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Forums - Sales Discussion - PS4 sold last year 530,000 units in the UK in five weeks (outsold Xbone by 166,000)

Turkish on 31 December 2013

PS4 and Xbox One posted incredible sales figures in the UK, with Sony coming out on top.

PlayStation 4 has sold 530,000 units in the UK in just five weeks, according to ERA (using Chart-Track data), while Xbox One has sold 364,000 units. It's a significant gap between the two competitors, although both numbers are significantly higher than any previous console launch.

PS4 hardware sales generated £181.8m on the UK High Street, while Xbox One made £144.5m. Together, that means the UK market made over £326m from next-gen console sales.

ERA director general Kim Bayley said, “Games continues to deliver digital sales strongly, but it was disappointing that Xbox One and PS4 came so late in 2013 and then huge demand meant stock sold out quickly. Retailers will be working hard in 2014 to maintain the sales momentum of these two great new pieces of kit.”

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/ps4-outsold-xbox-one-by-166-000-consoles-in-uk-last-year/0126321



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007BondAgent on 31 December 2013

God damn it :p



Turkish on 31 December 2013
007BondAgent said:
God damn it :p


And the same thread title lol



007BondAgent on 31 December 2013
Turkish said:
007BondAgent said:
God damn it :p


And the same thread title lol


Copied it straight from Gaf ahah



LurkerJ on 31 December 2013

Xbone is doing better than I expected.



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AshKetchum1992 on 31 December 2013

And the PS4 was released 1 week later than the Xbox One on the UK...



bananaking21 on 31 December 2013

are these sales for the end of 2013? because if so damn they are fast!



bananaking21 on 31 December 2013
AshKetchum1992 said:
And the PS4 was released 1 week later than the Xbox One on the UK...


that doesnt matter at all. the stock allocated for both consoles would have been the same regardless if they launched in the same week or not. 



kitler53 on 31 December 2013
AshKetchum1992 said:
And the PS4 was released 1 week later than the Xbox One on the UK...


dat sales velocity...



bonzobanana on 31 December 2013

Remember only the UK in Europe buys a high percentage of Xbox consoles. Mainland Europe will be massively skewed towards ps4. There are still a lot of people in the UK that don't realize the Xbox one is significantly less powerful than ps4 too. The marketing campaign for Xbox one has been excellent in the UK but I think after a few months people will understand the performance difference between the consoles which should weight it further towards ps4. Also like the ps3 high price consoles have historically suffered post launch until they are priced more competitively. I think in Europe at least there will be massive pressure for Microsoft to reduce the price of the console.