wraggster
May 18th, 2006, 19:38
Via CVG (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=140203)
Stat crunching The NPD Group has reportedly released sales data putting Xbox 360 on top of the console pile in April in the US. According to the data released, Xbox 360 racked up sales of 295,000 units during the month, with its current main contender on the home console front, PS2, hitting the 205,000 unit mark - still pretty impressive though that, considering PS2's age.
Meanwhile, Microsoft has been bragging about Xbox Live Marketplace, saying that it's witnessed 24 million downloads since 360's launch in the US in November last year. E3 week alone saw over five million downloads from the service, with the Halo 3 trailer unsurprisingly proving the most popular slice of Marketplace content.
We've even been sent a top 10 of E3 downloads:
Halo 3 Game Trailer (Microsoft Game Studios)
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Free Playable Demo (Capcom)
Test Drive Unlimited Free Playable Demo (Atari)
MotoGP '06 Free Playable Demo (THQ)
X-Men: The Last Stand Pack (20th Century Fox)
Gears of War GameTrailer (Microsoft Game Studios)
Call of Duty 2: Skirmish Map Pack (Activision)
Spider-Man 3 Game Trailer (Activision)
Fable 2 Trailer (Microsoft Game Studios)
Uno Xbox Live Arcade Game (Microsoft Game Studios)
Stat crunching The NPD Group has reportedly released sales data putting Xbox 360 on top of the console pile in April in the US. According to the data released, Xbox 360 racked up sales of 295,000 units during the month, with its current main contender on the home console front, PS2, hitting the 205,000 unit mark - still pretty impressive though that, considering PS2's age.
Meanwhile, Microsoft has been bragging about Xbox Live Marketplace, saying that it's witnessed 24 million downloads since 360's launch in the US in November last year. E3 week alone saw over five million downloads from the service, with the Halo 3 trailer unsurprisingly proving the most popular slice of Marketplace content.
We've even been sent a top 10 of E3 downloads:
Halo 3 Game Trailer (Microsoft Game Studios)
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Free Playable Demo (Capcom)
Test Drive Unlimited Free Playable Demo (Atari)
MotoGP '06 Free Playable Demo (THQ)
X-Men: The Last Stand Pack (20th Century Fox)
Gears of War GameTrailer (Microsoft Game Studios)
Call of Duty 2: Skirmish Map Pack (Activision)
Spider-Man 3 Game Trailer (Activision)
Fable 2 Trailer (Microsoft Game Studios)
Uno Xbox Live Arcade Game (Microsoft Game Studios)