PlayStation 4 may be the quickest-selling console in industry history, but Microsoft’s Xbox One kept it competitive, selling a staggering two million units in 18 days, officially making it the second quickest-selling console ever released.
The same report that discussed PlayStation 4’s success also touted Xbox One’s. “Both the Sony PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Xbox One had very successful console launches in November, 2013,” DFC’s analysis read, in part. But there’s an interesting prediction about where, exactly, the Xbox One will succeed, even if it doesn’t come as much of a surprise.
“The Xbox One is a system that is likely to do much better in North America than the rest of the world,” DFC notes. “The system’s appeal is limited more to a core demographic. The game Titanfall, scheduled for release in March 2014, will be a key exclusive for Xbox One that could help drive system sales.” (Titanfall will also be available on Xbox 360 and PC.)
Xbox 360 absolutely dominated the American market when compared to its PlayStation 3, at one time racking up multiple years worth of sales victories over PS3 in monthly NPD sales reports. At 80 million sold (and counting), Xbox 360 sold nearly four times better than its predecessor, the Xbox.
Microsoft launched Xbox One in 13 countries on November 22, including its stronghold in United States, Canada, the UK, and Australia. It will release elsewhere in the world in 2014, including in Japan, Sony's home country.
http://ie.ign.com/articles/2013/12/12/analyst-xbox-one-likely-to-do-best-in-north-america
