Xbox 360 passes 10 million consoles in Europe
by Richard Mitchell 
{ Nov 12th 2009 at 6:33PM } 
Microsoft also cites an internal study, which found that 60 percent of Xbox 360 consoles are now housed in a "family living room." Furthermore, the study found that women now account for 35 percent of Xbox owners, and that 64 percent of Xbox owners are over the age of 25.
If that's true, we're guessing that the majority of Xbox Live headset owners make up the remaining 36 percent.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Matt @ Nov 12th 2009 6:38PM
"If that's true, we're guessing that the majority of Xbox Live headset owners make up the remaining 36 percent."
Hahahahahaha.
TwistedBishop @ Nov 12th 2009 7:09PM
Because people over 25 are always calm and respectful?
The Flyin' Hawaiian @ Nov 12th 2009 10:31PM
for some reason i highly doubt women make up 35 percent of xbox owners. highly highly doubt it.
WREturns [Planeteer I Power of The Final Countdown] ATDF's Personal Shopper @ Nov 12th 2009 6:38PM
You know, I hardly ever talk to anyone on LIVE or PSN. If I play online it's normally with a friend and we private chat. I have noticed that the GTA 4 LIVE community is pretty cool. You get the occasional glitchers and the morons that shoot you with pistols instead of doing something cool, but overall it's a fun group.
Orchard Pear @ Nov 12th 2009 6:38PM
"Xbox Live is "12 to 18 months" ahead of PSN in regard to delivering "content beyond traditional games."
Oh, good.. because that's what I want on my gaming system. Stuff that isn't games.
Funny he didn't say anything about actual games, of which the PSN provides the superior content.
WREturns [Planeteer I Power of The Final Countdown] ATDF's Personal Shopper @ Nov 12th 2009 6:41PM
I don't know, man. Shadow Complex is pretty damn good and so is 'Splosion Man. Are Portal and Braid on PSN yet?
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 12th 2009 6:47PM
They both have good games, okay!
XBLA: Shadow Complex, Geometry Wars, Hexic
PSN: Fat Princess, Flower, etc.
Stop being a fanboy.
My work is done.
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 12th 2009 6:54PM
WRE
Apparantly the (') in your name is causing reply issues. Get rid of it, please?
WREturns [Planeteer I Power of The Final Countdown] ATDF's Personal Shopper @ Nov 12th 2009 6:56PM
Darth,
What do you mean? I'd hate to be a grammatically-incorrect personal shopper. Doesn't the ATDF deserve better than that?
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 12th 2009 6:59PM
They do, but someone said any of those marks are messing with the Javascript reply system.
I can't confirm that, but I sure can't reply to your posts.
WREturns [Planeteer I Power of The Final Countdown] Personal Shopper of the ATDF @ Nov 12th 2009 6:59PM
Okay, I see. Fixed it.
Ordeith @ Nov 12th 2009 7:27PM
No XBLA discussion is complete without mentioning Castle Crashers.
There, discussion complete.
Maverick Saturn (Igor) @ Nov 12th 2009 7:54PM
Darth Bradwart
I see you have mentioned more exclusive XBLA games then PSN games by 1, that makes you a fanboy, haha
Where do people come up with this stuff, what happened to plain old having fun gaming?
Traceur_Ryuk [Founder of The Anti-EMCB(tm) and co-leader of ATDF] (PSN: Ryuk_shinigami) @ Nov 12th 2009 8:03PM
Castle crashers is coming to PSN sometime next year
brian @ Nov 12th 2009 11:20PM
no, not exactly how it works.
Developers make games, and having more consoles wont make games magically better.
but i got what you were trying to say.
sdsdfsfd @ Nov 12th 2009 6:39PM
Big whoop, didn't the PS3 already pas 10m about 3 months ago?
http://play.tm/news/26192/ps3-passes-10m-in-europe/
Seems Microsoft's 18month window of exclusivity on the market has evaporated before their eyes, and Sony have closed the gap and overtaken at a higher console pricepoint...
Oh Dear... Microsoft, where did it all go wrong? Perhaps rushing it out broken, feature incomplete and forcing gamers on subscription based ad-ridden P2P gaming network was a bad plan...
Captain Planet [Planeteer | Power of Captain Planet] @ Nov 12th 2009 6:49PM
lol...you guys are so cute!!
Electro Poof - ATDF Secret Agent. @ Nov 12th 2009 6:55PM
Oh man...
Sony starts selling a few million more consoles than Microsoft because of the price cut and the fanboys start talking shit.
Can we just be happy that MS and Sony are doing well?
Captain Planet [Planeteer | Power of Captain Planet] @ Nov 12th 2009 7:00PM
Ummmm...the PS3 hasn't hit 30 million units sold yet buddy.
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 12th 2009 7:03PM
I like my PS3...but even I know it was practically broken out the door as well. It's only been since 2008 that it was relevant.
And no, it hasn't broken the 30 million mark yet.
Special Agent Steve @ Nov 12th 2009 7:04PM
@tsfdf
I understand that you're a troll correct? Do they even have regular schools? Or, just schools that teach you how to be an absolute asshole. GTFO, and stop bashing America just because we invented the hamburger.
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 12th 2009 7:07PM
Yeah, I like how he stereotypes Americans as 'not so smart'.
And then can't even do simple research.
Who is the dumb one, I ask?
Electro Poof - ATDF Secret Agent. @ Nov 12th 2009 7:09PM
@tsfdf
I'm European you idiot.
And I already knew that Sony was doing better than MS in Europe before the price cut.
What I'm talking about is how fanboys think that because Sony started selling a few million consoles more than MS because of the price cut they think the competition with MS is over.
Now more than ever the competition between MS and Sony is very close and its good to see that they're both selling consoles.
Maverick Saturn (Igor) @ Nov 12th 2009 7:51PM
Where are all these scorpions coming from tonight? Mind your step intelligent people, fanboy scorpions may sting you, you've wouldn't want to get that nasty venom in your system, I can tell ya that.
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 12th 2009 7:57PM
We're the ATDF. We don't fear pain.
Maverick Saturn (Igor) @ Nov 12th 2009 8:22PM
Its not the pain you should be worried about :D Its the nasty after-effects
brian @ Nov 12th 2009 9:58PM
too bad microsoft could easily drop the price again this holiday season, they only have like what? 3 sku's below or at 300 already?
and im pretty sure they are making profit on the 360 too.
but yea, both are awesome, but you should shut up now.
Dreaded Fear @ Nov 12th 2009 10:34PM
Hey assholes, I like competition. When there are two competing consoles, it means better games for us.
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 12th 2009 6:42PM
Funny...the PS3 was over 10 million in August...
I would think with the massive sales boost from the Slim, Sony is also experiencing growth.
It's nice that Microsoft is selling consoles, but Greenberg is a douche.
Rudy van DiSarzio, Jazz fusion guitarist. (I go by many names...) @ Nov 12th 2009 6:42PM
*raises glass*
Cheers everyone!
fred @ Nov 12th 2009 6:44PM
about god damn time!!!
Sandmonkey @ Nov 12th 2009 6:47PM
Congrats to Microsoft. They are definably not as experienced as the competition, but its nice to hear they are doing well.
Dustin @ Nov 12th 2009 6:49PM
Wonder how many of the purchases are from people buying a 2nd or 3rd one because it went out or got banned.
Sandmonkey @ Nov 12th 2009 6:50PM
Mine has been good for 2 years.
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 12th 2009 6:52PM
I've been proud of my little '06 box. He's only red-ringed once!
CheeziePotato (ATDF's Super Saiyan) @ Nov 12th 2009 7:58PM
I got my Elite in 2007 had it hasn't had any problems yet.
Jason Statham (Has a ps3 now) @ Nov 13th 2009 8:03AM
Really? People are still doing the whole, "I WONDER HOW MANY ARE FROMX NUMBER OF PEOPLE REBUYING THEIR CONSOLE?" Jeez, I thought that was done with.
Very Disgruntled Programmer @ Nov 12th 2009 6:50PM
Well, 10 million consoles shipped could mean that up to 5 million people had their 'box red ring...I know mine did...
eeeeeeeeeeefe @ Nov 12th 2009 6:52PM
I would suspect 7m of those still working, and not down the dump.
Captain Planet [Planeteer | Power of Captain Planet] @ Nov 12th 2009 6:58PM
Yay for 2 year old RRoD jokes!!!
Orchard Pear @ Nov 12th 2009 6:59PM
It's still relevant now. If it's not the Red Ring, it's E74.
Sorry man.
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 12th 2009 7:00PM
To be fair, Captain...we were telling three year old Sony jokes yesterday.
And I loved every damn minute of it.
Captain Planet [Planeteer | Power of Captain Planet] @ Nov 12th 2009 7:01PM
That's true. Riiiiiiiiiiiidge Racer!!!!! never gets old.
DougOtoni @ Nov 12th 2009 7:06PM
the PS3 was over 10 million in August... AND XBOX was launched 1 year _before_ ps3...
Captain Planet [Planeteer | Power of Captain Planet] @ Nov 12th 2009 7:12PM
Thanks Captain Obvious!! We would have NEVER known that if it weren't for YOU!
Marius Returns @ Nov 12th 2009 7:23PM
weren't they just bragging a few months ago of how they were 1 million units ahead
Jack_Jackington @ Nov 12th 2009 7:43PM
But Captain you're the captain. Oh wait... you were just saying this guy looks loke a total douche for saying what everybody already knows and tries to look smart at the same time. Gotcha
jarhead906 @ Nov 12th 2009 7:26PM
"...'12 to 18 months' ahead of PSN..."
That's supposed to mean something when the Xbox 360 did indeed launch 12 months ahead of the PS3?
Logically, then, that means Live isn't that far ahead...
spinspinspinspin
tmacairjordan87 @ Nov 12th 2009 7:48PM
At this rate, Live will always be ahead of PSN because all Sony does is try to mimic and play catch up with the features that Live introduces, instead of coming up with great stuff the other doesn't have yet.
The only thing they tried to do on their own was Home and....yeah, back to the drawing board there.
Vandalus @ Nov 12th 2009 7:44PM
I am over 25 (actually just over 30, ugh), and I almost never talk on the mic. In COD I usually just mute everyone so I don't have to listen to the banter. If I could actually find a group of gamers who communicate about what they are doing, where the enemy is, and which way they are going to flank the enemy, I would be thrilled. Either it's constant singing and shit talking, or everyone is quiet during the round, and then everyone sings, farts and/or talks smack in the lobby.