Major Nelson: Xbox 360 sold out in Dec., supply tight now
According to Xbox 360 hype man Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb, Microsoft isn't expecting to "win" December's hardware sales battle, as depicted in the NPD's monthly report (to be released later today). "I found out we ran out of consoles at the end of the month," Hryb tweeted last night, with a follow-up that added, "Jan/Feb supply is tight as well."
That said, he's is anticiapting "likely amazing YOY [year-over-year] growth numbers for Xbox." In non-business speak, that means he's expecting last month's Xbox 360 hardware sales to have surpassed the figure recorded in December 2009. While that would mean more than 1.31 million Xboes were sold last month, if Hryb's prediction is correct, it would also mark the second year in a row that the Xbox was bested by Sony's PlayStation 3 in one of the year's most important sales months.
Coupled with the many millions of Kinect units sold last year, Microsoft liekly enjoyed its holiday -- though anyone who got a Kinect without an Xbox 360 were probably feeling scrooged.
That said, he's is anticiapting "likely amazing YOY [year-over-year] growth numbers for Xbox." In non-business speak, that means he's expecting last month's Xbox 360 hardware sales to have surpassed the figure recorded in December 2009. While that would mean more than 1.31 million Xboes were sold last month, if Hryb's prediction is correct, it would also mark the second year in a row that the Xbox was bested by Sony's PlayStation 3 in one of the year's most important sales months.
Coupled with the many millions of Kinect units sold last year, Microsoft liekly enjoyed its holiday -- though anyone who got a Kinect without an Xbox 360 were probably feeling scrooged.
