Microsoft has just announced their latest quarter sales figures for their Xbox gaming division, with a record 2.7 million units sold between the 1st January and 31st of March – which is up from 1.5 million from that same time last year.
Microsoft’s fiscal Q3 financial report which were released today, stated that total Xbox 360 platform revenue grew year-on-year by $712 million to an eye-watering $1.95 billion, mainly down to their slick digital distribution through Xbox Live.
Driving the platform’s growth, was the runaway success of their new motion controller Kinect which has gone on to sell 2.4 million units in the quarter, putting total sales at around 10.4 million units when you include the eight million it sold between its 4th November launch and 31st December 2010. Which is a stunning performance.
“Consumers are delighted with Kinect, as well as our entire Xbox 360 platform, for the revolutionary experience it brings to their living room,” commented chief financial officer Peter Klein during an investor call. “Kinect continues to lead the way forward in gaming.”
With hardware sales clearly on an upswing, Microsoft said that their not ready to talk new hardware, and who can blame them with sales data like this.
“We’re really not talking about that,” said investor relations boss Bill Koefoed, in response to a question as to when new hardware might be forthcoming.
“Right now we’re incredibly excited about what’s going on with Xbox 360 and certainly Kinect, which is relatively new to the market, so we’re focussed on that.”