BKK2 on 23 September 2008
MCV confirms that 360 managed to outsell PS3 last week.
UK Xbox 360 sales up 32%
Tim Ingham Sep 23 2008, 12:02pm
GFK-ChartTrack confirms increase following last week's price cuts
Xbox 360 sales rocketed up 32 per cent over the weekend, official UK retail monitor GFK-ChartTrack has confirmed to MCV.
The console outsold the PS3, which saw an eight per cent drop in its sales compared to the previous weekend.
MCV broke the news last night that Xbox 360 had hit six million unit sales in Europe this week.
Microsoft brought the entry-level SRP for the Arcade console down to £129.99 on Friday, with the standard 60GB 360 priced at £169.99 - leaving it with two consoles under Wii's bargain £179.99 pricetag.
Tim Ingham Sep 23 2008, 12:02pm
GFK-ChartTrack confirms increase following last week's price cuts
Xbox 360 sales rocketed up 32 per cent over the weekend, official UK retail monitor GFK-ChartTrack has confirmed to MCV.
The console outsold the PS3, which saw an eight per cent drop in its sales compared to the previous weekend.
MCV broke the news last night that Xbox 360 had hit six million unit sales in Europe this week.
Microsoft brought the entry-level SRP for the Arcade console down to £129.99 on Friday, with the standard 60GB 360 priced at £169.99 - leaving it with two consoles under Wii's bargain £179.99 pricetag.
MCV
Unfortunately they didn't give any details on which one was selling more before the price cut.
Seeing as UK is 360's largest market outside of US, 32% is a pretty small increase (Microsoft said sales increased 100% in US) for such major price drops, but I guess the real test will come at Christmas. It should outsell PS3 for the rest of the year in UK, but I don't think it will do much in mainland Europe except maybe Sweden and Netherlands.
