Though reports indicate the current generation is almost at a close, Microsoft has seemingly had no problem selling consoles. New numbers released today reveal since the Xbox 360’s launch in 2005, Microsoft has sold 67 million consoles. Additionally, the Kinect peripheral has sold 19 million units since arriving on the scene a year and a half ago. All told, Microsoft has earned more than $56 billion at retail thanks to the 360 and its motion-sensing peripheral.
With 40 million Xbox Live subscribers, it’s not all that hard to see how Microsoft has earned its 47% share of the console market. Despite overall game sales down 25% last month, the 360 continues to move units and peripherals, which can only lead to good things for the company throughout the rest of the calendar year. Chief marketing officer Yusuf Mehdi believes Microsoft’s showing at this year’s E3 will show new ways to enjoy the entertainment offerings the 360 provides, and believes the console will show more continued growth in the way it has in the past few years.
Microsoft is set to once again kick off the annual gaming conference next Monday at 12:30PM EST/9:30PM PST.
SOURCE: Xbox beyond the box [Microsoft]
Jim Fox
May 31, 2012 at 9:44am
I'm glad to hear that the 360 is successful, but ENOUGH ALREADY! MS has GOT to at least give us something to look forward to, by giving us a peek at their ideas for the next console to keep us on the hook. I bought my last two games for the PC rather than the Xbox. I’m really impressed by the look and speed of the DirectX 11 graphics and the quickness between scenes and reloading that my computer’s SSD gives me. My PC makes Xbox gaming feel like Atari 2600 games did when the Nintendo first came out (Yes, I’m that old, sorry). I’m ready to bolt to PC gaming and if the rumors that the next Xbox will use last year’s generation of video card and no optical drive are true, I’m-outa-here. Microsoft seems to be aiming at making the next Xbox a movie pay-per-view, advertizing cash-cow. I use Windows Media Center for HD Cable recording and viewing. I don’t need an underpowered, over-extended former gaming machine for that. Give us the next generation Xbox with state-of-the-art graphics (to last the next ten years) 4K graphic capability (it’s coming boys), a fast roomy internal Solid State Hard Drive with a terra-byte removable Hard Drive plugged on the outside strictly for game saves and video storage, a BLU-RAY optical drive so I can OWN my games and play them years later when Microsoft has decided not to support them anymore in the “CLOUD”.
ArrowDawgX
May 30, 2012 at 12:51pm
Oh yeah, and just as things are going good..........it may get pulled from the store shelves! Microsoft better straighten out their problems with Motorola!
