Xbox 360 ‘only console to show growth this year’ according to Microsoft
August 16th, 2009
Dubbing itself “the industry’s sole bright spot in 2009,” Microsoft has spun some depressing console sale decline numbers from NPD into a self-congratulating piece on the Xbox 360′s singular success this year. Through the first seven months of 2009 the console has shown 17 percent growth, despite July’s losses for the Big Three’s respective slabs of home hardware. Microsoft also points out that the 360 has been the number one platform for third-party sales through the entire year. Of course, this is nothing Sony can’t rectify with a bit of dirt cheap PS3 Slim magic, right? Right? Nintendo meanwhile probably can’t hear Microsoft’s bragging through the thick, cash-lined vaults it’s built for itself off the back of ceaseless peripheral sales.
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