Microsoft’s XBOX 360: The Highest Selling Console of November 2011

[ Chip Hazard ] 10 Dec

Microsoft has announced Saturday that they have sold over 1.7 Million XBOX 360 units in U.S in November, making it the highest selling console for the month in the country.

Microsoft Official Blog reports:

Today, Microsoft announced that the Xbox 360 has closed another impressive month, strengthening its position in the current-generation console market with record sales of 1.7 million units in the U.S. in November, the only current-generation console to sell more than one million units, and nearly double the second-place console.

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Xbox update brings TV with voice, gesture control

[ MSN ] 5 Dec

Microsoft Corp. is rolling out a new interface for its Xbox game console users — one that allows you to navigate through music, movies, TV shows and games with the wave of your hand or the sound of your voice.

The interface, first demonstrated by CEO Steve Ballmer in September, is set up similarly to Microsoft Corp.'s upcoming Windows 8 operating system with a series of large panes showing content options.

Microsoft says there have been 57 million Xbox units sold around the world and there are more than 35 million users who have logged on to its Xbox Live service at least once in the last three months. 

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