Microsoft: We'll Sell 15 million 360s by June '07
Still on track to reach 10 million target for 2006
Microsoft has announced that it is aiming to have sold a total 15 million Xbox 360s by the end of its fiscal year 2007, ending June 30.
The company has already shifted five million units of the next-generation console, and expects to hit the 10 million target by the end of 2006.
Funny that. We're sure we remember Peter Moore telling us at E3 that the target was to reach the golden 10 million mark before the launch of the PlayStation 3 and Wii this coming November.
Seems they’ve just moved the goalposts back a little. However, if the company should achieve its new 10m goal before the end of the year, it certainly gives it a solid head start against the competition.
Moore, you may recall, has gone on record to outline that he feels consumers will buy an Xbox 360 as their next-gen console of choice, followed by Nintendo’s ‘new-gen’ Wii – which should work out around the same price as a PlayStation 3 (at least, at launch).
So far, Microsoft has sold 3.3 million 360s in the USA, 1.3 million in Europe and 400,000 in the rest of the world since its November 22 launch last year. SPOnG is not sure what the exact Japanese sales figures are to date though, other than they are execrable.
The unparalleled online service, Xbox Live, now has over three million members worldwide, with around 60 percent of all installed Xbox 360 consoles being connected to Xbox Live.
There has to date been over 18 million downloads from Xbox Live Marketplace and 5 million games downloaded from Xbox Live Arcade. By Christmas 2006, Microsoft expects to have 160 high-definition games available on Xbox Live.
Revenue at the company's Home and Entertainment division rose to US$1.14 billion during its fourth quarter, up 94 percent from $587 million during the same time last year. It also beat its $1.06 billion performance from the first three months of this year.
(Source: DigitalWorldTokyo.com)
The company has already shifted five million units of the next-generation console, and expects to hit the 10 million target by the end of 2006.
Funny that. We're sure we remember Peter Moore telling us at E3 that the target was to reach the golden 10 million mark before the launch of the PlayStation 3 and Wii this coming November.
Seems they’ve just moved the goalposts back a little. However, if the company should achieve its new 10m goal before the end of the year, it certainly gives it a solid head start against the competition.
Moore, you may recall, has gone on record to outline that he feels consumers will buy an Xbox 360 as their next-gen console of choice, followed by Nintendo’s ‘new-gen’ Wii – which should work out around the same price as a PlayStation 3 (at least, at launch).
So far, Microsoft has sold 3.3 million 360s in the USA, 1.3 million in Europe and 400,000 in the rest of the world since its November 22 launch last year. SPOnG is not sure what the exact Japanese sales figures are to date though, other than they are execrable.
The unparalleled online service, Xbox Live, now has over three million members worldwide, with around 60 percent of all installed Xbox 360 consoles being connected to Xbox Live.
There has to date been over 18 million downloads from Xbox Live Marketplace and 5 million games downloaded from Xbox Live Arcade. By Christmas 2006, Microsoft expects to have 160 high-definition games available on Xbox Live.
Revenue at the company's Home and Entertainment division rose to US$1.14 billion during its fourth quarter, up 94 percent from $587 million during the same time last year. It also beat its $1.06 billion performance from the first three months of this year.
(Source: DigitalWorldTokyo.com)
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Bentley 21 Jul 2006 16:37
1/6
Bill Gates needs to take a back seat if Microsoft really want to win the console war. His smug little face makes me want to t**t the twunt.
I know, I know, that's very immature etc. but the fact is he's an annoying prick of a man, and he puts me off buying his product even though the PlayStation 3 does look massively disappointing at the moment.
Wii's winning the PR battle for my gaming thumbs at the moment. I loved PS2, and was prepared to go all out for PS3 but with no rumble I was tempted by 360 instead. Then I saw Bill Gates smug little face grinning with glee, and I thought, "no, that man is not getting a penny more out of me than he has had already..."
So he can count me out of his expected 15 million suckers. Come Christmas, I will be going for a Wii.
I know, I know, that's very immature etc. but the fact is he's an annoying prick of a man, and he puts me off buying his product even though the PlayStation 3 does look massively disappointing at the moment.
Wii's winning the PR battle for my gaming thumbs at the moment. I loved PS2, and was prepared to go all out for PS3 but with no rumble I was tempted by 360 instead. Then I saw Bill Gates smug little face grinning with glee, and I thought, "no, that man is not getting a penny more out of me than he has had already..."
So he can count me out of his expected 15 million suckers. Come Christmas, I will be going for a Wii.
BlackEyedFish 21 Jul 2006 22:50
2/6
I've got to agree with not wanting to add any more funds to the already huge microsoft empire, and I will probably buy a Wii as my first next-gen console but I'll probably buy a Xbox 360 for Halo 3 and Half Life: Episode 1 & 2. But only once the premium package is about £100-£150, which is looking quite far away now, with rumours of no Xmas price drop.
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thane_jaw 22 Jul 2006 11:05
3/6
Rhino wrote:
I've got to agree with not wanting to add any more funds to the already huge microsoft empire, and I will probably buy a Wii as my first next-gen console but I'll probably buy a Xbox 360 for Halo 3 and Half Life: Episode 1 & 2. But only once the premium package is about £100-£150, which is looking quite far away now, with rumours of no Xmas price drop.
Quite far away? dude you'll be waiting 'til the xbox 720 for that kinda price drop.
tyrion 22 Jul 2006 11:43
4/6
TFA wrote:
SPOnG is not sure what the exact Japanese sales figures are to date though, other than they are execrable.
Well, you should have asked me then. I've been tracking JP hardware sales since the launch of the DS.
The 360 has sold a staggering 130,243 units in the 32 weeks since its launch. An average of 4,070 ish per week!
For comparison, the PSP sold 160,019 in its launch week and the DS Lite sold 140,858 just last week.
In 32 weeks of sales the 360 can't pass the launch week of the PSP nor a normal week's sales of the DS lite.
I don't think "execrable" covers it. The situation is more like "negligible".
OptimusP 23 Jul 2006 20:33
5/6
I would like to have the excell file you keep those numbers in stored since going trough a hunderd of forumpages to gather them all is a bit of a hassle.
tyrion 24 Jul 2006 07:26
6/6
OptimusP wrote:
I would like to have the excell file you keep those numbers in stored since going trough a hunderd of forumpages to gather them all is a bit of a hassle.
Don't I know it! I did the forum scrape when I first built the Excel sheet!
Here you go: Excel JP Hardware Sales
And the page where you can get updates every Friday is on the Media Create website (scroll to the bottom).
The Excel is not in a very pretty state, basically the sales figures just go left to right, no yearly totals or anything. There are format and manufacturer totals at the far right and a couple of graphs, but not much else.