(USA) Nov. Tops 3.2M Hardware Units: over 500k Xbox 360s Options

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(USA) Nov. Tops 3.2M Hardware Units: over 500k Xbox 360s Posted by XanTium | December 5 20:42 EST

Next-gen.biz published the November numbers from Arcadia Investment, another analyst company. Their November expectations for the Xbox 360 are a bit lower than Wedbush Morgan's 750k: [QUOTE] In its monthly report analyst Arcadia Investment says console sales in November topped 3.2 million units. Next-Gen has exclusive details of the report's highlights including platform break-downs. Xbox 360 unit sales topped a minimum of 500K units in the month, probably more, with 200K in Black Friday week. Retailers attributed the increase to strong sales of Gears of War and "chronic press coverage" of supply constraints on PS3. Microsoft is now on track to sell through about 4.25 million units in the US in calendar 2006 with an installed base of around 5 million units. Available quantity of PS3 was probably less than 150K units at launch, with a further 50K creeping into the channel in November. Some retailers reporting less than 0.5 software units per hardware unit. Arcadia says a 600K total sell through for the year is reasonable. It says Wii sold about 500K in unit sales in November with a tie ratio of about two per console. The report says that Nintendo remains on track to deliver about 1.3 million units to retail shelves by year end in the US. PS2 sales topped 500K units, driven by the $129 price point and Guitar Hero II. PS2 is on track to hit about 4.7 million units in CY 06, which would bring the US total to about 36.5 million by year end. At this point it's not clear if Xbox 360 beat PS2 for the month. [/QUOTE] Read More: next-gen.biz

[TheIrishLad]

Whats up with so many PS2 sales? Guitar Hero 2 can't be THAT good!

[mlapaglia]

might be because they are still making games for the ps2 lol, that and it's pretty decently priced.. i like the slim version too, very sexy.

[spinr34]

a new ps2 is worth $50. 129 is way overpriced. i'll get a used one in 3 years for like $20 so i can play time crisis

[JohnnyVegas]

The PS2 is affordable and has a large libarary of games.

[TheIrishLad]

The PS2 is affordable and has a large libarary of games.

Affordability is relative.

[quarky42]

A large library of games isn't relative. Their library is huge. However I find that when ever I play a game on the PS2 that has an XBOX version available, I'm vastly disappointed in the load times of the PS2 version and often annoyed at the difference in graphics quality.

Guitar Hero 2 is probably going to be a big hit as long as they didn't screw it up.

The quality of some of the games could be questionable, but with that many games to choose from, they all can't be winners. Same is true of the XBOX even though it doesn't have as many...they definitely aren't all winners. Go figure. Sometimes the developers and project gurus get it wrong...way wrong. Pro Cast Sports Fishing wrong.

[cerberus414]

Who is still buying PS2s. and WHY???????????? 7 years after it comes out..... People still buy it. I really don't get it. Honestly. No Joke.

[Murc]

Looks like the 360 outsold everyone...Muwahahahaha

I was one the the black friday sales. I like the 360...and the media extender thing...I like that far more then I thought I would have.

[ConXept]

Who is still buying PS2s. and WHY???????????? 7 years after it comes out..... People still buy it. I really don't get it. Honestly. No Joke.

Beacause everyones ps2 keeps breaking, see sony is fucking smart. make a console with < 2 year life span that people love. Consumer solution= buy a new ps2!!! hence high ps2 sales that help sony with their major ps3 fuck up.

[Dirvance]

Kinda like how people r on their 3rd and 4th 360s? So i guess the installed base isn't as big as we thought

[VancityPimP]

Only some of the launch PS2s had problems, and now people are saying that every PS2s are braking. I have a V9 PS2 for like 4 years with no sign of it breaking. PS2s are selling because it has the best gaming lineup period. When you have as much quality titles that are out and still coming, its going to sell. Where as Xbox 360 is relying on 1 or 2 killer apps, which is not going to please everyone. Not everybody likes Halo, Grand Theft Auto, or Gears of War. Variety is what wins console wars, just look at NES, SNES, PS1, PS2, and soon to be PS3. Yes I said PS3, sorry about that but you cant deny the 3rd Party support and the hype.