Microsoft Yesterday claimed that in the previous week its Xbox 360 games console had outsold the PlayStation 3 by a ratio of 2:1 in the US. The week of Thanksgiving is generally considered an important pointer to the Christmas season.
Microsoft said it based the US sales numbers on: "Estimates from top retailers." Sony disputes the figures, saying they are: "way off".
"It's (Sony Computer Entertainment America) policy not to disclose our unit sales numbers until NPD numbers are officially released which will be December 13," a Sony official said on Thursday."However, I can assure you that Microsoft's estimates of our PS3 unit sales numbers are way off, and they did not outsell PS3 2:1 during Black Friday week."
Sony did not release unit sales numbers, but last week reported a 245 percent increase in PS3 sales thanks to its newly reduced and more attractive $399 (about £200) price in the US.
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sd said: fdhdshsdh WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR FIGURES FORM HERE ARE SOME REAL ONES-360 hardware sales in USA and especially Software sales crushed the PS3 on both fronts360 298918 Total sales 8862203PS3 174045 Total sales 2608689wwwvgchartzcomaweeklyphpJapan sales for Next gen consoles-wwwm-createcomrankingWii 54362PS3 50564Xbox360 7117360 is making progress in Japan and soon to release the huge 360 bundle ther2 which includesLost Odyssey for around 150 so we will see who wins Japan wide open raceWhere did you get your Japan sales figures fromYou talk about PR and yet MS have been very quiet over sales whereas Sony have been flag raising BUT when official figures come out MS Products do their talkingAnd Great Britain is the biggest console seller outside of Japan and USA and again the 360 far outsells the PS3 and in total Europe software sales 360 winsand that is where the profit is made
fdhdshsdh said: The reason Sony didnt release sales figures while Microsoft did is because Sony live in the real world where they wait for sales to actually be counted before releasing figures while Microsoft just make it up to try and get some good PRThere are some sales figures for November for Microsoft to enjoy The PS3 has just sold 183000 for the month in Japan beating the Wiis 159000 and outselling the 360 by 51 Oh wait Microsoft wont enjoy that at all which is why you wont hear any mention of Japan from them They are pretty quiet about Europe as well for some reason