Some Xbox 360 numbers

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Computerdude103 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:44:08 GMT

Wow. No wonder they can't keep XBL up and running. That's a lot of consoles.

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RKilbane20 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:44:08 GMT

So almost half the people with a xbox own Halo 3. Thats insane.

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sircoynie — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 16:40:40 GMT

^^That's because this website is a PR stunt for MS. MN is not impartial in anyway. Look at how he avoids the MASSIVE DRM PROBLEM that LIVE HAS!!!! Not one mention in his podcasts. "COWARD"

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Celidus — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:38:56 GMT

How come only positive Micro$oft comments are posted? Anything based in truth never sees the light of day. Like my comment on the RROD's. I'm sure this comment won't be posted either.

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Dumpymonkey — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:09:57 GMT

"Let's let the team that works on Xbox Live, work on Xbox live. I don't want PR (Major Nelson) working on Xbox Live. PR needs to work on PR."

The Hendon, Major Nelson is not PR:

"Since I work in the Xbox product group, and not in PR or Marketing......"

www.majornelson.com/.../7792.aspx

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gatchman — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:47:22 GMT

actually, only 6 households own a 360. The rest of the ones sold are replacements sold to those 6 households after RROD.

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WormholeXtreme — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:11:10 GMT

The Xbox Live Gold is already an excellent value for $4 a month. I think it's actually worth much more than that so $4 seems like a steal.

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WormholeXtreme — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:06:45 GMT

The Xbox Live Gold is already an excellent value for $4 a month. I think it's actually worth much more than that so $4 seems like a steal.

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El Cid — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:19:23 GMT

The hardware numbers sounded impressive until I read the gamespot article clarifying that this actually represented a huge drop from 2006 hardware sales. Personally, I think MS held out too long on a price drop. I know they want to finally make a profit on this division but they needed to do something to offset the bad press from the high failure rate. I hope they cut pricing aggressively this year to regain momentum.

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RidinSlow — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:49:41 GMT

Xbox360 sales numbers are a lot less than last year. The competitors numbers are either staying fairly steady or increasing. Could this be the beginning of the Xbox360 being pushed to the back of the line? Maybe...maybe not. MS needs to get some of it's $_t straight and start addressing issues that have been around since launch. They also need to find a way to (a) bring value to the Gold XBL subscription or (b) lower the price of the Gold XBL subscription. There are tons of things that MS could do. The games argument is beginning to fade as the other systems are starting to get their high profile games. 2008 will be an interesting year.

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WormholeXtreme — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:54:32 GMT

I bought two copies of Halo 3 so i wouldn't have to keep removing them from my four consoles.

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Capp00 — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:38:58 GMT

I'm sorry to be negative, but I have to agree. Of that massive number of consoles sold, how many had to be repaired or replaced? I took pristine care of my xbox and it still RROD on me on Christmas Day! Fortunately, I still had the warranty at Best Buy and they swapped it out. But, in that same day, that same best buy swapped out over 80 xbox's that mysteriously tanked for no reason. Is there some kind of internal countdown on the xbox that causes it to just stop working after it reaches zero? In the 2 years I had my original xbox, I never once had a problem with it, then one day after watching a movie on it, I turn the system off like normal, later fire it up to play a game and its become a $400 brick.

I am truly glad that Xbox is doing as well as it is, but its disturbing. If xbox has made so much money off games and consoles, then why can't they keep xbox.com working and xbox live from going down every time there is in an influx in gamers?

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Joergen8 — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:35:56 GMT

8.1 million Halo3? I think you could say the multiplayer has failed massively seeing as there havent been more than 200k users since the launch. The highest number I saw was 970k and it came down like a stone after that.

Cant blame them, my Halo3 hasnt been in the tray since we finished the campaign on co-op. The MP is an ancient quake-bazooka fest and all the ranked achievements center around maintaining the smallest possible game in the most ancient quake map and setting. Had the achievements been in vehicle-heavy big team battle I'd remotely be interested.

Here's waiting for that actual, full-fledged Battlefield game to arrive to a console near you.

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Daggart — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:54:16 GMT

Great numbers! Keep the hits coming and I will continue to spend my hard earned money. This has been a great year for games, I just wish they were more spread out through the year. Working full time, school part time and a family makes it hard to get through the six games I picked up since September. Just so you know, I have sacrificed sleep to get er done! I did it for you Major...I did it for you. (Daggart wipes away a tear and gets back to "work").

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Reluctant Hero — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:51:41 GMT

Seriously, I'd like to know how mnay unique consoles have been sent in for repair.

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Captain Hippo — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:46:26 GMT

Great numbers, Major. Just keep those hits coming.