppose you could say that's one factor but it doesn't matter.

Of note though, I find it a bit comical that even on their 3rd console Sony is still kill of the disc drive errors, as the linked pdf stats show for those whole took a look into it. As bad as the whole RRoD thing was, it was MS's first big hardware problem with a console, I don't remember the original Xbox having massive issues of some sort. On the Sony side though, 3 generations and each of them has the same optical drive weak link.

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I'm not gonna say that's why I think it surpassed PS sales, though my earlier post might've sounded like that, it was just meant to be saying here this could be a contributing factor.

But the 1up brigade pounced.

Understood and agreed.

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