UK's Xbox 360 slim launch huge

The redesigned ‘slim’ hardware of Xbox 360 has sold gangbusters, in fact it has mirrored the same performance as the original’s in 2005.

The UK gamer has lapped up the more efficient and quieter design, with Chart-Track noting it has out sold the slim relaunches of PS2 and PS3.

Over two days of the new Xbox 360 selling in UK retailers it sold ”around the same” as the original Xbox 360 console did back during the platform launch in ‘05. No hard sales figures to drool over have been released yet.

It blew past the slim launches of the PlayStation 2 and 3 said Chart-Track. The new super quiet Xbox 360 includes built-in WiFi and a 250GB HDD, along with a dedicated power port for the upcoming launch of the Kinect motion camera.

Retailer GAME has already lauded the ”amazing” demand for the new model, saying hundreds queued to buy them from over 400 of their stores which opened at midnight. 40% of Xbox 360s sold in the US in June were the new slim models.

Have you bought yourself a new slim Xbox 360, videogamer?

Source: Eurogamer