Computers.net News and Information http://www.computers.net/node/333/atom/feed 2008-05-15T14:53:06-04:00 Xbox 360 Surpasses the Wii & PS3 http://www.computers.net/content/xbox-360-surpasses-wii-ps3 2008-05-15T14:53:06-04:00 2008-05-15T14:53:06-04:00 Computers Microsoft has announced that its Xbox 360 games console has reached ten million unit sales in the US.

The company figures reveal that the machine beat Nintendo's Wii and the Sony Playstation 3 in reaching the landmark sales figure.

When released in November 2005, the Xbox 360 was the first of the latest generation games consoles to be released in the US. The Wii and PS3 were launched a year later.

Don Mattrick, senior vice president of the entertainment and devices division at Microsoft, said that this year will be the largest in the history of the video game industry.

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