28 Million Xbox 360 Sold By Microsoft by the End of 2008
On Monday, Microsoft told, by the end of 2008, the sale of Microsoft’s Xbox 360’s sale rose up to 28 million video game consoles. Aaron Greenberg, Xbox 360 product management director, Microsoft Corp, said, 2008 “was our biggest year ever in Xbox history”.
Despite of the global economical recession, the rise in the sale of an entertainment product signifies its success and uprising demand. During these times, purchasing power has also been greatly affected. Many companies are sending large of their employees to homes.
But for the holiday season, people have still opted for the purchase of Xbox 360. The market trend has elated towards gaming stuff, according to a research report by NPD. NPD; market researcher, has marked the sale of video games risen up to 10 percent earning about $2.91 billion, alone in November.
With this high sale, Xbox 360 has beaten down its first competitor, Sony Corporation’s PS3.
The increase in online sale of Xbox has also increased to 84 percent gradually in years. The membership count of Xbox Live community has gone up to 17 million members by the end of the year 2008.
The previous version of Xbox 360, i.e. Xbox, took the market to bloom when it was launched.
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