REDMOND, Wash., Dec. 3 -- Microsoft Corp. says it scored big with Xbox 360 sales on Black Friday, claiming it outsold Japanese rival Sony's PlayStation 3 by a 3-to-1 margin.
"We entered into the Black Friday sales period with cautious optimism," said Don Mattrick, senior vice president of the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft, InformationWeek reported Wednesday.
But, at the end of the day, the Microsoft said its Xbox 360 Black Friday sales jumped 25 percent over 2007.
Sales jumped due to the popularity of several new Xbox games, including Gears of War 2 and Lips, Microsoft said.