Jacob Mazel

Microsoft unveiled updated shipment results earlier today for the Xbox 360. The company shipped 2.2m consoles from July 1 to Sept 30 bringing the total number to 22.5m shipped since launch.

Shipments of the three current flagship consoles look like so (in million of units, shipped) from their respective launches:

For Microsoft, Q1, Q5, and Q9 are the quarters ending December. Given that Q1 was the supply constrained launch in 2005, and that the original Xbox only shipped 24.7m units worldwide, the Xbox 360 should top its predecessor next quarter. With the latest shipment data in, the Xbox 360 also topped the third place finisher in the previous ‘console war’. Game Cube shipments stand at 21.7m through June 2008. At its current pace, the Xbox 360 should approach Sega Genesis and Nintendo 64 toward the fall of 2009.

You can judge for yourself when it will happen based on the number of Xbox 360s shipped, in millions, to date in each quarter.

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