Microsoft flogs loads of 360s

MICROSOFT HAS SAID that the Xbox 360 had the biggest European sales month ever this November - with sales up 124 per cent compared to that of 2007.

Sales of Nintendo's Wii and Sony's Playstation 3 were up 43 per cent and 3 per cent, respectively, year-on-year.

Gamesindustry.biz has the full low-down.

Xbox 360
Microsoft has also stated that it sold a ratio ofXboxes 3 to 1 compared to that of the PS3, in the US' Black Friday sales extravaganza.

Ben Heck has outdone himself once again, producing another gorgeous Xbox 360 portable.

Edge reports that Japan will soon be getting an Xbox 360 video marketplace.

PS3/PSP
Though the 360 was leading the European sales figures, Japanese PS3 sales have doubled.

T3 believes Sony is going to reduce the price of the PS3, and has reflected the change on its own Sony Style website.

The PS3 firmware has also been updated, allowing for full-screen flash.

Wii/DS
The Wiire reveals the profit per Wii console, Nintendo makes. It's $6.

An alternative Christmas present this year, may come in the form of the Yobo FC3 Plus - which plays NES, SNES, and Genesis games, and even comes with a light gun.

Alternatively you could play your Christmas tunes on a Wiimote theremin. µ