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.
REDMOND, Wash., Dec 01, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ --
Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox
360 video game and entertainment system kicked off the holidays with record-
breaking console sales on one of the biggest shopping weekends of the year in
the U.S. Retailers reported Xbox 360 console sales over the Black Friday
weekend were on pace to beat previous 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.
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