According to NPD, the Xbox One's launch is the most successful launch in that country's history. 65,000 units were sold in it's first three days. To put that in perspective, the previous record was held by Nintendo's Wii which sold about 32,900.
Jeremy Hinton of Microsoft Australia commented on the recent news saying " We attribute a key part of our success to listening to the Australian community. This led to the inclusion of the Bathurst track in Forza Motorsport 5, entering the Xbox One Racing Team as a wildcard in the 2013 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, through to the launch of local entertainment apps Network Ten's TenPLAY, SBS On Demand, Quickflix and local music, TV and movies within our Xbox apps, right through to TV and voice control support from day one"
This is a nice switch up, as we've all been hearing about how well the PS4 is doing and the records it's breaking. It's nice to see Xbox One get a record for it's self, Although there isn't any indication about how well the PS4 has done in Australia. It could be that PS4 steals this record right from Microsoft's hands. While I do think the PS4 is out selling the Xbox One, I believe the race is getting tighter as the holiday's near. I surely hope so, having one machine come out on top, is bad for gamers. No direct competition between Microsoft and Sony is bad for gamers and consumers.
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