Xbox 360 top selling console in UK in 2006

[mckmas8808]

Success at last for 360 in UK

With a fresh supply of hardware, Microsoft scored its first all formats number one as Dead Or Alive 4 on Xbox 360 hit the top spot after its first weekend at UK retail. 360 hardware sales were up 100 per cent over the last two weeks, making Microsoft’s console the second biggest-seller of 2006 after PSP.

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UK loving the X360. Great job MS. Does anybody else having the total number of units that MS has sold in the UK?

 

[GB123]

I'm confused where have these consoles come from?

I still haven't been able to find one in my local shops.

 

[mckmas8808]

I'm confused where have these consoles come from?

I still haven't been able to find one in my local shops.

I don't know but more X360's are selling than PS2s so somebody is buying them.

 

[holsty101]

gb123 - i got one from my local currys 2 - 3 weeks back, they said they had plenty, both core & premium. maybe try ringing round a bit?

 

[Titanio]

Since about two weeks or so ago they've been available in stores local to me, fairly freely.

 

[czekon]

Japan next ???

 

[Mmmkay]

Err, don't you mean second top selling console?

 

[expletive]

Further down the page:

Square throws down Euro gauntlet

Square Enix Europe this week revealed a bold target of becoming a top five publisher in the territory within two to three years. With its first self-published title, Dragon Quest, due in April, President and CEO John Yamamoto revealed further expansion was on the cards, commenting: “France is the next most important territory for us after the UK; Spain and Germany are also strong markets.”

I wonder if hardware success in the UK could lead to more support from Square, given their strategic goals stated here.

 

[Bobbler]

Err, don't you mean second top selling console?

Some people don't consider handhelds as consoles. Hardware overall though, it's second place this year so far.

 

[Mmmkay]

Some people don't consider handhelds as consoles. Hardware overall though, it's second place this year so far.

Oh I know, it was just a tongue in cheek jab for the contingent of people who view the PSP more as an adopted console due to its library of PS2 and PS1 ports.

 

[eDoshin]

PSP certainly sells at > console price.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

Some people don't consider handhelds as consoles. Hardware overall though, it's second place this year so far.

Have you a link to conosle sales? Every once in a while we get Japanese figures down to the unit, but EU and US figures are few and far between.

 

[Richard]

Are people (in the EU) still having trouble finding xbox 360s? Today I saw nine on a store's floor (the HDD/Premium variety).

 

[Bobbler]

Have you a link to conosle sales? Every once in a while we get Japanese figures down to the unit, but EU and US figures are few and far between.

No numbers, just going by the article. UK numbers usually show up (more rarely Spain/France/Germany), but US/NA numbers are usually absent. GAF is usually the source for that type of stuff (although recently some of their leakers got a slap on the wrist by their employers, I believe... so it's been a bit harder to get any solid numbers for outside of Japan).

 

[Shifty Geezer]

It'd be nice to see what the aging PS2 is managing relative to XB360. That is, though XB360 is second, is that by a large margin or just poking ahead? And are PSP sales for the normal or GigaPack, and as such, what's the price difference people are paying for PSP versus XB360?

 

[Titanio]

It'd be nice to see what the aging PS2 is managing relative to XB360.

Post-Christmas, one would expect January to be generally quiet. But 360 is an exception because I'd imagine there's still some pent-up demand from launch that was unsatisfied. PS2 or other home systems aren't really in the same circumstances, so this will be a normal quiet period for them. PSP is still ultra-hot, though and people who went unsatisfied over Xmas may still be picking them up now - a similar effect as 360, perhaps.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

Valid points. Again, is XB360 top with 50,000 units a week sold, or 15,000 in a very slow month? Still, it makes a nice change

 

[Bad_Boy]

So I take it 360 knocked psp out of the top spot?
http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2197&Itemid=2
http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=84678
Or is it just talking about consoles?

 

[Nicked]

Valid points. Again, is XB360 top with 50,000 units a week sold, or 15,000 in a very slow month? Still, it makes a nice change

Probably somewhere in between.

So I take it 360 knocked psp out of the top spot?
http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2197&Itemid=2
http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=84678
Or is it just talking about consoles?

Thats the exact same info. as in this thread - it didn't, but software sold fantastically.

 

[Bobbler]

So I take it 360 knocked psp out of the top spot?
http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2197&Itemid=2
http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=84678
Or is it just talking about consoles?

I don't believe the article said that, it was Mckmas who did (and we can only assume hes talking about consoles only, and not including the portables when he said it). The article states (if you read the quote in the original post, even) that it is "the second biggest-seller of 2006 after PSP."

The sales likely go (does the article mention?):
PSP
X360
DS
PS2
GBA/SP/M (maybe?)
GC
Xbox