Microsoft announces 3 million Xbox One consoles sold

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Microsoft announces 3 million Xbox One consoles sold
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Microsoft sold 3 million Xbox One consoles in 13 countries before the end of 2013, the company announced today; the first time sales figures have been released since it announced 2 million consoles were sold within the first 18 days of release.

The news comes from a post on Microsoft's official Xbox Wire blog, where Microsoft said it's "continuing to work hard to deliver additional consoles to retailers as fast as possible" thanks to steady sales.

"Over 3 million Xbox One consoles were sold to consumers in 13 countries before the end of 2013," wrote Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president of marketing, strategy and business for Xbox. "It’s been incredible to see Xbox One selling at a record-setting pace for Xbox, and we were honored to see Xbox One become the fastest-selling console in the U.S. during our launch month in November."

In November, the NPD Group confirmed 909,132 Xbox One consoles were sold in the U.S. in its first 10 days of release. Microsoft updated the total on Dec. 11 to announce 2 million sales within the first 18 days of availability, a tally that includes the other 12 markets the console launched in.

November's NPD sales figures indicate that the U.S. likely accounted for at least a third of Xbox One's overall sales, though Microsoft declined to break down the sales by territory. When the November figures were released, Microsoft claimed it "significantly outpacing the nearest competitor" in terms of daily console sales.

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GossipPosted:

This is pretty amazing, congrats MS.

WittPosted:

ahha wow, the console are $500 and if you multiply that by 3,000,000 its like $1.5b, maybe more with GBP and EUR Currecncys. wow.

FinancialChadPosted:

Not surprising, I think the sales next year holiday time are going to be quite large as well.

DissPosted:

That's a lot of sales, I wonder how much money they have made so far from the Xbox One and it's accessories.

CulpritPosted:

3million consoles sold and I don't even have one. lol

KonviictedPosted:

Finally PS fanboys can shut up. There is no comparison in sales for these 2 consoles considering the PS4 is $100 cheaper and is in a lot more markets right now. Guarantee Microsoft wins this console war. And don't even comment talking about "how much better the PS4 is" because that is an opinion and what I have stated are FACTS (apart from MS winning the console war)

KonviictedPosted:

Ihippo How many ps4's have been sold?

Not fanboying just curious


There has been more PS4s sold, but that's because it's $100 cheaper and in a lot more markets as of right now.

M16xDr0pSh0tzPosted:

I don't know if that is alot compared to others but i hope not. I dislike xbox one.

HaloPosted:

That's a sweet amount of consoles. Not bad at all!

DJMarkyMarkPosted:

That's a pretty large number but I would really like to see the PS4 sales compared to the Xbox One.