Jeremiah Yap – Fourth Estate Cooperative Writer
San Francisco, CA, United States (4E) – Microsoft announced on Xbox Wire that the Xbox 360 still holds the top position for video game units sold in the United States for the last 30 months. Last month, Microsoft sold an estimated 140, 000 console units, beating out the Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii.
Based on numbers and popularity, the Xbox 360 is the winner of the current console war. It has outsold and outpaced both Sony and Nintendo’s consoles.
Microsoft is slated to release the Xbox One within 12 months. The Playstation 4 is expected by the end of the year. Both are available for pre-order, while Nintendo’s next-gen console the Wii U is available now.
Other highlights of Microsoft’s report on the 360 include:
Total retail spent on the Xbox 360 platform in June (hardware, software and accessories) reached $197 million, the most for any console in the U.S. (Source: NPD Group, June 2013)
During the month of June, Xbox 360 held seven of the top 10 console game titles including: “Minecraft,” “NBA 2K13,” “Injustice: Gods Among Us,” “Deadpool,” “Call of Duty: Black Ops II,” “Grand Theft Auto IV” and “Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.” (Source: NPD Group, June 2013)