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//abr //div a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/black-friday"Black Friday/a, whether you view it as
America's most chaotic consumer spending spree or simply as an excuse to emshove/em everyone
between you and a $3 toaster, is a critical retail event for console manufacturers. a
href="http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/xbox-360-us-sales-see-record-breaking-black-friday-weekend"According
to Microsoft/a, the Xbox 360 enjoyed record sales during the frantic shopping period, amounting to
an increase of 25% over last year. The company can't resist claiming victory in a battle that a
href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/01/black-friday-2008-wii-crowned-economy-still-down/"doesn't
involve the Wii/a -- the Xbox 360 is said to have outsold the PlayStation 3 by a factor of three.br
/br /Microsoft also expressed satisfaction with software sales, with emGears of War 2/em, emFable
2/em and emLips/em (yes, the karaoke game) leading the way. We'll have to wait until November's a
href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/NPD/"NPD/a results are out until we can see just how well each of
those titles fared.p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"a
href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/02/microsoft-black-friday-xbox-360-sales-trump-ps3-3-to-1/"Microsoft:
Black Friday Xbox 360 sales trump PS3 3-to-1/a originally appeared on a
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