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195K Xbox 360s Sold in August

September Arcade console sales show 6x lift, Microsoft adds.

Minutes ahead of official NPD Group data, Microsoft reps said Thursday that Xbox 360 sold 195,000 consoles in the U.S.

Last month, Xbox 360 sold about 205,000 in the U.S.

The data does not include sales after August 30, so the September 5 across-the-board Xbox 360 price cut was not taken into consideration this time around. Next month's NPDs will serve as a better barometer of the price cut's affect on sales.

Microsoft did say, citing internal data, that sales for the $199 Xbox 360 Arcade sold six time more than the weekend before following the console's $50 price cut.

Citing NPD data, Microsoft also claimed a software attach rate of eight games per console.

The firm added that Xbox 360 generated third party revenues of $94 million during August, or $4.1 billion to date.