Microsoft has just released its financial results for first quarter 2010, ended March 31, annunciandoo that total sales of the Xbox 360 now stands at 40 million units last year in this same period was announced the achievement of 30 million, then this indicates a total of 10 million consoles sold in one year.

The company explained that the previous year, sales of hardware and software have undergone a slight decline, but despite this, profits have more than tripled from 249 million dollars in the first quarter of 2009 to 851 million in the quarter just ended: this is mainly due to lower production costs of the console and the big profits generated on Xbox Live, the subscription is due to the sale of game content.