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Microsoft Next-Gen Console to Sell over a Billion Units

Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft’s senior vice president of Interactive Entertainment Business today suggested that their gaming consoles sales opportunities will lead to record sales in the coming years. The new generation is about 300 million units while industry experts believe the next generation will see sales in excess of 400 million. Speaking about the Xbox 360, […]

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Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft’s senior vice president of Interactive Entertainment Business today suggested that their gaming consoles sales opportunities will lead to record sales in the coming years. The new generation is about 300 million units while industry experts believe the next generation will see sales in excess of 400 million. Speaking about the Xbox 360, Mehdi said he believed the aging platform could reach 100 million units sold by 2018. Read the full story here.

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