As we were sifting through the chart info from Chart Track we came across the news that Microsoft’s Xbox 360 relaunch has been the most successful redesign in sales terms.
A quote from Chart Track’s website states that:
Microsoft’s new and improved, slimmer XBox 360 console, the XBox 360 250GB (or XBox 360 S) achieves the biggest launch in the UK for a “revised” home console, surpassing the launches of both PS2 Slim and PS3 Slim and recording over two days around the same as the original Xbox 360’s launch sales total back in week 48 2005.
Which might account for the strong showing of some of the console’s exclusives in this week’s charts.
From a personal perspective, I really like the redesign. It’s the first console redesign which I think has actually improved upon the original. Can I justify buying one while my slightly curved beige box is still functioning? No, as much as I like the design it’s a bit daft to buy a console just for a new shape and a bit more power in the USB slot, isn’t it?
Congratulations to Microsoft though, who seem to have tapped a market with much deeper pockets than me.
JKL6939
new packaging—same old shit. I read somewhere that, if you want to upgrade the hard drive, you would have to buy theirs ( which is too expensive. On my PS3, I upgraded my hard drive with an after market, it was a cinch, no hassle at all. I will always prefer my PS3 over this piece of shit any given day.