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Microsoft: Xbox 360 Outsold PS3 3-to-1 On Black Friday [Corporate Gloating]
Microsoft: Xbox 360 Outsold PS3 3-to-1 On Black Friday [Corporate Gloating]
The Xbox 360 experienced "record-breaking console sales" during the post-Thanksgiving weekend, Microsoft corporately gloated today. It estimated a 25% increase in sales from Black Friday 2007 and boasted that it outsold the PlayStation 3 three-to-one. Don Mattrick, senior VP of the Interactive ...
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Xbox 360 allegedly outsells PS3 by 3 to 1 last week
Destructoid — Uh oh, Microsoft is being smug again. According to the platform holder, the Xbox 360 enjoyed "record breaking sales" this Thanksgiving weekend, allegedly outselling the PlayStation 3 at a 3:1 ratio. The system saw a 25% increase in sales over 2007's Black Friday. The 'Soft also continues to boast having the highest game attach rate with "8.1 games per console." "We entered into the Black Friday sales period with cautious optimism, knowing that dollar for dollar, Xbox 360 offers more social ...

Microsoft says the 360 outsold the PS3 3:1
That VideoGame Blog — ... That quote is kind of where my You Got Served metaphor falls flat, but Microsoft is actually claiming that the 360 outsold the PS3 by 3:1 and that 360 sales this Black Friday increased by 25 percent. Even Microsoft is admitting that the increased sales are most likely due to that ...

PS3 eats Xbox 360 exhaust on Black Friday sales
VTOR - Virtual TO Reality — ... This is bound to stoke the fires of my friendly challenge to get fellow VTOR author Darius to buy an Xbox 360. He says there aren’t enough good reasons to buy one. On Black Friday, the Xbox 360 sold 3 consoles for every one PS3. Kotaku : The Xbox 360 experienced “record-breaking console sales” during the post-Thanksgiving weekend, Microsoft corporately gloated today. It estimated a 25% increase in sales from Black Friday 2007 and boasted that it outsold the PlayStation 3 three-to-one. Darius, you paying attention? ;) No knock on the PS3 which is a sweet and infinitely more ...

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