Xbox 360 to surpass original Xbox in units sold

You must either enjoy collecting the same system, or you are ignorant to fixing your system.

Either way, total waste of money IMHO.

Why? If you didn't void the warranty you had no reason to buy a new one. If thats the case, its your own fault, sucka.

ok lets start being cool and taking trash on the internet! i actually have one from original release that the dvd drive finally crapped out on. the one my son has in his room and the elite i just bought recently to replace the one that is 3 years old.

dont open your mouth and not speak the flys might take refuge there.

My brother had to buy two of them because after the first failed and was not under warranty he didn't think it would be best to pay MS to send him another refurbished console that would also break.

@Patrick

Don't worry about those jackasses.

Um, I don't think there's anything wrong with having multiple 360s... i have 3 as well... one in every room I have a TV in.

Excluding the fact that I have lots of friends who come over who like video games, the 360 also serves as a:

1) DVD player
2) Media center extender that plays all the AUDIO and VIDEO I have on my main PC.
3) CD player
4) Ipod / MP3 connector to allow music playback thru amplifier
5) Video / MSN / text chat client

... plus when the NXE update comes, you'll be able to stream Netflix.

(oh and all mine still work)

Well the stats will be skewed from multiple purchases. The fact still remains that they have 25 million 360's in the market.

@Patrick: So you are saying you own 2 different Xboxes that are in use... how exactly would they be able to know that you bought one for you, and one for your son? I guess I just don't see the point in your comment?

Considering Microsoft repair all faulty units for free, why would anyone be buying multiple consoles?

@ snowblind

Did you read the thread you just threw another comment on? He explained why he has multiple consoles, and then someone else went into even further detail on the merits of having multiple consoles. Were I able to make better use of the media extender, and felt like buying another 360, you could count me in.

If you are saying that you bought separate 360s for separate people within your household and area, then that's still applying to the charts. I don't understand your comment either if this is the case.

If you aren't under warranty, it's still cheaper to fix any problem than buying a new console.

Most of those replies were on page two, so I actually didn't read them. But even so, I was only pointing out that you don't need to buy multiple consoles because of the RRoD, it'd be a complete waste of money considering they're replaced for free.

I have two Wii's in my house, and I'm sure they're both counted towards the sales, just as someone with multiple 360's is.

HUH?

Am I misunderstanding you? The price is absolutely bottomed out for the next few years at least.

Read This:

http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/11/03/ms-no-xbox-360-price-drop-for-many-years/

Right, Console manufacturers are always forthcoming on future price drops...

The current 360 price may stick for a long time, but it certainly hasn't hit bottom, because the console will continue have price reductions on manufacturing. Even MS is open about that.

More to the point, however: The 360 just now reached this mainstream price, and statistically, the majority of console sales are generated once consoles hit this mainstream price.

"...because if the 360 can't outsell the 360, something is seriously wrong!"

Would that be something like hitting yourself?

"if the 360 can't outsell the 360, something is seriously wrong!"

Then something is seriously wrong, because I don't think the 360 will ever outsell the 360. They remain locked in a never ending duel that has remained tied through their entire existence, with no sign of one pulling ahead of the other.

LMAO

Nice catch

That's one of my better mistakes. I'm saving that one! (If you can't laugh at yourself, then who can you laugh at?)

"If you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at?"

Soulja Boy. WHOOOOOOOP!

You read my mind. I was just about to say, the Xbox sold about as much as the Cube, the latter which people always bash on for not having sold a lot at all (oh how I wonder why that is). So this shouldn't really be surprising, right? ;)

They have certainly cemented themselves as a legitimate presence, especially as the dominant name in Mature gaming.

The next steps are ones they're already taking, to move beyond the shell they created for themselves to get as far as they have. It'll be a careful balancing act, but one i think MS is capable of, if only because of their ability to acquire excellent development help

Khan

I think the mature gaming title is up for debate. However, both the PS3 & 360 will need to be more viable in the casual market to boost their sales into the Wii-stratosphere. LBP is a good start for Sony but they need to have more exclusives to bring casual gamers into the fold. Unfortuantley for Sony the console is more geared towards enthusiast then causals based off of the price.

kahn-
MS has done a good job of securing a grand array of games from all genres. IMO its better to have more games available to try then fewer games.
MS has offered many family games, RPG games, mature games, and of course shooters.
u cant say the 360 is the mature console, when more family games are sold on the 360 than the ps3 console.
more of every game genre has sold more games on the 360 console.

sony took a back seat while MS secured many deals with 3rd party developers, many more than sony.

sony's big 3 exclusive games of 2008 are:
LBP, socom, and Resistance 2- IMO those are not strong enough games to compete with the offerings on the 360 console.
we all know that sony lacked exclusive games in 2007, 2008 has not been a great year either.
MS offers at least 2 exclusives for every 1 that sony offers.
price of the ps3 is not the issue.
the 360 sold very well at $ 400 and $ 450. heck they sold over 15 million consoles at those prices.
the issue is more available games and fully supporting a released console.
sony continues to support the ps2 console, which hurts their ps3 business.

and btw. america is the worlds largest gaming market, at over 50% of total worldwide sales.
so when there is a good game console made by an american company that fully supports the console in america, americans will buy that console more than before.
american gamers know that sony puts more ps2 and ps3 support into the japanese gaming market. so many exclusive games are released in japan only.
sony does not put enough time into america and the ps3 right now.
they make money off the ps2 and no money on the ps3.
so what console do they want to support??

"They're coming too fast"
"Nickle for every time i've had that problem"

damn you with your beating me to the punch!

that is so morbidly obese...

that line was the first thing to cross my mind