Xbox 360 Registers Biggest Black Friday in Its History: Xbox 360 consoles and games sell at record levels; outsells PlayStation 3 by three-to-one ratio.

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Xbox 360 outsells Sony PS3 3-to-1 on Black Friday
Published 12/2/2008 at I4U News
... Microsoft announces that the Xbox 360 set new records in sales on Black Friday. Apparently the Xbox 360 outsold the Sony PS3 3-to-1 and Microsoft sold 25% more Xbox 360 consoles compared to Black Friday 2007. The Xbox 360 has now an install base of 25 million and an online community of more than 14 million Xbox LIVE members. In Europe Xbox 360 console sales in Europe are up as much as 400%, with sales nearly double year over year and reaching 7 million consoles sold this generation. I already predicted a very strong holiday sales season for the Xbox 360 as the ...

Xbox 360 registers record braking sales on Black Friday - outsells PlayStation 3 by 3:1
Published 12/2/2008 by DG at D' Technology Weblog
... years, outselling the PlayStation 3 by a three-to-one ratio and estimating a 25 percent increase from Xbox 360 Black Friday sales figures from 2007. Strong game sales rounded out a historic Black Friday for Xbox 360, with record-paced software sales continuing for key Microsoft titles, such as “Gears of War 2,” “Fable II,” and “Lips.” Xbox 360 continues to have the highest game attach rate of any console at 8.1 games per console. Full PressPass ...

Microsoft sold an awful lot of Xbox 360s during Black Friday weekend
Published 12/2/2008 by Nicholas Deleon at CrunchGear
... Looks like Microsoft weathered the first “oh God will we sell any Xbox 360s in this economy?” storm last week, and then some. Redmond sold 25 percent more Xboxen this Black Friday weekend then it did last year, which was well before the general public had their 401(k)s on their mind. The Xbox 360, we’re told, outsold the PS3 by a three-to-one ratio, which isn’t exactly surprising. Outside of being an inexpensive Blu-ray player—a really inexpensive Blu-ray player if your ...