Microsoft ships 6 million Xbox 360 units, claims it can sell 4 million more in 2 months!

In July, Microsoft said it had shipped 5 million Xbox 360s. Microsoft on Thursday said it has shipped 6 million Xbox 360 video game consoles worldwide since releasing the unit about a year ago.

Apparently MIcrosoft is “confident” it can meet its target to ship 10 million of its next-generation game consoles by the end of 2006! Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell said in an interview with the Washington Post. However, Kotaku’s got the right frame of mind concerning production values when it’s said that “they can’t even manufacture that many” in such a short time.

Microsoft’s entertainment and devices division that includes Xbox 360 trimmed its first-quarter loss to $96 million from $173 million a year earlier. “We’re progressively lowering the manufacturing costs of the console, so even for the ones we do sell, we are in a better shape from a loss per console perspective,” Liddell said.

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