Board 8 > 360 sells 66 million units; Kinect 18 million. 40 million XBL users.

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Microsoft sales update from CES.

"Microsoft's first CES 2012 stat is in and it's good news for Kinect. The software giant has shifted 18 million Kinect sensors in total, alongside 66 million Xbox 360 consoles, making it the best selling console in the US during 2011. Microsoft's Xbox LIVE service is up to nearly 40 million members, and momentum for the company's Xbox products doesn't appear to be slowing down. After selling 1.7 million Xbox 360 units in a record breaking November, it's no surprise that Microsoft is proud of its Xbox growth."

http://www.theverge.com/ces/2012/1/9/2695540/18-million-xbox-kinect-sensors-sold-ces-2012

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so basically, microsoft finally got comfy enough to go

"Sony - No. 3."

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wii 360

who is with me

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1/3 of Xbox users don't use XBL?

or an alternative explanation:

1/3 of Xbox sales are rebought RRODs?

66 million unit

40 million XBL users


huhhh

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Good for Microsoft and the Kinect. I know a lot of it is bundled together, but I do actually like the Kinect as a concept. Sure, it's game library is pretty bad but I'd love to see us reach the point where games stop using a controller all together (doesn't mean every game needs to be jumping around like an idiot, just the concept of controller-less games is exciting).

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Kinect is pretty cool. I loves using the voice command stuff more than the motion controls, but it'll all get to a good spot eventually. I like it as an alternative control as opposed to the main input method like the Wii.

66 million is crazy, though. The original Xbox sold only about 24 million; 360 has outsold every Nintendo console minus the Wii. Good on them.

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Seems like the most successful console generation ever.

Do they mean Gold members?

I sure as hell don't have a Gold account.

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From: pjbasis | #009
Do they mean Gold members?

I sure as hell don't have a Gold account.

I highly doubt there are that many Gold members. Only 75%~ of 360 users connect to the internet with their consoles.

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From: OmarsComin | #008
Seems like the most successful console generation ever.

Every console generation sells more than the last...

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I believe Steve Balmer said it was subscribers, but their press release said active members.

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I know a few people who don't bother connecting their 360 to the internet since they don't play online games, so I don't think its really that surprising.

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OmarsComin posted...
Seems like the most successful console generation ever.

By far. The third place contender is on track to beat the NES (if it hasn't already, which it well could have) which dominated its gen like there wasn't any competition at all. They are also on track to triple last gen's third place. MS is on track to triple last gens 2nd (their own Xbox) and the first place console is the best selling for its maker (Nintendo) unless you're one of those weird people that call handhelds consoles. Also, it is the third best selling console by a wide margin (that being over the 360, mind you), it's about to take second, and first isn't out of its reach though it doesn't look as likely as it did for the first 2/3 of the gen (where it looked like a foregone conclusion).

Overall, this gen has seen notably more hardware sales and the gen isn't even over yet. Only one new console has even been announced and it won't really be over when that comes out. Of course, every gen has been better than the last by a wide margin in this business, so somebody out there probably looks at these numbers and thinks its just not good enough. Heh. It still amazes me, though.

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GintokiSaotome posted...
I know a few people who don't bother connecting their 360 to the internet since they don't play online games, so I don't think its really that surprising.

Hackers. Gotta love 'em. :p

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Yep. PS3 should have already passed the NES. Sony's CES update put the PS3 at 4+ million sold over the holidays (from November - December), and the last total they gave out a few months ago had the PS3 at about 56 million. The level of sales is spread much more evenly this gen than the past couple.

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Connecting the 360 to the Internet is inconvenient. Unless you have a laptop you need to get an add-on to do it easily, or move stuff around more than you want to. 40 million XBL users off of 66 million systems seems high if anything to me.

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From: Lopen | #017
Connecting the 360 to the Internet is inconvenient. Unless you have a laptop you need to get an add-on to do it easily, or move stuff around more than you want to. 40 million XBL users off of 66 million systems seems high if anything to me.

All you really need is a router, unless you have one of the old Xbox 360s and no wireless in it.

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Connecting the 360 to the Internet is inconvenient. Unless you have a laptop you need to get an add-on to do it easily, or move stuff around more than you want to. 40 million XBL users off of 66 million systems seems high if anything to me.

With the new slim ones, wireless is built in so you just connect to the network you have set up.

Yeah, old 360s had to be hooked up via ethernet, but every since the slim it's had wireless built-in. The fact it took so long for wireless to be included was pretty strange, though.

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Oh yeah

My 360 is still old. I didn't know they ever upgraded them haha

RROD not here

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Same with my 360. I had to get some super long ethernet cable to stretch from my PC just to get it online. That was a hassle, and I don't blame a lot of people with the old 360s for not getting them connected.

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360S is a nice lookin' system.



dat gloss

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dat gloss shows scratches really well

I don't even know where the scratches come from, my cat must be walking on it when I'm not home or something

Haha, blamin' the cat!

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he's probably a PS3 fan

Eh it's not too bad for me to connect it since I have a laptop and can just rout the wireless through it. But yeah, if I didn't have a laptop I probably wouldn't bother getting a super long ethernet cable.

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PS360 FTW

OmarsComin, apparently they have cancelled the glossy finish models so all the future X360 models are now in matte finish which doesn't collect dust or scratches as easily.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/15/xbox-360-to-go-forever-matte-as-glossy-is-discontinued-fingerpr/

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Oh wow, that's actually pretty cool! I'm not gonna buy a new one, but that seems like a sound decision.

On a related note, if you want to transfer all your downloadable games to a new Xbox, is that even easily possible?

Yep. You just go into your download history, then redownload them onto your new console.

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"When I was a young man, I had liberty, but I did not see it. I had time, but I did not know it."

Ah I see. So you'd set up your same Xbox Live account on the new console then I'm guessing?

Yeah, it asks you when you start it up if you want to sign-in using an existing account or create a new one. After that, you just go into your account settings and transfer your licenses to the new system, and redownload whatever games you want to. The account is more important than the system.

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Ah I see, well that's fancy. If anyone ever gives me a new 360 with matte finish for free I'll put that to use!

there you go!

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