Microsoft: 360 'only console to show growth this year'

Microsoft: 360 the only console to have a price cut in a year and a half.

Nintendo is not cool, folks! (comment gets voted down)

$101 million in third party sales...for July? That's mighty impressive. I can only think of 2 games that would spark such sales, Battlefield 1943 and MvC2.

i just got a pretty great salaried job and i think a 360 is going to be one of my first purchases woo

Probably because the Arcade is this lowest priced current-gen console out there at the moment.

That price cut was a stroke of genius, timed almost perfectly in sync with the more recent stock market crash, though one wonders whether that timing was quite deliberate in their case.

Either way, it tossed out the possibility of the PS3 catching up (a great possibility back then), and i suppose that's enough for them

Dear World,

We here at Microsoft would like to remind you that our E-PENIS is HUGE!


That is all

The 360 does seem to be shaping up to be the PS2 of the last generation, though probably not to as dominating a degree.

lol the usual ps3 banter, "ohh you wait and see ps3 will skyrocket past 360 when the price cut happens...orr when we get [insert ps3 exclusive here] duuuurrrr"

your whining is hilarious and your tears are more delicious than ever lolol

Doesn't surprise me much. the wii has hardware sales n all about 3 games that get bought now (wii fit, wii play, wii sports resort, oh and those imagination games to cant forget those) but thats about it the rest of its software goes straight to 20$ or less within the span of a few months. PS3 just sint cutting it for most but is getting some nice exclusives finally and the online store has some nice additions (FFVII for 10$ hell yes) But the 360 is pretty much the PS2 of this generation hands down. Its got all the 3rd party developers running over to it with open arms, most active online gaming even with the other 2 systems being free to play online.

They really need to stop showing off it just makes me hate them more.

You PS3 fanboys are just pathetic! Your games won`t be any less fun if the 360 sells better. I mean everyone feels the need to justify spending his money on something and afterwards to defend his purchase because of "social pressure" but this is just ridiculous! Go play with your console instead of behaving like idiots on internet forums..
Cheers

Oh, you`re one of the funny guys,aren`t you?
I don`t give a damn which console sells best, `cause I`ve got all of them(though I regret buying the Wii...). I just hate the stupid flamewars that emerege everytime something like that comes up ever since the put x3f and ps3 fanboy together. It`s plain annoying, if you ask me.
Cheers

I wasn't a believer at first but now I believe. The Xbox 360 is the greatest console this gen and Xbox LIVE is the most superior console online service that is unmatched. In moments of economic hardships, the Xbox 360 has risen and gives people who are financial depression something to look forward to after a hard days work. Live in your world, play in the Xbox 360s. It's fun, jump in.

unsurprisingly, they left the 360 article alone but the PS3 one had all sorts of sarcastic remarks and jabs at Sony. It's getting pretty tired now. Kotaku rarely does it anymore and the same with 1up which was even more infamous for Sony jabs.

Abriael:

Of course Sony, MS, and Nintendo ALL announce what has been SOLD TO RETAILERS.

Not one of them has any way of knowing what the retailers actually sell, they can only compile statistics based on what retailers order form them. The metric is the same for all three.

Sony doesn't have some magical hold over the supply chain that allows them to accurately announce customer sell through of their products. If they tried placing such a reporting burden on every store that sells PS3 the overhead would cause many to just drop the product from their inventory. The margins aren't worth it.

So get some understanding of worldwide logistics issues and stop spewing the nonsense.

So many people buying the 360 for a second or third time to replace their broken one.

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Too bad they did not show growth with software and exclusives games were it should actually matter tot he consumer.The last notable game on the 360 was Gears of War 2 and the next is Halo 3 ODST.Does MS have any other games to offer other than the 2 mentioned? Besides GTA DLC,this company has not talked about software since? ... Damn all they ever talk about is overrated Live features,sales and multiplatform games.I don't like the Wii,but at lewast Nintendo and Sony both have exclusive games to offer their consumers and some originality.

Lol, I love how some people here think PSN is better then Live. That gave me a good chuckle. XD

I used to own a ps3 and wii but i sold my wii cause i never played it and my mom broke my ps3. I only have a xbox 360 right now and now looking at the difference i can hoestly saying being a ps3 owner and a 360 and played both the same amount of time thats PS3 Is superior. For all i care you can say live is better then psn or vice versa but what matters to me is the price tag and psn is free. Its not that i can't afford live its just that why i should i pay when i used to play the same thing for free. I mostly play online i don't use netflix I can't im in canada and i don't use cross game chat i would rather talk on the phone or 1 person. 23 Million PS3'S have been sold vs xbox 360 30 Million and remeber there is a years difference. 1 year is a lot in the gaming world. PSN is a very good free service pretty much the same as live almost plus PSN has dedicated servers. I respect microsoft because there businessmen like me. They mange to sell hardware thats has one of the biggest failure rates ever and not only beat the competitors but put it on its own level. They manage to make people pay for online thats business and i respect microsoft for that but PS3 AND PSN are either the same as xbox 360 and live or better. Sony now having the 160GB pricedrop to 299or 399 not sure and bring back backwards compatibility through software pus releasing a slim model is going to put them on top. I am no fan boy i respect microsoft for there business mind and I respect sony for the console they have designed.