Microsoft: Xbox 360 widens lead over PlayStation 3
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latimesblogs.latimes.com — Microsoft said today that it had sold more than 28 million Xbox 360s since introducing the game console in November 2005. That compares with more than 20 million PlayStation 3 consoles sold by Sony since it debuted the device in November 2006, according to Microsoft executives. "We're ...
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Microsoft: We've Sold 28 Million Xbox 360s [Numbers Game]
Kotaku — ... management Aaron Greenberg told the Los Angeles Times that sales were ahead of the company's high-def competition... and widening. Microsoft also whipped out its Xbox Live subscriber data numbers, hoping to impress the ladies. It puts Live membership at 17 million, with "a majority" of them being the Gold (read: paying) variety. Greenberg tells the Times that Live members have spent over a billion dollars with the service... almost enough to cover those big extended warranty bills. Microsoft: Xbox 360 widens lead over PlayStation 3 [LA Times]

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