The Xbox 360 Has Generated $56B In Retail

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According to the official Microsoft blog, the Xbox 360 has sold 67 million untis, generated more than $56 billion in retail and has 40 million Xbox Live members. :eek:

Since 2005—when we launched Xbox 360—we have sold 67 million consoles and have generated more than $56 billion at retail, and we’re still going strong in our seventh year. With 47 percent share of the current-generation console market, we are hitting our stride largely as a result of the success of Kinect for Xbox 360 (19 million sold ) and the flood of new entertainment options through Xbox LIVE (40 million members).
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tunatime said:
must be peoples xbox 360 RROD
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You get that replaced for free even out of warranty(at least mine got replaced even though the warranty had been over for a year or two) so I don't see how that generates any profit....
 
xIronCrossx said:
You get that replaced for free even out of warranty(at least mine got replaced even though the warranty had been over for a year or two) so I don't see how that generates any profit....
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Not always the case. I've been through like 4 or 5 xbox's, only like 2 were replaced under warranty.
 
Wife and I just purchased our first Xbox. Mostly for Kinect and our daughter who loves to dance.
 
its been said a few times but i'll say it again: it's easy to sell 3x as many consoles when 3 out or 4 fail!
 
All the RROD comments, give me a break. My launch console failed 2 years out covered under warranty. My sons slim Halo reach edition had to have the DVD drive replaced bad batch was the word from MS again covered I don’t buy for a second that people would be buying it that many times. I sold my RROD replacement and bought a slim at its launch zero issues. BUT here is a tip keep your electronics cool and they won’t fail as often. And make sure you have good power protection. A lot of previous owners I’m sure bought slims but either traded or kept their current one as a second unit for another TV. The slim and Kinect did breathe new life into it so good for them.
 
Getting tired of all the negative nancies. Seems like every blog/forum/etc are full of em.

Hats off to MS for staying the course and supporting their console with this much vigor late into its lifespan.

Will make me seriously consider getting the next one when it comes out.

I still have the original one working (the one without the HDMI port). It may be the second revision as the power supply is slightly smaller than the original one I had that of course RROD'd. This one I've had since early 2007 with no problems.
 
snapperdragon0 said:
I still have the original one working (the one without the HDMI port). It may be the second revision as the power supply is slightly smaller than the original one I had that of course RROD'd. This one I've had since early 2007 with no problems.
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I bought a used Xbox 360 probably 3 years ago. First thing I did was take it apart and put some Arctic silver 5. Then I did the same thing for the brick itself. Then I hacked it. :D Been working fine since, but rarely used.

Though compared to the PS3, the Xbox 360 was a much better designed console. The PS3 was designed by idiots. I should know, I'm fixing a friends FAT PS3 for him. It needs a new laser and the power supply gets freakishly hot. I just realized that this power supply needs the PS3 cover closed to get any amount of air flow to last longer then 5 minutes before the PS shuts off due to overheating. Believe me the PS3 gets hardly any air flow going on above the PS. Could it have hurt Sony to put a fan on the PS to cool it? PS3's were definitely not made to last.
 
Vicinity said:
Same here. They replaced 2-3, I've owned 5+.
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I'm still on my first one, purchased in 2005.

All you had to do was void the warranty and add the proper cooling that the device lacked. Granted, I've gone through 3 DVD drives.
 
Count me as one of those that MS is making money off of. Won a slim model 4GB/Kinect. Went out and bought the 320GB HDD, second controller + rechargeable batteries, couple games, and I'm sure some other things. All told my free xbox cost about $350 almost instantly. Well worth it for the fun my family and I have had with it.
 
My red (juniper revision?) Resident Evil 360 still works great. Even after the gf melted the top of it by leaving a curling iron sitting on it for day. My brother's launch day 360 still going strong, and he gave me his launch day PS3 which is still working great. We are just lucky I guess.

While we are on the topic of consoles, I just got a Sega Saturn in the mail today. Can't wait for the games to show up :)
 
In that graph, you see the reason for the Wii U, Wii sales have been in rapid decline since 2008. Sony's promises of the untapped potential of the PS3 never panned out. Now, the 360 is king.

The strong sales of both the PS3 and 360, along with no-contest from Nintendo, means we might not see now consoles in 2013. :(
 
Stone Cold said:
In that graph, you see the reason for the Wii U, Wii sales have been in rapid decline since 2008. Sony's promises of the untapped potential of the PS3 never panned out. Now, the 360 is king.

The strong sales of both the PS3 and 360, along with no-contest from Nintendo, means we might not see now consoles in 2013. :(
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Lots of factors in play here. Its my understanding that Sony and MS have sent out dev kits. We received our PS3 kit in the testing offices at ATV, I believe, less than a year before release. Those silly server sized space heaters that were hell to use. It really might have been just a few months we had them in office... Plus the Wii U is direct comp for the 360 and PS3 - it's going to be built for dirt cheap, they will market it well, and steal a bunch of sales. Make a shit ton on the front end and let it falter off.

Anyways is there anything better than when Bruce Lee rips out a tuft of Chucks chest hair and can't blow the crap off his hand. Classic cinematography.
 
Erm if you have had 5 360's fail on you and only managed to get say 3 replaced or repaired under warranty then....aren't you a bit retarded?

If a guy punches you in the face you try to get out of the way after the first or second punch usually. You don't let him just keep hitting you.

Any electronics device can fail (most do these days it seems) but after a couple of bad experiences, the clever person walks away.

All I can say is you must really thrive on disappointment.

As for me? My 2006 Xbox failed in late 2008. It got repaired and has been running fine ever since. If it fails again. I wont bother replacing it.
 
I have four in the house as they make such great media extenders. Two of them the original model, and never had a single RROD. Not saying it doesn't happen, but also one of those issues I think is highly exaggerated.
 
I have three Xbox360's in the house right now but only one of them is hooked up. I have a white original model that RROD'd twice but always got shipped and fixed for free. I have a black one with a twitchy DVD player that I plan to only use as a netflix console upstairs when I get the rec room finished downstairs and move all my stuff down there. The third one is the one I use most, the new smaller model that has worked flawlessly. The only reason I bought them at all is because ... well ... I wanted to. I had the cash and wanted the "new" one.
 
I haven't turned my xbox on in about a year...the PS3 however, gets used almost daily for netflix, blurays, and streaming music from my PC.
 
My wife and I have 2 Xboxes, hooked up simultaneously to two HDTVs. We play online all the time together. We've never had any RROD problems, but then we bought our first Xbox 360 back in 2009, when I got so fed up with the Wii never having a god damn game worth playing. I made sure to get the revised motherboard, and we haven't had any issues. We use it for Netflix, streaming videos from my desktop, playing DVDs... pretty much everything.

I used to bank on Nintendo consoles, because apparently I hadn't learned my lesson from owning the N64 or Gamecube. Now... now I decided that if I'm going to get a console, it needs to have at least a dozen games that I'm interested in at the time of purchase. Subtract the games that look good but suck, and the ones I just don't like, and that should leave at minimum 4 to actually play.
 
daglesj said:
Erm if you have had 5 360's fail on you and only managed to get say 3 replaced or repaired under warranty then....aren't you a bit retarded?

If a guy punches you in the face you try to get out of the way after the first or second punch usually. You don't let him just keep hitting you.

Any electronics device can fail (most do these days it seems) but after a couple of bad experiences, the clever person walks away.

All I can say is you must really thrive on disappointment.

As for me? My 2006 Xbox failed in late 2008. It got repaired and has been running fine ever since. If it fails again. I wont bother replacing it.
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I've had 5 original Playstations die, you keep coming back for more when you've got a huge library already built up and all the games you want are usually released on it.
 
I am on my 4th (last white one released before Slim, Jasper/Arcade). 2 replaced for RROD, the 3rd locked up on boot but never RROD'ed or would cough up an error. Sold it on fleabay for parts.

So I have "purchased" two in the last 5 years. Hmmm.
 
Congrats to Microsoft for stay the course for so long, destroying innovation and ruining PC gaming for 7+ years.
 
Stone Cold said:
In that graph, you see the reason for the Wii U, Wii sales have been in rapid decline since 2008. Sony's promises of the untapped potential of the PS3 never panned out. Now, the 360 is king.

The strong sales of both the PS3 and 360, along with no-contest from Nintendo, means we might not see now consoles in 2013. :(
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The PS3 proved that a high price tag won't flag. It wasn't until the PS3 dropped significantly in price that the sales of those machines started to match or beat the 360. It's also very likely that PS4 and Xbox 720 will cost $500-600 in price. Which at that point you might as well own a PC, or HTPC.

So Microsoft isn't in a hurry cause they're well aware of this problem.

VIC-20 said:
While we are on the topic of consoles, I just got a Sega Saturn in the mail today. Can't wait for the games to show up :)
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I bought the Saturn in 95 and it was a great machine. Still works just fine today.
 
Ashbringer said:
The PS3 proved that a high price tag won't flag. It wasn't until the PS3 dropped significantly in price that the sales of those machines started to match or beat the 360. It's also very likely that PS4 and Xbox 720 will cost $500-600 in price. Which at that point you might as well own a PC, or HTPC.

So Microsoft isn't in a hurry cause they're well aware of this problem.


I bought the Saturn in 95 and it was a great machine. Still works just fine today.
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The Xbox 360 didn't cost $600 when it was released, and it keeps pace with the PS3 in graphics quality just fine.

Honestly, the next generation of consoles needs to have a really good hook when they get released. They need a good balance of power, price and developer usability, and probably something else to get the attention of the user.

Don't get me wrong, a console with enough power to run Unreal Engine 4 games would be pretty sweet, but is that enough to sell said console?
 
Spidey329 said:
I'm still on my first one, purchased in 2005.

All you had to do was void the warranty and add the proper cooling that the device lacked. Granted, I've gone through 3 DVD drives.
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I got the slim one for my latest and haven't had a single issue.

Not all of my fat 360's died from heat, a couple were DVD drive failures that I didn't want to fix.
 
derp said:
I've had 5 original Playstations die, you keep coming back for more when you've got a huge library already built up and all the games you want are usually released on it.
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this^


To all the people talking shit and talking about how they're still using the fat xbox, good for you but the majority of fat xbox 360 owners haven't had the same experience. I haven't had the problem with it since I switched to the slim though.
 
Spidey329 said:
I'm still on my first one, purchased in 2005.

All you had to do was void the warranty and add the proper cooling that the device lacked. Granted, I've gone through 3 DVD drives.
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If you consider what you paid for those replacement DVD drives.....maintenance costs were resonable.
 
ballistic90 said:
The Xbox 360 didn't cost $600 when it was released, and it keeps pace with the PS3 in graphics quality just fine.

Honestly, the next generation of consoles needs to have a really good hook when they get released. They need a good balance of power, price and developer usability, and probably something else to get the attention of the user.

Don't get me wrong, a console with enough power to run Unreal Engine 4 games would be pretty sweet, but is that enough to sell said console?
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Agreed, it did not cost $600 in the beginning! They were expensive for almost the first two years! Does anyone remember how long it took Sony to lower thier prices?
 
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