360 HD DVD Drive Sells Nearly 100K In US
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First reports on Microsoft's status in the DVD format wars.The Xbox 360 HD DVD drive has clocked up 92,000 sales in the US according to market researchers at the NPD group.
42,000 of the 360 peripherals were sold in the US in November 2006 (its first month of sale). This was followed by 50,000 units being sold in December. The 360 has sold 4.5 million in the US, therefore the HD DVD drive's uptake is currently just over 2%.
These figures compare to 687,300 Blu-Ray-enabled PS3s sold to date in the US. That means that just shy of 600,000 more Blu-ray DVD players are sat in the homes of US gamers than 360 HD DVD drives.
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posted by Wasted Rage @ 1/15/2007 02:19:00 PM,
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