Citing preliminary NPD data, Microsoft announced Tuesday that it sold 294,000 Xbox 360s in January, an increase of 18% over the same month last year. "Xbox 360 had a fantastic January, and we feel great about our position in the marketplace," said Molly O'Donnell, a group manager from Microsoft's entertainment division. Keep in mind, however, that 360s were in extremely short supply in January of 2006 due to high demand, low supply, or both. So perhaps an increase of 44,000 isn't so "fantastic."
