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Technology Lifestyle Xbox 360 beats PS3 to 10 million US sales | Xbox 360 beats PS3 to 10 million US sales |
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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Friday, 16 May 2008 | |
      
"History has shown us that the first company to reach 10 million in console sales wins the generation battle," said Don Mattrick, senior vice president of the interactive entertainment business in Microsoft's entertainment and devices division. Worldwide Xbox 360 sales have exceeded 19 million, whereas Sony's financial results show it has sold 12.85 million PS3s. The Xbox 360 went on sale a year before the PS3. Microsoft is also bragging that 16 Xbox 360 games have recorded sales of at least one million units, compared with just two PS3 titles. But at least one analyst thinks the high proportion of online users could be key to the Xbox 360's continued success. "Reaching an installed base of 10 million consoles in the US is a significant achievement and an essential milestone on the road to market leadership," said Billy Pidgeon, research manager at IDC. "Perhaps more important is the Xbox 360 worldwide online base — 12 million Xbox LIVE gamers is the largest community in the connected console games sector, which represents the greatest growth opportunity in the console market and where Microsoft has been the leader for two generations," he added.
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