Microsoft Sticks to 10M Xbox Projection

Despite the strong gains of the Wii, and the PS3's sellout, Microsoft is sticking to its claim that it will be the first next-gen console to 10 million units. They're still hoping to reach that goal sometime this year. From the article: "Just how feasible that number is remains open. Microsoft's latest financial report at the end of September revealed that the company had moved 6 million Xbox 360s worldwide. And in his latest analysis, Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter said NPD data that Xbox 360 hardware sales in the U.S. were 2.9 million units, averaging approximately 250,000 units monthly for the last six months. Pachter further predicted that 750,000 Xbox 360 hardware units would be sold in November, and between 1.5 - 2 million units in December, a conservative estimate assuming that PS3 supply levels remained consistent throughout the month leading up to Christmas." That's of course not the case, as PS3 supplies have been low. The article goes on to point out they still may squeak this out; the Blue Dragon bundle pack for the 360 is releasing in Japan this week. Preorders for the system have been selling out, and demand in that market is high for the Xbox 360 for the first time since launch.

Re:10 million don't mean squat

[HappySqurriel]

I don't know what the number is, but once you get a lead of a certain size you can essentially run away with the generation; after your userbase lead is large enough you will get all cross platform development and you're likely to get most of the exclusive content as well.

The PS2 had a 80 Million unit lead because they started off getting a 10 Million unit lead ...

Re:Only 6 million XBox 360s sold?

[MooseMuffin]

Read that story again. Nintendo believes it will have 6 million sold by the end of their fiscal year on March 31.

Re:Not without a price drop

[Anonymous Coward]

The general verdict on Gears seems to be that it's an absolutely awesome game, but one that you won't come back to after the first week.

That verdict is only coming from the people who finished it and won't go back... Everyone else who has actually played it hasn't taken time away to tell you anything. They are busy wearing out their XBox 360 controllers playing the game.