Xbox 360 top console in 2011; 1.7M units sold in December
The Xbox 360 was the top selling console for twelve straight months, the NPD Group has revealed. In December, Microsoft sold "more than 1.7 million" Xbox 360 consoles.
Despite the industry being down 21% over last year during the reported month of December, Microsoft is celebrating. Why? The Xbox 360 manufacturer enjoyed twelve straight months at the top of console sales, the NPD Group has revealed.
Microsoft "sold more than 1.7 million" Xbox 360 consoles during December, equaling its efforts from a Black Friday-boosted November 2011. Total retail spend for the console reached $1.5 billion in December, "the most for any console in the U.S.," NPD added.
Of the estimated "$16.3 to $16.6 billion" spent on video games in the U.S. in 2011, Microsoft walked away with $6.7 billion--$2.1 billion on consoles, $4.6 billion on games and accessories.
During its final CEO keynote, Microsoft revealed that 66 million Xbox 360 consoles have been sold alongside 18 million Kinect peripherals.
Note: All NPD Data based on new hardware, physical software, and accessories in the U.S.
[via Microsoft]
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The Xbox 360 was the top selling console for twelve straight months, the NPD Group has revealed. In December, Microsoft sold "more than 1.7 million" Xbox 360 consoles.-
man, this xbox thing from micro$oft has no chance...can't wait for it to get destroyed by the PS2.
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Granted the first few 360 revisions did have greater than average failure issues, but again ALL electronics will fail at some point, new, barely used, or used all the time, it's just the way things are. Some may run for years, some may die after limited use. And just to counter your friend's experience, I have a friend that still has a launch 360 that has never had an issue, yet he and my self had to replace 2 PS2's back during their heyday. And I can't tell you how many DVD players that have dies on me in less than six months. And I'm not talking about your bargain Wal-Mart players either.
P.S. None of my 360's have failed either, including a launch, Elite and the new S model.-
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WoW! Really? Seriously dude, out of the possible 40 MILLION consoles out around the time of that survey, they sampled around 5,000 readers? That is a totally fair assessment isn't it? Because, you know, people that are apt to even bother with a survey like that would be totally honest right? Please, get the fuck out with your pathetic "survey" as it amounts to is shit. Besides, it just doesn't matter what you or I think, the numbers are there, the system is selling and people love it no matter what the failure rate was/is.
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No, that survey is horse shit. Just because you sampled 5,000 people doesn't make it generalizable to the total population of 360 years. The survey is only generalizable to the population that took the survey, and only if participants where randomly surveyed.
Here are some general problems that could have contributed to massive error in the survey:
-Voluntary Survey- if anyone could choose to participate the survey results are straight wrong.
-Non-Response error (people with no problems would be less likely to respond)
-Response error (People with another console purposely reporting they have a 360 that has died many times to create a negative perception, people over estimating the times their 360 has been replaced do to poor-memory or frustration).
-Sampling Frame - The frame was ONLY readers of the magazine if it was a voluntary survey, if it wasn't voluntary but random it was ONLY Subscribers of the magazine.
There are more reasons why this survey is likely shit too, but i can't find the article so i can't look at their exact methodology.-
I wouldn't doubt that failure rate. Since launch I am on my 3rd. My buddy since 2008 is on his second. My coworker has had to send his back twice. It is fairly common.
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If you want a number use 24%
This: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6216691.html
The square trade survey is at least grounded in reality.-
Yeah the link I used was inflammatory, but I think most of us knew it was waaay above average failure rates.
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The "statistics" used in that article are WORTHLESS! And besides, I don't have to defend MS, the REAL statistical numbers (you know? the 66 million consoles sold!) speak for themselves. Regardless of the earlier failure rates or anything else, the 360 still sells. That in and of itself says a lot.
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Again, 5000 is way too small of a base to give any real credible results. Case in point, I've not had a single 360 fail (out of 3 as previously stated, a launch, Elite, and an S) on me, yet I've had a Wii completely die (with very little use) and a PS3 that had the Blu-Ray drive fail. On the other hand, I know friends that have had their 360's fail, and others have had PS3's and Wii's fail as well. And yes, the earlier 360's had an unacceptably high failure rate, but the newer ones do not. What I'm saying is that the latest revisions are probably on par with everything else now. And the whole point was that anything can fail no matter how old or new. I'm sure you can find plenty of people that have had their Wii or PS3 fail as well. Simple fact is, the current 360 design is on par with all other electronics. Regardless, your original post doesn't hold true for the current revisions.
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Oh really? So a pure voluntary (without any actual accountability or any control) test bed from a very specific source (and to be clear, these were readers of that mag and NOT the general consumer) that amounted to .000125% of the install base of 40 MILLION (estimated) consoles is easily a large enough sample size. Let me say that again, .000125% in case you missed it.
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Haha. The URL makes it seem like the failure rate is 542%!
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Shit at $100 you are getting hosed.....bad.
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