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Microsoft says Xbox One saw record-breaking holiday in 2015

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Microsoft announced today that its Xbox One was the best-selling home console in the U.S. in November and December, two of the most important months of the year for gaming system sales. Microsoft also said that it would keep the console at its holiday price of $350.

The company said that weekly average sales for the Xbox One were 50 percent better in November and December, compared to comparable Xbox 360 sales during the first part of its lifecycle in the previous generation.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.