Sony: UK PS4 to Xbox One sales ratio is 1.5:1

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Seece said:

bananaking21 said:

Seece said:

bananaking21 said:

Seece said:

bananaking21 said:
i thought UK was "Xbox Land"?

just to show that what happens in previous gens doesnt really effect what happens in the next one. no market is already decided for a console maker, and PS4 dominating UK is just proof of this.

That's not strictly true. The reason this happens is because the previous winner gets arrogant and puts out a product inferior (in different ways).

Which do you think would have won out of PS3 and 360 in the UK if PS3 launched at the same price and the same time as 360?

The market chooses the best option.

exactly, the market choses depending on the product released right now, not the products that were released last gen. 

You're missing my point. If XB1 and PS4 launched at the same price (with the same good press admitidly) the Xbox One would be winning.

Thus last gen would have an impact if any of them played their cards right.

thats just an assumption. 

and basically what you are saying if the xbox one was a different product it would be winning. 

Well no it's pretty obvious. If the PS3 launched on the same day as 360 at the same price as 360, it would have won the UK handily.

It probably would have, yes. But that doesn't mean Xb one would have done the same this time 'round. PS3 was coming off the back of 2 dominant generations. People assume MS had won the hearts and minds of the UK, but it barely beat out Wii. But who's to say that PS4 wouldn't still be in the lead in the UK, only by not as much, if MS had played their hand better?  It's possible that loads of people decided to put Sony in time out for a generation and go with 360 and go back to Sony if they deliver a quality PS4 at a comparable price, and only stay with MS if Sony pulls another PS3 on them.

MS has probably grown its base of loyal support, but it's also pretty clear from the sales results so far that it's a long way short of the total 360 user base. There was always going to be a reasonable swing market and some were always going to swing to PS4. With PS3 Sony more or less found it's loyal base of support, and it's a pretty big base. We don't really know MS's loyal base of support but this generation might reveal it.