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kowenicki said:
The gap keeps on growing.

The 360 has been a phenomenon in the UK.

The threads yesterday were amusing. "The king returns".... Really? Lol.

I missed something here but the figure shows the gap closing and not growing at the point that in the last month PS3 outsold 360 lol.

The King returned and now you will see a different thrend in UK.



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To be fair though it's only retail sales. The PS3 allows you to buy Digital copies of games on their release date while the 360 doesn't so it's obvious the 360 would be higher all things being equal as they only have the option of buying new games at retail.

Obvious hyperpole of the thread title aside here's what I think of the numbers:

360 + PS3: Absolutely brilliant software numbers given the age of the consoles.

PC: Really surprised just how many games are still selling at retail, though a lot of them may just be hidden object games.

3DS: Surprised how low the numbers are

Wii: Surprised how high the numbers are

WiiU + VITA: Really bad, though I have a feeling Vita gets a fair amount of digital sales to top this up. Even if Digital sales added an extra 100% on top of physical sales though I would at best only upgrade the "really bad" comment to a "quite poor" comment.



kowenicki said:
Those WiiU and Vita sales are horrific.

So 360 revenue is greater than PS3 + Wii + WiiU + PSV + PSP.

Wow.


Poor form



kowenicki said:

I dont think you understand how a gap works...

If I sell 10m one year and you sell 5m the gap is 5m

if I sell 10m the next year and you sell 8m then the total gap is now 7m

The gap is bigger now than it was at the tart of the year.

The gap is lower now than it was in May... Sony started to close the gap last month... not last year lol.

I understand how gap works and now the gap is closing and not growing... and that can change in the future but I expect to PS3 started to grow over 360 in UK even in the holidays because GT6 on PS3 and nothing on 360.

And I agree that 360 dominated in the last six months... I just disagree with the gap is growin when in fact it is closing right now.



With such a strong 360 showing its unsurprising we saw record breaking Xbox One preorders.

UK is a stronghold. Lets see if they can hold onto it.

And PS2, long live the king.



                            

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kowenicki said:

oh dear.

i cant find another way to explain this to you.... the TOTAL gap is still growing.

How?

Total gap in May: X
Total gap in July: X - Z

The total gap is not growing... right now it is closing... Sony SOLD MORE than 360 in last month or I missed something?



There should be no more gap talk for the UK, the 360 is the clear winner here. The PS3 selling 100k more for a month is not going to make a difference.

Now, this where MS is in trouble, can they hold on in the next generation?





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Doubt PS3 will remain on top for long. 360 was massive over the easter holidays. I wonder why.



Wii U..



kowenicki said:

I'm talking year on year.  We cant say one month is a trend.  This is CLEARLY down to the Last Of Us.

Talk to me in August, September, October when it reverses again.

Its over in the UK.  The 360 won.  Millions more hardware and tens of millions more software.

I agree with you about 360 domination... it is over... I just said the the acual gap closed this month and not growed and I think this second half of the year will show PS3 over 360 in UK... PS3 have games to be released and one of them is GT6.

The only game that can help 360 is CoD because I guess FIFA and GTA helps more PS3... everythng else is pro PS3 (no exclusive release for 360).