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UK Xbox 360 Sales Up 43 Per Cent

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By Tom Ivan

September 1, 2009

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Microsoft’s Xbox 360 recorded a 43 per cent week-on-week sales increase in the UK during the week ended Saturday, August 29, GfK Chart-Track has told us.

The rise in weekly sales is largely attributable to the £30 Xbox 360 Elite price cut introduced by Microsoft on August 28, which was timed to coincide with the beginning of a bank holiday weekend.

Microsoft’s price cut came into effect four days ahead of the release of Sony’s PS3 Slim, which launched today at the new PS3 price point of £249.99.

In addition to cutting the price of the Elite 360, Microsoft also raised the cost of the Xbox 360 Arcade by £30 to £159.99 and announced plans to phase out the Pro model.

toadwarrior's picture
On September 3rd toadwarrior said:

Of course people are buying them up before MS raises the price yet again!

grognard66's picture
On September 2nd grognard66 said:

Both MS and Sony are going to be keeping their marketing department's busy the next month or two with creative use of statistics. The only numbers that will really matter are the NPD and GfK year end reports that come out in Jan. I suspect each of the big three (and most publishers) will be happy to put 2009 behind them when all is said and done - this Holiday Season may be one of the most disappointing for them in quite some time.

Bleemo's picture
On September 3rd Bleemo said:

indeed but some believe there will be a double dip recession wise with the second dip next year, so it may not be over yet for poor sales in general.

brothergrim's picture
On September 2nd brothergrim said:

lol at all the single format cough cough sony fanboy sad cunts!

Dan_Chippendale's picture
On September 2nd Dan_Chippendale said:

what is 43% of 0.... ? Exactly, we want numbers not percentages!

Alex Walker's picture
On September 1st Alex Walker said:

I'm sure the fact that no one has been able to get the 60 gig for weeks has had nothing to do with it.

monkfishjoe's picture
On September 1st monkfishjoe said:

Here here DoubleTap!

strickers's picture
On September 1st strickers said:

We in the UK join the US in their unbridled stupidity.

nobodyspeshul's picture
On September 3rd nobodyspeshul said:

PS3 isn't your spouse and doesn't need your loyalty. :)

German's picture
On September 1st German said:

well what the heck, I'll play along with you, ready? Here it goes:

You don't now whut you taking abut, the 360 rules and its the coolest piece of gaming heaven evaa. You so stupid cause you like the PS3, it had to go on a diet to compete with the 360, me and my buddies use to call it the PhatS3 hahahaha, get it. PPL in the UK who get a 360 are healthier that the phat people that get a PS3 hahaha.

How was that? Did I sound as fanboy as you??

Indrema's picture
On September 1st Indrema said:

We accept!

DoubleTap's picture
On September 3rd DoubleTap said:

@ strickers , Can you please keep your fucking fanboy bullshit to your self , it brings nothing to this site.