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Microsoft Aims For 15 Million 360s By Next Year
Gamespot is carrying the news that Microsoft is aiming to sell 13 to 15 Million consoles by June of next year. The story shows good and bad news for the company; While they've already sold 5 Million units, the Home Entertainment division lost about $1.2 billion for the last year. From the article: "Will Microsoft make its goal in the face of not one, but two rival next-gen console launches this fall? That remains to be determined, but the console will have the advantage of being cheaper than the Sony PlayStation 3 and having a bigger game library than the Nintendo Wii. The upcoming 12 months will also see several exclusive 'system seller' titles be released for the 360, including Epic Games' Gears of War, which is tentatively due this holiday season." Kotaku points out that, to sweeten the pot, a new bundle pack may be in the offing for the system.
I beg to differ. Look at the latest numbers for the top 10 console games sold in Japan
http://www.the-magicbox.com/topten.htm
The top 3 spots are DS games and 7/10 spots are DS games.
And on the US charts for July 2-8
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6153855.html
DS games are right up there, but only pushed down a bit due to the World Cup frenzy that pushed all the soccer games up the charts.