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Over 10 Million X360s Will be Shipped by Year's End

by Judy on Dec. 6, 2006 @ 2:36 p.m. PST

Microsoft today announced that it expects to ship more than 10 million Xbox 360 units to retailers by the end of the current calendar year. That number refers to units "sold into retail," which refers to units in transit, units sitting in store inventories and machines sold to consumers.

"This holiday, we expect to have sold in excess of 10 million units worldwide," a Microsoft spokeswoman said. Microsoft has previously forecast global shipments of 10 million by the end of 2006, as well as shipments of 13 million by 15 million by the end of its 2007 fiscal year that ends June 30. The company's latest Xbox 360 shipment count stands at around 6 million units.

The Xbox 360 debuted in November 2005, roughly a year ahead of machines from rivals Sony and Nintendo, whose PlayStation 3 and Wii consoles went on sale in the United States last month.

Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell spoke at a Nasdaq investor conference in London on Tuesday and his accompanying PowerPoint presentation included a slide showing the Xbox 360 outpacing the original Xbox, which launched in November 2001. That presentation, at http://www.microsoft.com/msft/events/default.mspx, showed Microsoft had shipped more than 5.7 million Xbox 360 units in the three quarters following the launch period, compared with 4.7 million Xbox units in the same post-debut time frame.

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