Microsoft Says It Sold More Than 750,000 Xbox Consoles Last Week

By Dina Bass

November 27, 2012

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Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) said it sold more than 750,000 Xbox consoles in the U.S. during the week of Black Friday, exceeding the company’s internal projections.

Xbox Live Gold Subscription card sales increased more than 50 percent compared with the same week of 2011, the company said in an e-mailed statement. The sales figure includes purchases made from Nov. 18 to Nov. 23.

To contact the reporter on this story: Dina Bass in Seattle at dbass2@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Lisa Rapaport at lrapaport1@bloomberg.net