With the much-publicized hardware shortage, how did the Xbox 360 launch compare with other recent console launches?
First Day Sales (US Figures, within the first 24 hours)
Sega Dreamcast, 225,000 [source, Wikipedia]
Playstation 2, 510,000 [source, Wikipedia]
Xbox, 400,000 (approximate, shipping numbers) [source, Gamespot]
PSP, unknown
Nintendo DS, unknown (550,000 were shipped, and just over 500,000 of those sold through in the first week) [source, Wikipedia]
Xbox 360, 450,000 (approximate, shipping numbers, assumed sellout) [source, Reuters Yahoo!]
Still Standing
/ November 23, 2005All those units sold and still so many without a 360…
http://iwantanxbox360.blogspot.com/